Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-11-25
FIRST CAR OPERATED FRIDAY
REGULAR SERVICE TO BE
STARTED SUNDAY.
ORDER MATERIAL FOR
THIRD WARD EXTENSION
Rails BOUGHT For 1900 Feet Of Track
to Be Built in the Spring or Early
Summer - Extension Will Probably
Co Over South Third and Nevada
Streets-Car Schedule Revised.


| south side over the South Third avenue
vaduct. and the purchase of material
| for the building of the Third ward eN-
tension were the two important an
| nounceemnts of expansions of the
street railway service of the Iowa Rail l.
way and Light Company made today
| by Manager Charles Munson. Contin-
uous service over the viaduct begins
Sunday with a Encouragement of the
schedule for the entire system.
The first street car to be opera ted
over the viaduct was sent over the
structure about 3:45 Friday afternoon.
AS an incident of the development of
the city, and as marking the first street
car extension to tap the south side. it
was of more than passing local inter-
est The car was operated by James
C. Rayburn, superintendent of car
service, and had on board Manager
Charles Munson and a T.-R. reporter.
Later in the day one or two other trips
were made and some cars were ope-
rated over the structure today.
Add Car to Service.
The extension Of the service across
one more car, making six. to the serv-
ice, and the shortening of the service
from Third and Main street east to the
stations and the south side from 9 to
rs minutes A revision of the street
car schedule. which will remain in
force until the Third war extension is
built. has been necessary because of
the service over the Viaduct.
Ii,
will operate to the north end of the
viaduct and soldiers home cars will
run across the viaduct. All cars on
both lines east bound will run to the
depot district without transfer. The
transferring at Third avenue and Main
street will be to and from the fair
grounds and park lines.
Details Of Schedule.
Third street cars will leave the end
of the line seven and one-half min
utes after each hour and each fifteen
minutes thereafter. Cars will leave
Eighteenth and Summit street at seven
and one-half min utes after each hour
and each fifteen minutes thereafter, in
stead Of twelve minutes, as heretofore
East-bound cars passing thru Main
street at % and 80 minutes after each
hour will connect directly with the
fair grounds line at Third avenue and
Main street All ast-bound cars pass
ing thru Main street at and 81 min
utes after each hour will connect
directly with the Riverview park line.
Build 400 Feet Of Track.
OF equal. or even more importance
to the southwest section of the city.
will be the announcement that the
company has ordered rails to build
400 feet Of track into the Third ward.
The date of building is as yet uncer-
tain because no assurance has been
given by the steel company when the
rails will be delivered, but the public
utilities company has been given to
understand that the rails will be here
in the spring or early in the summer.
Work will be begun as soon as the steel
arrives.
Route Not Vet Determined
The route this line will be built over
has not been determined. There are,
however, very good reasons for believ-
ing that it will be built south in Third
street from Church and Third to Ne
vada street, and west in Nevada to
probably Ninth or Tenth street Over
this route a 1900 foot extension would
bring the end Of the track about mid
way between the alley west of Ninth
street and Tenth street Ninth street,
south of Nevada is paved, so the pre-
sumption is that the extension will end
very probably at the intersection Of
Ninth and Nevada.
There is reason for believing that the
company will build in Nevada street
rather than Boone because Boone
street is only three blocks distant from
the Main street lines which would be
paralleled, leaving a walking distance
of only one and one-half blocks to
either line. which street car men hold
is too close to serve best the largest
territory and derive the largest reve-
nue..