Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-09

Cost q the Work The End II Sight
Electricity For Sewage
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Electric Rste ordnance sidstracksd
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then talked again and disposed of q
little more business. There were sew
Ieral matters OF unusual Importance up
for consideration and under these cir
cumstances the amount of time con-
sumed lie excusable. The session was at
times enlivened by some caustic debate
and were not the honorable city fathers
unusually peaceable there would have
been some uncomplimentary words
passed.
Councilman MCGUIRE exerted his in
fuence in behalf OF the Iowa Central
railroad. He presented resolution to
the effect that IL j. b. Glow & Son, an
iron pipe firm Of which the city has
made many purchases, refuge to COM
ply with the councils orders concern
ing shipments, no more purchases be
made from them. It developed that a
contract had been made with the CLOVIS
to ship half the material over the Cen
trail, and that they had later.refused to
do so and explained that he could not
at the contract price This gave DIR.
Harris an opportunity to go cunning
| for Chairman Benson, of the water
lscommittee, whom he complained of be-
cause no; itemized statement of expend-
lures on the water extension had been
submitted to the council and because
Mr.. Benson and the committee had not
accepted an opportunity to save money
| by asking competitive bids for the iron
pipe needed Mr.. Benson in turn
called Dr. Harris down by intimating
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Third ward representative to object to
expenditures when he himself was the
mover of the motion to select the long
est route for the pipe line, said route
| costing 81 900 more than the shorter
ione the committee, or two members
1 thereof, recommended. Mr.. Benson
tsaid further that the committees origi-
1 nal estimate of the cost of the water
Iextension was $4,000. and that even
with the $4,000 added thru the councils
faction the@cost when completed would
4 not exceed that sum BY $1,000. -.4r
Benson said further that Glow & Son
/, is the only Arm outside of the iron COM
4 biIie and 1T would be useless to ask Tor
competitive bids. DIR. Harris offered q
4 resolution to the effect that all pur-
ehases in all departments be made BY
A competitive bids when such purchases
/ Exceed $780, and this was adopted, al
was also Mr.. McGuire's resolution Z
notify Glow & Son that the council'l
wishes respecting Shipments must b
i obeyed or no more business Will b
d given them by the city.
The pump cstern at the water works
lis nearing completion, according 10 thu
report of Chairman Benson, on thu
water committee. There is vet TO bt
n purchased for the water extension
4 small engine to operate the pump. alst
Fl a bout 600 feet of water pipe and mate
trial for the covering of the pump els
|itern. Otherwise the expenditures We
|lto be made for water extension pur
h poses are in the way of labor, and tn,
beginning of the completion of this
great and important work is now II
1 sight
Il DR.. Harris was anxious to get at ant
slkill the electric rate ordinance nitro
duced by Mr. Benson at a previou!
meeting, and which had been left on It!
second reading After several unsuc,
essful attempts to call 1t up he finall,
succeeded. Mr.. Benson offered an amend
ment which was in the way Of a conces
g zion TO those who had been opposing thu
8 passage of the ordinace and made re
that would be benefit to {
tElarge percentage of the consumers O
electrici.S-to all. in fact. whose bill
4 q AMOUNT to 81 and over per month. Thu
amendment fixed the figures at which
THE 16 cent rate would he enforced a
4 l2,500 watt hours instead of $4,000, tn,
4 original figure. This was adopted
I whereupcn DIR. Harris moved to tabl'
1.-THE ordinance. A tie votesresulted, Har
iris. Henry, Kirby and Mcclure VOTING
Il aye and Benson, Fisher. Good ant
no. Mayor Pierce then put TIL,
finishing touches on the Killing process
by voting 10 table, and the council VII
now proceed to do something else. II ,
u lower rate is attempted 1t means con
timed litigation, az the electric com
pany has gone on record that 1t will no
accept II.
& The TAI members OF the city fire de
partment did handPome deed. Thru
Chairman Fisher. Of the fire committee
the department voted its pay for tn
,, Labor day inspection, amounting to 5
cents per member, or 1880, to the Fer
guson storm sufferers. and the council
ordered the amount paid from the usua
fund.
There IL {tyniihle In arforcinR the ney