The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-07
Better Train Schedules Sought.

may be asked to take action on.
Better Train Schedules Sought.
That many more residents of near
by towns would do their shopping
here If the schedules on the local
trains were more advantageous, was
the opinion of the members of this
committee which met this morning.
Schedules on at least one or two lines
are particularly bad at the present
time. The committee hopes to secure
a local train in here on each road
about nine or ten o'clock in the morn
ing with an outgoing train about four
o'clock in the afternoon. This would
give the residents Of smaller towns
near here an opportunity to come in
to Keokuk in the morning at a con-
veaient hour and leave in the after
noon after having plenty of time to
do all their shopping.
Wide advertisement of the fourth
window display contest, April "a, In
the cities and towns surrounding Keo
kuk was one Of the trade extension
plans that met with favor from all
members Of the committee who be.
lieved it now too late to undertake
this plan for the third contest to be
held Saturday Of the present week.
Hamilton, Warsaw, Nauvoo, Mont
rose. Kahoka, and other towns near
here would be covered by the adver-
tisements, according to the plans The
advertising would be through news
papers, bills, posters, and other
methods. The object would be to at
tract as many people here for the
fourth contest as possible.
The establishment Of automobile
bus service between several surround
ing towns and Keokuk was the third
plan advanced at the committee meet
ing. Carthage, Nauvoo, Montrose and
possibly one or two other towns would
be connected with keokuk through
this service The plan advanced is to
have the bus make regular trips from
each of these towns to Keokuk or
one or two days each week. The bus
would leave the town in the morning
at nine or ten o'clock, and would re
turn from Keokuk about four II
the afternoon. Running on a definite
| schedule on certain days each weel
it is believed the line could be made
TO nav or at least to be self-sustaining
Nav Boost Baseball Opening.
! Cooperation with the baseball asso
citation in boosting the attendance a
the opening home game on the SEIZED
ule largely by inducing people from
out of town to attend was the fourtl
of the plans advanced. Special car
in the interurban lines from Hamilton
and Warsaw and perhaps specials OF
soma other lines would bring thu
people here If the game were prop
erly advertised, it is believed. Thi
plan would not only increase trad
here but would be a great help t.
the baseball association.
The members of the trade extension
committee will talk over these plan
with other merchants to learn thei
views before holding their next com
mittee meeting Monday morning. A
this meeting they will decide upol
recommendation to be made to tn
league members at the banquet Tues
day night of next week The mem
bers of this committee will be glad t
receive any other suggestions from
any source on trade extension ideas
b, The members are: ]. P. Ingle, chair
man: l.. e. Klein, Chas. A. Schenb
t. W. Peterson, and Ralph Winge1
All members of the committee wit
the execution of Mr.. Peterson wer