Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-17
PAVING IS ORDERED
Resolution Adopted After an
Effort Is Made by Members
to Defeat 1t.
Three Amendments Presented
by Greene Are Voted Down
by Vote OF 6 to 5.
Specifications Ordered and Bids
to Be Called For.-- Lively
Proceedings.

The resolution ordering North Third
street paved with asphaltum was adop-
| ted Friday evening by the city coun-
! ell, after lively session and after the
opponents of the measure had sought to
defeat it by lacking on amendments
| that the other councilmen considered
would be fatal to it.
| Mr.. Greene led the opposition to the
resolution, supported by Messrs. Fish
err and Arnold. The first amendment
| offered by Mr.. Greene was to change
the kind of material used to brick
of the same make as those on North
Fourth street, instead of asphaltum
This was voted down. 6 to 3. Messrs.
Kirby, Henry, Mcbride. Psenicka, Was
| son and Webster voting against the
amendment and Messrs. Greene. Arnold
and Fisher for. The second amendment
was to eliminate the classes of ahphalt
to be called for in the bids and allow
the contractors to bid on any kind. but
this was withdrawn on advice of the
city attorney.
1t is charged that the third amend
ment was loaded, but it appeared inno-
cent enough and Mr.. Greene almost
succeeded In tripping the other mem
bers Of the council. 1t was somewhat
lengthy and provided that the bidders
should relieve the city of any additional
cost where paving was placed in front
of unimproved property and where that
property was not of value sufficient to
allow the entire cost to be assessed
against 1t. When the vote wasSreached
Henry voted aye and the other friends
of the paving measure followed suit I'M
til Mr.. Webster's name, which is the
last on the roll call, was reached. Mr..
Webster voted no and in explaining his
attitude toward this amendment he
went after Mr.. Greene with a sharp
stick, accusing him of resorting to a
trick to accomplish the defeatgof the
resolution. He explained to the council
that the adoption Of this amendment
meant the defeat of the whole measure.
as, If it was legal, it would simply have
the effect OF the contractors increasing
their bids to a figure that would cover
the excess assessed against unimproved
property, and the other property own
ers along the street would have to pay
for a portion of the other mans i'm
provement. Mr.. Webster maintained
that the amendment was illegal and
would kill the whole measure, and he
asked the council to reconsider it's vote.
With this explanation of the situation
Mr.. Mcbride moved reconsideration,
which carried, and on the second vote
the amendment was defeated by vote
of 6 to 8. The resolution as amended
was then adopted by the same vote. Mr..
Greene took occasion to deny Mr.. Web
ster's charge of trickery.
The city engineer was instructed to
draw specifications and the council will
meet in one week to consider these, and
will at that time advertise for bids
The request of the Marshalltown
Carnival Company for free water and
as many arc lights as the city can fur
nish during the carnival week was ac-
coded to.
Telephones We're ordered placed in
the residences of the recently appointed
city officials.