Regular Sept Session Opens at Court House 1907
Leopold Like chairs the September 1907 regular session. Walter Bane audits. Board members present approve minutes from August 17 and vacation records. Financial entries list express company charges for Adams, United States, Pacific lines with divisions and amounts.
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Adams Express Company
A. K
D. M
Burlington & Western
United States Express Company
Oskaloosa
Keokuk
Des Moines
Pacific Express Company
Wabash Railway
County Board Adjourned Session August 17 1907
County board met after adjournment with all members present. Petitions granted include Abraham Ver Ploeg for $8.69 corporation tax refund in Pella for 1906 and Henry De Cook for poll tax refund. W. E. Hollingsworth bond as Red Rock township constable approved. Auditor authorized to issue vacation warrant for J. D. Bowers vs Board of Supervisors costs. Board adjourned sine die.
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Abraham Ver Ploeg
Pella City
W. E. Hollingsworth
Red Rock Township
Henry de Cook
J. D. Bowers
Board of Supervisors
Marion County
Fragmented 1907 county financial ledger with salaries and claims
A list of payments and claims from June to August 1907 shows salaries for county officials and workers, bridge claims, insanity allowances, and miscellaneous expenditures. Notable entries include W L Brown soldiers relief 200.00, Ed McCoy and Walter Bane July salaries, various bridge claims, and board member stipends.
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Oae
Brown Soldiers Relief
Charlie Porter
Risewick
Frees
Dietrick
Jordan Bridge
Lee Hunt
J.B Vriezelaar
Sam Koons
Ie Culbert Pipe Co
Wilson Insanity
Honnold Bridge
H Lyon
Co Leopold
Citizens Lumber Co
Wilson
Koenig
Harding
Phelps
Ed McCoy
Kersbergen
Manhardt
Marion County
Shirer
Cfreight
Anthes Lumber Co
Wabash Railway
Hammond Bridge
Vriezelaar
J Wilson
Kirkwood
Iowa, Bridge Co Bridge
Walter Bane
Ashlie Welsher
C Nace
Clinna Welsher
L Risewick
Edgar Fee
Josephine Smith
Brown
Bilby Commission
Clyde H Oling
Dalberry
J Wilsom Insanity Lewis
Henry Borchert
Slaim
How to Be a Concealed Millionaire by Charles Appleby
A Chronicle excerpt profiles Charles Edgar Appleby, a private New York figure valued at about 25 million dollars. It notes his land acquisitions and passive capital gains from railroads and development, prompting a debate over wealth accumulation and the old single tax idea.
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Charles Edgar Appleby
New York
Mr. Appleby
Municipal Macy and the Municipal Ownership Idea
The piece, writing in a period voice, argues for municipal ownership of utilities as a means to wipe out debt and improve services. It cites Birmingham England’s debt reduction, anecdotes from Chicago elections, and examples from Valley City Brunswick and Muncie to claim that public ownership boosts efficiency and prompts private adaptation, while countering claims that it breeds socialism. It concludes that some public utilities overcharge, but many lack dividends, and sensible administration benefits the body politic.
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Birmingham
England
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Valley City
N. C
Brunswick
Alice
A Danger to Be Avoided by William Stead
A city poorly governed risks municipal ownership becoming private property of officials who seek their own gain and wealth, a danger to avoid. The quote warns that public utilities could be captured by those at the helm, transforming them into personal assets rather than public goods.
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William
T, Stead
Last resort: private plants over municipal ownership rule
The Marquette Journal argues that cities should avoid municipal ownership of privately owned plants. Ownership only justified under unusually favorable conditions that guarantee positive financial returns, and even then only as a last resort.
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Earuer
Marquette (Mich
Political M. D. Machines and municipal ownership
Mayor Mahool of Baltimore warns that municipal ownership of street railways, gas and electric lighting would create a vast political machine with thousands of employees to be controlled by a political party.
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Mahool
Baltimore
Galena Sells Electric Plant With Franchised Light
Galena Tl’s electric light plant, installed 1808 for 18000, sold recently for 13000. The sale includes a twenty five year light power and traction franchise. City will gain nearly double the street illumination at about ten percent higher cost. The plant failed with fluctuating management and intermittent illumination and poor commercial service.
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Galena
Forfeit Vast Revenues From Municipal Railways
Walter J. Ballard argues in the Los Angeles Times that municipal ownership of street railways would lose the roughly 25 million dollars a year in taxes and related revenues paid by private railways and their securities, replacing them with public ownership. He cites 1002 as the earliest tax history and calls the transfer a revenue loss for both state and municipalities.
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Sts Railway
Sam Ag
Walter J. Ballard
Los Angel Times
No Exposures For Him in Capital Real Estate Dispute
The prominent politician dismisses sentimental talk about housing as insufficient without concrete figures. An eager real estate agent touts a leading property as one of the most affordable in the capital, while the politician recoils, seeking tangible data over rhetoric.
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