Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-02-27
NOW Up 70 The PEOPLE.
For the People to Say Whether or
Not Marshalltown Will Have a
Public Park.
Council Submits the One Mill Tax
Proposition to Voters at Com
ing City Election.
Central Transmitter for Fire Alarms
Purchased City Scales Ordi.
nance Passed.


nance Passed.
1t is now for the people to say wheth-
er lmil tax shall be levied for city
park purposes the council having sub
mitted that question to the voters.
The councilmen We're all present at
the adjourned meeting held Monday
might. with the exception of Mr.. Finkle,
who is absent from the city. The citi-
! FANS park committee submitted the fol-
lowing report:
TO the Honorable City Council: The
committee ON city park begs leave 10
report as follows. The committee has
made a partial canvass of Marshall
1 town for the purpose of raising sub
scrption for the city park. and have
| now subscribed for that purpose 5000
| The committee feels sure that within a
short time by a full canvass the balance
of sl.3e0 per Year can be raised in this
/ manner. The committee trusts thai the
/ city council will see fit To place before
! the citizens of MarshaitoWins a PROPOSE
! tion % Vote ;t tax not To exceed mill,
LON the dollar on the taxable property OF
4 the city Of Marshalltown, for the pllr-
pose of establishing Il city park. IN our
canvass among the people we found
livery fcW who did not see the need and
4 the benefits to be derived from city
park and many more than a majority
! Of those with whom we talked desire
/ that Marshailtown have a public park
1 Very respectfully
GENE b. BINFORD
sSecretary.n
Later MIR. Benson brought up the res
oluticn to submit the tax proposition to
4 the voters al the city election TO be
4 he'd March %, and the resolution was
unanimously adopted. The people Will
therefore Vote on the question as 10
4 whether or rot they Will vote the l-mill
4 tax.
FIRE ALARM TRANsMITTER
Chairman Fisher. Of the committee on
4 police and FIRE department., presented a
4 report on the present fire alarm system,
i trail transmitter submitting figures
from the Gamewell Fire Alarm Tele-
4 graph Company both on this instru-
the place of some of the old boxes now
in use. but unreliable Mr. Chandler.
l secretary of the Gamewel Company.
was present and addressed the council-
men on the good points of the central
transmitter. This instrument, which
would be located in the pumping sta
i ton. is 50 arranged that any alarm box
or locality can be struck fromit by tel
n,
! water works engineers After some dis
4 cussion the Recommendations of the
committee for the purchase of the
transmitter were adopted. but the sec
ton of the report favoring tho replac-
ling of eight old boxes was rejected. a
compromise was attempted on four
boxes. Benson. Kreutzer and Mcclure
lopposing the purchase OF any new ones
and Henry. Fisher, Good and Harris
lvoting for four boxes. The committees
recommendation for the purchase OF 800
feet OF new hose, six rubber coats and
a cellar pipe was also allowed
i REFERRED To NEW COUNCIL.
] Mr.. kreutzer presented resolution
4 instructing the clerk to advertise fol
and receive bids for the sidewalk con
s tract on the Eth of March. Evidently
4 some OF the couneinmen are moi
pleased with the previous efforts IN this
i direction and favored postponing the
. whole. sidewalk matter until the April
ting. when the new council will bt
ofgahszed ny q Vote OF 10 ] post
poliement carried, Msssrs Harris
kfeutzer ana Mcclure fayoring iinine-
aiate action ana Messrs Benson, Fish
er, ffsiirs anu ''ooa Young Tor delay.
" HEX ffSN'Nf,r-lolNs's.
~ HafIis, 81 me speclal committee
on eise IRE lsht rates, reported that fig
ufes haa peeh received from large
Aumosf OF TOMS. nut the committee
was hot reasS 90 rpor,,
MT. flsher oltered resolution, pre-
Niousis aefesa 20 ps' inc Commercia
Stup, renafins the water rent OF tbs
Si,eheer-l.etts Soitee company, up 70 {
CERTAIN amount ana Az taxes IN excess
" sioo. M l>rsutzeF opposed such as.
iions and raised protest because in'
commercials Sup haa taken upon Itssl'
70 enter ih'e an agreement 81 the KIND
. Frtsiaehs II 'la,t OF me clup. wa:
presene ana defended tne acton, Whlci
was made hurriedly ana IN competition