Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-04

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that wnen they visit the institutions
they must go in q body and must
| spend at least six days at each of the
institutions and must report early in
the session the legislative needs Of
the institutions both as to appropria,
lions and other matters as we'll.
| Every little city and town in the
state can sbe connected by interurhan
railway with the farming community
| around now that the house and senate
have passed bill to permit the cree
I ton of automobile railroads The idea
is an invention of H. G. Cue, son Of
former Lieutenant Governor Cue He
| has interested John Swift and Benja-
min F. Fuller of this city and they
promise to have the railroads in opera
state before the end of the year
The thing that will allow the small
er cities and town to have the rail-
roads is the small cost Of construc-
ton. The automobile cars will run IN
to construct than the ordinary steel
rail and the railroad, Furthermore
there will be no poles and trolly wire
and still further no power house con-
Stunning lots Of money to erect and
operate. Every car will be indepen-
dent and the cement track is only for
! the country, the cars using the pave
ment when they reach the city. The
idea of a cement track has been ap.
proved of by Barney Marsh of the
Marsh Bridge company of this city
who says 1t is entirely practical. Fur
thermore an additional cost Of con-
strAetion will be saved IA that little
Or no grading will have to be done.
Where the regular interurban costs
$4,000 to 1900 to construct the au-
tompbtle line It is claimed by the pro-
motors, can be built for $10,000Ia mile.
| Being so cheap to construct and so
easy to operate the promoters Claim
that there will be no difficulty in get
ting lines built at many of the smaller
cities Of the state. In fact, they claim
to have already interested several
communities in the project, and will
have lines built within few months.
The road built on this model will do
all that any interurban will do in
transporting freight and passengers
and Is not entirely an untried TX
4 pertinent for similar lines are in op-
GRAFTON in England and some other
countries.
The senate will be the next to act
on the insurance department proposi-
i ton. The house Yesterday indefini-
tely postponed tho senate bill creating
q Separate department. of insurance
4 The senate has before it the bills
changing the banking department
from the auditors Office to the treas
urer's office which has been passed
by the house and it may retaliate b.
killing them. It is conceded that the
auditor should be relieved of sDme
of his work but the thing that won
the house was the argument that
money could be saved by IT'S course.
i Governor Cummings last evening
signed the indeterminate sentence and
reformatory bill and expects toner
row to be able to send to the senate
the names of the three distinguished
IpWans who will be entrusted with
4 the putting into operation this i'm
!, pprtant law. The governor could MOI
last evening indicate the name Of 9
single one of the probable members
4 Of the board, but he did intimate thai
the picking Of the members of this
4 board is not an easy task Tae mem
bers are to receive per diem Of $1l
day for not to exceed $1,000 a year
Il Anyone regarded as eminentiy fit fol
the place Is likely to be one who is
already a busy man, and there Is NC
indueement In the way OF compensa
!, tinn, tt Is felt that at least one 81
the members should be a resident 81
4 Des Moines, or living nearby, since
there will be much that will be left
to the chairman and secretary and
sometimes there must be quick action
! AS for the democratic members the
democrats of the senate and house say
they nave not given the matter ans
thought and they will trust Coy. Cum
mings to pick good democrat with
out any suggestions from them. The,
recall their experience in picking 3
successor to the late Judge Kline
they suggested about forty candidates
. and the governor picked one who has
not been mentioned by them and go1
the very best possible SELECTION. The
bill goes into effect by publication SC
that the preliminaries may be arrang
ed, but courts and prison authorities
need take no cognizance Of it unit
in July.
|
The senate last Tuesday passed the
house anti-tipping bill, which is ad
vertised as having special reference t.
!, architects who are said to be mucl
! given to receiving favors from con
+ tractors and furnishers. But it ].
pointed out the bill will have fai
reaching effect on all forms Of gratu
titles and extras and petty graft, ant
certainly it forms the opening wedge
for future legislation that will put TIL
tip-taker and the tip-giyer in the sam.
!, category as the bribers.
An important bill has just been pass
ed relating to commitments to the in
ebriate hospital, so that sufficient dis
eretien Is given to keep the sbum ele
! ment" out Of the institution.
: Alonzo Abernathy of Usage, ha
been renominated for member of til,
board of trustees of the state college
and J. s. Jones of Manchester ha
: been named to succeed g. D. Alexan
der on the same board.
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