Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-28
LOCAL COM INTENT.


been paid. 1t will now be in order for
the city dads to devise ways and means
to prevent the wrongful seizure OF the
canine pets.
| Provided no bids for the sewage dis
posal plant are received. or that those
offered are not acceptable, what is the
matter with the city or local capitalists
taking hold OF the work? 1t is possible
that under the laws OF the state, the
Lefty could not 60 the work itself. but a
company could be formed for the pur-
pose, the services of a competent sans.
tary engineer secured, and plant
erected that would be as good as the
best. philosophical citizens ought to
such emergency arises. The sewage
4 right.
I Now If T. f. Bradford, Charley Hen
ny. Ike Forbes and C. s. Giddings will
get into the republican band wagon,
there won't be anything left of the old
time democracy of Marshall county
4 $50
l The surface Indications are that sew
eral republicans Of this city are trim
ming their sails to catch every favura-
Bile political breeze blowing towards the
county court house. II time is any adj
vantage they ought to be able to make
a safe landing between now and next
l8spring.
The local canning companies will be
strictly in the business swim this year.
The prospect for larger and more ex-
cellent crop Of corn were never better.
and the output Of the Marshaltown
packers ought to compete both in
i quality and quantity, with the world
A good investment for the county
4 would be the covering of the inner side
LOT the wallis of the Jail with steel. The
fordinary prisoner in the county jail is
slentitled to a little exercise, and when he
4 Ia turned into the corridors brick walls
j will not hold him. If he is anxious to es
cape. Every Jail delivery since the
present prison was erected would have
4 been almost Impossible had it not been
for this fault in the construction OF the
4 building.
4 A plan has been adopted by the Illi-
4 nois Sugar Refining Company that
might be reversed by the Glucose Sugar
Refining Company at its Marshalltown
land other plants in the sugar beet belt.
! The plant of the Illinois concern at Pc
i kin has made beet sugar specially, but
nov the company Is preparing to manu-
\ facture glucose during the seven months
tof the year that its factory would other
wise be idle. The local plant, with beet
lI
/ tion twelve months in the year and be
lin a position to compete with all other
IA concerns.
This week has seen several changes
in love- Central affairs that have
4 aroused very keen interest among
8 Marshalltown business men-the retire
8 ment of General Manager Clarke and
i the transfer of the operating depart
a ment to Oskaloosa. The former was
very generally expected, as II had been
ANNOUNCED in these columns at tbs time
\ the transfer OF the road to the NJ. & st.
L. interests took place that the same
would follow. Mr.. Clarke's career on
q the Iowa Central has been a short one,
perhaps not entirely satisfactory to
+, himself or the community, but ne has
town who will regret his departure
He made some mistakes, as did Mcneil
and Martin before him. and other mis-
"A takes We're made for which he was not
tentirely responsible altho he may have
been held SO by the public. Mr.. Clarke
came to Marshalltown after success
lful career as an operating man He
. tackled job that WAS new to him. Td
Il
:! and TO manage the public all at one and
y the same time was three-ring per-
II Torrance With which he was not IA
/. miliar He might have managed the
& road but It's owners prevented. He
might have managed the owners, bu,
81 his predecessors had failed in that. He
might have managed the public, but
THAT was a branch Of railroading he
!, had nevermet with before. Represent
!, ling railroad in Its contact with the
). public Is foreign to the operating de-
y partment and was not understood BY
N Mr.. Clarke. hence many difficulties that
might have been avoided. The T-R
has all along dealt with Iowa d'.ntra
affairs In plain terms, being no re-
q specter of persons. but Inspired with
but single desire to serve the inter.
s eSlS OF tne MarSnalltOWn puDllc anC
threat every other interest fairly and
J justly. If men have been criticised /,
has been because their official acts as
officers Of quasi-public institution
have been thought inirnical to the join
Interests of public and institution. A
. general manager has stepped down anC
Tout, as others have done before him
II and the T.-R. has none but the bes
wishes for his future. AS accorded hi.
predecessors, the T.-R extends TO Mr.
! Clarke sincere hopes that he may sue.
coed in placing himself in good rail
Iroad position. Mr. clarke's family wa.
greatly liked in Marshalltown and vii
leave many friends who will regret Il
see them go.
The same conditions that have re.
istired Mr.. Clarke-the sale OF the Iowa
bcentral-have ushered into the scene {
. new manager and new ownership
, Promises are given that railroad" il
81 to be made out Of the Iowa Central o.
the managers ability there is nj
doubt, but his first official act OF sup.
planting trusted employees with NJ. &
st. l.. men and the transfer OF an i'm,
portant department to Oskaloosa viii
not tend to encourage Iowa support o.
!, Iowa Central interests. Why 1t i!