The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-04-08
Northwestern May Run Trains
Through Leon.

1t may be surprise to our read
ers to learn that before many months
the Northwestern railway may run
trains through Leon. The North
! western now has line which is in
operation to coal fields in the north
part of Monroe county, and Charlton
papers have announced that survey
lors have been surveying line from
the Northwestern line in Monroe
county to Charlton. The st. Joe OBJ
server of last Saturday has the fol-
lowing in regard to the matter:
st. Joe is to have another line OF
railway, and will have it in the very
near future-and it will be much
desired and valuable addition.
Now, don't begin to laugh and
knock--as is too frequently the case
with some when new enterprises are
spoken of for St. joe OF course you
want the railroad as every additional
line built here adds to the CONNER
cial Importance of St. JOe-adds to
it's faeilities--its progress and it's ma
terial wealth. Railroads it can be
repeated can make or break a city,
No big city ever gets too many rail-
roads.
Of course the first thing that you
want to know is what road is it? Well
it is the Chicago & Northwestern,
which for years past has had it's eyes
on St. Joe and which is one of the
great railway systems of the United
States.
Next you will want to know how it
is coming and where it will enter St.
Joe. Well that is also easily answer
hi
east over trackage leased from the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, the
tracks of the latter road to be used
from Charlton, Iowa, to this city.
The Northwestern now has line
of it's own nearly completed from Des
Moines to Melrose, Iowa, where it
comes in contact with the main line
of the c.. B. e @. from Chicago to
Denver. From Melrose to Charlton
is distance of sixteen miles and a
survey and right of way has been Sc
cured from Melrose to Charlton and
work on that gap will begin as soon
as spring opens. From Charlton to
ST, Joe the distance is 144 miles by
the C. B. & @. and that is the way
that the Northwestern is coming into
this gateway over that line which will
operate and carry it's traffic jointly
with its own.
And of course the next thing that
YOU will want to know is, where is
the evidence and earnest for these
assertions? That also is easily an
swered.
All of this winter Northwestern en-
gineers and their officials have been
looking over and going over the pro-
ject. At the present time the North
western has force Of men under En-
gineer G.. Smith at work arranging for
the practical rebuilding of all the
bridges and culverts along the Chari-
ton branch via Bethany to this city
in order that they may be strong
enough to carry the heavy stock and
traffic of its system.
All of the bridges and culverts will
be rebuilt of concrete and Smith is
now arranging to begin that part OF
the work, so important in it's bearing
on the project. The fact that the
is already to Melrose
with it's own line and ready to begin
work on the gap from Melrose to
Charlton is added proof.
And then again just as further evil
dence, it is common talk among the
men of that division. 1t
is a fact well known to every railroad
man that these projects always leak
out among the employees and railroad
talk always means something.
st. Joe will welcome the North
western for its coming will mean
much to this city The Northwesternl
wants st. Joe on its map and st. joe
wants to be one the Northwestern's