Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-02
RAILROAD REPORTS N
Northwestern and Milwaukee
Report Their Earnings to
Executive Council.
New Rules Hard to Comply With
and Many Roads Make
Complaint.
Books Are Not Kept So as to
Segregate Business Done
inIowa.
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Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, July 2.-The first of the
reports of railroad companies in con-
! formity with the provisions of the new
! law relating to reports OF earnings have
4 just been received at the office of sec
retary of the executive council. These
! are the reports which We're asked for in
| {; circular from the council issued on
May IL, 1902, after the passage of the
bill introduced in the legislature by
Emory English, of Polk county, at the
| instance of Governor Cummins himself
In that circular the railroad companies
We're directed to make reports OF their
gross earnings divided into four gem
| eral classes. namely: s.ate business,
| business crossing the state, business
mating outside of Iowa, both of the lat
| ter crossing the state line. The audi
| tors of the companies appeared before
| the council and protested that they
would be unable to make these reports.
| that the accounts were not kept so as 10
| show the division in this way and 1t
would be practically impossible to keep
the accounts in this way. 1t was an
| ticipated that the companies would find
| il convenient to not make these reports.
Eut at least two OF the large compa-
MES have started in honestly and fairly
to make reports The reports from tbs
/ ~
| in the hands of the secretary. To Is
large extent they foreshadow the char
acter of the reports which may be eX-
pected under this law.
| The report of the Chicago & North :
western appears to be complete. All OF
the items for the various columns are
given except that a statement is ap-
pended that there is no way of separat :
ing the mail and express earnings. The
statement shows the following:
Earnings on business that is
all in Iowa.. 1922, S04. %
On business originating in
Iowa lI3,o tU.o-.
On business originating OUT
side Iowa lIo,lOl.44
On business entirely outside
of Iowa ..........t......... 25',53V.oo
Each one of these various items is
divided into the various classes, as for
example that on the first item having
the following general division:
Passenger $10S65017
Freight 12OS55.Oa
Express 51.9S9.23
Mail 33.74S.4A
Track rent t......... 979.SS
Miscellaneous . 65S1. .46
These items are all for the month of
April alone for which the report is
made. The report of the Milwaukee is
also for April alone. The item of tele-
graph earnings is left blank and also
that of car rent in the Northwestern
report.
The report of the Chicago, Milwaukee
4 ST. Paul Company covering the
month OF April shows gross earnings OH
business all in Iowa of $S44.50S.S5. The
blank is changed and merely shows that
the business is transacted in Iowa. Th,,
division contemplated is not made, but
the following explanation is given:
"This statement gives all the infor-
nation which the Chicago. Milwaukee
& ST. Paul Railway Company has as to
The earnings of its lines in Iowa. 1T is
timpossible to compile the statistics
necessary to fill out schedule A within
the time allotted. and the separation of
The interstate earnings accruing to the
state of Iowa into the three classes as
indicated by schedules r, c and ID
seems not to be required by the Rules
tnI
as they are construed by the railway
company Express earnings and news
.earnines accrue to The railway company
under contracts providing for the pay
inent of gross sum for facilities fur
nished; mail earnings are dependent
upon rates fixed by the United States
Hrostoffice department based upon re-
suits of quadrenisal weighing of mail
matter transported; telegraph earnings
are the toll collected by the railway
company's employees in the state of
Iowa, the railways records therefore
will not afford means for segregatine
earnings of these classes. The total OF
rents may be considered local earn
ings"
The meeting of the ST. Louis exposi-
tion commissioners yesterday was a
Pleasant one i'm every way. Two were
absent Senator Trewin and George Nj.
Curtis The commission selected Gov
.crnor Larrabee as permanent chairman
on motion of Mr.. Palmer one OF the
democratic members, and he was the
unanimous choice of the commission.
The venerable ex-governor was reiuc-
tant to accept. but felt it his duty to do
50 and will do good work for the COM
mission His sterling honesty and COM
.manding executive ability Will go far
tGwar, making the work of the co!n-
mission a success. Next week, on a
cate not yet fixed. the commission VIII
sisit st Louis MIR. Carruthers Went t"
st. Louis last night and VIII arrange
tor the time of the visit. Committees
lave been appointed to prepare rules
antl regulations and for various other
purposes incidental to the organization
pf the commission When the conmls-
sion has returned a meeting Will be
held and the Organization be made. as
elembers feel that they Will then be IN
j position to know just what is wanted.
The unanimous sentiment of the COM
was in favor of planning mere
ly to use the money appropriated and