Re: [BRHSlist] Albia, Moravia and the IaC

[LaVerne Andreessen <LWAndreessen@f...>]

Nicholas Pitsch wrote:

> The Milwaukee built a connection from just north of the curved Foster bridge
> to the CM&A at a place called Hilton Jct., about half way between Moravia
> and Albia. The CB&Q map also shows Hilton, but I don't have any first-hand
> knowledge that they would have connected, at any rate, it would have been in
> only for a year or two, as the Milwaukee came in 1887, and the CB&Q came out
> in 1889. Visitors to the Foster Bridges can look north and see the cut-work
> still evident. I'm not sure, but believe the Foster to Hilton Jct. line was
> torn up around 1915.

The following is not to be interpreted as definitive history.

The first time I was down to the Foster Bridges was in the mid 
70's with the late Philip R. Hastings. As we stood in a fine mist 
on a hill betweem the two bridges (there is a third bridge farther 
east), Phil pointed out the Milwaukee's spur to the NE of our 
site. He opined it ran to a coal mine to the north a mile or so.
LWA