Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-14

souARBLE OVER HOSE CONTRACT
Committee Cannot Agree and Troubles
Are Aired in Open Meetins-lnter-
urban Ordinance Adopted, Also New
Health MISUNDERSTANDING Me-
ter Results shown-council Doinss

With meeting OF board of health
tackled on to lengthy session of the
city council lights were not exun-
suished in the. council chamber until
after midnight. vast amount of rout-
Inc work was done. but the real news
Of the meeting was contained in the re-
pert OF the superintendent of mains.
showing a marked saving in the amount
of water used as the result of Install
ing meters accompanied by no mate
nal reduction in water rental revenues
III all.
The real interesting event of the
evening. however, was the you did
didn't" debate conducted by the mem
hers of the police and fire department
committee over the purchase of 1000
feet OF fire hose. Henry and Webster.
OF that committee. reported in favor of
purchasing 1000 feet of superior" hose
from the Chicago Fire Hose Company
at 60 cents per foot Chairman Nc
Bride protested on the ground that the
hose fell short OF the sample submitted
In weight and criticised his colleagues
for accepting the goods. Webster was
prepared for him and submitted a re-
port in writing, with letters attached,
setting forth that Mcbride had been
partial to another company's hose
styled Blue Diamond" Mcbride in
terrupted with THAT is not true" 1t
seems that the first shipment made of
Superior" hose was of short weight
and was rejected. The company sent
second shipment which. owing to a mis-
understanding between them and
Chairman Mcbride. arrived after the
thirty days limit OF the contract had
expired. This shipment was also of
short weight hose and Mcbride still OBJ
jected. Henry and Webster favored
accepting 1t because 1t was the cheap
est In price of any hose offered and be-
cause the chief OF the fire department
had declared that It was of firSt-class
quality. Superior" hose had been in
use in the fire department FIVE years
and had proved excellent goods. Nc
Bride insisted that the second shipment
Tell shor; of the sample 1870 pounds to
the 1000 feet.
Councilman Greene rather sided with
Mcbride because he believed that the
great weight OF responsibility rested
with the chairman of committee
which entitled him to be favored. Alb
bolt then brought peace by an amend
ment to Webster's report providing
that so long as the sample submitted
weighed one pound and was a foot long
the shipment be accepted by deducting
for the shortage of $50 pounds in weight
at So cents per pound less the freight
charges. This was adopted by all vot-
Ing aye except Mcbride. Abbott gave
some expert testimony about hose, say
Ing that shortage Of 100 pounds on
1000 feet was too much to be over
hooked.
Quarterly Reports Made.
The quarterly reports OF city officers
were made. Mayor Jones showed the
collection of $514.50 in city licenses. and
$S5 for the violation of city ordinances,
q total Of 359s.50. The mulct tax for
the quarter amounted to s2.166.s7. City
Marshal Nicholson reported 1s1 arrests
during the quarter. 40 OF the number
being for intoxication, and the remain
der divided about as usual among vari-
GUS offenses against the peace and
dignity Of the state. CHIEF Kirby re-
ported on the fire department. reports
were also made by the superintendent
of mains, superintendent Of sewers ana
street commissioner.
The quarterly report OF @. }. Ander-
son, superintendent OF mains. presents
some interesting hsure@ especially with
regard to the work of meterfns water
services. Eighty-seven meters were
placed during the quarter. Twelve
brick manholes for meters have been
constructed, at cost Of $163.20. The
most important places metered, the
amount Of water used during the month
of June, and the cost Of same. are az
follows: Rhoades-Carmean Buggy
Company, 116,0se gallons, $10.13; A. E.,
Shorthill Company, 42,4o2 gallons,
$4.o7; Marshall Grocery Company, &c.
1877 gallons. 1926: Kirby & Binford
block, $500 gallons, $3.50; six feed
yards, $3.50 gallons $50. The meter
ing Of the six yards has been found to
be very satisfactory to the department
Formerly the feed yards combined
paid at the rnte of SO monthly and
allowed the water to run almost con-
tinuously. consuming and wasting an
estimated amount OF 100000 gallons
monthly. The meters, disclose the fact
that for the month OF June they only
used 51,320 gallons. for which they paid
$780,, difference Of only 30 cents per
month on the rate, and 3S0,6S0 gallons
less water consumed. The Rhoades-
Carmean Buggy Company and the A.
2. Shorthill Company are very close
to the old rate, while the Kirby & Bin
ford blocks will be less than the former
rate. The larger consumers of the
city for the month of June are shown
to be as follows, together with the
number Of gallons consumed and cost
of same: Chicago & Northwestern
Railway Company, 4.157.1S1. s24949;
Iowa Central Railway Company, A.
sos. 165, S270.48; Chicago Great Western
Railway Company, 1,779.712. s1067s:
Iowa Soldiers Home 3S64,3S6, $281.S6.
The total number of gallons consumed
by these Institutions WAS 14,Sl007S, at
a cost of $s5s.62
comparison of the number OF gal
Ions pumped for the first quarter of
1908 and the corresponding quarter of
1902. is made as follows: April 1908,
31,972,01o gallons; April 1902 5000
0ss; May 1903. 3o.511,924; May 1902,
45.299.272; June 1903. 31,537,1SS; June
1902, 35,794,760. The total amount for
the first quarter of the year was 94,o21.-
122 gallons, as against 11S.094,12o gal