Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-29
Divergent Y|EX&
ON ROAD PROBLEM
FORMULATING BILLS UNDER
DIFFICULTIES.
NEARLY EVERY MEMBER
HAS IDEAS OF HIS OWN
Agreed That State Must Have Perma-
nent Roads But Not as to Methods
Of Raising Fund.- and Authorizing
Work - Committee Will Require
Much Time in Formulating Measures
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Jan. 2s.-The prelimin-
aries for some highway bill making
have been nicely started in the leGis-
lature. A subcommittee Of six was
appointed yesterday by Senator Bal
kema, chairman of the senate commit
tee, to work with q similar sub-com-
mittee in the house and undertake the
task of making one or more good ROAD
bills. 1t was announced that the sena-
tors on the sub committee expect TO
arrange for a number OF open meetings
so that all who want to discuss the
bills before the legislature can do So
1t has been discovered at practically
every meeting of the committee that
there are about as many different views
on what ought to be done to get good
roads a there are mem bers. They say
1t Is going to be an almost Impossible
task to reconcile the conflicting views
but out of II they expect to get some
thing workable.
"On only one thing are we agreed"
Senator Doran says land that is that
don't agree on how TO get taern or VINO
shall pay for them"
Nearly all the discussion hinges upon
methods OF administration of the road
business. and on taxes and state aid
for permanent roads.
Senator Doran has a bill ready Which
embodies his views. Il want to place
road building in the hands Of the peo-
pie who have thus far done ali the
real building Of good roads in Iowa."
he said THAT is the farmers. They
have done all the practical work. and
they have done a great deal They
found our roads deep in mud and grown
up to bullrushes and they have made
them vastly better. My plan Is to
authorize the organization of road dis
triots IKE the drainage districts and
place the building Of the roads in the
hands Of farmers who are personally
interested in these roads. One who has
a personal interest in road will do
the best work on the road Such dis
tricts could be formed on petition Of 60
per cent of farms. That system has
worked we'll in our part of the state and
we are actually getting good perman-
ent roads because the people want
them.''
It will be some time before any re-
ports are made from committees on
which action can be taken on the big
bills.
The various "blue sky" bills before
the legislature viii be entirely re-
written before they are in condition to
be adopted by the legislature. and the
senate committee on banks has sub
vel
Der. Crist and Balluff to do this work.
The bills as presented are declared to
be defective in many particulars. An
effort is to be made to include in the
bill some regulation Of real estate agents
who sell to Iowa people, or offer for
sale, property that is worthless or not
as represented. A clause will be framed
up that will make it rather risky for
an agent 10 engage in the business OF
selling land he has never seen and
about which he knows nothing.
The Doran bill TO prescribe size Of
train crews makes provision for an
engineer and fireman and conductor
with every train then in the case OF
q freight train Of twenty-five or more
cars 1agman and two brakemen, and
less than twenty-five cars only one
brakeman. Light engines must have
a pilot as well as engineer and fire.
man. On railroads Of fifty miles or
less a train crew includes one fagmar
and one brakeman. On yard trains
there must be two helpers at ali times
For passenger trains there must be a
brakeman, a hagnan and a baggage
man. The car limit for freight trains
shall be fifty cars.
80
The Farr BIZ! to change the law as
TO investment of funds Of savings
banks oomtemplates permitting tbs
buying Of mortgages in other states
provided that no investment shall be
made north Of latitude 1870. nor al
anv place south Of thirty ninth paral-
lei west OF longitude $3.50. Between
fhfrty-nine and 1870 parallels the in
yestment can be made anywhere in the
west.
The law to permit city councils te
appropriate money to pay for mem
bersfip in the Iowa Leaugue OF MI
inequalities is threatened with repea!
senator Christ Is father Of bill to ef
fec. repeal. 1t is claimed that the OH
has opened the way to a small graf
~NSN'
never obtained any material oeneh
from 1t.
Newton has also entered the lists a!
a candidate for one Of the new state
normal schools to be established thi:
year. Newton will offer fine site 10
the school and other inducements. TIL
list Of candidates now includes Newton
psrrv Sac City, Bloomfield, Dentson
shenandoah, Creston. In some In
stances buildings as well as ground vii
4 be offered but the cities where NJ
buildings are offered claim that TN
offer OF buildings is deceptive becaus
few Of the buildings are modern o
suitable for the use intended. 1t !
expected that Perry will become yer
active candidate for location, the CLAIM
heinR made that only two other cite
az Iowa last year showed sucn rapi
~ ADVANCE ~ Perry.
- action Of J. c. Byram, truant OF