Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-04
ADR Plans
Attempt Of Mayor and q Portion of
Council to Have Electric Plant
Contract Approved Fails
Meeting Called For That Purpose
and Opponents Secure Adjourn.
ment at Once.
Glucose People Threaten TO Enjoin
Fisher Furnishes Some Inter
esting Figures.

Fisher Furnishes Some Inter-
esting Figures /
There is fair prospect Of the plan
for an electric power plant in connection
with the sewage disposal plant. which
many have reason to believe is an
sextravagant expenditure of the peo-.I
pies money, being headed off, even at i
this late day. An attempt to have the
contract with the st. Louis Electrical
supply Company approved by the whole
council was blocked Monday afternoon,
much to the surprise of the mayor and
those councilnlen who have been favor
Ing electricity as the power for the sew
age plant. To add to the chaotic con-
dition of affairs in this connection the
electric house has kick coming on the
figures in its bid.
I 1t will be recalled that the council, on
the statement that an electric plant
could be Installed for about $4,000, asked
for bids for Installing the same; that the
bid of the st. Louis company was the
/ lowest, but exceeded $4,000; that when
the figures We're received Messrs. Ben-
son, Fisher, kreutzer and Kirby, of the
council favored rejecting all bids and
putting in gasoline or some other pow
Ter, but that the mayor, by exercising his
| right to vote on a tie, declared the mo-
| ton to enter into a contract with the
st. Louis people carried that the mayor
land members of the committee reached.
an agreement with tie company, but the
contract has never been submitted to,
| the whole council for ratification. All
this is ancient history. but new develop
ments are Forthcoming.
/ Monday representative of the ST..
Louis house came TO the city to have
1 the contract ratified and to close up the
\ deal, but he wanted the figures changed.
He insisted that Mr. Bissell. an electri-
cal! engineer from Ames College who
/ was called in to assist the committee in
! making the estimates. made an error CT
Z about 500 in copying some Of the fig
3 ures. The representative wanted these
4 figures rectified. Mayor Pierce issued a
call for a special meeting of the coun-
i ell. to be held at 3 O'clock in the after
moon. He went on record as opposed TO
allowing any change in the figures sub
4 mitted To be made. All the councilmen
We're present With the exception of Mr..
Berson. who is absent from the city.
4 Messrs. Kreutzer, Fisher and Kirby
wanted Mr.. Benson present when
4 action was taken, and MIR. Henry,
4 who has heretofore been voting
.lwith the mayor, DR.. Harris and
4 Messrs. Mcclure and Good, evil
4 IDENTIFY wanted fair consideration and
4 action. AS soon as the mayor read the
: scall for the meeting Mr.. Kreutzer, to the
!. plant sprung a motion to adjourn MIR
:. Fisher and Mr.. Henry both seconded
tf1is motion, and to the greater surprise
of the otherside it carried. NIessrs. Har-
II ris. Good and Mcclure voting against II
}. and Mr.. Henry with the opponents Of
4 Electricity. This action required but a
few minutes and the council simply met
and adjourned. The matter will come
Z up at the regular meeting next Monday
might. when II is expected all the coun-
5 cilmen Will be present and the question
. settled for all time.
THREATENS TO ENJOIN.
Il Mr.. kreutzer in a conversation after
!. the meeting said that he made the mo-
Il ton to adjourn I'M the hope that the cleo
!. trio plant proposition would finally bs
n defeated, and he wanted Mr.. Benson
!. present when final action was taken. Hi
!. said further that he was convinced thai
..jiit would be an extravagant piece OF
!. business to install an electric plan
|. when something else would do as vel
q and perhaps even batter. He declared
!. that in his opposition TO the plan he wa:
|. working only in the interests of the PEG
J. pie and the taxpayers and he believed
!. he was right
I Mr.. Kreutzer gave out a piece of In
!. formation that is quite interesting II
7 connection with the controversy. While
lin Chicago last week he called upor
=. President Matthiesaen. of the Glucos
:. Sugar Refining Company and Mr.. Mat
J. thiessen declared that if the city insist
!. ed on Installing electricity as the powe
, for the sewage plant he would be com
peeled to enjon ii from doing 20 or els
: 10 resort TO some other means to pre-
went IT. Az Mr.. Matthiessen's compan,
, Isl advancing the money to build thu
2 sewage plant and as it is being con
structed for the especial purpose of car
) ing fol. the factory sewage, he is vital,
In the success of the system
4 and In the expenditure of the money TO
y the same.
FISHER S FIG URES TALK.
Councilman Fisher, who is a practica
" isGuH VI eAlJcllSilte, 3eiilu Ntls
2 has opposed electric power from thu
& first, has prepared figures 10 substanti
> ate his claims that the plan is an ex
Z travagant expediture of public funds
s He was requested today to submit som
. OF his figures for publication, and he ha
Y done 90. He said:
5 II believe that when the council ha
g an opportunity of saving $3.50 Of tn
!: peoples money 1t should do so. In max
5 Ling my figures have been conseryativ
and am on the safe side. This is wha
3 IT will cost the city to install an electri
8 plant:
z Contract price .... ). ....5.. So 40
3 Foundations j.. .... ~. ~. 5..... %
b Addition to building J. ....s..3...... &c
z Additional boiler and installing
81 same ...... ..s..s... l,4O
s. We can install two gasoline engine
. lof twenty five horse power each 70
sl.750. and two centrifugal pumps wi
=Icost $3.50 each, all connections mad
ready for operation, or in other word