The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-01-18

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time HE The freHsni, than ia issege the "a.
ssniaers fnv dnsna the wark ahsded hs the
rcrAsins,. Ncess t~suYe, III The history II Chr
k'ate, has the n ate and mnHicinal rrs~lN slorsi
highes nsr eauid rspmty hi borrowed II inwtx
,airs. I cannot say that favor borrowing
m"ncv W the Mats. With cur present rata IL
taxation. I,ess than half dozen of our slster
N lies hAye ~ how rate m has 1cwA, the aver.
nre lslng nj fRr from twice a. great ~ osvs.
moderate increase ~ Tho stAts levy IA. there.
fore. in nv opinion, preferable 10 issuing ussds
particularly ~ thr latter world MT lrI.g In
thc nes Del funds nanrh scutaer than would the
Increased levy, heeNusc II The fact that tho
question ~ borrowing must 10 voted ~ by ,he
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rrrsent, and psohAhly The future foe few
seafs. 40 oppoFtnnc for the erection NJ needed
public sdiiices that believe u weit IL consider
every plan for accomplishing the object that
msy have any feasibility.
HAtLwAN.
Thc right nj the lnw. making power 10 rcgu.
late railroad tariffs has been suatainea By the
highest judicial tribunal " Chr land, and sus-
talned too not merely bccAuso Of tho annie
reservations made In tho land grant and other
acts OF our lHGi~lAtnFcs, but on broader prtn.
cples. such, indeed, ~ arc essential 10 we'll.
ordered governments, and cAnnci hut think
that cosparascttghss arc moro securely guarded
to-day BY reason ii thia dccision than II tho
determination Of tho disputed question had
b. IN otherwise. In bringing about this result,
the State Of Iowa has had, ~ Il wore, the lead.
ership, the mAstnrly argument cf " lAtc Az.
s'a np,s. sa !, .nSs sSs way to
bonn divcsted Of doubt, thu Consideration u
tina tari0 question may now b had freed from
much of tho aesiinony attending previous
discna~ions Of the snbjoct. Il rcc
no good reason Tor tho enktrs repeal u the
law am aware that 4 y argued ehae its 70
tcnticn haa tlsc esoct 70 deter capital from In
v~ating la railroads In Iowa. THIS may b., but
! DO not nnd that The Absen0s Of suoh : statute
has had thu effect tO hAston moro yaptdly tho
constFucsson 81 railroads Ia nelghbcriic Htates
! Hnd that, during. tho years iS1l, 1870 ard
i670, the tncseeae NJ railroad mileage In InwA
vas Eresssr, scsh se.cluisly and relatively.
and west, while thoso 81 our neighbors that
ahowch most dcci I'd increaso wcre Illinois
AID Wisc0ustn, both having lAwu regulating
railroads Nevertheless. believe II wisc that
thorough examination 10 had into tho
working % The details n tho Law, and mch
notifications made therein a. may seem fnr
tho beM interests Of both tho people and
The railroads.. TIM State os lows has been
liberal In tho extreme 20 this class 0f enter
prise. Tho hrst land grants made By Clcnrrcss
wore turned over 10 tho companies Absolutely
ALTHOUGH the art Of Congrcs~ contemplated
| the sals nf tho lands BY the State a. earned.
and the devotion cs The procccds 10 tho CON.
stvuclton 1t railroads tho companies wore pcr-
mittod 10 select tho lands regardless ~ their
limo Ut road and thcy were allowed, virtually.
their own time 10 complete thHr work, MT.
wtthstsnding that ons main object % tho
HVW&t@ WW1 ~ R<&shtW tUaN CUuuUt&IIUN ~
early day. Townahips. towns and cities have
Leen permitted 70 Tar the property within their
limits 10 help build Tho roatls, and tho revenue
thus derived Wa turned over absolutely 10 tho
companies constructing them. while much 81
the psopsrty Of thsse compAnics practically a..
cAp.s municipal TAXATION. Th.t State which
has hs<n thus muniAce0t In her encourage.
msnt of this eIAss of enterprise should havc
son1s control IN The management of theao
r0Ada % largely Tho CREATURES Of In bounty. \
only reAs0na6ls demand That thi@ cOtitrol
shall b. judielously exsscissd, - that, While
preventing oxonstion % the onr hand, u shall
not disco1nss enterprise o. tho sshcs, y the
Ths creation Of The olaos Of Railroad Com.
missioner, with powers and duties similar N
thoeo sxescssd 81 Mo oGlcsal4 In other Htates.
70 70 nllsd ~ eome coulp~lOne person. skilled
Y she knovlsdEs needed IN such : .poslsi.m.
Governor be authorised. with tho consrnt .. Of
the 6cnats - Executive Council, 70 make such
app0lntmenta.
tho Ohicaso, Darlington and Quincy and I'M.
nols Central Railroad Companies, AID the Chi.
csxa, Milweukes and -. Paul Halfway Company,
having .a. each aled the bond required ~ chapter
my predecea~os isatiad 70 them c0rtidcAtcs 4,
May, lb56, that they had COMPLIED win thS
Act. ntnca then II Ii believed tho Tayj6 iav
ha. bern very generally complied with b. shs
rnllrtsad cOulpAtltCn.
During the past two ycau tbs 9lsournny
branch ~ thu Chicago, llouk Island and pncIne
rAtlroAd has boon extended to Knoxville. ~
county vsal ~ Marion county, making IA "A.
tlitt0n 1t forty.Mins miles, The Pacific tiivisl0n
ri thu burlington. Cedar Rapids and Northern
railway Aas hem built from 1fssr into (jsuudy
county . distance of twenty -ive miles. viii"
tas main ltns was built from rlymoath, cero
Railroad Ut lows, and fpDm Northw0od. worth
county, northwssd TO Abort Iea, In Mime
sofa, thu addition In Iowa being about nlrs
miles: The Iowa and raci6c railroad. ol,sr.
alcd b, tho Chicago, Dubuque and MinnSsu(A
Company, haa boon extended from Ktkposl,
thiFly-hvs milea. Tho Dss Moti,es aud Minn..
ncsotA railroad has hesn built ten miles lur.
thss. p Hs0Fy CITY. Htssy county. Tho CHI.
cago, NswtonA nd 5outhwest1sn has pa.ssd INTO
the hAnds 81 the Iowa, Minnssoea aud North