Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1907-01-31
R. R. COMMISSION
Report 10 tho Senate on the
Car Shortage sItua-
tion.
List Of Some new Bills Of More
Than Passing In
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Bismarck, Jan. %. In response to
McArthur's resolution the state rail-
road comm ission has sent 10 the SEN
ate report of its work and says that
the com 10 ission has not been idle,
that the business congestion of the
railroads is partly due to unprecedent-
ed growth of the state, the fuel
shortage IS partly due to roads and
part to fuel dealers, who hoped to Sc
cure lower rates and delayed order
ing. Railroad employees are criticized
for indifference in not moving cars
where urgent needs demand them
and commission says this condition
has been vigorously presented to the
railroad management The cOmmls
sion says that the sensational reports
that lives OF citizens have been in
great danger from neglect of railroad
companies. are untrue. The grain
congestion is shown to be yearly Oc-
xcurrence and is declared to he from
lack of terminal facilities, and from
rapid increasing wheat growing area.
Bismarck, ,Jan.2S.- is feared that
some Of the hasty dispatches sent to
the railroad commission, the govern
or, the interstate com merce commits
sion. the railroads, and published in
the eastern papers will result in great
harm to the state unless the country
at large can be shown later that the
dispatches do not repr esent general
condition but only isolated cases that
are liable to occur in any state in
any season. Also unless the showing
can be. made that may have a tenden
cy to coUnteract the extravagant
blizzard emotions of the press corre-
spondent, that it take the railroad
two years to haul our of the state the
crops Of one season.
An instance of the way fuel scare
kilograms become used against the
state is shown by the railroad COM
mission receiving repeated message
from the governor stating: "Hurds
field asks railroad com mission to re-
lieve railroad situation here. "Chair-
man Diesem of the Comm ission wired
from LaMoure at once, Jan. IA, to
Supt. Burt, and received reply that
if it was coal that IIurdsheld wanted
the agent there had advised that
Hnrsfeld was not suffering for coal
nor had it been, and that there had
been two cars of coal on the side
I track there for two weeks.
New Senate bills:
Plerce-PrOvides for maintainaEce
of highways, over which Iural--mail
carriers carry mail, by the county.
Such. roadside be under supervision Of
the county missloners and the ex-.
pense of Keeping them in passable
condition to be paid out of the gen.
4 eral fund OF the county.
{ Kraakel--Provides that the state
$treasure1 shall give a security bond
Sin the amount of $500. 600, to be paid
by the state.
Spoonheim Provides that fran
chises for a period longer than five
| years canot be granted by cities with
out submitting the same to the
voters. I; 3. I'll l5 .5,
ierce-Proyides that no one shall
!: be admitted to the state university
at Grand Forks who has not com
I pleted the preparatory course.
Simpson Provides for $500 per gear
expense money for district court
!. judges. ,s8 II.
Simpson Appropriates s4, 900 for
4 improvements and maintenance of
]; the Dickinson experiment station.
N Z Dung Prohi bits corporations from
.sgiying money to campaign commit
tees or in any way influencing the
zelec ctions. .5s III
I 5McArthu a ppropriates s35, 600 for
buildings for school Of forestry.
Cashel - Provides that seed houses
L must Ia bel goods as to purity Of seed
Hand pc. cent of noxious weeds they.
&contain. Apropriates S2, 600 for the
agricultural college to enforce the
1law.
3 Cashel An . appro priatton for d the
\ sinstituti ion n Tor the feeble II minded g
IL s3Sss
II Mclean mt horizes the Governor
Ssto# appoint an enfo cement commis.
lsioner 5to enforce the prohibit Ion a WI
~ McLea : y. u aappro opriat lion for $$s,a.ln. n
gsexp eliment stat Ion At Hannah I ors s.I$
1on.
I,s sllsl ana 400 1assI &!