Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-04-24
line WORK
IS Being PUSHED
Expected That Road Will Be Ready
For Service by First of Au-
gust or September.

the extension of the Lehigh and
Webster City branches of the Fort
Dodge, Des Moines and Southern rail-
road is progressing very favorably,
according to reports from officials
of the company. The sub-station To-
Gated at Brushy is being built and
equipped with the electrical appar-
atus necessary. The $4,000 volt high.
tension power line will be run from
Fort Dodge to Evanston junction and
branches to the sub-station at Brushy'
towards Webster City and to Lehigh
for lighting. A power line extends
from Evanston to Lehigh now for the
supplying of electricity, which will
soon be discontinued.
The $4,000 volt high power ten
|sion current is alternating and has to.
be charged to 1000 direct current
voltage for use. This is done at
Brushy by the use of what is termed.
a rotary converter, which charges the
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necessary for the running of cars.
The track from Webster City to1
Brushy is part of what was once
the Crooked Creek railroad running
from Webster City to Lehigh. From
Brushy it cuts diagonally to Border
Plains and then south to Lehigh.
This line from Brushy to Border
Plains will be abandoned, as the
condition Of the track is such that
it cannot be repaired without great
expenditure. 1t is also deemed advis-
able to make the branch at Evanston
Junction, the company being able to
arrange better schedule from that
point
The roadbed of the line is practi-
cally completed with the exception OF
a few cuts. The ties and rails from
Webster City to Brushy and from
Border Plains to Lehigh are laid, be-
ing left there from the steam line.
Poles for the stringing Of trolly
wire are all in place. The work was
almost completed last year. Thel
stringing of the trolly wire has been
started but has not progressed very
far. The stringing was started from
Fort Dodge and is about two miles
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The distance from Fort Dodge to
Evanston, where the line branches, is |
estimated at nine miles. From there
south to Lehigh it is about five miles. |
The distance from the junction to
Webster City is twelve miles. The
schedule and route has been determ
ined. Cars that made the round trip
would either go from Fort Dodge to
Lehigh, back over the same line to
Evanston and to Webster City, neces-
stating an unnecessary ride to Le-
high and back of ten miles. II the
cars were routed from Fort Dodge tol
Webster City, passengers from Web
ster City to Fort Dodge would have
to make the trip down to Lehigh on
the way here. The only possible way
to evade this is to have a stub line
car running from Lehigh to Evans
ton Junction meeting every car from
Fort Dodge to Webster City.
Evanston Junction is a small part
of Evanston located just outside OF
the limits. There will be waiting
station there, at Brushy and at Bord-
err Plains. The man in charge at
Brushy will have charge of both the
ticket station and the power house.
The building in progress is of brick
construction about thirty by thirty
feet square.
The extension will be ready for
service during August or the first
part of September, it is estimated
now, and the schedule will be arrang-
ed then. Two hour service is plan
ned on but changes will be made to
care for the traffic over the line.