Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-06
5PoTTAWATTAMIE AND kosSUTH
D SECURE LARGEST SHARE THRU
TOWNSHIP APPoRTioNMENT.
MACHINE OWNERS PAYING q
MORE PROMPTLY THIS YEAR
Sixty Four Thousand of Total Goes to
State and to Highway Commission
Sixteen Counties With Only Twelve
Townships-shortase Of Freight Cars
in Iowa-Move For Better Spoilers.
Ia TimeS-Republican.

special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, April 6.-Pottwattamie
county and Kossuth county, each with
twenty eight townships. get the larg-
est slice out OF the automobile fund
which Is about to be distributed by
the state treasurer. The fund will be
distributed. at the rate OF $7O3 pc:
township ands'these& two big counties
each get $19,6S4. Webster Woodbury.
and Plymouth each have twenty four
townships and will each receive SIG, S72.
Polk with twenty-five townships will
get S15,465, Marshall with eighteen will
get $12,654, and Black Hawk will get
the same as Will also Dubuque. ~
The total amount to be distributed
this month amounted Ito $1,2S2,370,
which is by far the. largest sum ever
paid into thesaautomobile. department
in a similar period Of time. In fact
the entire amount paid in for the whole
year in 1915 Mamounted 7 to- $1,137, 766
or almost $4,000 less than has been
paid in this far this year.s@A> second
distribution is to be made in August
but it will not be nearly SO large as
this distribution. Because rof the
change in the law requiring a penalty
of 10 per cent If fees were not paid in
by April /, the automobile owners this
year paid up far more promptly than
a year ago. 4 ,~ o. Set&sl iE;#E {.
Ninety per cent of the fund collected
now goes to the counties. Only per
cent to the state and per cent to the
highway commission. The present ap-
,portionment gives $64,119 to the state
and to the commission. -"
8 The April apportionment last year
amounted to $422 per township and the
August to $270 per township. Both %
these, amounting to 1892 per township,
did not equal the April payment this
year, amounting to $703 per township:
There are sixteen counties in the
state with only twelve townships which
is the smallest number of townships
in any county. These counties only
get $S,436 out of the fund. AS the
money goes to roads the counties
which have the. smallest road mileage
get the minimum payments. II
Iowa Short Of Freight Cars.
Iowa is now 5000 to 5000 freight cars
short of the normal supply, and the
country generally is 10000 short ac-
cording to a statement made at the
demurrage hearing before the state;
railroad commission by M. W. Rotch-
ford, railroad man from Chicago. 1T Is
the worst shortage in. the history Of
the business, railroad men say, and Is
due to congestion at seaboard largely.
There is an enormous freight business
from many of the manufacturing
plants. War orders are making big
business for the factories but when the
goods are gotten to seaboard there are
few ships to carry them. #.@@
However, the practice Of shippers to
hold cars for long periods at a time In
a most serious factor in the situation,
the railroad men say. Mr.. Rotchford
quoted figures showing that in Water
loo twenty-five cars were held a total
of 425 days, in Clinton one dealer held
ten cars total of 1856 days, and in Des
Moines twenty EIGHT cars were held u
total of 244 days. The average over
the country is 1855 days per car.
F.. w. Sargent, attorney for the Rock
island, in an opening address at the
hearing declared that the proposed in
crease an denlurrage rates was in ia
yor Of the active shipper as he was
the one who benefited by Keeping cars
moving and did keep themamoving In
fact. The proposed tEdemurrage rates
he said were decideds on alta confer,
ence between the NationaE Industrial
Traffic League and the American Rail-
way Association. Many of the COM
mercial organizations of Iowa are
members of the former organization.
The new proposal is to alloWtw days
free, then charge 81 per day for the