Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-15
GOOD START ON FIXING UP RAIL
ROAD AND HIGHWAY
CROSSINGS.
RAILROAD ENGINEERS
COOPERATING HEARTILY
Refusing Permission to Renew Grade
Crossings of Other lines-Bar As
ISOLATION to Hear Report on torrens
System Of Land Titles-Visorous
Kick Sometimes Pays.

Special to es-Republcan.
Des Moines, May l5.-h' {. Beard
of the state highway COMMISSION VINO
was here this week. reports that the
work or fixing up the crossings OF
highways and railroads hos been Wen
started and great progress is being
made. The railroad engineers are CO.
operating heartily with the engineers
of the commission and planning 10 se'
rid of a great many Of the dangerous
crossings which have been listed. "A
special engineer has been riaceo III
charge of this work. The hrst prac-
teal work was done IN rage county
where some very bad places were
tackled The highway crossings Oh ltie
uappei routes across the state VII NC
given first attention so tpat lhese
roads. routes and trails may De Hlaoe
as safe as possible for all traVel. IL 10
the automobile business shat mas com
relled q great change in the plans loi
the crossings.
The railroads are practically relus-
ing to permit grade crossings OF olhei
railroads to be made new Inc othei
day the question came up OF the ne"
crossing of the Milwaukee ROAD ana lhe
interurban in Woodward 10 permit
completion of the line to the site OF INC
state epileptic village in Boone county
and the Milwaukee company refused 10
hermit OF a grade crossing. AS result
! of a conference an overhead crossing
will be made and the expense be ol-
v;ded between the two companies.
| That the making of crossings Saie
will NOT eliminate accidents was SHOWN
! however. by two supreme court de-
! cisions this week. Both involved the
! killing of a man at crossing. But
! borh were at crossings where there
was every possible opportunity to see
+ IN all directions and avoid accidents
In one case the court held the victim
of the accident was clearly to blame
and in the other it was held the motor
man was to blame for not stopping the
car.
At the annual meeting of the Iowa
State Bar Association next month III
Burlington there will be an Interesting
committee report on the 'Torrens
/
great proab ility that the system Will
receive the Endorsement Of the bar as
ISOLATION. With this Endorsement the
advocates of reform along this line Will
be able to go before the legislature and
make a strong showing The system Is
zone to supersede the present haphaz-
ard way of tracing land titles down
from the musty past with mnnlle OPP
portunity for broken links, and conse-
luent great field for litigation. II the
lawyers indorse the Torrens system II
will be with sacri.icial rir, for once
adopted it would decrease litigation by
a large amount.
It pays frequently to make good
kick on proposed railroad rates. The
other day the railroads backed up
nicely on one proposition. Ihey MAD
announced that in the western classl-
itcation territory rates on Shipment OF
potatoes interstate would be raised
about 20 per cent, going from class {
to class B. It was figured out this
would cost the shippers ;-bout So car
on an average. Commerce Counse
Henderson for Iowa put in protest
with the interstate comm cree commls-
sion. and similar protests went in or
behalf Of Wisconsin, Kansas, the Da-
kotas, and other states. First hearing
was announced for Kansas City or
Wednesday, but it was called off. Yes
terday Judge Henderson received In
formation that the proposed rates We're
abandoned and the old rate remains.
The action Of the state pharmacy
board in ousting three holders Of GER
tihcates for violations Of the law as tC
sale Of intoxicating liquors will be q
warning 10 others in the state. The
taking away of q certificate is a Sc
we're penalty to impose on druggist
for it puts him definitely out of bust
ness in this or other states. The board
make the rule that where there has
been at least three convictions of 6
druggist it is prima facie that he has
no intent to do straight business, ant
it is up to him to prove the contrary
A number of other cases are unde,
considera ton.