Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-05-22
New pemurraae Plan For Iowa.


New Demurrage Plan for Iowa.
Des Moines.--The state railroad
commission heard arguments for and
against change In demurrage charge |
made by railroads. The hearing was
| announced by the commission to OBJ |
tain evidence relating to system
now in use on the Pacific coast.
The Pacific coast plan is to make /
high, demurrage charges with a view |
to cutting down the time cars are |
held by shippers, the railroads ex-
planned. 1t was urged that the plan
be adopted in Iowa to relieve car |
shortages which exist every year at |
the busy season.
Those opposed to the increased
If all the cars held over time by |
shippers were released the car short |
! age would not be alleviated II was
| shown that about 4 per cent of the |
cars are held over time.
The small shipper will be the vic |
tim of the high charge, 1t was ex-
planned. The big shipper has facil- !
tiles for unloading and loading. He |
will not be hit by the high charge. |
The small man. who uses cars for |
storage when he needs them, cannot |
afford the higher price.
If the demurrage is increased the |
shippers are demanding that the re-
ciprocal plan be adopted. This means |
that the railroads will be penalized |
II they do not deliver cars at the |
time agreed upon.
A large number of traffic men we're |
present for the hearing. Among |
these was e. z. Mote, manager of the
Paciyc car demurrage bureau.
State Secretary Must Stand Cost.
Secretary of State w. s. Allen APP
pears to be stuck for the costs on |
publication of the laws which have |
been sent out of his office by mistake.
| One bill was published which had !
never been passed by the legislature,
and another which had not been sign
ed by the lieutenant governor. State
officials say that the cost OF publish
ing these laws cannot be taken from
the state treasury. Precedent is am
pie in this sort Of a case. Some |
years ago an insurance report was |
published and found to be an error.
1t had to be republished and the au-
ditor at that time had to pay for the |
first publication out of his own peck
ct. The particular official who is del |
egated to make any sort OF legal pub
LEGATION is responsible for the docu-
| ha Col 90 he a,ip
rule has been that he must stand |
good for all the losses due to any er-
ror.
Highway Body Plans Session.
The new Iowa safe highway CON-
mission, in carrying out the provisions
OF the Brockway act which changed |
the method of constituting the body |
itself and called for county engineer
in every one of the counties, has set
tied on a plan of administration not !
to do things piecemeal.
The commission held an extraor-
binary session recently and resolved
to call all the county engineers that
have been appointed In conference
with the commission at Ames this
week. The conference with the en-
gineers is to be for the purpose of
going over plans for better road work. /
Attorney General Cosson and AS
sistant Attorney General Samson win |
be called into the conference to go
over the attorney generals interpreta-
ton Of various sections of the Brock
way law.
Hogs With Cholera Guaranteed.
Members of the animal health COM
mission of Iowa are seriously consid-
ering a new rule to enforce quaran-
tine Of thirty days on all hogs which
have the cholera. Such a rule, 1t is |
claimed, would aid in stamping out |
| the disease. At present, 1t is urged, |
| shippers often send infected hogs to
market before they are cured, even
| IL they have been given the serum |
| treatment
The commission has issued a letter |
J to hog raisers recommending that the |
practice of injecting the virus and |
serum into the hams be discontinued. !
Such injection is injurious to the ham,
one Of the best parts of the meat, and |
| depreciates its value. The commits |
sioners say just as good results may |
/ be obtained by injecting the serum in.
side of the elbow or back OF the ear.
! Names Food Inspectors.
The state dairy and food commits
sioner has announced the appointment
~ fxx,ex stAat "a
Algona was named to succeed e. c. |
Hinshaw, recently appointed game |
warden, as dairy inspector in the |
northwestern district. Mr.. Anderson !
/ is president of the State Butter Max
ers association.
The other man named is ]. S. Bit |
ner Of Cedar Rapids. He is made food |
| inspector in that city.
|
Iowa Soil In Good Condition.
Temperature much below the nor.
NAL retarded the progress of growing |
| things during the past week, accord 4
ing to the weekly crop report OF DR..
George M. Chapel. weather man. Moth |
ing worse than slight delay occur
red. according to the report. Things
are now in a condition to equal the
record crops OF last Year, DR.. Chap
pei says.
To Explain His Plan.
Judge Smith Mcpherson Of the fed
eral court has given r. c. Merrill OF |
Marion, until May 26 in which to sub
init his proposition for the purchase |,
J Of that section of the defunct Fort !
! Dodge, Des Moines & Southern rail-
! road. known as the old Newton & |
/ Northwestern line. Merrill refused |
to divulge the details OF his plans. He
/ intimated, however, that he and others !
would attempt to form corporation /
and take over the road. The line will
4 be abandoned unless Merrill agrees to
purchase It,