Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-10
MANAGERS DELlEvE rHERg Will
Dc NO iMcREAsE N IOWA
AssEssMENrs.
ON FARM PRIORITY
MAY sE DEMANDED
Decrease In Net Earnings ~ Rallreads
Puts Management Ia csn6dsnt Mood
-Intsrurbans Lack Similar Arsu-
msnt-coai Operators Preparing to
Comply With New Law.
Special to Times Republican.

special to TlmeS.RepubltcAn.
Dies Moines. July 10.-The represent
atives Of the iowa railroads do not an
ticipate that there will be this year
any increase In the assessment Of rail-
roads by the state executive council.
In fact the railroad men appear to be
resting serenely confident that it will
not be necessary to make very much Of
q showing III addition to the figures
themselves as shown in the reports
which they filed six weeks ago. AS
made public then these reports show a
net loss Of earnings last year as COM
pared with the year before, tho not as
great loss as in the previous year.
There il only one thing that may
change the program. 1t is understood,
that this year some parties not direct
~ interested in railroad assessments,
who may speak for the general tax
payer alone. will appear before the
council and suggest some readjust-
ments. It may be that they will ask
some increase in the value on farm
property, but 1t is certain they will
protest against any reduction In rail
assessments or those on other state
wide corporation property.
The figures submitted by the rail-
roads were compiled by the secretary
OF the state executive council and a
printed table mailed to each railroad
official interested about month ago.
They have had abundant time to con-
slider all the statistics.
The decrease in net revenue to the
iowa railroads on Iowa business for
k~
which is decrease Of about per cent
in earnings.
The decrease the year before was
81. 500, 900. Upon the showing of this
decrease the council last year levied
the assessments at substantially the
same figure as the year before, the
shutting Of figures on new roads maxi
ing net increase Of only $4,000.
The question the railroad men are
to put up to the assessing board Is
whether or not in view of. a still fur
Their decrease In the earnings OF the
roads on Iowa business there ought not
to be q reduction Of assessment rather
to permit. 1t to remain stationery.
The interurbans will not have this
kind Of an argument for their net earn
ings increased from $57S.477 to 3615.6s2.
$50.
The state school for craftsmanship
opened at the state rife range near Des
[Moines today with. Col. Smith W..
FBrookhart. Of Washington, in charge.
Tho rife teams Of the national guard
will be. Instructed in the use Of the.
arms, and next week the state rifle
contest will open at the same place.
Following this the F1fty-sixth regi-
ment will 90 into camp on the same
range, which has now been fitted up
and IL in the very best condition for
this shoot.
The coal mine operators Of Iowa are
preparing to comply with the new Iowa
law in every particular as soon as they
can do 30. Last winter when the
Cla5kson bill was before committees
the operators got out literature show
ing how many hundred thousand dol
lars 1t would take to equip the Iowa
mines to fulfill the law and insisted
that 1t would add materially to the cost
Of every ton Of coal in the state. But
now they find that their figures were
slightly exaggerated and they are pre-
pairing to oeby the law and at the same
time are taking orders for coal, at
least from the state, for less per ton
than for many years They have asked
the mine inspectors, however, to give
them time to make the more important
changes that will be expensive.