Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-21

COUNCIL RECORDS A TIE VOTE
Votes Five and Five and Mayor Casts
Deciding Ballot for Center Street
Packing House Sewer Will Be Built
WORK to Commence soon-Water
Rate Ordinance Goes Over.
and Five and Mavor Casts

I. The viaduct ordinance. the pet OF
came Up at the special meeting of the
council Monday night, and proved to
be rather tame rabbit. 1t was hardly
Expected that the measure would be
reached, as it had been agreed that 1t
iwould not be touched until every MEM
Der was present. Such a condition
prevailed when the roll was called and
the first thing done. under the unfin-
ished business head, was the introduce
ton o. the ordinance for it's third
reading.
Mr.. Henry's ordinance was for Third
avenue, and called for viaduct to be-
| gin at the south line of Nevada street
and extend to the north line of the
Linn creek bridge, crossing the tracks
of the Chicago & Northwestern and
Iowa Central railways.
| No sooner had Clerk Egsrmayer fin
|ished reading the ordinance than Mr..
Greene was on his feet with an amend
ment to section l, making Third aven-
ue" real Center street." and including
the Chicago Great Western tracks along
with tile others. Mr.. Mcbride sec
onded the amendment and on the vote
the council stood five and five, Coun
cilmen Arnold, Fisher, Greene, Mcbride
and WATSON voting aye, and Messrs
Henry, Kirby, Kreutzer, Psenicka and
Webster nay. Mayor Jones voted aye,
which carried the amendment.
There were number Of little amend
ments then offered by Mr.. Greene, in
order to bring the ordinance in con-
formity with the change of streets. The
length was changed, as on Center street
the viaduct will be considerably longer,
1900 feet in all. On all of the other
minor amendments. which meant Moth
ing after the first one had carried. Mr..
kreutZer voted nay and for time
or two Mr.. Psenicka did likewise. He
changed his vote to aye, however, and
so voted when Mr.. Webster finally
moved that the rules be suspended
and the ordinance passed to it's final
reading. On this all voted aye ex-
cepting Mr.. Kreutzer.
Strange to say there were but very
few remarks made on the ordinance,
Henry stated that While framing the
ordinance for Third avenue, he was in
favor OF any street, so long as the
city ana farming communities could
kave the benefit OF yiaduct over some
street. Personally, however he favored
Third avenue. Mr.. Webster said he
favored Third avenue, and while he
thought it would serve the people bet
ter on that street he thought it would
be very useful on Center street. He
wanted to get it before the railroad
commissioners, however, and was ready
to help any street that the majority
of the council saw fit to select. Mr.
Fisher also made a few remarks in
favor Of Center street, saying that he
thought a viaduct there would accom-
modate more people and be less ex-
pensive.
The yi;,duct is now open for hearing
on the part Of the railroad commits
siones now that the council has
passee the ordinance and declared the
necessity.
Tn. PacllSs House Sewer.
Mr. Henry brought up the packing
house sewer in the shape of resolu-
ton, which called for twelve-inch
sewer ir the neighbOrhood of 900 feet