Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-19

trail shopmen in this city. AT no tim
WAS there q sembance of rowdysm a
the result of idleness. No violence
was attempted or even threatened an'
when the citizens committee from tn
commercial club asked the men to NEE
the road officials on some basis of :
Icompromise the committees OF striker:
went into Il conference like men ant
settled their differences as business
men would do. The public is more thar
gratlllod that the men received s,
marked an advance in wages and TIL,
4 road will never have cause 10 regre
the terms. Workmen of such meta
| Will earn their wages wherever they
are.
Could there be anyone 50 mean as
the fellow who told the children ,hat
there would be no circus today because
the elephants were all sick?
| The accident this week to Theodore
Johnston, treasurer of the Times Re
publican Printing Company, in which
Mr.. Johnston narrowly escaped seri-
Gus injury by a falling brick from the
top of the T.-R. building, should be a
warning to owners and agents of bust
ness blocks TO inspect the tops of their
buildings often. That Mr. Johnston
was not killed is a miracle, the CLAN
cling fall being alone responsible for in
jury being less serious than it was. If
bricks are going TO fall from housetops
whenever a stiff wind prevails people
Will soon be afraid to be out on the
streets in any other than the fairest
and calmest weather.
East Main street, during the past two
weeks. has been nothing more or less
than speedway for bus and wagon
cite teams, which have been racing to
and from the city to carnival grounds
and race track. That some serious ac-
cident has not occurred is wonder,
when the immense traffic is considered.
Imagine a tongue coming down with a
wagonette filled with people. running
down a steep grade, with the horses on
a gallop. The result could not help but
result in broken limbs, and it would be
fortunate if nothing worse occurred.
The humane society, in it's recent re-
port, stated that the efforts of it's Off
Ger during carnival week were respon-
sible for the good treatment of horses
in the traffic to and from the fair
grounds. Perhaps they were.
The city council has succeeded in
making everlasting enemies of ma
jority of property owners on South
Third avenue, as the result of the re-
cent paving resolution adopted at the
regular meeting Monday night. Over
two-thirds of the property owners on
the street thru a petition presented the
council a few weeks ago, asked for as
phalt and protested against brick or
any other pavement. When the matter
WAS carefully considered it was found
that on the steep grade of Third avenue
draft teams would not be able to keep
their footing on asphalt in wet or cold
weather, or Immediately following a
street sprinkler. and there was some
question, too. about asphalt withstand
ing the heavy traffic on that street. SO
the council voted for brick. The own
ers of several hundred feet of property,
who had signed the first petition, sign
ed q remonstrance when these points
We're presented, but the majority still
favored asphalt. and under ordinary
should have had what
they wanted, since they were paying
for it. but in this case the interests of
the public using the street had to be
City Clerk Egermayer, in his quar-
terly report presented to the council
at the last regular meeting, shows that
he has not been idle in the matter of
water rents. For the quar-
ter ending June 80 he collected by So
236.43 the largest amount ever received
by the city for any single quarter IN the
history of the clerks office. There is
really more in this matter than the re-
port shows on its face, and the extra
received is due to nothing more
Or less than the fact that the clerk has
gone after the consumers. During the
quarter over $500 in water service taxes
were collected from consumers who
were never before on the records of the
,ity as consumers. Why? Simply be-
,ause the plumbers had never reported
he services Put in. These parties had
been getting free water year after year.
Mr. Egermayer is getting the water
system into shape and by the time his |
leNt quarterly report is due he will be
'eady to announce still further pro-
sress. Every move in this direction
means money in the city treasury. and
money is a factor that is needed at
he present time, If the figures of the
balances in the different funds speak
he truth. An inspection of one single
business block on Main street. made
his week, showed that seven people,
living in second and third floors, have
ither been delinquent ornever paid any
yater tax. for several years. Mr.. Egg
is devoting all of his spare
ime to the water bushes and, With the
roper assistance on the part of the SUI
of mains, he expects
hortly to have every consumer in the
ity paid up TO Nov. 1. If the money is
ot Forthcoming there will be no water.
One of the greatest difficulties the
lcrl. has had to contend with in call
lg upon people to settle for water ser
ice is that they cite some neighbor
Tho has been getting free water year
4 and year out. Business men who
wn property and are Well able to pay
ave been found to be included among
he latter class. The rule now is that
,ary ono NAYS regardless of who he is