Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-10
Second and First Avenue Prol'-
erty Owners Do Not Regis
ter Protests on Paving
EXPERTS BILLS CUT DOWN
Judiciary Committee Reports on the
Claims of Experts Hired to Conduct
Investigations Into Sanitary coneli-
ton of the city-Report on Reser-
voir Made.

The city council. with all members
present. at the adjourned session
! Wednesday night, passed the resoll-
ton of necessity and advisability for
the paving of North Second avenue,
between Byron and Riverside streets.
and North First avenue bteween Grant
and Lincoln. with asphalt. No objes-
| tons We're made by property owners
of either street, on the pernanen. ira
proNement of the thoroughfares. a
slight change in the specifications YVES
made. referring to the character of the
curb and gutter. and the extra haul
ing. The contractor is TO use little
more cement in the curb and gutter,
and the extra hauling does not apply
until after a distance of 1900 feet in-
stead OF 1.4o0 The specifications were
adopted. and the city clerk was all
thorlzed to advertise for bids. The
work is to begin by September IS. and
completed by November /. Bids will
be opened on September %.
Experts Bills Materially Cut.
The bills for the services of experts,
turing the Investigations of the san
itary condition of the city, which have
been in the hands OF the Judiciary com
nttee for the past two months. ware
brought up in a report by MIR. Abbott
who will net be able TO be present
Monday night. at the regular meeting.
The bills as rendered and the amounts
recommended by the committee, ARE
as follows: J. b. Weems. $4l4.1S. req
commended s171.4S; j. b. Frandsnn,
S3s.23, recommended S16.4,, Charles IL.
Hoffman. s46S, recommended 1918. *.
Linnbrocker, s34; recommended, S1l
Charles Francis. $50, recommended
s35: S. r. Macy, $50, recommended
s35: Eli Grimes, 500, recommended
s65. The bills for supplies. board and
livery hire were recommended as orr
inal.y filed. MIR. Abbott moved that the
bills be allowed as the committee rec
commended, and the NOTICE: carried In
explaining the committees action, Mr.
Abbott said that for the most part aae
bills were exorbitant, but that The
amounts as recommended, would be
quite satisfactory to most of the naen.
He thought the city had better take
the chances of suit in the case OF MI
Weems.
Reports on Reservoir Plans.
Mr.. Greene, chairman of the water
works committee, presented the follow
ing report in regard to the reservoir:
II have to report, concerning the water
works. and the questions that have hHsn
presented concerning reservoir, mat
he vic
Mr.. Daniel w. Mead. of Chicago, was
engaged to prepare plans and spec4fi-
cations for the same. He did so and
presented them TO this committee ana
the committee, thinking it advisable,
asked the citizens committee, thai AT
one time was appointed to consider the
condition OF our water works, 10 HOOK
over these plans and specifications ana
offer such suggestions as they might
deem proper. This meeting was held
and some suggestions We're. offered,
some quite important suggestions. The1
committee, after considering the matter
thoroughly. notified the engineer. Mr..
Mead, to make other plans covering the
question of reservoir next to our wat
er works, on this side of the river. He
was asked further, in so far as the plan
that he had presented was dupilca-
ton plan, that is TO say, that one part
OF the reservoir might be used while
the other part was cleaned out, that
any plans upon this side of the river
should also be in duplication. so That
one part might be used while the other
part is emptied and cleaned. These
plans and specifications. then upon the
nd tyyn
were to be offered under the proper
notice and proper proposals TO the CON
tractors.
Further. that upon this side of the
river the offer was to be on a third pro-
position and contract, to-wit: II Time
would not admit and the state of our
finances would not admit. that perhaps
one half of the duplication might be |
made this year and the balance COM /
pleted next year This would make
three propositions to be offered TO the
to-wit:
:. The entire construction fthe res
ervoir upon the opposite side of the
river.
".The entire construction of the res
ervoir upon this side of the river.
1.-The construction of one-half OF the
reservoir upon this side of the riveg.'
Let me say in explanation of this
last, that if the council will remember,
this committee made a report some time
ago in which 1t was admitted that the
present wells from which the water was
received and pumped thru the mains
was liable TO separate from the river.
Now III Your time and finances would
not permit of the full completion of
the plans, it might allow of the one
half construction and in that event the
liability of seepage thru from the river
would be obviated and any time next
year the other half might be construct
ID. / believe that that is the sense of
he committee"
Mr. Greene also brought up in con-
aection with his report the matter
II furnishing water to the public
schools. He said that according tn the
ordnance the schools should be
.harged the same as other consumers.
ven tho it might be case, In one
:ense, of one hand washing the ether
Secretary Trotter. however, had In
ormed him that the board would not
,ay hecn,tce fhnra Ia n discrimination |