Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-13
|AI NOON TODAY 2,3OO
Petition Favorins Central Site
Is Gradually Becoming
Larger.
WORKERS ACCOMPLISHED MUCH.
Petition Will Be Placed in Wiley Drug
Store Tomorrow for Benefit Of Trav-
cling Men-shaw's Method Of Ascer-
tanning Desires Of People.

tanning Desires Of People.
The work Of circulating the petitions
in order to gain public expression as
| to where Marshalltowns new federal
building shall be located is progressing
nicely. Up to noon today those having
in charge the petition to Secretary
Shaw asking for central or public
square site had an aggregate of 1900
cut of q. possible $500 names OF quail
! fled voters. No estimate is made by
those desiring Main street location,
excepting to state that the work was
Progressing satisfactorily.
An inspection has been made of the
poll books Of the last general election
and it has been ascertafned that there
We're but LOO votes cast for the head
Of ticket, governor. AS that will not
make fair showing it has been decided
to base the percentage On the poll books
OF the last city election, during the
Sears Jones contest OF March, 1900.
when $3.50 votes were polled. Mar
shalltown has polled as high as $500
votes.
The work Of the central site men is
caily bearing fruit. Two hundred names
were added to the list yesterday, and
by evening there will be $50 additions.
Petitions will be placed at the F. b.
Wiley drug store tomorrow morning, 50
that travelling men, who have been out
of the city this week, may have an OPP
portunity to affix their names between
$3.50 ard 1880, when the carriers vim
dows cit the postoffice 1T open for the
delivery of mail.
The committee having the work of
circulation in charge have had an OPP
portuntty during the work of the past
few days to come in contact with many
peculiar people. One citizen Of South
Center. Geo. Kline did not want to sign
the central site location because he
Gated on the Statesman corner 1t would
enhance the value of his property, a
half block south, to such an extent that
mis- taxes would be higher.
]. s. Perry has been one of the most
enthusiastic workers for the central
site petition. Yesterday he worked thru
the forenoon and on till o'clock be-
fore he realized 1t was past noon. His
petition contained ninety-five names
and OF all he saw only two refused.
Two of the central site workers took
to the outskirts of the city yesterday
afternoon, to round up fee, stragglers
who might have been missed in making
the first canvass. So thorough had the
work been done, however, tllus 49,
twenty-five were found.
shaw's Method Explained.
A new method which Secretary Shaw
has adopted Of ascertaining what the
peopl., of any city think OF the recon-
mendation Of the treasury's agent Is
explained in o press dispatch sent out
from Washington. 1t follows:
Secretary Shaw has decided to put
into operation a new plan IN order TO
ascertain exactly what the residents OF
any city where public buildi'.e sue -
5herea flor 10 be chosen may think or the
report of the treasury's agent This new
order In the method OF getting at every
shade of public opinion before finally
buying site will be put into operation
today. The method adopted is simple
one. and will give every citizen ample
opportunity to register his views as 70.
where the postoffice should be located.
Immediately upon the receipt OF spe-
cial agents report on sites, Assistant
Secretary Taylor will cause an abstract
of the report, containing full descrip-
ton of the site the agent may recon-
nerd, to be printed and copies for
warded to the postmaster 1t shall be
the duty of every postmaster to post in
cons picuous place this circular which
will invite citizens who may not ap-
prove of the recommendation of the
agent to record their disapproval in a
written protest addressed to the secre-
tary Of the treasury. This circular will
allow thirty days from the date of post
ing in which the citizens views may be
recorded. Secretary Shaw hopes that
thru this method he will be fully in
| formed as to the sentiment of the peo-
pie who have business with the postof-
fic,. before finally accepting public
/ building Site