Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-04
COMMITTEE MAKING GOOD PRO.
oREss IN WORK OF SECURING
BETTER HIGHWAYS.
COMMITTEE HAS CONFIDENCE,
OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Farmers, Business Men and Professions
Apprenticeship Finally Offered to
Command Respectful Consideration
LATE Young Appears Before Com.
mittees to Talk Road Improvement.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Feb. Ain no one
thing has the legislature made more
! rapid or satisfactory progress than in
regard to preparation of the bill tina:
will finally become the law of Iowa
| looking toward permanent highways.
| This is the judgment of the men who
are most interested in good legislation
for better roads. The preparation Of
| the bill is In the hands of the follow
| Ing persons:
Senators-Nicholas Balkema, Sioux
merchant: Asa L. Ames, Tama, farmer,
, interested in stool, growing; T. J. B.
Robinson, Franklin, banker, deeply in
! terested in rural life problems; Frank
F. Jones. Mills, merchant and farmer.
long a student Of good roads; Eli c.
Perkins, Delaware, attorney; A. NJ.
Garrett, Louisa. livestock and grain
dealer; Edgar P. Farr, Woodbury., law
yer.
Representatives-Jam NJ. Brock
| way, Louisa. farmer and stockman
chairman house committee; John E.
Bruce, Floyd, farmer and stockman;
Arthur Pickford. Cerro Gordo. farmer;
Eugene Whitney, Woodbury., lawyer:
L. S. G. Chapmon, Guthrie, farmer:
David E. Kulp, Palo Alto, dentist and
farmer; Alfred S. Workman. Mills.
former county recorder: T. F. Hal
stead. Buchanan. farmer; Alfred A.
Lenocker, Pottawattamie, druggist.
SO
you can say as from me-" said
Speaker Cunningham yesterday, that
| the committee has the confidenceof the
chair and the general assembly. and
that especially do I know that Chair
man Brockway Is among the most pro-
gressive members OF the legislature on
the subject and Is in advance OF the
house membership in what he is work.
ing for. The committee making the
bill is composed Of the very best men.
representatives OF all parties and class
es and all deeply interested In getting
out the very best legislation on the
. subject. l have no doubt that we will
get good legislation"
"No finer body Of men could be
named than the members Of this conn.,
mittee that ar working on the
highway BILL" said Chairman Balkenla,
who presides on the sub committee.
Here we have representative farmers
and business men who are vitality con-
cerned in this problem, we have law
yers and bankers, and they are much
interested have never seen men get
down to good hard work on any prop
osition with such unselfshness and
sincere desire to do good to the state as
in this committee working On the high
| way BILL
The committee is preparing bill en-
! tireIy Independent Of the various
ready-made schemes and chiInerical
connections Of the professional and po-
litical road builders, according to one
of the members, and when it is ready
for the consideration Of the legislature
it will command the respect Of all sin
cere friends Of permanent roads In the
state. Some effort has been made to
induce some Of the emonstrative po-
litical road builders to appear before
the committee and present their views,
but it is said they have almost in
solently snubbed the committee. Mem
bers declare, however, that they do not
intend to let any personal feeling in
ierfere with their hard work on the
committee in preparation of the bill.
1t will be some time before any part
of the completed bill will be decided
upon in committee, SO that it's main
features can even be discussed.
i Ex-senator Young talked good roads
to the two highways committees of the
legislature yesterday afternoon, and
outlined his views as to what ought
to be done. He urged that the state
highway commission be equipped with
an office and a force and with COM
petert engineer and be given author
ity to secure a report on the expendi-
ture Of every dollar of-moRey anywhere
in the state that, was paid: FOR road
work, and that a tax be levied for q
fund with which to commence the
building Of roads.
Senator Quigley Joined him in g
colloquy to bring out the thought thai
il boards Of supervisors were given
power they could handle the business
and the senator from Clayton added
II have had just as much experience
in Iowa as you have"
mo you haven't" said LATE quick.
.. ly, "for I'VE run for senator. and yor
have not"
But the members received lot o.
good ideas from Mr.. Young and hi
, address was well received. He ap'
peared before the committee IN re-
! Spouse to an invitation from the com
, mittee to the editors Of Des Moine'
papers to appear and tell what they
know about road building.
A letter was read from another col
, tor in which he virtually notified tn
legislature that he doesn't believe
is honest or intends to try to work GU
any good roads legislation. MI. Yount
advised the members not TO lesislat'
t on their prejudices.
Don't make a highway bill beeaus'
Ell YOU hate an editor" he said. That
s your privilege, but Just 30 on hatint
Y editors, and get some good Iesssla