Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-31
HIGHWAY COMMISSION BILL SUB
JEcT OF CONTROVERSY
AT DIES MONIES.
STATE CONTENDS CITY
SHOULD PAY FOR WORK
Council Insists That Other Cities Have
not Paid for Similar Service and in
Meantime Highway Board Holds Up
Publication of Mass Of Material Re-
eardins City Pavsments.

! Special TO Times Republican.
Des Moines. Jan. 31-The state high
way commission has not yet been able
to get payment for the work Of in
specting methods of laying pavements
! in Des Moines which the commission
devoted considerable study to last
summer. The state board of audit
has been claiming that the city of Des
Moines should pay it and Des Moines
officials claim it is up to the state.
The latter say that such W ork has been
( done in other cities by the highway
commission and no question has ever
I been raised as to who was liable for its
payment
! The report which the highway COM
mission has compiled on methods of
! laying pavements has been held up in
consequence, for the commission says
! it will not go forward with the pub
fishing of the report until payment is
allowed for the work done The COM
mission went about the work thorough
| ly and secured some valuable data on
the laying of city paving. 1t secured
| photographs of the various processes
of paving, OF faulty paving and of good
! paving and has obtained evidence as
{ to why some pavement is good and
some is poor. very often when the same
, paving materials exactly are used.
; II is a common experience TO find
bad spots in much of the city paving
and stretches of poor paving adjoin-
ing an area of sound and we'll laid
material According to member Of
/ the highway commission here Satur-
day the Investigations have shown
| that poor mixing of materials very
| often accounts for this. Proper mix
I ing Of the materials can be secured
; thru competent Inspection the high
way commissioner pointed out. Then
materials should be of the best and
the proper proportions used. If an
inspector is not on the job or is not
attending to his business. a paving
contractor can cut short the required
amount of concrete and put in more
sand. The result is a poor pavement.
The material which the highway
commission has gathered for this
booklet touches every point of why
pavements are poor and will furnish
information that all those interested in
city pavements Will find of great value
The commission hopes TO have the con-
| troversy over the bills adjusted soon so
! that il can go ahead and get out the
| booklet.
Crusade Against Theaters.
| State Labor Commissioner A. L.
| Trick has started a prosecution against
| permitting young children taking part
/ in theatrical performances. Informa ton
has been fled in Sioux City against
Milton De Roos. manager Of a theater
charging him with violation OF the
| child labor law in permitting a 6-year-
old child to appear on the stage. The
commissioner says that on amateur
night children under Il years Of age
have appeared in the> performances
He says that this is child labor jus.
the same as any other kind of en-
| ployment. Young children are not per-
United TO work nights under the
present child labor law.
! Reese Candidate For Re- election,
| Jacob Fl. Reese. of Belmond, Wright
county. member of the house in the
| last general assembly, will be a can
| didate for reelection. He wrote for
nomination papers. Saturday. Roy D.
| Nordyke of RiChland, representative
| from Keokuk county in the Thirty
sixth general assembly. will also be a
candidate for reelection. = !
| Educational Report Due. "
The state board of education hopes
! TO secure report from the survey
commission of the government some
! time early in the spring. The commits.
| sion made its investigation last No
vember It's recommendations will be
on the lines Of efficiency.
| Helen Keller a Suffraoist.
! The women suffragists give Helen
Keller credit with giving their cause
most substantial boost when she was
! here Friday night AS is the custom