Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-13
N[NNAN REFORMS
City Federation 81 Clubs Seeking to
Secure Passag Of Anti.spitttng
and Loafing Ordinance.
Bachelor Member Of Council Intro.
duces an Ordinance Previously
Considered Goes Over
Meat Peddlers' License Scheme K Tiled
No More Walks to Be Torn
Up This season.

The women OF the city, or at least
that portion represented by the City
Federation OF Women's Clubs have re-
neWed their attack on the street loafer
and those of the masculine gender who
persist In expectorating on the side-
walks. Whether they will succeed in
securing the passage of an ordinance,
and succeeding, accomplish it's enforce
ment. are points yet to be determined.
At the request OF the good ladies the
ordinance presented in May, 1899, at
which time it failed of passage, was in-
troluced at Monday nights council
meeting. They secured the co-opera ton
OF Charley Henry, the only bachelor
member of the council, and 1t was he
who introduced the measure. AS two
OF the councilmen. Messrs. Kreutzer
and Harris, We're not present the rules
could not be suspended and therefore
the ordinance remains on its first read
ing. Its provisions are as follows:
Section mo person shall expecto-
rate or spit on the floor of any street,
| railway car or any public conveyance
or on any railway depot platform or on
any sidewalk or crossing in the city of
Marshalltown. Iowa.
Sec. 2.--No person or persons shall
loaf or stand on any of the sidewalks
of the city, or before any store or place.
OF business, or in or on any stairway
or step leading to any place OF business
within the city OF Marsnailtown, Iowa.
Sec. ANY person violating any OF
the provisions of this ordinance shall
be guilty of a rnisdemeanor and sub
4 ject to fine Of not more than 500 or,
committed to the county jail for not
more than thirty days.
| The judiciary committee OF the coun-
lcil, consisting Of Messrs. MCGUIRE
Good and Henry, gave the proposed
meat peddlers' ordinance black eye.
The committee had been instructed to
prepare an ordinance, but instead
brought In report to the effect tha,
the city would. not be justified. in the
opinion of the city attorney, in passing
any license ordinance against the many
patrons Of said peddlers and giving a
lfew butchers a monopoly on the busi-
IsnesE. unless those butchers and vendors
with smaller capital would pay a
sllcense," and recommending that no
further action be taken. The recon-
.mendation met with the approval Of al
the councilmen present.
4 go
Mr.. Benson, OF the water committee.
reported the supply pipe Of the water
Ifxtenslon was completed thru the ievee
and to q point in Pierce's park but
that high water might delay the cross
ing of the river. He said the only adj
ditional financial outlay will be in the
erection of the house over the pump
and the paying of the necessary labor
to complete the pipe line and place the
pump in position. A special engine for
the operation of the pump was ordered
from Fairbanks, Morse & Co.
A The old brass cannon is to be taken
4 care OF during the winter and on sug-
gestion or Mr.. Good house will be
erected, as the gun is considered city
property.
No more sidewalks in the city are to
be torn UP this season under any cir
4 cunstances. Mr.. Fisher called atten-
\ ton to the fact that walks have been
A torn out since November l., regardless
OF Instructions. and that there was no
certainty OF the work being completed
because of cold weather. The council
\ instructed the proper official to notify
the contractor to take up no more side
walks and the streets and alleys com
mittee was instructed to at once put Ii,
h brick walks where the same have been
ordered and the board walks have been
displaced.
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