Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-01

ground that is taken Is that the assess
ments against the property must not
exceed the actual benefits derived from
the street improvement There is one
thing to consider, on the part OF the
property owner, when he enters TINS
contract to resist the assessment. Ihat
is that he is likely in the end to be de-
barred from taking advantage OF the
seven year plan, which makes the pay
ment for paving easier. If the property
owner does not sign a waiver within a
specified time, and enters into con-
tract to contest the assessment, the
moment he is defeated the entire
amount of the assessment becomes due,
and must be paid at once With the in
terest on the money figured in 1t makes
the paving far more expensive than un-
der the seven year plan. The record
in other cities, where similar contests
have arisen. has been that the courts
have decided in favor of the municipali-
ties.
1t is source of great satisfaction to
MarshalltoWn people to consider how
well Marshalltown is supplied with
platform orators. The city gains an
unusual amount of advertising because
OF the TACT that so many men, widely
known for their lecture work, reside
here. In the old days of Colonel San
ford, the name of Marshalltown was
spread from sea to sea as the home of
the noted man. The present day shows
the city to have four men who are
doing more or less work from the lee
ture platform all the time. Since the
recent lecture of DR.. Elijah Brown
Jones, at the Soldiers Home, a large
number of people in the city have
awakened to the fact that in the per-
son of the Baptist divine, the city has
a man of more than ordinary ability,
one who is known for his brilliant adj
dresses in many parts of the United
States. Superintendent William L.
Crane, of the city schools. is constantly
in. demand for lectures on literary and
historical subjects, and last year alone,
aside from looking after his regular
duties, Travelled 400 miles to deliver
his lectures. Chaplain Jesse Cole, of
the Soldiers Home, Is already booked
for all his spare time during the ap-
preaching season, for patriotic subjects.
Dean Lenihan, of ST. Marys church,
has come into considerable prominence
thru his lectures on the Holy Lands,
and recently spoke before a large au-
dience. Marshalltown's lecturers adj
vertise her to an excellent class of
people, and the city is fortunate in call
ing them her own.
Mayor Brenton, of Des Moines has
taken decided stand, similar to that
of the Marshalltown council, in re-
gard to the proper filling of excavations
made on street improvement work done
in that city. Des Moines has been ex-
periencing the same difficulty as has
Marshalltown. when improper filing
has rendered the streets rough and I'M
slightly. Mayor Brenton has given no.
tice that he will enforce the ordinance
to the letter, and that hereafter all ex-
cavations must be filed with sand,
rather than the earth that is taken out
in making them.
A copy of the Times publican,
sent to friend in New York, by the
Rev. Father Waring, who recently came
to this city to take up his work as as
sistant rector of st. Mary's, brings a
reply that Marshalltown must be a
large city to have published within it's
borders such a newspaper. The T.-R.
hears good things about itself every
day, and of course is glad. 1t Is all the
more gratifying, however to know that
because of the character of the paper
the city gets the benefit Of good adyer-
Using. The eye is said to be the win
dow of the soul. SO is the newspaper
the window of the municipality, for the
outside world judges town largely by
the character of it's public press.