Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-25
OPEN THIRD WARD
LINE ON SUNDAY
WARD TO BE BEGUN ON
TIME.
WILL PUT TWO MORE
CARS INTO SERVICE
Ward Cars to Operate Thru to Fair
Grounds-Pa<< Cars to Run West to
Third Street-WiIl Operate on Twen-
ty-Minute Schedule.

Operation OF the Third ward extern
sion of the street railway will be begun
Sunday. when a revision of the sched-
ule of movement of cars on the fair
effect. With the opening Of the new
branch the Iowa Railway and Light
Company will put two additional cars
into service and will greatly increase
| the frequency. of service thru the up
town business district.
With the operation Of cars on the
! Third ward extension Sunday, one day
| before the expiration of the iive-year
! limit. the company will have completed
! the last of the extensions il promised
to build under the terms of its fran
| chise, with the single exception of the
short piece of track from the south
end of the Third avenue viaduct 10
| Arson street that will be laid as soon
as the city builds the Linn creek
| bridge.
Start Twenty Minute Service.
A wenty-minute. schedule will be
maintained on the Third ward line.
Cars will leave the end of the line at
| Tenth and Nevada streets every TWEEN
" minutes, the leaving time being on
the hours and twenty and forty min
utes after each hour. The two cars
| 10 be placed on this line will operate
| thru to the fair grounds. Transfers
Will be necessary for the Third street
! line at Third street, the park line al
either Third street or Third avenue
! and the railroad stations and the south
side at Third avenue. The leaving time
of cars al the fair grounds end of the
! line will be on the hours and twenty
! and forty minutes after each hour.
! In connection with this change
will De made in the running schedule
Of the park line. The ears from the
park will operate as far west as Third
street every twenty minutes.
Frequent Uptown Service.
With the addition OF the two new
cars for the Third ward line there will
be the most frequent service OF street
cars thru the business section in the
history Of the city. Fourteen cars will
pass each way each hour between
Third street and Third avenue. which
is a car every two and q fraction
minutes
With the extension into the south
western part of the city the street
railway will be operating six and one
half miles of track. and the operation
will total 1000 car miles each twenty.
four hours.
The growth of the service is best
| Illustrated by recalling that sour years
ago the company was operating three
cars.
The two new cars that were ordered
last fall will not be delivered. it is
now believed until some time in July.
Delay in their manufacture has caused
corr esponding delay in delivery.
Track Completed Today.
The track work on the Third ward
extension was completed Thursday
when paving was laid inside the rails
across the paved intersections OF
Church and Linn streets, that was torn
UP to put down the track.
The track was put down in eleven
working days. the company employ
ing crew of fifty men on the work,
in charge Of John Kelly. foreman. j.
c. Black burn. superintendent of the
street car service, has had general SUI
pervision OF the work.