Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-13
WILL b ON SAFE SIDE
Council Takes Up the Scales ordi.
nance Amendment But Delays
Final Action.
Whole Ordinance Referred to the
City Attorney For an Opinion
as to Legality.
Sewage Plant Bids Postponed-A
Fender Resolution Adopted
Proceedings.

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The council at its adjourned session
"Wednesday evening considered the
amendment to the city scales ordinance,
but concluded to take time to determine
whether or not the ordinance asa whole
can be enforced The amended section,
which will undoubtedly be adopted iinal-
", was introduced by DR.. Harris and 10
az follows:
Section All persons selling any
coal hay. straw grain or other com
modify sold by weight within the city of
Marshalltown when the same may ex-
coed 1000 pounds In weight-excep ting.
However, persons selling any stock,
| grain, produce or other commodity to
owners owning private scales for weigh
| Ing stock, grain, produce or other COM
modify which they actually buy and
sell and from which they derive no rev.
enue-shall have the same weighed upon
one of the city scales.
| The only change in this section is the
elimination of the waiver feature, which
did not compel city weights in case the
purchaser did not desire them. The or
4 dinance was passed to its second read
Ling and on motion Of Mr.. Fisher the
amendment and the whole ordinance
We're referred to the city solicitor for an
lopinions as to whether the ordinance can.
be legally enforced The coal men seem
&c believe they can win in a legal fight,
and the council is therefore moving.
oarefully
The anticipating and loafing ordi-
nance did not come up, further consld-
Grafton being postponed until another
meeting.
The Marshalltown street car company
Ishas not been moving as rapidly as de-
sired in the matter of equipping its cars
4 With Tenders, and a resolution was in
ltroduced by Mr.. Mcclure directing that
both ends of all cars shalt be SO
A iequipred, the work to be commenced
within ten days and completed within
4 sixty days The tenders must be of
Z, some standard make acceptable to the
Ilicitys council, and must be as good as any
fused in Iowa cities. For failure to COM
,lp,y With this resolution and commence
s the work within ten days the mayor is
l!.ordercd to stop the running of all cars
Il used for passenger service. Mr.. Good
lissaid the company had been trying sew
''i.eral kinds of tenders and had not yet
& found a satisfactory one, and that Mr..
4 f1ovey is now in Chicago Investigating
Il Others. He offered an amendment
] extending the time for thirty days Mr..
Kirby said the company had delayed
long enough. DR. Harris and other OPP
ponents of the company favored the ten-
day clause Mr.. kreutzer said he did
}lpecking away at the company con,inu-
ally. when the Great Western railway
/ had been ordered one year ago to put in
gates at certain crossings and had not
Z done 50. Finally the council was
brought to favor the thirty-d day amend
.Enent and 1t was adopted.
j Mr.. Harris introduced resolution
\ asking the county to divert the city.s
4 lportion Of the mill road tax levied
y turnout the county to the expense of
\ maintaining the partnership stone pile
I on which prisoners are worked, and that
j the City be relieved of further expense OF
maintenance. The resolution was adopt
ed. 1t is understood the supervisors are
! agreeable TO this plan.
The council decided, after favorable
: report by the streets and alleys commit.
ristee, to permit the erection OF an alley
). stairway on the Binford building or
: East Main street.
. One of the property owners on Ansor
/ street, Mr.. Bruenig. is holding gu,
-. against the widening of that street al
7 the east end, and II he fails to agree Il
{ the plan the council decided TO com.