Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-19
NOT PAVE NIL SPRING
Council Will Decide to That Ell.
feet at a Special Meet.
ing Tonight
CAR COMPANY WANTS TIME
Delay in Getting Heavier Steel From
the Mills the cause-Barber People
Aoree and Third Avenue Will Re-
main Unpaved This Winter-To Be
Completed April 20.


be postponed unit! next spring. TO
decide the matter special meeting OF
the council was called Thursday after
noon at O'Clock and committee was
appointed to confer with Mr.. W. Il.
Mclaughlin, Of the Barber Asphalt
Company, and Mr.. S. B. Hovey. of IN
dependence, secretary of the Marshaii-
town Light, Power & Railway Com
pany. After talking the matter over this
morning. at a conference held at 8
o'clock, the committee will recommend
to the council, at a special meeting to-
night. that the work be postponed until
early in the spring The council VIII
without doubt ratify the committees
recommendation.
The matter of pOstponement nrst
came up thru the inability of the street
car company to secure the heavy steel
that it wishes to lay on Third avenue
before the paving it put down. Mr..
Hovey, of the transit company, stated
that it was an impossibility for them to
secure the required rails before Dec. i,
and 1t would then be too late for the
work Of the paving to be commenced.
At the special meeting Thursday after
day afternoon Mr.. Hovey and
Mr.. Mclaughlin were each CIV
en- an opportunity to present
At the special meeting on Thurs
his side of the question before the coun-
Gil. Mr.. Hovey said that they had used
every effort to secure the rails, but all
their attempts had failed, as they could
not get the promise of any Of the man
ufacturers that they could make deliv-
cry before the last Of November or the
first of December. Mr.. Mclaughlin
stated that his company was DESTROYS
of fulfilling its contract and give the
city the best paving that they could
put down. He said he realized that they
We're under guarantee to make good
the paving laid at any time during a
period of seven years and this they
could not do If the present weight rails,
as are on the street, We're used. He said
further that the rails We're so light that
it would be but short time until the
weight Of the cars in passing over them
would loosen the asphalt so that 1t
would crack and become damaged and
would have to be relaid. He also stated
that he was aware that Marshalltown
would do more paving and his company
was DESTROYS of having the first work
done satisfactorily in order that they
might secure the contract for work to
be done in the future. While he said
the cost of moving their plant back to
%l,o o;f ho
lars they We're willing to stand the adj
iitional expense in order that the paw
ing. when completely might be salts
factory.
After discussing the matter at some
length 1t seemed to be the wish Of the
council that the matter had better be
postponed until next spring rather than
have 1t done now and afterwards prove
unsatisfactory. Mayor Jones then APP
pointed committee of Messrs. Web
ster, Henry and Greene to meet with
representatives of the street car line
and the Barber Asphalt Company at s
o'clock this morning to decide some
plan of action and to draw up a resolu-
ton to be acted upon at special meet
ing to be held tonight.
1t was brought out at the meeting of
the committee held this morning that
while the Barber Asphalt Company was
in position to go ahead and fulfill its
contract, Mr.. Mclaughlin, who was
present, said that in view of the facts
he was willing that the time of the con-
tract be extended and he would see that
the surety company, which Is on the
paving companys bonds, also extended
the time of the bond. 1t was then de-
cided unanimously among the members
of the committee that they bring before
the council this evening resolution
giving the Marshalltown Light, Power
& Railway Company until April 20.
1903. to complete the laying Of It's new
rails and have its track in readiness for
the paving. This resolution will be
presented to the council tonight and
will doubtless be passed, as the senti-
ment brought out at yesterdays meet
ing was in favor Of this action. 1t it re-
GREETED that the action has become nee
essary, but in view of the existing con-
ditions 1T is probably better to wait a
few months for it's completion than to
finish the street now and have to re-
pair 1t soon on account OF the street car
track.
LABOR AND MATERIAL SCARCE.
Lack Of Both Mechanics and Material
Delaying Work at Soldiers Home