The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-22
Quincy journal Man Makes a Trip
Over the New Road and Finds
Evidence That Progress
is Being Made.
MANY GANGS AT WORK
Twelve Miles Of Right Of Way OBJ
tanned and Will be Graded
Completely Within the
Next Thirty Days.

The following account Of operations
on the Marsh line is from yesterdays
Quincy Journal and are the impress
sions OF reporter for that paper who
made personal investigation. The
Journal says:
If any man has drop of skepti-
cism in his makeup concerning the
new Marsh line railroad, he would
find i. quickly dispeiied If he would
but go on the work between Bear
creek and the north county lina.
It is impossible to look over the
work now in progress there, as Jour
nal representative did yesterday, and
still doubt that Dick Marsh's railroad
is q sure go. Contractor Guilford says
another month will complete IL miles
OF the grade.
In the territory mention, between
the north bank of Bear creek and the
Hancock county line, there are four
grading camps. with a total Of a. least
G5 teams and nearly 200 men, all bust
" engaged in throwing up the grade
or in work preliminary to making the
grade. The territory referred to is
about 10 miles long, and A. e. Gull
ford OF Kansas City Is the general
contractor in charge Of the entire
work.
Where the Men Are Working.
G.. C. Junkins of Pennington, Iowa,
a sub-contractor, has gang of about
five teams at work just this side of
the county line, and just north of the
farm. He, like all the 9th
ers, is working nor.hward. Mr.. Jun
kins had a much larger force until
recently when he discharged num-
Der OF men and teams because Of dis
This Is what gave rise
to the rumor that work had been sus-
pended AS a matter Of fact, Junkins
will put many more teams and men
on the job as fast as he can get The
kind OF help he wants. He Is working
with might and main to complete his
part OF the job.
South of him, two or three miles,
another gang Is at work under the
Of Contractor Guilford,
and south of this second crew short
distance, Mr. Guilford maintains his
headquarters at third camp where
he has fourteen teams and an ade-
quate bunch of men making a new
highway five miles long, near the
James X. Wood farm. In building the
railroad grade 1t was necessary, at
this point. to disturb the former pub
lie highway and Mr.. Marsh is replac-
ing it with a modern roadway in a
slightly different location. AS soon as
the highway is completed. the grade
will be completed at this place.
Pulling up Fruit Trees.
The fourth gang is near Bear creek
on the Joe yelling farm, working !
northward, and Is a large bunch of ,
men with many teams and much OH
er equipment. This gang is pulling
trees. with a steam derrick, out of the
yelling orchard, and clearing the
light Of way. They hitch chain on.
o an apple tree OF most any size and
tear it out of the ground with the
winch as easily, apparently, as man
pulls up weed.
Twelve Miles Of Right Of Way Clear.
All the right Of way from Bear
creek to point one and half miles
north Of the Hancock county line has
been procured. The closing of deals
with James K. Wood, Joseph Filing
md Henry Weisenborn, who were the
asst three to hold out. gives Marsh a
clear title to the necessary strip Of
and for the distance mentioned. South
If Bear creek the right Of way has
not yet been completed. T. F. Pat
,erson of warsaw is on the job and
will have the titles clear by the time
he graders get ready to start work
rom Bear creek into Quincy.
1000 Ties, and More Coming.
Charles E. Hollingshead, purchas-
ng agent for the company, has 1000
les piled up on :he work Just north
If Warsaw, right now, and Is adding
o the pile as fast as possible.
Work Goes With Vim.
All along the line there Is the max
mum Of activity and work Is prog
'essing with vim that bespeaks
more than appears on the surface.
Contractor Guilford Is q big man who
las amassed wealth at this business.
he could, SO 1t is asserted by those
Who know. build the entire grade from
Warsaw to Quincy and pay the bill
himself, If he chose to do SO. But he
S not philanthropist who goes about
building railroad grades for prcmot-
RS lust for pure benevolence and the
act tina. he is good business man
to amass wealth at his busi-
less proves he knows what he Is
LONG when he puts men and equip