Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-04
HIGH PRICE PRICE or LAND
STANDS IN WAY OF 1NTuRUR-
BAN BUILDING IN IOWA.
BOOSTER COMMITTEE FINDS
BONDS CAN BE PLACED
Neither the Lack Of Money Nor Fear
of Incorporation Laws Interfere
With Projeets-Farms Fail to Co.
ope-ase-lnterestins Contest Over
Location of State Convention.
peoisl to Tines-Rapue,ican.

Special to Times-Republtcan.
! Des Motnes, March =.-Ir Is not the
laws 81 lows which forbid fraud and
sham IN The issue Of corporation stock
that stand IN .he way Of building inter
u-oa-s in Iowa. 50 The Des Moi.es
boosters who are interested in this
movement declare. Neither Is II hys-
te-ica- Tear c. me terrifying effects Of
= political campaign taa, IS holding
hack tie building The real reason IS
that with land 50 high ana land owners
feeling 50 cocly j. Is found 10 be we'll
night impossible 70 get right o. way.
We viii have no trouble selling the
bonds sa56 M. Miller, who IS pro-
noting : north w-sste-- line, while here
7eoen1ly. The money is ready and We
caa place lae bonds Al face value. Blu.
The trouble ali lies il other directions.
Right o. way privileges ara hard TO get
and -he-a : not the cooperation in the
towns and country there should be-
II regard 20 3 proposed line 10 The
sco-awes. i IS al open secret that
when tils survey had been made and
al arrangements com pleted. the men
money said thai they would do SO 81
once. but :. would he Necessary 70
show them thai Inc survey was
straight An excellent survey was
made, but the engineer had no standing
in thu east, hence new survey IS 10
be made by an engineer satisfactory 10
the noneyed interests.
The principal effect OF the new Iowa
law has been so the Dss MONIES pro-
motors say, TO shut off a lot OF wildcat
prom citing under which the promoters
planned 70 Issue stock and gather in q
few dollars then drop out. II is freely
predicted that the interurban planning
OF the future in Iowa will be on a
much sounder basis than ever before.
Judge Prouty Will resume mis- cam
paign next week. speaking al Milo, in
Warren county on the 10th, and prob
ably at Liberty Cent ter and Tacoma the
next day. He speaks at 1ndianola on
the 18TH. and he is assured of an ex-
cellent meeting in this former strong
hold OF sIandpatisul. The friends OF
the progressive cause report that the
| outlook is improving immensely for
Judge Prouty since his stirring speech
and that the gain for him IS noticeable.
The Des Noines people who go after
conventions and things DO not believe
/ that the republican state convention
viii go either at auction or as prize
/ al a cigar stand rattle. but they do
recognize that Cedar Rapids, al least
! is preparing 10 make a good fight for
the place. Having looked over the list
Of members of the committee they have
concluded that Des Afoines will have no
advantage and if Das afoines gets the
place il VIII be because Of e belief that
the majority OF -t.e republicans OF the
state desire that their conventions
shall be held here Ottunwa IS pre-
pared 10 make about the same bid for
for the republican convention as for
the democratic. The committee is 20
meet next Thursday II is not known
that all the members can be present.
II IS expected that supt. John F.
Riggs will soon give some definite sign
as to whether or not he will permit his
name to- go before the republicans
again. He is in Indianapolis this week
attending a national meeting of super
intendents. There is no question that
a great many Of the school men Of the
state desire that Riggs shall run for the
office not 50 much because Of any hos
tility toward any other candidate, but
because OF general feeling that with
such large field the chance of getting
g superintendent who would not fol-
low up the work which has been laid
out by the educators is excellent Mr..
Riggs has not said he would Or that
ne would not be candidate. Per-
sonally he is Indifferent There is not
seeking ii or making q campaign. But
Mr.. Riggs has taken great pride in his
work ana feels that the situation is
such that there should at least be 10
radical departure from the progressive
policy of himself and his INN ediate
predecessor.
Commissioner w L. Eaton. Of the
railroad board, will return next week
from California so as TO be present at
the important hearings Of this month
involving various matters on iowa
rates. It is not yet known whether the
coal rate question viii come up be-
cause an effort is being made to effect
settlement outside of the commission.
! This is one of the most important mat
tiers which has come before the board.
The express hearing is also Of great i'm
portance. for while the commission has
rearranged a schedule there has never
been any consideration Of the fairness
of the express rates az whole. A
question as to the propriety of re1uc-
| ing grain rates is also to come before
the board at. an early date. Another
matter Of very great importance to
come up at the hearing mex: week is
/ that of the adoption by the Iowa COM
49,
which were formulated at the national
meeting The railroads. It is under
stood, will make no opposition to these
rules.
lM,ARrhuR GETS MAsoN,s PLACE.