Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-02

The Tama Indian reservation has lost
some of its prestige as a popular sum-
mer resort.
If Faust is crazy he is at least ag-
gressive and consistent IN the prosecu-
ton of his plans to vindicate himself
and punish his alleged enemies.
49,
What's the matter with the old town?
Something must be wrong when a cou-
pie of thousands of dollars for the
building of good road can't be raised
without the use of hammer and tongs.
If the project fails those who should
contribute Will sit thru the season made
dull by bad roads and grumble at the
town and at the people for lack Of en-
terprise, and at blessed old Iowa's soil
because 1t has the faculty of becoming
soft when saturated with water and
hard and rough when 1t freezes. 1t is
then that the farmer stays at home and
lives on pork and beans and wears his
old clothes. or else goes to the country
village and buys inferior goods. 1t is
true that the merchants of Marshall
town are assessed for everything that
comes along. including many things
that benefit them not at all. If the
money for good roads can not be raised
without chopping off a few OF these as
sessments 1t. would be. better to allow
few of the conventions for which
money IS raised togo elsewhere. The
roads approaching the city should be
improved, and the Nicholson's ford
thoroughfare is entitled to first place.
because it traverses a long stretch of
level bottom land, is not properly !
drained. and therefore becomes almost
during the rainy season and
at times when the winter weather isl
changeable.
Altho meter company representa-
tive is authority for reinstatement, it isl
true that a great saving |
the service pipes of water consumers
National Meter Company, who sold the |
recent installment OF meters to the city
council, says the first installment OF
meters placed in use by the Cedar Rap
Ids Water Company resulted in a saw
ing OF two tons Of coal per day OF
twenty-four hours. At that rate the
saving OF fuel alone would in the course
If few years pay the cost Of metering
he entire city At the rate Of $1.40,
which is the average price per ton the
sity pays for steam coal for the water
works the city would save on fuel in
me year the sum of s1,022.
$50
At Mason City meters were placed in
/ hotel that had been paying low
water rental. Hotels are among the
argest consumers OF water and among
he most wasteful. The first month after
meters were installed in the hosiery
eferred to the bill for water was $50.
70 show that most or this was waste,
t need only be known that the propri-
tor at once changed his plumbing,
topped the leakage and equipped his
losets and service pipes with self
losing facets. The result was that
Turing the second month the waste OF
water was stopped and the landlord re-
uced his bill more than half. In the
loset and wash room Of one Of the
hotels a few days agol
even facets were observed Co be rum
ing at their full capacity, and the por-
err made no attempt to close them.
When that hotel is metered one of two
hings is sure to happen. Either the
andlord will discharge that porter If he .
llows the water TO run to waste or the
wners will hire plumber to change
he present style of facets to .self-clos-
ng ones Not until the service Of ev-
ry consumer is metered, the waste Of
plendid water stopped. a consequent
aving made in the fuel bills and more
borough inspection and system of col
ecticns inaugurated will Marshall
owns boosted municipal plant become
success. {
Old Father Winter is said to be MAX j
1g his way in this direction at rapid s
ate, and It is a wise man who has his
GAL bin we'll filled. !
There came near being an ice famine I
A Marshalltown this sesSon as we'll as a
heritage in the water supply. The stock
+ the ice companies was exhausted ]
ONE time ago and they have been fur Il
ishing customers from the houses of
he Britain Packing Company, Prepa- !
atoms for next season are being made Q
v the erection of an additional storage 6
ouse by the Marshall Ice Company, OF 6
capacity equal to one-half of that Of II
he present houses "