Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-08
Special to imes-Republican.

lsembly at noon March 81, as proposed
by Representative RUDE 5McFerren
would be impossible il the work is to
be done as it should be, is the opinion
Of Lieutenant Governor Ernest r.
Moore. Representative McFerren in
troduced a bill to that effect in the
house of the Iowa legislature yestcr-
day. ~
1.-THE legislators should stay. long
enough ITO finish their3work and finish
it properly" said Lieutenant Governor
Moore yesterday when asked his opin-
ion as to- the time of adjournment. Il
am as anxious to get thru with the
work and get back home as anyone
but i believe the Legislature should
take the time necessary to do it's work
thoroughly.
ION the senate side none of the bills
carrying the big appropriations have
been up for consideration as yet. All
Of the important measures with ref
erence to the appropriations for the
state institutions are yet to be con-
sidered. The senate Is well up with
its calendar but there 10 q lot Of Inn
portant legislation vet to. be consiG |.
efed."
Road Legislation Blocked.
Lieutenant Governor Moore gave it
as his opinion yesterday that no Inn
portant road measures will be passed
by the house this session. He declared
that the majority Of the house mem
bers would be glad now to "let go OF
the tail of the bear in this road legis-
lation if 1t were possible to do so.
Pressure is being brought to bear on
Governor Harding to get him to in
dorse the Pitt Johnston bill, it was
stated yesterday, but the governor is
trying to stay out of the road fight as
much as possible. Opponents Of the
governor however were charging yes
terday that he had assured friends Of
the Pitt Johnston bill that he would
support it.
Road Patrol Bill.
The Foster road patrol blu passed
by the senate Of the Iowa legislature
yesterday with only one vote against
it, is looked upon by many legislators
as the most important road legislation
general assembly.
It provides that boards Of super
visors shall appoint road patrolmen
who must patrol and properly care for
sections Of the country roads assigned
to them. They must see 70 it that all
the roads in their section are kept up.
II is claimed for it that it is a. great
economy measure and that in sections
wheresit is now practiced it is money
saver sas it prevents expensive repairs
being constantly made.
Tie two NEST specific. provisions OF
the bill as to the~details Of the road
patrolmen are as follows: ~
'Tt shall be the duty Of the patrolmen
herein provided to drag or cause to be
dragged, after each rain and at such
often times as may be necessary, all
the county roads that lie within their
respective sections and to remove all
trash, debris or other impediments
from the entrance to sluices, culverts
and bridges and keep the same and
their outlets open and free from OBJ
structions.
"They shall keep the side bitches
along the grade open and provide said
side bitches with ample outlets. They
shall remove loose stones and other
impediments from the beaten track Of
the highway, fill depressions and keep
the roads free from ruts, water pockets
and mud holes, and shall repair ap-
proaches to bridges and culverts and
keep said approaches smooth and free
from bumps, and shall perform such
other duties and comply with such
rules and regulations as may he pro-
yided by the board of supervisors"
Senator Caswell, in speaking for this
bill on the floor OF the senate, said
Crawford county has spent more than
quarter of million Of dollars in
grading and filing In the past few
years and road supervisors were abb
solutely necessary to- keep the roads
up to where they have been put thru
all Of this work. 3
Senator Foster, in speaking for the
bill, gave number Of instances show
ing where road patrolmen are em-
ployed the expense Of maintaining the
roads has been lessened because the
roads could be kept up right along
without any big bills for repairs.
Senator Proudfoot, Of Warren
county, sought to amend the bill by
making It optional with the super
visors to appoint these patrolmen.
This failed. He was the only senator
voting against the bill.
An amendment by Senator Whit
more providing that the number 6f
patrolmen selected ana the pay they
/ are q receive be subject 70 Aupervision
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