Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-18
Council ystss to Furnish The Com,
stery With Frss Water For On
indefinite Tins.
Consumption, However. Must Be Re.
ducsd and the City Decided Z
Firsmen's Let
Street Car Company to Be Compelled
TO- Provide Fenders-Other
City Affairs

meeting held Monday night finally dis
posed Of this much discussed question
and decided by unanimous vote to give
the cemetery association water .ndefi-
nttely, with two provisos attached. Two
amendments were tackled TO the ORIG
tnal motion which was made by Mr.
Kirby. One Of these was by Mr.
Fisher, limiting the amount OF daily
consumption by the cemetery to 10000
gallons and the other by Mr.. MCGUIRE.
on suggestion OF Mayor Pierce, provid-
ing that the association deed to the city
lot on which Is buried the late Swan
son, member of the fire department.,
who died in Jacksonville Fla, while
serving with Company II in the Span
tsh- n5war.
From present indications the street
railway company will be compelled to
equip its cars with lenders Following
the accident Of Monday evening, DR..
Harris brought the subject to the at
lStention OF the council and on his mos
ton committee of three was selected
to draw up an ordinance that ali cars
{
lftion received the unanimous support OF
the councilmen and the mayor selected
as such committee DR.. Harris, Nj. Kir-
by and Mr.. Benson.
$50
Dr. Harris, who has been making a
fight on the continuance Of the stone
pile in connection with the county, went
after the arrangement again and sub
Tod
so far as the city is concerned, after the
necessary rock is secured to complete
some street work now under way. 1t
will be recalled that the city and county
entered an agreement to pay half the
expense of maintenance, which includes
unbroken stone and an officer to guard
was discussed at some length, but failed
to receive second and therefore the
stone pile stays for the present
s5as
The ordinance regarding the placing
icfsan inch plank between cement walks
and street curbing, where they abutt, is
to be strictly enforced hereafter, and
contractors will be compelled to add
this feature. This is done to prevent the
walk from crowding the curling out OF
w
ier occur and expansion Of the cement
results. Another action objected to
lstrenuously by members Of the council
was the building Of cement approaches
by the city.swhere brick walks are put in
in front Of the abutting lot This has
only been done in two or three in-
stances.
An ordinance was presented by Mr..
sKreutzer changing the grade on Fred
,5erick street. so that further cut in the
i3hill will be made The rules were sus-
pended and the ordinance was adopted.
DR.. Harris opposing because he had not
/ looked the ground over and for the fur
1 Their reason that there is, in his opin-
ion, too much grading on the streets
land the consequent damage to adjacent
property.
4 The following were selected to serve
Ion the boards of registration during the
coming session. the law providing that
4 one republican and one democrat shall
serve In each ward:
First Ward-E. E. Carver and G. s..
|Giddings.
Second Ward.-G. r. Norris and John
Third ward-E. c. Mcmillan and E.
4 n. Hurd.
Fourth ward-1 s. Millard and Harry
Hoeck
A A communication was received from
"A. C. Lockwood asking II two small
/ houses owned by him in this city were
not exempt from taxation under section
| j ,304 OF the code, which relates to flome-
steads OF union soldiers assessed at less
THAN $500. The question went to the ju-
dietary committee for investigation.
Mr.. Fisher. of the fire committee, sub
United a report on the matter of hose
house in the southeast quarter of the
lefty, near the Marshall Oil Company's
lplant. recommending that action be
postponed until spring, because Of the
lack of necessary funds and for the fur
lther reason that the section is as well
protected as others OF the city.
4 -
The city has wood to burn, and the
council will meet next Monday to re-
ceive bids for the timber recently
cleared from the tract OF land pur-
chased for the sewage disposal plant.
AT the same meeting new electric
rate ordinance will be considered.
THE SCHOOL BOARD.
SENT .Aunual Meeting HsIt-secre-
tary Trotter Reelected.