Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-11

cA~skt1tAS ts1t~A"1 A1f4'1sAA1t'
ION East Main street. II tell you thes
men are tricky. l know them. Their,
are only five of them, but the five ar
sharper than the whole eleven" II
wanted to warn the COMMITTEE
about entering any joint ar
arrangements whereby, owing t,
ways that are dark and tricks that ar,
vain, they might get hamstrung befor
they got very far along The Grove
Was Very manifestly in sympathy Will
Mr. Harris.
j. f. Meeker then explained yer,
clearly and forcibly that Mr.. Kirby:
proposal for main street site" wa:
designed to force the building down t.
the east end. He said no site coult
be obtained on Main street either in the
block facing the square or in either
block extending to the east or west OF
1t. a Main street site then woulG
mean either the Daily site to the eS-
IRENE western limits of the business
district, unfair to east end business in
forests, or the Boardman site. to the
extreme eastern limits. unfair to west
end interests. He thought that it was
mere jugglery not to define which site
the east end men wanted and go to is
sue on that, and believed that 1t was
their purpose to defeat the central site
by whatever means in the hopes of
I driving the location to the east end. He
1 then amused his audience with a tele-
scope Illustration in reference to the
4 I.eGrand papers picture of the mag
I, nificent structures on the east end of
| Main street.
Mr.. w. III. Calhoun replied to Mr.
/ kirby's statement that Postmaster
Saint had said that Is per cent. OF the
postoffice business came from the dis
trlct east of Second avenue. He said
that Mr.. Vail and himself had been
sent by the committee Of eleven to see
the postmaster and that they had been
/ told by him that the bulk Of the patron
age Of the office came from east of
Center street because of the large fac
tory interests furnishing 80 much BUSH
OF mail matter was greater In the dis
tricts west Of Center street. He sug-
gested that all but two of the large fac
tory interest furnishing SO much busi-
ness in the east part of town had sign
ed statements to Mr.. Wheaton request
ing the building to be located around
the square.As to the street car argument
ne suggested that fully as many people
drove UP to the postoffice in their bug
gies for their mail as used the street
cars and he submitted to any fair
minded man If it was not safer for
these citizens TO have the building Off
from the car line where horses would
not become frightened. He, for one,
mad supported Mr.. Getz in getting his
appointment as postmaster and the
nrst thing he knew one morning when
ne walked down to get his mail the
postofflce had been moved in a night
20 the extreme eastern limits and there
ne had to walk for his mail. If there
was no personal interest connected
with this move he noticed that small
store buildings began thereafter to arise
10 the east OF the postoff1ce and none
to the west.
MI. j. 2. Woodbury. spoke briefly in |
favor Of rivalry as an incentive to en-
ers,y IN any community. He favored a |.
Main street site even to the DAILY site
rather than the one south OF the
square.
Colonel ]. NJ. Parker then took up the
Whole argument in a vigorous manner.
ne showed how the committee had tried
10 meet the east end men on Joint
canvass for zone or the other as stated
N Secretary Slaw'5 letter, but that
1ney mad been met by subterfuge and
Posl1lVe refusal to agree on a fair issue.
II the Boardman site was not the one
referred to he wanted the east end men
20 name what site they did want.
Shaw's letter instructed them to have
lne people Sign petition either for
Inc one or for the other" and this did
not mean dozen sites. He then intro
duced the following resolutions:
Resolutions.
Be It resolved, That the reports Of
these committees as read and presented
be adopted and the secretary be in.
structed to preserve them 40 part Of the
records Of this meeting.
BE it resolved further. That II = the
wish of this mass meeting Of citizens
duly called that the committee repre-
'entine Mr.. Binford and his supporters
Sc commended for its diligence and
goodwill in trying TO meet our public
COMMITTEES on a common understanding
satisfactory to both parties;
And be il resolved, That the com.
nittee of eleven selected by mass meet.
ng held in this room July Is last be
hereby endorsed in all that it has done
o secure central location for feder-
u building facing tho court house
quare and that Il is the wish Of this 9
Meeting that said building be 80 located :
n the greatest fairness to all com
erned.
And be Il resolved lastly, That tho q
ommittee Of eleven be instructed to !!
roceed with complete and thorough !
anvass Of tho voters of this city for a .
ull public expression Of the choice Of :
ur citizens Of the two sites referred to '
n the secretary's letter, which are che
ubIic square site and the Boardman :,
esidence site.
Mr.. Van Law then moved to strike :,
ut the last paragraph OF the above and y
rsert the following:
Be Il <esolved, That the committee
{ eleven and the committee repre-.
enting the interests designated in this .
,eeting as tho east end shall each Sc
.ct one Of their number to Join in a