Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-15
CHARLES CITY WESTERN RAIL
WAY TO GIVE lNTERuRsAN
SERVICE.
CONTRACTS LET FOR
sio iMPRo MOVEMENTS
Road Promoted and suilt by Floyd
County Capital to Make Extensions
. and Improve Line-eusinsss Of Road
Doubled in Years Time ~ improves
mont Work to Begin Soon

Special to Times Republican.
Charles City, March 15.-The man
agement of the Charles City Western
Railway Company, a line that was pro-
NOTED and built by Floyd county CAPT.
tai, made definite arrangements Sat
urday afternoon for the identification
and extension of the road. Contracts
were let for two big ell steel interurban
cars, two all steel street cars, and a
forty ton electric locomotive, to the
MCGUIRE Cummings Company. Of Chi
cago. The new cars are modern In ev-
Company was awarded the contract
for the motors. The locomotive will be
driven by four eighty horse power
motors. All the cars are of double end
construction, the street cars being OF
the Pay AS You Enter" type. Twenty
thousand ties and $4,000 poles were
purchased Of the Northern Timber
Supply Company, Of Warroad, Mimi
The grading contract was let to Pete
Shuggart, of Nevada.
Work/to Begin Soon.
AS soon as the frost is out of the
ground Mr.. Shuggart will have an out
At. consisting of lao mules and four
grading gangs, on the job. A total OF
10000 cubic yards Of earth will be
moved. O'Neal & Sons, of Sioux City
have contracted to build 1900 lineal
feet Of pile bridges the largest to span
the little Cedar, $50 feet. Nine thou
said rail bonds were purchased for i'm
mediate delivery and will be installed
at once. Eight hundred and eighty tons
of steel rails will be ordered in the
near future and in in time to be laid as
soon as the grades are completed
Twenty-six miles Of four knot copper
wire and four miles of copper feed wire
have also been purchased.
Roads Business Doubled.
The business on the road has doubled
within the last year. This been due
to the energy Of the new manage
ment, headed by Mr.. E. r. Ernsberger
superintendent. In 1911 the first link
Of the road was built to Marble Rock
tapping the Rock Island. The present
extension extends the >fine eight miles
northeast. From there 1t will run to
Cresco. A special bonding election
gave the road 100000 to start the ball
rolling. A whirlwind campaign added
another hundred thousand.
The success of this purely local rail-
way enterprise 10 due to the organizing
ability Of G. w. Hart. president Of the
road and. also head Of the Hart Par
Ecompany, OF Charles City. The stock
| is all held in Floyd county and ever,
dollar has been spent in building the
line. It occupies the unique position Of
being one of the very few roads that
have not paid goodly sum tc the bus
mess Of promotion.
Hart Parr Company Busy.
Notification has been sent out by the
Hart Parr Company that no orders on
their Little Devil tractor can be met
at the factory under less than ninety
day delivery. The big plant is work
ing night and day at capacity, and the
prospects are for an even larger vol
ume of trade. The larger line of trac-
tors including the famous Old Reliable
go" is sharing in these optimistic
trade honors.
The Hart Parr Company VIII have an
exhibit at the Mason City auto show
starting March %.