Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-07
aONAN BUILT FIRST
| CONCRETE bridge
STRUCTURE ERECTED At ROCK.
RAPIDS MANY YEARS AGO
STILL IN SERVICE.
PLAN LONG ANTE-pATEs
TEACHER BRIDGE PATENTS
Assistant Attorney ceneral Returns
From East With Mass Of evidence TO
Combat Claims Of Holders Of Alleged
Special PriviIssss-ca Campaign Against
Solicitors For Booze Faetoriss.
special ID. Times-Republican.

Lies MOlneS, Jan. 1-INe HrSt rem.
forced concrete bridge ever constructed
in the United States was built at Rock
Rapids in 1893. It spans Rock river
and altho built twenty three years ago
is in good condition now.
The bridge was designed by Fred
erick Won Emperger. who was a friend
of Prof. Joseph Melan, the man who
introduced the system Of Melan arch
bridges. Won Emperor was Melan's
representative in this country. Won
Emperger Is now publisher of a trade
magazine and makes his home in
Vienna, Austria.
Assistant Attorney General Henry
Sampson. who has just returned from
New York City, where he has been in
vestigating the Thacher bridge patents,
reference to bridge building. In trac-
ing back Won Emperger's activities he
has established the facts with reference
to the bridge at Rock Rapids.
Sampson declares that bridges were
built before Thacher ever got his pat
eat which utilized the same idea as
Thacher has used and on which he
claims to have a patent. He has re-
Gently inspected bridge at Tecumseh,
Mich. built by William e. Mueser,
famous consulting engineer Of New
York City, In which TEACHERS same
type Of construction was used and this
was before Thacher ever got his pat
ent, Sampson says. Mueser is now
constructing q $2,000,000 viaduct at
Galveston.
other patents being Investigated are
the Luten bridge patents and the Bone
patents on reinforced retaining walls.
These patents are being gone into by
departments Of justice in many states
which are involved in lawsuits with
these parties claiming infringement Of
patent rights.
After Booze Agents.
Letters are being sent to county at
torneys over the state by the State
Business Mems Temperance Associa-
ton calling attention to the law which
makes II q crime to solicit orders for
liquor In Iowa and asking that they
prosecute concerns soliciting such or
ders by mail. The organization is also
planning to make arrests in caseiiquofi
houses in cities bordering Iowa at
tempt to deliver by automobile or oth-
serwise 10 private individuals In Iowa
cities. This il in violation of the
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the association says.
II has been reported that liquo-
houses in neighboring states are
counting on ruling Of Judge Carpen-
ter OF the federal court of Illinois to
the effect that sales to individuals in
dry territory do not violate any OF the
existing liquor laws. His decision has
been appealed to the United States SUI
preme court
Farmers Fight Power Line.
Protests against granting a franchise
70 the Iowa Falls Electric Company
for transmission line from Wells
burg to Morrison were made at the
hearing before the state railroad COM
mission yesterday. A delegation OF
farmers was present at the hearing
and was represented by an attorney. It
was claimed that the high powered
line is dangerous and that 1t destroys
telephone service II 1t runs along the
same highway as telephone line.
Two other companies are asking for
franchises for electric transmission
lines. The Sloan Service Company
wants the right to operate line from
Sloan. to Sergeant Blun in Woodbury.
County and the Interstate Power Com
pany. of Cresco. wants to run out into
the country about Cresco.
Confer on Printing.
y A committee from the state editorial
association conferred today with J. F.
Wall, chief Of the county accounting
department. with reference to the form
In which legal notices should be
printed and also the rates to he
charged. The law is indefinite as to-
rates. The mmebers Of the committee
are Paul 8. Junkin, Of Fairfield; o. E.
Hull, OF Leon, and Senator G. L. Cas-
well. Of Denison.
The state pharmacy board has auth
orized the fitting up of one corner of
its room In the state house as small
pharmacy and requiring practical work
OF students who take the examination
in the way Of filing prescriptions and
the like. The next state examination
Of students will be held Jan. 49,
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