The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-17
EI0WAY ROUTE THROUGH
KEOKUK TO THE WEST

railroad contemplated BY the Penn
sylvania company in 1869. All for
the last thirty or forty years past
and this city standing there all these
years witnessing the rival city OF
Burlington forty miles up the river
and Quincy forty miles down, grow
and prosper. And why? Simply be-
cause the peoples of these rival
cities were among the railroad own.
ers and willed it SO. Will these
people or the 100000 along this line
forever submit?
We have fully shown in our brief
that these rival lines have grown OF
their own earnings and of the sur
plus of the lines adjoining, and most
ly Of the one that we seek to restore.
We believe the line is now in
shape, If permitted, from it's own
advantages to grow and supply the
demands Of commerce through its
length and breadth.
Has Inherent Wealth.
The Toledo, Peoria and Western
and its contiguous belt OF country
contains as much inherent wealth as
any other territory of equal size and
extent, and this wealth only awaits
development and marketing facilities.
Why not put an order in force send
ing freight and passenger business,
as we have indicated, straight east
and west, one train with sleeper
east and west day and one or two
freights. SO a person leaving Omaha,
Centerville or Shenandoah can ind
himself at Logansport in the morn
ing on his way east, instead Of in
Chicago waiting until 1890 to take
a train for Washington, Philadelphia
or New York. Then coming back he
must go to Chicago or st. Louis with
an ,all-night's ride to Keokuk, when
by the Midway route they should be
in Keokuk about as soon as at Chit
cago or st. Louis Look on the Trap
or railroad guide.
We went over the main points of
our case with you on the 9Th inst,
and we commend to your careful
examination the various statements
and arguments In the memorials.
briefs, etc.
We would like now to answer rore
particularly than we did in our en-
ference, your question how we would
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the memorialists to open the Midway
route.
How to Do Il.
AS matters have got into rut dur
ing the past twenty-five years before
the roads passed into the control of
the United States railroad admins
tration, we would propose the follow
ing change.
That the line from Logansport.
Indiana, to Omaha, Nebraska, be
made a separate division under a
manager Independent of the present
owners, who shall report to and be
under the jurisdiction Of A. H. Smith,
regional director of the eastern divi-
sion.
Under your regulations this man
ager would be so restricted in his
powers that he could not make ex-
penditures for capital requirements
except as authorized by the railroad
administration.
That he should have prepared
divisional sheet and new schedule
FOR passenger and freight trains.
That he should arrange connec-
lions at Logansport and other points,
with the Pennsylvania lines and
other companies as should be ap-
proved by the regional director and
are required by the demands of the
public, including connections at
Peoria and elsewhere for Chicago.
Some Of the Details.
That he should remove restric-
ions as to the sale OF passenger
tickets at competitive points.
That he should abolish change Of
engines at Effner and make better
physical connection Of rails at Shen-
andoah.
That he should do whatever bust
less can be handled by the present
equipment.
That he should do such work on
he track and equipment as can be