Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-14
PROTEST 'FRONT.' GRAND
Residents Of Eastern End Of the
County Say Sewage is Kill.
ing Fish.
Insist That Is the Reason People
Are Taking Them With Clubs
and Guns.
Trouble Threatened and Sewage
Disposal Plant Should Be
Hurried.

1 There's an unpleasant sound from the
country lower down the Iowa river. and
the publication of the story concerning
| the wholesale slaughter of fish by resi-
dents near LeGrand and Quarry has
brought forth several explanations that
the glucose sewage Is again killing the
| fish, hence the action Of the citizens
| there.
The claim that the sewage emptied in
to the river is again causing trouble
is verified by people from this city who
We're along the river between the mouth
of Linn creek and LeGrand on Sunday,
and who saw not only buffalo. carp. etc,
but pickerl and croppies as we'll. They
report that many large game fish were
lying dead along the river banks, and
that others We're swimming on top of
the water In vain effort to get away
from the objectionable sewage. The
same citizens say the river water has
bad smell caused by the acids dis
charged into the river and in their opin-
ion 1t is the sulphuric acids that are
causing the trouble. While 1t is not
denied that fish are being killed by citi-
zens by Illegal means, prominent
citizen of LeGrand excuses their action
by calling attention to the conditions
caused by the sewage, adding that the
fish are unfit to eat. If the conditions
are as bad as claimed, the council should
double its efforts to complete the sew
age disposal plant at the earliest pos
sible moment. The row over the glu-
cose sewage has become nauseatiilg to
the people of Marstlalltown as well as
to the residents below the city, and they
want no more of 1t. The temper Ct the
people at LeGrand is conveyed IN the
following communication:
LeGrand, Oct. 14.-Editor of Times.
little OF your valuable space desire to
make q vigorous protest against the ar
ticle in Saturday evenings paper en-
titled, slaughter OF Fish by Residents
OF LeGrand and Quarry which does
us such a rank injustice az to tnragse
some OF us nearly beyond endurance.
That great many fish were taken from
the river we will admit. Anyone could
follow along the river anywhere below
Linn Creek and here and get all the fish
they could carry away, for they were
SO benumbed by the poisonous filth
emptied into the river by the Glucose
Sugar Refining Company that they
made practically nosresistence to being
captured.
Your statement that 1t is only the
annual migration 0f the fish southwark
we challenge from beginning to end.
have made careful inquiry among. the
employees OF the quarries and LaGrand
mill who are in sight of the river all
the time and they all say they did not
see fish In the water gasping for
breath prior to Thursday when the river
water first had the peculiar murky ap-
pearance and stencil which have always
heretofore accompanied the discharge OF
glucose sewage into the river. Since
Thursday conditions have grown rapidly
worse until now the river banks are
lined with dead fish and gives of
most horrible stencil, all this too in less
than week after the glucose factory
stArted up. II your boosted Fish Pro-
tecttve Association wishes Il, cover
itself with immortal glory let It grapple
with this monster Illegal fish Killer lo-
Gated in your very midst, 1t would Ger.
talnly be more sensible than carptng
at your nelghbors for taking some OF
the fish that are being killed by the
thousands. II any members Of the as
ISOLATION wish To come down here and
we can show them any NUM-
Der of dead game fish they are so SO
licitous about the protection OF.
Fortunately we are not without an
expedlent to remedy this abominable
nuisance this time. for the last restrain
Ing Injunction secured by residents OF
LeGrand and Tama county vas only
stayed temporarily or during the good
behavior of the Glucose Company. pro-
vided they did not pollute the river.
steps are already being taken to have
the injunction enforced, without this
pollution is speedily stopped, and you
will remember this is a permanent In
one that will close them and
keep them closed We were in hopes
would do as she agreed
and have the sewage disposal plant in
order when the glucose factory
started up so az to avoid this trouble.
"CC,NSTANT READER"