Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-10
even if there were time for such eff

even if there were time for such ef-
forts.
Thus the omnibus appropriation
bill. which followed as far as. the
finances of the state would allow, the
recommendations of the board of con-
troll, passed the house without dis
senting vote. The bill carries total
of $716.577. Probably only about one
third of this amount will have to be
expended during the biennial period.
The different institutions fare as fol-
lows:
Soldiers home, Marshalltown, SIT,
200.
Orphans home, Davenport, $780,
/ 200.
Penitentiary. Anamosa, s32,6O2.
School for blind, Vinton, $4,000.
School for deaf, Council Bluffs,
| s12;1OO: 80
| Predetermined, Glenwood, s1O9,O75.
Girls industrial school, Mitchell
vile, s37,1 100.
Insane hospital, Mt. Pleasant, s104,-
! $50.
] Insane hospital, independence,
\ $4,000.
I Insane hospital, Clarinda, s67.50O.
Penitentiary, FIT. Madison, $4,000.
Boys industrial school, Eldora, SAT-
430.
Early in the session an appropria-
ton of S13S,0O0 was made for COM
p letion and furnishing the buildings
an the Cherokee hospital, also in ac-
CO rdance with the boards recommen-
| da tons.
When the bill was presented to the
house by the committee it came with
out the $4,000 for land for the Sol
| dielrs' Orphans Home at Davenport
stri cken out. Calderwood, of Scott,
| moved that $4,000 be added to the
| bill for that purpose and the house
| agreed to the same.
Iowa Railroads Yesterday.
Yesterday was day of interest to
the railroads of Iowa, and there had
been preparations for a struggle in
both houses. But as l said at the out
| set all these matters of Importance
have been thoroughly discussed, and
there is considerable Impotence at
the delays~ So that when the Hubbard
| bill came UP in the senate yesterday
at 8 O'Clock as a special order there
was instant manifestation of a desire
to push the same to passage. The bill
in its amended shape as it came from
the senate is as follows:
Section 1. That any railroad cor
poration organized under and by vir-
tue of the laws of this state and own
| ing and operating a railroad therein,
shall be authorized and empowered to
| exercise in any other state or territory
of the United States, in which it may
control or operate a connecting line
or lines of railway, the powers and
privileges conferred upon it by it's ar
ticles of incorporation, and all powers,
privileges and franchises conferred
upon railroad corporation under and
by virtue of the laws of Iowa or of
such other state or territory for the
purposes set forth in Section hereof.
| Section 2. That any railroad cor
poration so organized under the laws
of Iowa and owning and operating a
railroad therein, may lease, purchase
or otherwise acquire and own, control
or operate any connecting extension
OF its said railroad not parallel or com
petlng herewith in any other state or
territory of the United States, and to
that end may purchase and control the
stock, bonds or securities of any such
extension if not contrary to the laws
of such other state or territory.
/ The only amendment which was
made to this bill was the changing of
the word land" in the second line as
written above between the words
owning and operating" to "or,''
which is of some Importance. An at
tempt was made by Gilchrist of Poca-
hontas to INTERCEPT an amendment to
the effect that the road which CONVEYS
property or persons between any two
cities more than fifty miles apart
shall be considered parallel lines. and
provided further that no roads shall
take advantage of this act which
could not have done so under the laws
of Iowa as they were on Jan. i, 1902.
1t is needless to say that this amend
ment needed but little to be said in
opposition to show its absurdity. The
Dill carried through the house on roll
call by vote of 60 to 81.
Bill to Apportion State
The house then took up the commit
tee bill to apportion the state into rep
resentlng districts and declare the ra-
Ito of representation Section 1
provides that the apportionment shall
be one representative from every &c.
600 inhabitants, the succeeding sec
.ioio SiFS SdSu ulSlTlCL IN ueIdll TO the
!, full number of ninety-three districts
The only changes are that Lee and
Des MONIES counties are reduced from
two to one representative. Pottawat-
TAME, Polk, Clinton, Linn, Woodbury.
j Dubuque and Scott are those which
!; have two Six counties are doubtless,
, as follows: Monona-Ida, Lyon sceola,
! Clay-Palo Alto, Winnebago-W Worth,
j Hancock-Humboldt, Dickinson-Emmet.
All the other counties in the state
have one representative each. Whit
| ing of Monona sought to amend by
/ making his county single district
/ and joining Clarke and Ringgold, his
contention being that for a man of his
ability one county was enough while
| the gentleman from Clarke CTemple)
: was of such superior calibre that he
| could take good care of two or more