Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-17
$500 Tor Fire. BOYS
Council Donates That Sum 70 Bar.
Tournament Expenses q Cedar
Rapids.
Temporary Tenant Secured % Oc.
cupy Emergency Hospital-New
Watering TroughA
Smoke Nuisance to b Remedied
Routine Proceedings Of the
Council.

OUWUClls
The council met in adjourned session
Monday night and beat its record of
late by finishing the business before 1t
shortly after 10 o'clock. City Clerk
Trotter convened the session, in the abb
sence of Mayor Pierce, who is i'll. DR..
Harris was also absent. Mr.. Benson
was called to preside.
Mr.. Kreutzer offered petition from
G. j. Hoyt, asking permission to build
ian outside stairway on the Dixon block.
on South Third avenue, and the request
was granted.
Henry Arson desires to build a new
sidewalk on May street and asked the
privilege thru Mr.. Good to use brick of
his own manufacture, guaranteeing
them to be satisfactory Under the
circumstances the council thought it
Justice to accede to the request.
Mr.. Good, of the committee delegated
with the duty of devising ways and
means Of caring for the new emergency
hospital. reported an offer from Wiz
| liam Windrom to occupy the building
as home and care for the same, pro-
lvided he was allowed to farm the six
acres of ground surrounding the build
ling, he to receive reasonable compen-
4 sation for care Of cases of contagious
disease that may be sent there in the
future. The proposition was taken I'M
der consideration until the next regular
meeting, Mr.. Windrom to move in tem-
porarily at least.
4 Mr.. Mcclure. Of the committee SEE
llected to solve the Pilgrim smoke NUS
sance complained of by residents In the
vicinity, reported that 1t had been
!! found resort to the courts would ac-
complish nothing. but that the COM
mittee had laid the matter before the
hotel owners and they We're willing to
do everything rea spnable to remedy the
matter. They are already planning for
la higher slnokestack and for new
CRATES for their furnaces so that an
Ithracite coal may be used as fuel.
On request of Mr.. Fisher the fire
committee was authorized to have
cards printed with the numbers and lo-
cations of the new fire alarm stations
under the Encouragement of the dis
central transmitter.
Mr. Kreutzer wanted to know what
had become Of his motion adopted some
time ago instructing the fire commit
tee to report on the advsability of es-j
tablishing new hose house and cart in
the extreme southeast portion of the
city. The committee was instructed to
Investigate the needs Of this and other
~ h IT, sc.f,f
Aprofile OF the street grades in Elec-
trio addition was referred to the entire
council for personal inspection and in
vestigation of8the grounds.
One hundred copies of the new scale
ordinance We're ordered printed for
posting and for. distribution among the
coal dealers and others Interested
The question of a surface sewer on
North THIRD avenue was laid over UNI
til the next meeting, to enable the coun-
Gil, as Mr. Henry said, to catch its
breath after receiving the estimate on
1.-The cost.
Mr.. Fisher thinks 1t time to renew
the public watering troughs of the city,
and the question was referred to the
Estreets and alleys and water commit
tees. Mr. Good registered protest. be-
iscause there are no troughs ~ the west
end of the business section.
The resolution ordering one block OF
water mains on Iowa street between
High and South streets was. on motion
of Mr.. Mcguire, rescinded, because. on
investigation, some Of those who petit
! toned for the same do not intend to
become consumers.
Mr.. j. Fl. Johnston. representing the
city fire department., appeared before
the council and asked for an appropri.
alton of $500 to go towards paying the
expense Of the department at the state
tournament. Mr.. Fisher thought the
sum asked pretty high, as the tourna-
,ment is to be near at home. Mr.. kreut-
ger. who usually opposes every appro-
prlation asked of the city, in this In
I stance favored the donation. and on
motion of Mr.. Fisher, who paid a high
/ compliment to the department.. the sum
] will be Forthcoming. the money to be
paid from the general fund.
The council adjourned until July 30.
when the sewerage disposal plant bids
| will be received.
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