Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-11-08
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL

Des Afoines. Nov. s. 1901
President J. S. Polk of the Des
Moincs street railway has definitely
announced his plans in connecflcn
with the Des Moines. ColfaN and Des
Moines-Neyada electric lines, whicn
have been proposed for seyerai
months. He has just received notice
that sixteen cars OF steel rails, TO
lie used on the proposed electric IN
ter,,rban lines. have arrived, and word
was Mt once sent TO Contractor L. r.
Shugart of Nevada that the contracts
made with Mr.. Polk last August must
he carried out now SIS soon as pos
sible Mr.. Shugart was notlhed IhaI
lie will be expected 10 do as much
grading on the Des Moines-ColfaN
line this fall as possible. The CON
tracts now in force. and winch We're
made to go into effect at the option
Of Mr. Polk, comprehend the bulld-
ing OF twenty-five miles of s'oadbed,
running east from this city, and con-
Meeting with the Eetst nainut street
and the Flint Valley lines. One spur
of The new road is TO run north from
the fair grounds, through Hyde Park.
TO klondyke, a settlement OF eoai
miners. numbering 1000 souls. aRa
there a junction Will be formed with
The extension of the Flint Valley Line
west from the Flat brick works near
Oak Park. The ColfaN line. on &C
count OF opposition expected from
Mrs A. N. Bntler. j. +. Cotfinberry
and eastern capitalists IS TO be
pushed to an early completion. Mr..
POLK stated that Ire expects to have
the line in operation by the first OF
next -Juls-
The Polk county delinquent tax
list is Il record-breaker in point OF
size. being the smallest that The
county has had for years and years.
Tire printed tax list is full news
paper page less than 1T was last
wear and far below the average for
the past twenty years. The tax list
this year shows a remarkable pros
,perity existing Throughout the county.
and in the ruraa districts this Is
particularly noticeable. The delln-
ouent tax list for 1901 shows that
the country township descriptions are
three columns newspaper print1 less
than they were last year. Almost
every township shows a decrease in
the number of pieces of property
which are to be offered this year
for delinquent taxes.
Superintendent S. H. Sheakley OF
the Des Moines schools has suggest
ed the establishment of reform
schools in cities. to restrain and edu-
ea;e the juvenile incorrigibles. He
has urged this idea upon the teach
ef.~' association and Will bring 1T be-
fore the meeting Of the state Teach
ers:a ssoc:t,.ion here the last week
in December. II is not now. but may
be made n part of the compulsory
/, no
urge upon the legislature.
The Commercial Exchange is con-
ferriug with business men relative to
vestment of about $4,000 capital in
II wholesale dry goods business. Sec
rotary Ward HES the names OF five
men who will put in $25, ZOO cash each,
and who want more capital, SO an
establishment can be opened with at
least $3.50. COO capital. 1t is said that
Sioux City end Omaha have been
after the enterprise. but rentals have
been so high that the rentals have
refused to enter into the scheme, and
ii is thought that better building ac-
s:ntnmoda tons, added to the increased
facilities for shipments, will make
Des Moines the more advantageous
city for the big concern.
State Treasurer Giibertson has filed
.Sith Governor Shaw u new bond for
SOC, 600. and the document has been
approved by the governor. This
brings the total bond of the treasurer
,sf state up ; sso0,0O0, as the bond
given by MIR. Gilbertson when he first
went into office was $500 900. The
reason for the increase in the bond
il the large sum. of money now in the
IT, L 4 Id
revenue fund is approximately $1,000
600. The law makes the minimum OF
the bond that the treasurer ca'n fur
irish S30G,G 1t can be increased to
any sum named by tie governor.
-snen Mr.. GiibertsQn first went into
t.ffiee it was agreed between him and
he governor that the bond should be
larger than it had been in j Ohm Her
RIOTS time, and the increase was
e-2rrying out of this understanding.
Turing Mr.. Herriott's term the gov
erncr felt the bond should be larger
than 1T was, but in view of the diff
ferenees which had arisen between
himself and Mr.. Herriott he hesitated
TO direct an increase. lest his action
should be ,1isconstrued. The increase
in the bond of the treasurer Is step
that meets Mr.. Gilbertson's approval.
me amount of the bond as suggested
by the governor was S75O,000, and Mr..
Gilbertson advised that 100000 might
as well be added to the old bond
while the increase was being made.
The bondsn1en are a number OF Mr..
Gilbertson's personal friends and To-
cal banks in which the state funds
are deposited.
Largest In the World
Walter Baker & Co., Ltd, Dorches-
ter, Mass, are the largest manufactur
ers OF cocoa and chocolate in the