Evening times-Republican., 1914-01-02
LookeT-On In Iona

Manly Jan. 2.-The change that has
occurred In this town during the past
two years has been marvellous. When
the c.. r. L 4 p. railroad decided to
make this division point, Manly was
small Iowa town doing good busi-
ness the same as many other towns.
But the location Of railroad shops,
round houses and making 1t residence
Of railroad employees. has resulted dur
ing the past year In the building Of
ten new brick store buildings, over
100 residences. brought in a new lum-
Der yard. and made necessary a new
newspaper OUTFIT. Figures talk. The
pay roll Of the railroad company here
for November was $4,000. this infor-
nation from the banker who handed
out the cash. The town itself has Just
finished a $4,000 waterworks system.
It's a general opinion II good luck
had enabled the town to have finished
the waterworks system sooner. the
late disastrous fire would not have oc-
Cured. 1t gives the reader an idea Of
the railroad business here to men
ton the fact. that twenty -four pas
senger trains go thru here every
twenty-four hours. and twice that
number Of freight trains. A new union
depot is a sure thing for the coming
year as two Of the railroads have
agreed on plans and expense. and the
other railroad is about ready Ito come
across" The coming spring will see
twenty new stalls for the round house
and more new residences than this
year.
It would seem useless for Iowa
to pass any law. unless some commits
sion or board, was appointed to en-
force it. Our present laws concerning
automobiles are all that is necessary.
but to all intents and purposes are
dead letters. Men travelling in the
country after dark say It is q common
thing to meet automobiles without
lights. The writer sees In almost every
town such machines going along with
out front or rear lights. When 1t comes
to speed. an automobile In the country
travels at any rate per mile that suits
the man at the wheel In towns it's
the same. when out Of the sight Of the
police or city marshal. A few Sunday
nights ago between S and o'clock. a
machine went down Main street
towards the soldiers home at least at
the rate Of forty mile. an hour. and
some spectators say fifty miles an
hour a better estimate. No arrests or
fines for this have been reported in
the T.-R.
In the near future we shall read re-
ports G. some terrible accident. Chill
dren and old people are in especial
danger. Some Of these reckless drsv-
ers ought to read the clipping below
and see what the state Of Connecticut
does in such cases. and what The state
of Iowa will do. after-mark the word
we have had some murder. not ac-
cident OF this kind. It 10 only neces-
sary for the reader to stand on the
streets Of any city In Iowa having an
electric car line and see every day.
everywhere, Just such performances as
resulted in the death Of this woman.
Here's the account from the Hartford
Courant:
'sMrs. Kolleter was hit by the auto
mobile Just after stepping from a
trolley car and was almost instantly
killed, her neck being broken. The
coroner finds that Mrs. Pope. who has
been operating motor vehicles for
two years, was proceeding on the left
hand side Of the highway for the
claimed reason that she observed said
trolley car at q standstill /. /. and
thre was no sufficient space upon the
| highway for her :o drive to the right:
that she also observed the woman get
off said car; that apparently she did
not slacken the speed Of the motor
vehicle, which was proceeding At an
approximate rate Of from twelve to
fifteen miles an hour. nor did she
bring It to q stop az required by
Section Is, Public Acts, state Of Con-
necticut. 1909
Il ind that az Nettie L. Pope turned
into New Haven avenue (the street
on which the accident occurred)
which in up Grade at this point. thsre
were no other vehicles upon said ave-
nue. to obstruct he view or progress
other than said trolley car: that she
had gone q distance u about $50 feet
before striking the deceased; tha4 the
/, width Of said highway In and IN the
vicinity where deceased was struck. II
eighteen feet: that no warning signal
was siven Dy tie S::::.e: ee .es4 g: e.e-
vehicle ~ she entered upon said high