Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-20
FARE LAW EARNS MORE
Increase in Passenger Revenues
in Iowa Shown By Railroad
Reports
ONLY ONE LINE DECREASES
Passenger Earnings Of Flock Island In
crease Is Per Cent During Year
Majority Of Roads At Same Time
Show pscrsassd Freight Earnings
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Des Moines, April 2O-Reports by the
railroads to the executive council on
which the 1908 assessment Is to pc
made give the first indication as t"
what the two-cent fare does for Iowa.
The reports now being made 1ncluoe
six months Of the two cent rare law
- reports include the business done
during the wear 1907 and the two cent
fare law went into effect July ana mas
heeu in effect ever since. Only lew
az the roads have reported thus Ia'
Int with one exception, the wabash
they show an increase in the earnings
from passenger receipts. In the case
oe the Rock Island this Increase is
ho,r m,,lion Of dollars amounting to
about 1s per cent increase on the pus-
mess done in 1905. On freight re-
CENTS. however. most of the roads thus
far reporting show decrease M =
ceipts. - aoorts
The comparisons from the fepo''s
thus far made are as follows
Passenger. rle.sn.,
Rock Island 5000 .$3,s9S,sS3 $e'oso's.
$4,000. 3,5lI.31s ss,4'''AA
Great west'n dso7)s s5s.os2 s2,4s2'sal
$1,000 911,12s 2'eso'so'
= q q G. $500 81, 301,S71 S,o3o'les
(1906)... 1,21s,799 2'osl'oo'
wabash (1907).....$ 263,2S6 $16s,1sl
(1s06). 800, 276,675 7sb,zol
NJ r.
N f1eO7o. ..$ $3.50 Sl6O,oif
I1906) 1884 l33,els
A,.,, 9,
Ca,,,+ar,,,,e f1e07,.$ 7,16S $13,5s2
i (19O6).. $3.50 12,474
r,,,a ars+ renort covering full years
e;,,a.s nnaer the two cent fare law
"a pat q good fair comparison
Ill, 10 when the railroads make their
.,,al renorts to the state railroad
a..,na;ss;on newt July. From the re-
49,. an, ha,ng made to the executive
49, ana from other information
~ ra,,roads II is believed that
cont fare law is greatly in
VIC 800 tho receipts of the railroads
.i,.;,,g them a. greater profit.
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( .,,ata CONTINENT OF any library In
1I,,;tad states east or west so far
40 furniture and furnishings are
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40 otic,l and labor saving and worth
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~ 49, raw lihrarv and everything is
=. aaa for the convenience of the
{ ,,,,n In the new library the reading
pannns ara arranged in each alcove. The
. l 80 3 ,o : oad tonicly. Historical,
,as.ra nhioal travel. literature, science,
,,,,th tho hooks on each of these sub
49,. and tho other subjects in the
100 cow arranged together. The stacks
80 enan On that the public has access
- tha hooks on the racks. The reading
tahI.s are in the alcoyes and with the
helm Of the assistant librarian person
- tho narticular hooks in the alcove
.hat he desires. He can then sit down
,,.b+ IN the midst of the books he
,,,,shes ana read with a minimum loss
- t,n,. n Nrdinr what he wishes.
ass
,raohar. AZ the state board Of con-
~, will snend this entire week in
v;sit,ne, the state institutions on the
:. u, nrov,des that each institution shall
-. Visited nv the entire board at least
400 aach sly months and each institu-
t,on must he visited by at least one
n.n,her Of the board at least once
every three months in addition. Satur-
ao,, the members of the board were
a. Davennort. Sunday and today they
swami at FORT Madison. Tomorrow
NAV will, make an Investigation of the
scandal that has broken out in con-
nection with the county insane hos
,vaak after that thew will visit Wednes-
aay at Mt. Pleasant, Thursday at Glen
WOOD FRIDAY at Clarinda and on Sat-
Moinas