Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1897-03-04
RAILROAD LEGISLATION.
Cteat Interest Manifested In
the Bill Now Under Con-
Sideration.
Citizens and Business Men
Urge Passage. RAILROAD
Men Protest.
State Senate Setting the Pace
For a General Reduc-
ton of Expenses.

TOb q NoSSSs ~
ton of Expenses.
BISMARCK, March 4.-The railroad bill
III. B. 1917, the Iowa law has passed
both houses, but amended IN the senate.
1t is not known at this time whether the
house will concur in the amendments
said to be favorable to railroad COM
panies or not.
There is great interest IN the railroad
bill at Bismarck, many citizens and
business men from all parts OF the state
being present to urge its passage. Yes
terday Attorney General Cowan hd-
dressed the railroad committee 10 sup
port of the bill, followed by Colonel
Ball against 1t. Chief Dispatcher
Biewett appeared before the committee
in behalf of the railroad employees. The
senate took a recess to ssar further
discussion 90 the bill. Senator LaMoure
will offer slight amendments. 1t is
expected the COMMITTEES viii report fav-
UEdUiy uJC IhdG lilj biIi bIby i''"'E Wiz
senate.
The Fargo Forum says of the bill:
The claims Of Mr.. Hill and his lobby,
who oppose H. B. 12l, that the Iowa law
has worked disastrously to the railroad
interests in that state and that it put a
stop to railroad construction IN Iowa, do
not seem to be carried ont by the statis-
tics. The first law in Iowa was passed
in IA. The clam that it would bank
rupt every road in the state proved
erroneous and on the contrary demon
strated that the law was good one, both
for the people and the roads. In 1880
there we're 1892 miles of road operated
in Iowa. In 80 there was an increase to
8,6O2-a total gain-under this ''oppres.
sive granger legislation" it was then
called, of 3,61O miles-or 1913 per cent
The present law was enacted about
this time and on Jan. 80, 1893, the sworn
statements of the railroads dong bust.
ness in Iowa, showed the total mileage
OF all the roads to be 10O4O miles, 9 net
gam Of LABS miles, or l6 ITO in three
years, which figures do not look like the
railroads had abandoned the state Of
Iowa, but on the contrary 1t would seem
that Iowa ls p good place for railroads.
Representative Butterwick Of Cavalier
county proposed popular measure
when he proposed that no man should
speak longer than be could stand on one
leg. His temperance speech was an
earnest and happy one and had it's effect.
BISMARCK, March 2.-Editors Jewell,
Dunlop, Pierce and Packard, Topping
Black and Oochrane we're appointed
colonels on Governor Briggs staff.
The bill to combine the duties Of
superintendent Of irrigation and forestry
with the work OF. the agricultural college
was killed. Prof. Barrett again on top.
Among senate bills passed: Commit
tee bill, reducing the clerk Of the COM
missioner OF labor to $500; Marshall's,
fixing the pay of employees; ArDold's,
educational; Arnold's, high schools;
Clarke's, feeble minded school, Grafton;
Clsrke's, interest on feeble minded fund.
House bills passed: Committee's re-
ducing the salaries of superintendent Of
schools, county treasurer, register Of
deeds and auditor; Hurley's, clerk of
courts salaries; joys, election precincts.
Senate bills passed in house: Gordon's.
street paving; Rourkes, "a, clerks of
court; Is, soldiers home; l22, presump-
tive evidence; Haggarts convict labor
bill; Plains, price of school lands
amendment.
Tribune: Green's senate bill, 1872, for
the building OF the reform school at
Mandan. was introduced Friday, had it's
first and second reading and reference,
was printed and the committee reported
favorably The bill was taken up and
passed and messaged to the house. The
author, no doubt, will expect the house
to pass the bill and that it will result in
using the money IN the state that ls now
sent to South Dakota. The bill pro-
vides for the reform school board to
issue certificates against the income from
rentals from the lands selected for the
reform school--there have already been
selected 39,797 acres Of the 10000
allotted to this institution. The state
land commissioner estimates that If these
lands are appraised and rented the in
come to the reform school fund will be
from 10000 to $4,000. The bill pro-
vides for $4,000 to be used by the issue
Of certificates. This will build the
school and maintain it for time, and
the bill has many festures worthy Of