Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-14
water committee, the sole supporters of
the superintendent.

| Before the vote was taken Mr.. Ben
son arose and sale. that as his name hat
| been connected with certain actions o
the superintendent brought into ques
1 ton, he deemed it best to make an ex
PLANTATION ct this time of that transac
ton. He said that in the fall the plumb
ers We're very busy; that the Reed Heat
ing Company was given the contract t,
do. some work at his new residence an,
nj ms old residence adjoining; that /;
service pipe in his yard was twisted ant
broken by the plasterers, interfering
With the service in his home; that SUI
perintendent Mack was called in to To-
cate the trouble and recommended wha
should be done; that the Reed Com.
pany could not be found when he wanted
the work done, and he let the contract tc
Perry Mack; that the latter was calico
from the city before commencing the
JOB, and cold weather set in; that he
feared the weather would turn to freez.
ing and would prevent further work
and that Superintendent Mack said he
would start it, as the city employees Were
not Very busy; that the superintendent
sent two employees to do the work
which was completed in his absence on
the Saturday before the December coun-
ell meeting on the following Monday;
that when he returned he settled in full
with Perry Mack, not knowing the bills
mad been presented to the council and
allowed on the approval of the superin-
tendent. Mr.. Benson admitted that the
superintendent had no right to pay the
men thru the city. In regard to the pipe
purchased of Perry Mack, he said the
superintendent supposed that material
went to the water works when he O.
Is. d the bill. Mr.. Benson said there was
no occasion for SO much fuss, and that
there was somebody who wanted to do
some hammering.
Mr.. Benson's explanation aroused the
ire of DR.. Harris, who proceeded to criti-
else the whole transaction, and proceed
ed to say there were other matters in
connection with the superintendent of
flee that needed criticising. He called
attention to a service pipe at the Central
shops which had been ordered sealed,
but which was found open, and he
charged that the Central had been at
laching fire hose to 1t and using water
that the city got no pay for; also to
u bill for water presented to A. L. Bir-
chard, of the Marshall Canning Com
pany, for s55.51. which gave the alleged
meter readings when in fact the meter
had been out of repair and had not reg
istered anything. He also charged that
100 sacks of cement at the sewage plant
lad been allowed to spoil. and that some
enc had chiseled holes in the cement
work of the septic tanks so that water
would enter and freeze and spoil the
same After the vote was taken Mr..
Mcguire explained that he appreciated
the capabilities of the superintendent,
but he had been convinced that he had
been lax in some things and he was
therefore constrained to vote with the
majority. Mr.. Fisher explained his vote
In the same way and complimented Mr..
Mack. This caused Mr.. Kreutzer to re-
Irark sarcastically that he had no apollo
yies to make.
Superintendent Mack was Instructed
to turn over all books. plats, tools and
materials to the mayor. Another con-