Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-19
FORT DODGE CEMENT COMPANY
BENEFITS BY RULING OF
RAILROAD COMMISSION.
ieuIHER DlssENTs FROM
MAJORITY FINDINGS
Claims Rate Il Discriminatory Against
othsr Companies in Same Line Of
Business consoiidated Schools Of
State Recently Increased by Three
Manufacturer Slow to Report.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. April 1s.-By 2 to I
ruling the state railroad commission
has approved the continuance Of q spe-
cial rate on crushed rock from Gill
more City to Des Moines as asked for
by the Fort Dodge Portland Cement
Company. The Fort Dodge Company
gets rate of 55 cents per ton over the
NJ. &. ST. l.. road from Gilmore City to
Des Moines, a distance Of 101 miles.
which is 2G1s cents lower than the
regular rate. So rs ~. .
M Last November the railroad gave
notice that it would discontinue this
special rate, which had been granted
Oct. ~, 1911, with the approval of the
railroad commission on the GROUNDS
that new industry in the way of, a
cement plant was to be established at
Gilmore City. The rate has continued
in effect ever since. The company
declares now that the cement plant will
be ready for operation by the middle
of the summer and the railroad COM
mission today approved the continu-
ance of the rate for another year, the
railroad company agreeing to 1t. u
o.. dlPQr wv AAoSAA
signed the majority ruling approving
the rate but Commissioner Guiher filed
a dissenting ruling against it. He de-
clares it is an unfair discrimination
against other companies in the same
line Of business and other towns. Com
missioner Guiher points out that Iowa
Falls, seventy six miles from Des
Moines, has to pay a rate of Sc cents
orraho6 rnnk infn DeS
Moines. East Peru, sthirtytive miles
away pays 43 cents and Earlham,
twenty mine miles out pays 40 cents.
He declares that it is not fair to de-
prive one industry of its advantage OF
favorable location by giving plans
less favorably located lower rates. The
towns between Gilmore City and Des
Moines pay higher rates proportion
ately to their distance than does Des
Moines. The rate to Valley Junction.
which is ninety-six miles as against 1O1
miles to Des Moines, is "a cents as
against a rate of SIS cents into Des
Moines.
The majority bases its approval Of
the special rate on the grounds THAI
the law makes provision for the en-
enlargement of new industries and the
Fort dodge company is investing sou, :
900 in new industry at Gilmore CITY.
Three More Consultations.
Word was received at the state SUI
|perintendents officeso three more con-
soiidated school districts which have
lust been formed by majority vote
of the people, These are at ,Earlham.
Floyd and Auburn. This makes total
of 172 consolidated school districts In
Iowa I'D to the present time.
Elections are to be held soon. In
Grant township, Story county. and at
Tingley and lStruble. Inspector James
A. Woodruff left yesterday for Ting
ley, Ringgold county, where he expects
to speak on the consolidation question.
The new consolidated district formed
at Earlham takes In more than forty
four sections including portion OF
Madison county. It Is one OF the larg :
est districts in the state and yet no one
farm house is more than six miles from.
where the new school building will be
located. A fine new building is to be
erected at Earlham. {s -, .-
There was considerable opposition to
the Eariham consolidation at first. To
overcome this those who were boosting
consolidation chose a committee to
take the leading opponents on an In
spection trip to some of the consoll-
dater districts in the state. After MAX
ing this trip the leading opponents
were converted.
Manufacturers Slow to Report.
A. L. Urick, state labor commits
sioner, has experienced considerable
delay in getting in manufacturing
statistics from over the state. He has
been working for some time man
ufacturers' directory but has not been
able to- complete it owing TO the diff
Guilty in getting in the information. ne
is now sending out the second notice
to manufacturers to send in their re-
uorts. Under the law they are re-
ouired to file their reports within thlr-
ty days after receiving the second