Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-24
1 FA|L[D IO REPORT
Manchester & Oneida Railroad
Will Be Invited to Submit to
Assessment.
Tariff Revision Will Be the Issue
Between Candidates Young
and Berry.
salinger Not in High Favor in
Carroll-Ketchum Making
Headway.
pecial to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. July 24.-The state eX-
ecutive council has temporarily lald
aside the matter of rallroad assess :
ments and has taken up the equallZa-
iion of personal property in the state on
| ;ne returns of assessment from county
auditors. but will return again TO the
detail of fixing the railroad assessments
next week. These include several ter
minal companies and coal roads OF
small mileage. the road from Aines To
4 the State College less than two miles
| long. the Jasper County Coal and Rail
way line 90 miles long. the Sioux Guy
Iridge Company with 1.S6 miles OF
| track. the Sioux City stock yards line
only Is miles long. and the trackage of
the Toledo. Peoria Il Western where 1t
crosses the Mississippi river into Iowa
\ only three quarters of Il mile. But there
! is one significant omission and that Is
\ VI
eight miles long. No report has been
secured as yet from this company. This
| is somewhat strange from the fact that
| one member of the executive council.
| Auditor Merriam, lives in Manchester.
| the headquarters of the company. The
time cards OF the company are given III
| the railroad directories. Il. Ii. HoNt. OF
/ Manchester. is general passenger agent,
| and Judge Blair. of Manchester. is the
president of the company. 1T has been
| in opersltiOn for more than Il year ana
| commenced doing a thriving business
| from the start. In fact. it has been
! claimed for this little railroad thai by
| reason of its peculiar situation ii is one
of the most profitable in the state of
Iowa in proportion to its length. 1T was
built for the special purpose of breaking
the monopoly of the Illinois Central
railroad in business in Manchester anl
makes a connection at Oneida with the
4 milwaukee, and the Great Western. Five
trains a day are run over the railroad.
each way. There is some inquiry
srcsind the executive council rooms as
rany was overlooked. and it is proba-
=.
report and submit to assessment for
/ taxation purposes.
The announcement of the canaldacS
| Of Senator w. H. Berry, of Warren
county. for member of the resolutions
1 committee was followed quickly by the
Z. announcement of the candidacy OF Late
| Young, of the Calital, for the same po-
sition. This brings the issue sQuafely
| Ferry is known to have been all along
one of the most earnest and sincere OF
| the Culnmins men in this part or the
| state and to stand squarely Win the
! governor and other state officials on the
republican state platform of last year
IIe believes in protection TO nome IN
! eiustries and not protection to anything
else or anybody who will abuse the
ryiyileees of the American laws. Late
/ Young has recently taken the other
tack and is a candidate on a platform
of protection without any notifications
or amendments. His course has been
i sufficiently shown in the Capital of late
4 Both Berry and Young are men OF un-
questioned ability and high standing IN
the party i'm this district. The fight Will
not be one of personalities but one foi
Ia principle. The issue will determine
where the party stands in central Iowa
Incidentally the Times-Republican is
receiving good many fine compliments
from republicans, especially from the
prominent workers in the party here
4 for its gallant fight for n republicanlsn
vide enough to take in all members OF
the party for principles on WHICH the
fight was made and Won by an immense
majority last year in Iowa. The Tx.
complete exposure of the instability ol
the position taken by the opponents OF
the Iowa platform has had telling eff
feet and it will be of great help in the
state convention.
Some interesting gossip comes from
northwestern Iowa in regard to candi-
dates 1t is learned that w. w. Corn
WALL of Spencer. will come to the state
convention With the Eleventh distric