Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-15
STRENGTHENED
RAILROAD COMMISSION HAS VAL
LIABLE LEGAL AID IN DWIGHT
LEWIS.
WILL HAVE TITLE OF SPECIAL
COUNSEL, AND SPECIAL WORK
Railroads Forwarding Reports to Exec
utive Council on Which Annual As
sessment is Rased-Cattle Breeders
Of State to Meet Soon to Prepare
For Expanding Special Appropriation

Des Miones. April 15.-Dwight Lewis
tage charge of the great rate
cases which must be tried out before
the interstate commerce commission at
an early date and in defense OF the
Iowa rates, both passenger and freight,
which comes before the federal court.
These cases have all been commenced
and some work should be done immed-
. lately hence the haste in getting the
department organized to handle them.
Besides, the new commerce counsel Will
not take office until July l and he will
be busy with the rate cases to come
before the Iowa board. Mr.. Lewis will
have the title of special counsel and
his work will be that Of preparing these
interstate rate cases for trial. When
it comes to the actual trial in the case
the railroad commission has the au-
thority to call upon the attorney gen.
eral. as that law was not changed, or
to make use Of the new commerce
counsel as may seem best at the time.
In the opinion Of members or the
commission Iowa Is now in far better
shape than ever before to take up ana
handle all these rate matters Tor the
benefit OF the shippers and the people.
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The BIDS Will be opened for the new
machinery hall which the state will
build on it's property for the state fair
on May l. The contract will be Tor
building that will be in fact just half
the size of the building as 1t Will pc
when completed as planned. 1t Will pc
great shed for the exhibition OF ma
chinery and implements to be used oS
the exhibitors that have small eXhlplts
rather than by those who put up Dig
tents or have buildings Of their own.
The lunch counter which was oper-
ated in the basement OF the state mouse
during all the legislative session prob
ably prohted more from the senatorial
deadlock than any other one thing. Inc
requirement. Of a ballot at noon each
day made it practically impossible for
the legislators to leave the building
for lunch One day there were 500 per-
sons served with lunch at the counter
and 1t is probable that for the ninety
three DAYS the average was near 3oo
a day.
| Railroad reports are coming IN TO the
office Of the state executive council IN
preparation for the annual assessment
an dtaxation. The early reports rather
indicate that while gross receipts were
large in 1910 the net profits were not
as large as before because of increase
of expenses. The Rock Island, Tor
instance, got s15,917.465 out OF Iowa
business, or s1,s94,000 more than the
wear before but the net profit was only
s3.s55,712 as against 81, 519,433 the year
before, The Illinois Central made. on
Iowa business, $500. $50 as against s749,-
997; the Iowa Central made $ooe,94s
as against s331,525; the Minneapolis
made s32S,334 as against $3lo,SSo' out
the Wabash lost s51,44 as against a
profit Of s9S,565 The st. Paul and Des
Moines, now part Of the ROCK 1slano
had a profit Of $95.56S. The little Man.
chester and Oneida road made a pront
Of SS,367 and the Southern Iowa TERM
inal which operates the old lne from
Abba to Centerville, made s1O22.
The Des Moines Union, a strictly ter
minal company had a profit OF s74.017;
the Omaha Bridge and Terminal made
s2S.e26; and the Sioux City terminal
s12,657.
companies in Iowa shows as follows:
Rock Island, s514,171; the Illinois Cen
trail, s169,43S; the Iowa Central. $685.
374: the Minneapolis, S5S,197; the St
Paul and Des Moines, $17,323; the
Santa Fe, s16,s75; the Great Northern,
s24,953; the Des Union, s47,o44.
It Is expected that early in the spring
there will be held in. this city large
meeting of the beef cattle breeders OF
the state for the purpose OF FORMING an
organization to carry on the propa-
ganda contemplated by the legislature
IN the appropriation of $1,000 for the
ben eft of the beef cattle Industry. Inc
work will be much like that which has
been done for the dairy cattle OF the
state and will for the present at least
consist largely of making the farmers
of the state better acquainted with the
advantages of using the best breeds of
ctatle.
The fact that very many OF the pa
tie hts - the state hospitals are afflict-
ed with tuberculosis, and that fire.
quently this has much to do with their
mental deficiency, was, the occasion for
including in the list OF appropriations
provision for new wing to the state
hospital at Cherokee. 1t will be used
for the tuberculous insane and most
Of those from the other hospitals will
be sent there. The building will cost
100000.
The disclosure that under the pres.
eat liberal city administration gamb.
ling has been conducted openly on tht
, principal business streets came as {
distinct shock to many people Of De.
: Moines who had imagined that tn,
, commission plan would put an end t,
{ all such things. Mr.. LAWYER, win
! proved good witness in the mayor
probe, told Of the various and sundr.
places where men are privileged to los
money on so-called poker games an.
he stated that his losses In q to,
months run up to $1,000. It was know,
. last spring when the city campAig
i. was on that thep resent commissions
Of police ives hacked by the liberal an
. wide open elements but u was sup
. posed the plans had been forssta1lS6
Iowa Ealts Banker nseevsgine.