Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-12
FACTIONS APPEAR
N CITY COUNCIL
Attempt to Bring Up Viaduct Or
dinance for Third Avenue
Precipitates Fight.
Greene Intimates That Matter
Was introduced to Influence
Postoffice Site.
Makes a Hard Fight to Keep Ii
From Coming Up at This
Time and Wins.
Regular Meeting Monday Nigh.
Results in Much Business Be.
ing Transacted.

ing Transacted.
| For time Monday night. at the reg
ular meeting of the city council, the i'm
dications We're that factionalism was
going to tho little figure in the session
and that there was to be an east ana
west end fight among the members
The postoffice location fight entered i'm
TO the meeting and created more inter-
up for consideration.
All of the trouble came about by an
which the necessity of viaduct owe,
the Iowa Central and Chicago & North
western tracks al Third avenue was de-
clared. Mr.. Henry had his ordinance
read in full by Clerk Egermayer and all
of the detail was presented in such 3
manner as to show clearly that Mr.
Henry had gone about the formation OF
his ordinance with painstaking regu-
larity. Even the provisions of the APP
crty We're included. AT the conclusion
of the reading Mr.. Henry moved that
the rules be suspended and that the or
dinance be passed to it's second reading.
when it would be open for discussion.
Mr.. Greene was on his feet in an in
slant when the motion was made and
came out tiatfooted in opposition to the
suspension. He did not beat around the
bush for a moment, but stated that
while he would not charge it, the opin-
ion might be gained by the public that
the council was attempting to influence
the federal building location by even
placing an ordinance for a Third ave-
nue. viaduct in a shape for discussion.
He opposed placing the ordinance
where it could be discussed. He was
in favor of letting it go over on its first
reading, when it was not up for dis
cussion at all, for he said that the in
spector who had the postoffice location
in charge would be notified by the first
mail that the council had before it a
viaduct ordinance for Third avenue.
We ought not 10 subject ourselves to
the criticism we will surely invoke by
taking any Fart III this matter what
ever as a body" said Mr.. Greene.
Mr.. Webster did not think that the
intent of the ordinance was to influence
in any way the postoffice site, and in
his mind the thought of such a thing
had never entered. He favored the
passing of the ordinance to it's second
al, - ;,rb4 ha
red up. Mr.. Webster said he would be
in favor of putting it over TO the next
meeting just as soon as it had passed to
the second reading. but when that were
done it would bs before the council.
Mr.. Henry rose in support of his motion
and said he wanted it passed. He
thought it should be in order that it
might be started sooner and denied that
he had any Interior motive whatever III
introducing it. Mr.. Henry said that he
had drawn the ordinance for Third ave-
nue., because 1t had to be drawn for
some street. and that if the council ia
vored Center or some other street he
was perfectly willing it should be made
so. He said his main object in select
ing Third avenue was because, by the
NO.'s
less there than on Center street
Mr. Mcbride strongly supported Mr.
Greene in his remarks and said that the
people would surely make something
out of the viaduct for Third avenue at
the present time, and use it in an at
tempt to influence the postoftice .oca-
ton.
At last, when the vote was reached,
all voted not to allow a suspension OF
the rules but Henry, KreutZer. Arnold
and Psenicka. Mr.. Webster, who had
favored getting, it before the council
voted no because he said that he never
dreamed any one would take such a
view of the matter, and If any one
should he would oppose the council
taking any action until the the post
office location was settled.
Greene Explains More Fully.
Mr.. Greene, at the request of re-
porter for the T.-R., explained himself
more fully after the meeting, and tolc
why he made such an objection. .'cas.
end business men, he said. who hav:
been working with Mr.. Wheaton in
showing alleged advantages of sites IN
that part of the city for a postoffice
have claimed as the principal advant-
ages the fact that the street cars would
run by the building if it We're on the
Boardnan corner: also that the coun-
ell would soon order erected on South
Third avenue "A viaduct, and, when that
was built, all the country traffic into
the city from the south and southeast
would come over that yiaduct, and
consequently TO the postoftice. To Off
set any such influence that might be
brought to bear the majority of th:
council members signed statement
that was presented to Mr.. Wheaton
saying that they would favor Center
street for a viaduct in preference to
Third avenue, and now, if this Third
avenue viaduct, no matter whether it
would have remained Third avenue af-
forwards or not, would be Immediately
called to Mr. Wheatons attention and it
would put those of the council who
made known their intentions to Mr.
Wheaton while he was here, in disre-
pute.. That is why / was so opposed to
getting it before the council for con-
sideraton at this particular time