The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-31
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pulled off on account of the work
with the steam shovel being COM
pleted. The steam shovel has gone
to Clifford where it will be put to work
in the gravel pits the rest of the sum-
mer. The M. & st. L. is doing con-
siderable work in the grading line
this summer. Two sources of gravel
supply are being worked. The gravel
being put down on this extreme east
ern division is being secured from the
Santa Fe at Memo, while the gravel
from Clifford is owned by the M. & st.
L. The work on the eastern division
is progressing nicely and the new
steel is being laid. Two gravel trains
will go on some time within the next
two weeks. One train will be put on
between Clifford and Oskaloosa, and
one between Clifford and Marshall
town. The new steel that is going
down on the M. & st. L., between Os-
kaloosa and Butler and between La
cey and New Sharon and between
Grinnell and Marshalltown, is being
delivered and being placed at present.
The road will be in the best shape
that it has been in years after the
present plans have all been carried
out and completed. A work extra
will also be put on in about two
weeks that will have charge of the
ditcher. 1t is planned to have this
ditcher work between New Sharon
and 0skaloosa and east Of Olds.
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Frank Adlon and wife are enjoying
a weeks visit with relatives at DAY.
export. S" =, .' "a 'rtr
Conductor Frank TRACER is away
from duty few days taking brief
vacation. '"9 ~
l.. Stringfellow and Chas. Dewitt
are now working on the c., r. l. & p.
platform.
T9fiS s:ltIgYg:. tslIu~ aiiJqs
Conductor CedAi Dixon and wife,
have returned home from an extended
visit with relatives at Winfield.
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Fred Sparks is on the Newton
branch this week taking the place of
Brakeman Parker, who is off on a
fishing trip.
Fred Barr has resigned his position
with the c., r. |. & P freight platform
and has accepted similar position
with the M. & st. l..
The local freight business at the c.,
r. l. & P. has been reported good for
the past week. The local office also
states that the early fall business is
showing up.
Herman Sonderegger and Leslie
Minnick have resigned their positions
with the freight department and have
accepted positions as laborers with
the repair department of the M. &
st. l.. a.
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Conductor NJ. NJ. McClain has re-
turned to his run after being off for
the past three months, being troubled
with rheumatism. Conductor H. A.
Thomas of Burlington has been re-
lieving him.
The local office of the c.. B. & @.
reports that business has been good
for the past week. They also report
that early fall business has begun to
show and that shipments for local
! firms are arriving already for fall
trade.
The work extra that has been on
| the c., B. & Q. for the past two weeks
| picking up the old bridge material
| that was not used when the bridges
( between Oskaloosa and Tracy were
undergoing their recent repairs and
rebuilding, has completed the work
and moved over onto the main line.
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| 1t is said that while in the past ff-
teen years the traffic volume on the
/ Burlington system has doubled, there
has been AN actual reduction in the
freight trains run. This has been an-
complished by the use OF larger cars,
larger engines, doubling the size of
trains, reducing grades and eliminat-
! ing curves. .-s..-.
.G' - - - Nrs..
Marshalltown Times Republican j:
| w. T. Leyden was the guest of honor
at banquet given Saturday evening
at the Pilgrim hotel, the affair being
farewell for Mr.. Leyden who recent
| ly resigned as division master me-
chanic of the M. G. st. l.. The affair
was doubly appreciated by Mr.. Ley
den as it came as complete surprise.
He had been invited to dinner, by G..
| w. Cuyler and Chris Mitchell, who
planned the farewell, and extended
the invitations, and he went to the
hotel expecting to find merely few
of his business associates. Instead
| he was greeted by sixty-one guests,
including representatives from the
operating departments of the whole
line, and few of his more intimate
friends of this city. An elaborate five
course banquet was served at 1880
o'clock, the table being attractively
decorated with large bouquets of car
nations, the same flower being given
as favors. A four-piece orchestra
played while the meal was being sery-
i ed G. W. Cuyler, general foreman,
was POSTMASTER and gave happy
presentation speech in giving to Mr..
Leyden a handsome gold watch and
chain, and presenting Mrs. Leyden
with a pig skin travelling bag, in be-
half of the employees of the road. The
lout OF town guests we're all called up
ION for speeches, and ]. d. Reynolds,
general foreman at Oskaloosa, gave
several entertaining readings; NJ. II.
Bohreer of Chicago, district passen-
ooont - tha MahfIa r. Ohio ooua