Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-24
GENERAL MANAGER HUNTING.
TON. OF M. G. ST. L. SAYS NO
CHANGE TO BE MADE.
RAIL ROAD OFFICERS MEET
WITH WEINBERG OF CLUB
Statement Circulated by Booster Com.
mittee OF Trades and labor Assembly
That Cedar Lake. Mimi, Shops
Might 5e Moved Brings About Con.
ference.
ference.

4 cireular recently mailed about town
. BY i booster committee OF the Trades
and Labor Assembly was the cause for
Z a meeting between General Manager c.
! W. Huntington. and other general Off
GERS OF the Minneapolis < st. Louis
Railway Company and a committee
from the Marshalltown Club to discuss
possible enlargement and extension of
the railroad SHOPS here. The circular
had minated that the railroad COM
pany was about to move its general
shops from Minneapolis and might
! build al some point which would de-
plete the local shops.
Mr.. Huntingdon made it clear that the
circular had been issued without his
knowledge and that he was not in a
position 10 discuss the shop matter
with anyone at this time; that he had
not planned the removal of shops from
Minneapolis or from Marshalltown, but
that the labor unions circular seemed
to have been prepared with accurate
knowledge OF the facts as to the physi
cal condition and inadequacy OF the
shops at both points.
CITY to Be Given Hearing.
Ii the shop matter should ever be
open Tor discussion in the future as il
might be. owing to the expected growth
of the roads business, he assured the
Marshalltown committee that they
would be given q hearing.
The Cause OF Excitement.
The circular which stirred up the
ayciteroartS was as follows:
The big shops of the NJ & st. l..
are now located at Cedar Lake. popu-
lar residence suburb of wealthy resi-
dents Of Minneapolis
ION account OF the warfare being
waged during the past few years by
the citizens of Cedar Lake against the
railroad. and the fact that the shops
are not in very good condition. ii - al
open secret that the railroad soon IN
tends to build new general shops some
where along the line.
These shops will be built large
enough and equipped so as to take care
of great deal Of the work now being
done at Marshalltown and other points
where repair shops are located
1T is safe to say that these shops
will be built somewhere between Hop
| kins, MINI. ard Oskaloosa. In estab-
fishing these shops the company VIII
no doubt consider the location from a
business as well as a geogra phical
standpoint. Marshalltown is the big
gest city on the line Ihat could be con-
sidered: it is centrally located: the
company has ample ground on which
to build and with the new and modern
car repair shops already built. we have
everything in our favor except our past
patronage of the road
The annual payroll of the company
at this place in normal times amounts
TO about 100000. which would run well
over 100000 If the shops were located
here.
IF they were to be located elsewhere.
force of fifty men would be about all
that would be kept here. Think what
this would mean to the men now en-
gagged by the company, who would be
forced TO move to where the new shops
We're located. many of the men here
owning heir own homes which would
have to be sold at a sacrifice; also to
the business man, the professional man.
property owners, building mechanics,
and almost everyone in Marshalltown.
AS an example, the company has re-
Gently sent about twenty engine boilers
to Philadelphia to be repaired at a cost
of about $4,000. most of which repre-
sents labor. This was done because the
local shops We're not equipped to do it,
and as result a large number of
boilermakers viii be cut of work for
some time.
THE company is contemplating the
building of new freight depot and this
will no doubt be built with as much
consideration Tor past business as TO
what new business the company will
get.
THE NJ &. St. L. is a part of Mar
shalltown, and no one could foretell the
results should it move it's shops away
The directors meet this week and
no doubt this matter will he disposed
of. A boost right now might do the
trick. Booster Committee, Trades and
Labor Assembly"