The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-07-03

engineer Ior the M. az OF. L., WAS lii
oskaloosa Tuesday on business.
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The local office of the NJ. & st. L.
reports that local freight business
has been good for the past week.
The coal that is being reconsigned
here has not begun to clog up yet be-
cause orders for forwarding are being
placed as soon as the cars arrive.
The local yards have been enlarged
so that the company could handle
this business here instead of at Mar
shalltown, but they have had no
chance to use the present yards for
this class of business.
Engineer Murphy of Marshalltown
was in the city on business Tuesday,
and also visiting local friends.
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The c., B. & @. local office has re-
ported that their local freight bust
ness for the past week has been good
The regular summer business is now
on in full swing.
The through freight business on the
M. & st. l., is fair at present. The
summer business is moving regular
lily and half and half switch engine
has been put on again.
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The M. & ST. l.. passenger depart
ment is figuring on pulling off an ex-
cursion to Keithsburg and taking
boat to Keokuk some time within
the next two months. This trip
would make fine one for Sunday
and ought to be a success. ,- 81,
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The c., r. !. & P. local freight bust
ness has been good for the past week
and the autos are still arriving for
local dealers. The freight business
transferred here from Evans last
month is being handled in the best
of shape at the local platform.
The local repair department. of the
NJ. IL st. l.. has been turning out
their capacity of o KS the past week.
The work for the past two weeks has
increased and all cars coming in are
in need of heavy repairs.
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The ballasting on the M. & st, l..
between Monmouth and Peoria is pro-
crossing nicely and new rails are be-
ing laid in spots along the line. The
trains are also working west of Mon
mouth and the track on the eastern
division is improving with every
days work.
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Marshalltown Times Republican
Beginning Wednesday morning. July
2, the M. d., st. l.. shops will resume
work on nine-hour six day schedule.
The entire shops will be operated
full time indefinitely" Division Mas
ter Mechanic w. T. Leyden said Tues
day. He added that he expected the
shops would be working continuously
now through the rest OF the summer,
fall and winter without shutting down
again.
The force has been adjusted now"
said MIR. Leyden, 80 that | expect to
be able to operate the shops full time
all of the time excepting on the usual
holidays" The shops have been
working only eight-hour days, five
days week. They were closed for
ten days during May, in addition to
the recent shutdown. In an effort to
recruit its car shop force to the maxi
mum strength, so that all of the car
and coach work of the eastern divi-
sion formerly the Iowa CentraD may
be done here, the company is advertis-
ing for car carpenters and iaborers.
1t wants twenty carpenters.
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Same grade improvements are be-
n hrr NJ u. l.
along with other betterments that
have particular interest for Oskaloosa
as 1t will make possible street I'M
of worthy dimensions. II
Is said that plans were made some
time ago looking toward the elimina-
ton of sharp grade between d St.
and Eleventh street crossings on the
Peoria division tracks. The grade
makes a sharp fall between d and
Market streets and then as sharply
rises between Market street and
Eleventh street. These pitches are
costly, both in time and fuel and the
subject of doing away with the grade
has been under discussion with engin-
GERS and management. To make this
cut in the grade per cent it is likely
that the high bridge" trestle work
that is on line with South B street,
will be filled in solid and the grade at
Market street raised to the extent of
several feet. The old trestle work
has been in question and made the
object of repeated examinations by
expert engineers II is daily subject
ed to serve strains by the passing of
heavy double headed trains and the
has not stood in good re-
pute now for some time. 1t is only
a question of time when either new
steel structure must replace the old
time bridge or the embankment must
take its place-with many points in
favor of the solid fill.
Raising the height of the track at
Market street, where new steel cir
ders will replace the old time timber
structure will make possible the i'm
provement of Market street by the
city. South Market street is now
closed to traffic Loads
Of any height cannot pass under the
present bridge and must go around by
Second street, two blocks east, or to
the next crossing west on ID street.
Just when this work may be done
has not bee determined, but in all