Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1929-03-01
OIL YMrlA LEGISLATURE
PROGRESSES SLOWLY
Important Taxation and High.
way Measures Receive
No Final Action Yet.

Railroad Taxation Eiuht Serious
HARTLEY Shows strenotb i, Aousa.
Senate HoIdino Rack-.,ncrs,sa in
Paw to Be Asked Of peo,,s
Olympia, Wash.--House and senate
leaders were plainly worried about the
small amount of legislation that has
been accomplished so far this session
In view the tremendous amount OF
work they are expected to perform be-
fore they adjourn March IA.
Virtually nothing has been accom-
plshed Dy elther house on the two
mayor issues Oh the legislature, taxa
ton anu hishways'
subcommittee of the roads and
bridges committees OF both branches
held three meetings Friday and Sat,
urday and expect to hand in their ap,
preparation recommendations to the
Legislature this week.
Both the senate and house commit
tees have tentatively agreed on The
highway figures, but they declined TO
make them public until the contact
committees had met and agreed upon
the sums to be expended for roads,
Taxation. both OF railroads and bank
ing. will cause some turmoil in the
legislature this week with public
hearing and speech by Governor Hart
ley ON the pending railroad bills spon,
sored By h. G. Sharpe, special assis
tant attorney general.
Taxation Hits Railroads.
Until the Washington legislature od.
journs. railroads will he On tbe de.
fensiye as they have not heen beer9 in
this state in twenty wears
This was the prospeet as state and
county officers faced the situation
caused by complete failure of tha NJ
TEMPTED railroad tox settlement
Jeeis,atoYs and sto,a oss;oona .,,o
have been hupeinp the homo nat suo
cess might come opt Of ,be throa
weeks negotiations with mo rai,roo1s
were in agreement tbot mo stata an1
It's counties already facing n seriors
situation ON account of nonnaymon, q,
contested taves would he cnnsron,oa
with n desnepete financio, orisIs 10 ~
railroads shou,d finally win ,ho,, s,i,,,
which are eyneeted 10 inyo,yo . total
of l6OoO 600 bv the time thev oro
decided "
Tho comn,etad drot % IN, on,,,,,,,.
augmentation hin sbows a ,oto, 90 e1
Asa 2oo for tho Iinivo,s,tv ~ w.t., W.
ION with the ,ddi,ior ~ tho srooon
nrevi5uslv anrroriato1 70, ,ho o,usV o,,',,,
mont or mo sorn1ynon,ios hni,i,'r ILL.,
this making uuiyorsi,v ,o,a, sst
Ast goO as cor,nnr,a u'iih tho a. c7a
gs7 ashed by the regents and tho "a
Osi.iOO recommended by Goyernor
Hartley.
The chief addition was made in the
operations funds. As compared with
the si,070,6G7 asked by the regents and
the sS.505, 400 allowed by the governor
the appropriations committees allowed
s3,SSS, 500, OF this amount sl5o,O0O is
from the general fund and the ne
malnder from the University of Wash
ingtoh fund, made up from mlllare
and student fees, and the university
current fund, receipts from the uni
Yoraity grant.
This is y0S,O0O above the rock bot
tom figure which President M LYLE
Spencer told the committees was nee
nsaary to keen up the institutiou ss al
present and SlDl 900 short OF meeting
the request which he and the regents
made to care Tor additional studsnts
expected In the next two years.
sneelat Tax commttte. Favorsd
aoyernor uor,ieys Nm ,,o,,,n. .
sroci,t ,,v connt,o. ~ ,,,1,,,,,,'
,ho foas,h,li,v =, n 80 -. - ,.,
ana ronor, az f,nd,,,~' :, ~. -, w.. '''
t.i.,,ra NO. ,a,,,,.,,,, .,., -.
,ha h,,sa ro,.n,,, ~., ,1N',,''' -
ml,tee Friday