Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-08-27
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Fire Companies Have Withdrawn.

Fire Companies Have Withdrawn.
Des Moines- Ole O. Roe, in charge
of the insurance department of the
officer Of the auditor of state, is in
receipt of information to the effect
that the fire companies have decided
to withdraw from all effort to inject
the "three-fourths" clause into their
policies.
Iowa's administration OF the IN
surance department has consistently
opposed the insertion of this clause
In fire policies. Information from the
companies Of their intention to ac-
cept the view of the Iowa department
is gratifying, Of course, to the officials.
In effect the three-fourths clause
was reinsurance. Under it the COM
pany might write a policy for "a
600 but would pay but $4,000 in con-
sideration of having charged low
rate, the company expecting the in.
sured to carry part of the risk or
insure in some other company.
1t has been the view of the Iowa
department that this would lead to
confusion and misunderstanding on
the part of the insured and might re.
suit in unnecessary litigation. There
fore the embargo which has been
recognized by the companies.
Coordinated Reports,
S. L. Lupton of Washington will be
sent to the western states by the in
terstate commerce commission soon
to confer with the state railroad COM
missioners with respect to making a
co-ordinated system of reports from
the railroads, that may be adopted by
all of the states.
H. c. Adams, statistician of the In
terstate commerce commission, has
prepared letter to the state boards
in which he says that he hopes the
result of the visit of Mr.. Lupton may
be the creation Of system which will
be comprehensive, which may be used
by all of the states and the interstate
commerce commission and may avoid
duplication, thus relieving the carriers
of an expensive burden.
Mr.. Adams discloses the purposes oil
the inquiry to be made by Mr.. Lup
ton, however, in the paragraph Of his
letter in which he states that it also
| is of the greatest Importance that
some general rule be adopted for di
viding earnings and expenses of rail
roads by state lines, Iowa has
several trunk lines passing from ant
| to other states through this state
What share Of the SYSTEMS earnings
| and expenses should be classified as
earnings and expenses within Iowa;
An additional complication arises II
dividing the earnings and expenses Of
intrastate and interstate business.
| 1t was because the commission con
sideration this matter Of vast import
ance that 1t appointed Mr.. Luptor
special agent to investigate the var
ious states.
Nearly Half Fail to Pass.
Out Of. the zoe persons. who tool
the July teachers examination in Poll
county l23 received certificates. Tit
percentage of successful candidates
was about the same as in the Jun,
| examination.
| County Superintendent Huegie ha,
| just received the markings OF th,
! papers from the state board of read
ers at the state house.
Ten of the teachers were awarded
first grade certificates, seventy-fou,
were second grade, thirty-five wer,
third grade and four were specia
esetiecates. A good many CT thos,
4 who took the second examination
failed to secure certificates from tn,
first held in June. Mrs. Huegle think
that most of those who took the ez
animation for the second time wer
sneeessful. 80
In June seventy eight certificate
were tssred to the $50 teachers VII
wrote In Polk county. Eve of then
We're first grade, fifty.eight were ser
ond grade and eighteen were thir,
grade.
State Superintendent Riggs ha
authorized Mrs. Huegle to hold (
provisional examination in order ii
give the teachers who failed anothe
chance to secure certificates. Un
less more teachers are SECURED 1t Il
4 expected that there will be sfortag
In Polk county during the comm,
| term.
Double Track for Car Lines.
Every foot Of the street car line
within the city limits will be doubl,
tracked, beginning early in 1908.
This announcement has been mad,
by one of the officials OF the Poll
electric lines and disclosed the deter
mined policy of the management.
It contemplates an improvement
which will cost more thar. $500, 900 ami
4 Hay be- completed within the year.
There are. about eighty miles O
street railway in Des Moines at thi
time. Perhaps twenty or twenty
five miles have been double tracked
This does not include the side tracks
It is estimated that double tracking
Will cost $4,000 or $4,000 a mile
rs most IF it is on paved streets. A
this rate it would require an expendI
ture in excess Of half a million dol
lars, Side tracks or turn out track
could be utilized, however, for a por
ton of the improvement. i.
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