Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-20
Observation-Disclosures.
LOCAL COMMENT.
Observation-Disclosures.

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| Dr. Hoffman's report will be forth
coming at Monday nights council meet
| ing. 1t will then be up to the council
to act. Until this time the council has
| been justified in proceeding with de-
| liberation but from now on useless de-
| lay will be gross negligence. Mar
shalltown must provide itself water
system which is absolutely free from
contamination at all times. 1t is the
present urgent duty of this council to
do something right now. This is nc
| time for men to be obstinate or to
! get even with others who have been
unwise or unfair in their criticism
1t is the time to build water system
| that is perfect in the purity of its
product The council or councilman
who does this will build a monument
to the accomplishment of living and
useful citizenship. The one who fails
builds only tombstone for its political
future.
While DR. Hoffman has not intimated
in any way what his report will con-
tain, it is anticipated on the part OF
many that he will blame the city water
supply as the original cause of tn,
trouble. While it may never be possible
to prove that such is the case. the in
vestigations that have been made show
the possibilities OF contamination after
the water leaves the deep wells, under
certain conditions. 1t is thought, how
ever, he will lay a great deal of stress
upon the surface wells. which he has
spent great deal of time in investi-
eating. He will also include, it is
thought likely, reference to the danger
that has arisen from the carelessness
of some physicians in not instructins
families as to sanitary precautions.
Photographs will accompany the re-
port. and the council will have an on-
portunity to view certain conditions
as they actually exist. 1t is likely tina!
in some of the dairy surroundings the
council will find something that will
need immediate regulation.
Progress on the federal building at
Boone has reached the point of opening
the bids at Washington. Dirt will fly
in few days. At Marshalltown the
public has been very patient while the
committee in charge endeavors to raise
the money that was necessary to sell
the central site at the governments
price. A little more activity should
be displayed or the public will become
restless and Secretary Shaw is on rec
ord with determination to build a
postoffice where the people want it or
not build at all. Action must be APP
parent before this coming winter or the
appropriation expires.
The decision of the Iowa state rail-
plans In the rough for consideration
does not mean that viaduct is TO be
ordered. 1t is merely an agreement to
consider plans that are not carried ou.
in full detail for the use of contractors
in manufacturing the steel beams, etc,
Councilman Greene of the special COM
mittee is quite hopeful of success, es-
pecially so since the commissioners
made public in their Marshalltown
the fact that should a viaduct
be built they would insist upon the
street below being closed. Politicians,
however, who know something about
commissions, will remain pes
simiStic until the order actually comes
They note the fact that whenever a
railway engineer is consulted for es-
Inmates as to the cost he will put his
figures so high that it will be very
easy for the commission to find that the
plan is an impracticable one or that the
cost is far in excess of the benefits
conferred.
The Reflector this morning valves
aside all other objections to the inter-
urban ordinance and Will advise people
to vote for it, provided the recent
amendment establishing the headquar-
ters here shall be wordad in different
language. In setting forth its position
It declares that ..the council do not wish
to build railroads to railroads so the
few can have their freigh. cheaper The
council wants interurbans built to bring |
people to Marshalltown to trade with
is merchants. The council should want
The railroad built to Newton and to |
Center" 1t seems to the aver |
ige business man that this view misses
the main object to be gained. /
Local wholesale men tel us that Mar |
is not so gooi a distributing |
point today as it was few years ago
zor the reason that every time n pug T.
'oad runs from Des Moines up into /
Iowa big slice of terri |
DRY is taken away from MarshalItown /
shippers large shipper here has |
old the editor that an ia;erurban con-
lecting this city with the Milwaukee, |
Rock Island and Illinois Central rail-
roads would open up 600 new towns to
Marshalltown shippers and would In
.rease his company's business $4,000 Il |
Such being the case 1t appears
hat the key TO all Industrial progress
or this city is in bringing MARSHALL |
own factories and shippers into one
ocal freight charge connection with
hese great systems. Then new fac
ories and wholesalers would come here
invitations from a commercial
,lub and without bonus of any kind.