Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-01-31
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morning at 10 o'clock.
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A. r. Hall will this mornin,
introduce in the assembly a bill mr.,
viding for a railroad commissio,, ~
three members who shall have control
and regulation of ali roads operating
in the state, fixing maximum ratas
etc. The bill Is modelled on the Iowa
law and purposes TO establish within
the state similar provisions as tho,a
established throughout the country Nv
Cullom's interstate law. Mr.. Hall was
seen last evening and in talking on
the subjecC expressed his pleasure AZ
learning that the South Dakota LEXIS
lature was considering a similar bin
introduced by the railway commission
ers of that state in both houses. Ha
said that Wisconsin is in need of
some board which might exercise a
control over the roads in the inter
ests of the people of the state.
The three Madison companies are
members of the association and local
firemen will assist in persuading legis-
lators of the Importance of their pro-
iect. The competitive contests at the
annual tournaments of the association
are the means Of Increasing the inter
est in the volunteer companies The
next tournament is to be held at To-
nah, and 1t is hoped to make it
great event, with the assistance Of the
state in providing the necessary funds.
The Wisconsin State Firemen's as
ISOLATION Is now in a position to push
ITS bill for the appropriation Of S1,400
TO aid in holding the annual tourna-
ments. Yesterday Sergeant-at-A Arms
Pettibone of the senate, who is secre-
tary of the association. received the
advance edition of the secretarys
records of the tournament held at To
nah last June. This is TO be used in
urging upon the legislature the ne
cessity Of providing the desired finan-
cial stimulus for the project. The
report was issued under the direction
of Secretary Pettibone and teens
with sound advice to all who read to
buy everything they want to buy and
sell everything they have to sell at
Juneau. Mr.. Pettibone is proud of
having paid for the publication of the
report by the lads" 1t contains
among other portraits an excellent
half-ton of Mr.. Pettibone.
The legislation asked for is to give
the State Firemen's association 500
year for two years. This assistance
is asked in consideration of the fact
that insurance companies previously
paid 2 per cent. for the fire compan-
les protection on railroad fires. Now
confided to local boards Of under
writer's and so this accustomed means
of revenue is cut off from the COM
panies, The firemen of the state think
that the appropriation asked for
should come out of the four-per-cent
railroad tax now paid into the state
treasury.
A bill will be introduced by Assem-
blyman Sloan either today or tomor-
row to provide for the erection of a
normal school at West Superior. At
the last session of the legislature an
enabling act was passed allowing the
board of normal school regents to
locate school at West Superior, and
the citizens of that city raised $4,000
and made offer of several sites, none
of which suited the board, and the
school has not yet been erected. Sew
eral West Superior delegations have
appeared from time to time before the
regents urging the immediate selec-
ton of one of the sites offered ami the
early erection Of the school. When
the other day. bin was introduced
for normal school ut La Crosse those
interested in the West Superior school
came to the front and are now under
taking to arrange matters to their sat
isfaction through act of the legisla-
ture. They tell dire tales of the board
of normal school regents visiting their
fair city from time TO time and being
banquetted and handsomely enter
tanned, all of which stress seems now
utterly lost.