Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-06

Inat th0 storm Will subslde In
Z Few Weeks.
Piled With . Few Questions -a
Otherwise Proceedings We're
Very Tame.
The council meeting Monday night did
not develop into the red hot session that
was expected. There was a good reason
for this. as Mayor Pierce of the special
sewage plant committee, did not present
/ the contract TO be entered into with the
ST. Loui. Electrical supply Company
for the installation of an electric power
plant. The mayor and his lieutenantsl
on the council evidently expect the.
storm raised by the disagreement over
electricity az the power to subside in
short time, and there was no inclination
to make any report Whatever on the
Iquestion. Other business had been dis
posed of and additional contracts for
supplies had been reported and ratified
and the electric plant had not been men
Itioned. Mr.. Fisher wondered, and final
lily inquired IL the committee had no re-.
port to make relative to the power plant.
The mayor said the COMMITTEES had
tclosed the negotiations in accordance
with the Instructions OF the council, but
that no contract had been drawn up and
signed. Mr.. Kirby wanted to know if ii
i vas the intention to have no contract.
The mayor said he supposed it was the
lcompany's intention to submit con-
4 tract to the entire council altho the ac-
iceptance OF the bid ought TO be consid-
cred as a contract. This brought out
several pointed questions. and opinions.
Mr.. kreutzer as much as said that he
did not propose to do business that way.
Mr.. Mcguire, of the sewage plant. con.
tended that as the contract was not be-
fore the council there Was nothing TO
act on. Mr.. Benson, who was absent
from the city allsof last week, expressed
the opinion that the controversy was.
practically settled and that there is
notnlng left to Quarrel over, altho after
his return he learned that some unnec-
essary and uncalled for personalities
had been INDUCED in Mr.. kreutzer said
he would insist on the contract coming
n,
Finally the matter was dropped, pending
the receipt of a contract from the ST.
Louis company Some of the council.
men We're in the mood, but there was
nothing to quarrel about.
Mayor Pierce. of the special commit
tee on sewage disposal plant. reported
the opening of bids for various mate
rial. including vitrified brick. sewer
and iron pipe. etc. j. c. Dunn OF this
city, secured the sewer pipe contract,
the Likes Company, of Des Moines, the
brick bid. a. f. Shorthill & Co the
wrought iron pipe bid the other
contracts going to. firms outside the
j state The cement for the plant, a
4 large amount of which is required, was
4 not contracted for by the committee,
\ because an agresme could not be
4 reached as to the kind and the coun-
Gil therefore took the matter up and
A gave the contract to the Western Lime
4 and Cement Company, of Milwaukee,.
at s2.3S per barrel. There Mil be re-
4 CURED loo barrels in the cementing
of the aseptic tanks.
i s
Il A petition was received from proper
sl.ty owners asking for a water main on
I West Boone street between. Second and
4 Third street and the same was re-
4 ferred. Another petition was for the
opening OF an alley across the end OF
a two lots, to make a connection with an
salley running north from Lincoln
street, between Second and Third
Istreets, and one now opened furthe,
Z south. The streets and alleys commit
tee was instructed to investigate and
report
8 In line With the previous action al
I the council. the electric light commit
q tee was empowered to purchase tbs
1 necessary material for: the placing o1
(. two additional street lamps in eaci
=. ward OF the city. The location of tbs
, lamps is left TO the various counclmer
/ to decide for their wards.
81 DIR. Harris has Il number of constitu
II ents down on South First street neal
g the railway tracks who have beer
i flooded during the recent rains. and hi
ii wanted an outlet for the storm watel
/: constructed under the tracks Ths
, mayor said tle railway companis:
n stand ready to cooperate. and plan.
. will be drawn for relieving this confli
Il lion by the construction of a surface
). sewer. Mr. kreutzer had complain
. concerning a mudhole on Nevada stree
L near the canning cumpany's plant. an(
this will also BE- taken care OF.
Ii there is one aecomptis hmert NOR,
: than another which makes one pleas
a 8ng companion ii is that of falling
good story and telling 1t Well. No
q every one that has a reputation as al
ways telling stories is good storyiel
E Ter, any more than every one who trie!
TO sing makes harmony There is 81
{ much in the telling that often the stor.
Y itself counts for bit Very little. dis
tinguisbed visitor TO the city last weel
!, gave a talk before club, and the tail
!, was thoughtful and Instructive, bu
!, , those qualities would never have beef
so apparent as they were had ii no
been that it was enlivened with litti.
anecdotes which might lose their charm
when repeated but which aboundet
with it when he told them. 4 .unn,
. little story which had no connactio,
with the artistic subject of the evening
and which he told after the set pro
gram. seemed better received. perhaps
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