Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-22
State Board of Control to Make
Decision as to Location at
EARLY Date
AN IDEAL SITE is IMPOSSIBLE
So Many Points to Take Into consid-
Grafton That the Problem Becomes
Perplexins-Location Near Iowa City
Seems to be in Favor-sho,tage Of
Cars in Iowa.
Special to Times-Republican.


Hamilton Of the state board of control
said today that the board will devote
the greater part of this week to the
tuberculosis hospital site question.
The board will go out to revisit some
of the sites offered and may make
some excursions to some other local.
tiles where they think it possible
that there may be sites. The board
spent nearly all of last week discus
sing the various sites and reached the
conclusion that the ideal site could
not be had. BY all ideal site the board
means everything that everybody else
thinks Of in the way of scenery and
elevation and in addition pure water
and close enough proximity to rail-
road to have a switch to the institu-
tion grounds. Every member of the
board has decided that unless there
is a possibility of running a switch to
the grounds they will vote for no site.
Chairman Hamilton said today that
since he came to- the board in April
the state had paid hundreds of dollars
in demurrage charges to railroads be-
cause they were unable to unload cars
where the freight had to be hauled by
wagon distance OF several miles.
The money thus paid in denlurrage
charges is a direct loss and does no
good to the state in amy way
There is one site five miles. out from
iowa City on the interurban that
would do if the state can find no bet
ter, but there are some who favored
bringing the location more nearly in
the geographical center of the state.
The site being on the interurban makes
it accessible for transporting freight
from the railroads leading into Iowa
City and Cedar Rapids but the board
would like to be close enough to a
railroad that switch could be run
from the railroad. The farm spoken
of is known as the Cline farm and has
south slope but the water is an un-
known quantity, there being good
farm we'll on the place but not such
well as would be required to satisfy
an institution with several hundred
people in it.
The. annual shortage Of cars is on
in Iowa. One railroad has informed
State Railroad Commissioner N. S.
Ketchum that it is short 1,500 cars in
erses the state has enough cars to
meet the demand and everything that
can be pressed into service is being
used. Mr. Ketchum took trip over
the state one day last week with some
railroad officials and discovered ele-
vator after elevator that had no cars,
whereas there is probably not an ele-
vator in the state but is in need of cars
and could be loading cars at all hours
of the day and night If 1t could get
them. Mr.. Ketchum kept the officials
in hot water by pointing out elevator
after elevator that had no cars, and
in despair they told him their troubles
and their inability to get the cars to
supply the elevators. The situation
this fall is not such as is likely to allay
the demand for reciprocal demurrage
bill such as was introduced at the last
session of the legislature and gives
promise of causing the same bill to be
introduced at the next session.
Probably no man in Iowa will travel
as far to vote at the November election
as will the Hon., p L. Prentis, United
States immigration agent at Vancou-
yer, B. c. His home is in Rice town
ship in Ringgold county, near Mt. Ayr,
and he has written to his friends that
he will return home to vote. DR.. Prem
tbs is under the civil service and can
take no active part in politics, but will
exercise his right of franchise. and be-
ing an ardent republican will return to
his native land to cast his vote on
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