Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-26
ALL FOR CENTRAL STE
Not a Dissenting Vote in Mass
Meeting to a Public Square
Location.
Halt Filled..-Many Strong Talks
...Resolutions Adopted Fav.
oring Central Site.
Speakers Believed Property
Holders Ask Too Much IS.
Favor Condemning.

The mass meeting in the east cour
room Friday evening to discuss the To-
cation of the new postoftice building re.
suited in a crowded hall. Resolutions
favorng a site facing the court house
square We're passed without a dissent
ing vote and the chairman instructed tc
appoint committee of eleven citizens
! expression of the mass meeting and pc
titions showing the wishes of the public
at large. The committee was also ems
powered to appoint other committees
| for the solving of financial problems
| that beSet the question of location. In
| the discussion it seemed the unanimous
Isentiment that property holders around
| the square We're asking unreasonable
| prices for their lots and il they would
not come down to business on one more
| request the commissioner should be
asked to condemn.
Late this afternoon Chairman Stone
appointed the following committee of
eleven citizens:
| j. NJ. Parker, d. w. Norris. Jr, w. A.
WATSON, George Wilton, j. d. Vail.
| Byron Webster. c. II. Hull, A. L. Balch,
ID. r. Denmead, w. H. Calhoun and ID.
| a. LennoX.
| d. I. Smith called the meeting to or
der and nominated Hon. Henry Stone
as chairman. Some one called for Mr..
Calhoun, who suggested that resolu-
ton of some kind ought to be presented
so that they could have something to talk
at. Col. Parker was prepared with res
olutions asking the government to To-
cate the postofiice building for Mar
shalltown on some lot facing the court
house square. He said that this was
the peoples money the government was
spending and it was the peoples build
ing, in which the whole people, ire
spective of adjacent property holders
were interested and should have voice
in determining its location.
Merritt Greene struck at the meat of
the subject by an observation that if
property was to be condemned aud a
jury should appraise above the amount
the government had to spend it would
be necessary to raise money to pay the
difference. He felt confident that the
sites offered facing the square were not
intrinsically worth near what was be-
ing asked for them, but that if con-
demned they might be appraised above
the governments limit and he thought
that the adjacent property, which
would be benefited by the location of
a postoffice building. should pay the
additional cost.
d. T. Smith then made a strong speech
in favor of central location because.
with our postoftice located in the exact
center of town, it would serve to unity
the spirit of the town and contribute to
unity of action hereafter, which will be
necessary if the city is ever to forge
ahead He did not blame east end prop
erty holders trying to locate the build
ing in their interests, but the public
would be blameable if it failed to pro-
tect it's interests, and he thought this
building ought not to be located by
few men. He, too, felt that property
holders around the square were asking
too much.
Jud Garfield said that he had car
ried brick to the extent of $50 worth of
labor to build the first court house in
Marshalltown and that, while he was
not rich in property. he had the same
interest in the city's welfare as he did
in its pioneer days.
C. II. Van Law spoke briefly in favor
of central location asserting that If
citizens who approached this public
question with selfish interests would
win the esteem of their fellow citizens
they would all lend their assistance to
secure central location. What shall
it profit man if he gain the whole
world and lose the esteem of his fellow
citizens was his text.
Charles Boardman then called atten-
ton to the fact that east end property
holders were digging into the ir private
pockets and doing less petitonng to
offer the government desirable site
and he thought that this was What
others would have to do. He spoke as
an east end man with property on East
cation. He wanted the citizens to real
ize that the old Boardman residence site
was a very beautiful one, desirable in
many ways and one that would appeal
to an architect and somebody would |
have to dig up" money if it's advant-
ages were to be checknated.
E. A. Harris then talked business up |
on the text Your credit is good so long |
as you pay your money down." He |
the citizens to stifle dissentions |
and pay the bill. He appealed to ev-
erybody to let loose of their purse
strings to help the committee in this
matter and told the citizens of Mar
while they We're all good |
looking and fine fellows, they had. new |
let many good things get
away from them.
Nick Miller spoke last with brief
description of the lamentable results at
locating fine federal building in Mon
mouth, ILL.,. where the new postoffice
stands in a slough down by the station
with only two or three store buildings
around ii and the business norton of |