Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-11
EFFORTS BEING MADE TO RE.
HAsILlTATE IOWA SOUTH.
WESTERN LINE.
PART OF PROTECT OF
ROAD TO ST. JOSEPH
Application Made to state Railroad
Commission For endorsements Of Pro-
posal In Effort to Secure Govern
ment Approval for Bond Issue to
Z Pay OF lndebtedness-Road Not Now
In Operation.
Special to Times- Repuhlican.

Des Moines, June 1.-THE rehabin-
tnt!on Of the old Iowa Southwestern
railroad which has seventeen miles Of
track extending from Clarinda to Blan-
chard, has been proposed by it's presi-
dent, w. P. Galloway, of C1arinda He
is asking the state railroad commits
sion to indorse the project and recon-.
mend to the capital issues Commission
at Washington that authority be given
this road to sell $4,000 worth of bonds
which would put the road in shape
and permit it to resume operation of
trains.
This would be step toward carry
ing out the plan arranged before this
country. became involved in the war of
a north and south line from ST. Joseph
Mo-. to Manning Iowa, taking over the
Atlantic & Southern and the Atlantic
e Northern and giving a line 1877 miles
long which would connect within the
Milwaukee, Northwestern Rock Island.
Great Western and Burlington for
north and south business. If the pres
ent stretch of seventeen and a half
miles can be put in operation the re-
ried out following the war.
Forced to Quit Business.
President Galloway states that the
Iowa & Southwestern had to quit
business when the Burlington refused
to switch shipments to it but that
under the present management Of the
railroads these switching arrange
ments could again be resumed. He
says the line will pay profit with
these switching privileges restored,
! AS to the feasibility of the 1877 mile
line from Manning to st. Joseph he
states this project was passed upon
/, by Hiram ]. Siifer, former manager OF
I the Panama railroad and now leu.en-
ant colonel with the 21st engineers in
France, and he, reported that the earn
Z ings would be easily $4,000 per mile.
On the strength of his report the ar
rangement was made with Boston
bonding house to float bonds for the
building Of the road
while we have given up during the
period Of the war all hope of carrying
: out any new construction work it is
vital to the future success of the pro-
s ject that we do something at this
time President Galloway declares in
a statement to the railroad commits
I. sion. , q.
4 1--WE wish 10 pay OF the debts Of the
old Iowa & Southwestern Railway
4 Company, which amount to $4,000.
We wish to rehabilitate this line and
put it in operation knowing from past
! experience with it that with the
switching privileges which the present
railroad control will grant us we can
operate it at a profit"
President Galloway and his asso-
ciates bought the right of way of the
old Atlantic Southern of Robert Abeles,
Of st. Louis, for $4,000 after he had
taken up the rails and ties and
scrapped them. This right Of way ex-
tending from Villisca to Atlantic.
which President Galloway says could
: not be replaced for less than a half
million dollars is to be part of the
1877 miles line from st. Joseph to ManS
ming. This road would then utilize all
of the stations on the old Atlantic
Southern right Of way which were left
high and dry when the road had to be
abandoned.