Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-20
LEo,sLAruREs or THREE STATES
Passed MORE BILLS THAN
IOWA AssEMeLv ENACTED.
MINNESOTA. INDIANA
AND WISCONSIN LEAD
Iowa Fourth With Fiftsen Bills Passed
Of a Total Of Forty Five Introduced
Industry Of Regulating Railroads
Not EntirsIy Out Of 6usinsss-some
States Inactive.
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Des ,Moines. Aug. 20 Only three
states OF the union, in the legislative
sessions of 1913, did more legislating
affecting railway operation than Iowa.
These were Indiana, Wisconsin and
! Minnesota. Iowa legislature had fifteen
bills passed. out OF rorty-ilve intro
duced, Minnesota passed nineteen. In
diana eighteen, and Wisconsin seven
teen.
The railway companies maintain a
committee OF investigation of this sub
ject which, collects statistics regard
ing legislation in all the state and
the report OF this committee has re-
Gently been, mad0 available.
The Iowa legislation related to volun-
tary arbitration, headlights. safety APP
planes, equipment specifications, pas
senger trains to run, speed of stock
trains, crossings. track scales and
weighing, burning weeds. inspection,
station equipment and claims. The
figures as to bills introduced is, OF
course. deceptive in that many bills
are introduced in each hoaSe and are
identical.
!. The general report shows that the
industry of introducing and passing
bills to regulate railroads has not gone
out of fashion. In the AZ legislatures
in session this year there was intro
duced 1896 bills and 230 were passed.
In 1912 in the Is legislatures In session
that year there was introduced 272 bills
and 4S passed. In 1911 the total was
512 introduced and 81 passed.
Of the Bills which became a law this
year in the AZ states there were II
full crew bills, 9 relating to hours OF
service Of employees and to experience
OF EMPLOYEES There were II headlight
bills passed There were 80 laws re-
lating TO crossings and IS relating to
handling passenger trains. Only eight
laws are new relating to freight trains
of which refer to speed of livestock
trains
1t is noteworthy that in Texas only 3
bills were passed, in Connecticut l. in
Wyoming 1, in Pennsylvania 3. in Mas
sachusetts and none in Delaware,
Idaho New Mexico.
nss Moines viaduct Question.
The state railroad commission has
been at work some time on the case in
volving a new viaduct in Des Moines.
one on the south side to be really an
extension Of one already built. and af-
fording safe crossing for vehicles on
the way to the army post. Des Moines
people went after this viaduct hard and
are demanding it of the commission.
| The evidence was voluminous and it is
generally believed the commission will
approve the location of viaduct over
the railroad tracks there. The railroad
companies built viaduct on Ninth
street over the main tracks in the city
but it is very little used at present and
will be fused more when the second
viaduct IS ordered and built.
The commission intends taking up
the second week in September the mat
ter Of the application Of the Chicago
& Northwestern railroad for a change
In the Iowa classification as to valua-
ton 81 livestock in shipments, to make