Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-16

Mayor Jones Called Upon to De-
eide a Tie Vote..0ther
Business.
The city council held an adjourned
session Monday night for the special
purpose of awarding the contract for
transporting the crushed stone from the
railway tracks to the sewage disposal
irlant and taking action relative to the
employment of necessary help at the de-
tention hospital, to succeed Mr.. and
Mrs. yyindrom. with whom the council
has failed to agree as TO wages Other
matters of more interest to the public
came UP, including the bill of ex- Mayor
the city and the matter Of the $500 voted
to ex-Clerk Trotter as. an additional
salary for last year. which majority
of the city dads now desire returned.
Some of the councilmen whose ill-will.
the ex-clerk gained for some reason are
aggrieved because they sat in open
Council meeting and did not know for
What they We're voting. Monday night
MIR. MCGUIRE asked that the judiciary.
committee commence action to recover
t, he sim from MIR. Trotter. Mr. Kreutzer
supported the motion on the ground
that he did not know the clerk was in-
icluded in the list of those TO whom extra
salaries We're voted. Mr.. Fisher, who
made the original motion. said it was as
plain as an Engishman could make it,
while the balance of the members de-
jclared they did not know until the min-
utes of the succeeding meeting were
read that Mr. Trotter was included. Mr..
Fisher stood alone in opposition to GO
ing into litigation over the matter and
the committee was therefore instructed
TO commence action.
AS ex-Mayor Pierce has not as yet
lcffered to pay for his 1926 woodpi.e. Mr..
Fisher offered and MIR. Kirby supported
a motion that suit be instituted 20 coli
ilect the same. This caused some of the
\ their attitude of mo compromise in the
mayors accounts. kreutzer said the
Mood was not worth the price bid by the
he exacted Mcclure favored colnpro-
mise. Benson said he had figured the
value of the wood and had found that it
! would bring on the market just about
S426 but would leave nothing for haul
ling and handling the same. and he WAS
willing to compromise for $500, provided
1 this sum was paid within ten days. Nc
CURE favored a longer time, Kirby did
not believe Pierce should be favored
more than another person would be un-
der like circumstances, and finally the
lcuestion was referred to committee to
obtain an agreement and report at the
next regular meeting in May.
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The G. & N. w. and C. G. w. road
& beds have banked up South Sixth street
50 that water stands the year around.
and the mayor was instructed TO notify
the companies to construct sluice-ways
and lower their bitches in order to give
Il the water proper drainage. This action
was taken at the request of DIR. Harris
/ Mr.. Kreutzer had a similar grievance
down in his ward, and the Great West
erns will be notified TO construct a ditch
on the north side of its tracks on Me-
vada street from Fourth avenue east 70
Linn creek. also to construct proper
crossings on Fourth, Sixth and Seventh
and to plank the Second ave-
I rue crossing Mr. kreutzer also went
/ after the Great Western because of its
/ failure to comply with the ordinance
h and provide suitable gates at the Third
L and Second avenue crossings, and
l the company will be notifiA to comply
With the city law. While the council