Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-19
WILL FIGURE IN POLITICS.
vacatins of Crossing Problem stirs up
Considerable Feeling at State e., zen zen

Considerable Feeling at State Cen
ter. n " lis, afsN =
The attempt to pass an ordinance az
State Center. calling for the Vaca.iis
OF the opera hail. crossing. IS Great
ing no endless amount Of feeling aiilons
the residents of that place. The couh-
ell. at it's meeting Friday night, passe"
the ordinance to its second feaalhs
and it will be up for adoption at .he
next meeting. to be held on .he li'i1u
Friday evening in February.
The proposed vacating OIL the eIoss.
ing. which is that of the second street
east of the depot, resulted from .iie
question of gates. The numerous ac-
cidents that have occurred na.uraiis
brought up the question OF proteclioil
in crossing gates, and the Nor.nMese,
ern was appealed to- Inc faiiroaa
company is willing to put III gates a.
certain crossings, but asks that one
of the crossings be vacated. Inc OF
dinance declaring the vacation. 1ol-
lowed. and SO far has the necessary
support to carry it.
A petition has been filed with the
council, signed by 142 out OF the ~
voters of the town, asking thal tiie
council submit the question to vote
Iof the people at the March electloIl.
In other words over half of the voters
of the town object to the Abandonment
of the street. Those who have the PEI
tition in charge claim that they VIII
have 1850 names on the paper before
| the next council meeting.
Councilmen E. FL. Schilling and wal
ter f. Brimhall are the only members
of the council who have so far openly
opposed the ordinance. The other
members, Chris Hansen, Dr.. Theodore
Engle, Arthur Robinson and Z. G.
swift. have voted in its favor. 1t is
claimed, however, by the opposition
| faction. that Engle and Robinson are
rather much ION the fence" and that
when the time comes for the final pas
sage they will join Schilling and Brim-
hall.
A prominent State Center man, In
speaking of the situation Saturday az
ternoon, said: TT looks as If the coun-
J ell expected to pass the ordinance, re-
gardless of what the people want, but
yet to great many it can not be
realized how it would be possible fo1
!! it to do so. The majority of the SEN
jtiment is out and out against the va
eating of the street. We believe thai
| the railroad company will come 70
time without making, such a conces-
sion. If it doesn't it will be called up
| on to protect itself in lawsuits, fol
lit will be asked to show why it should
not be fined for its repeatedly fragrant
violations of the law, in running Its
| trains at such tremendous speed thru
the town. There is some talk OF asking
| the railroad commissioners to visit
State Center to give an opinion in the
case, and there is scarcely a doubt, In
my mind, If this is done, that the
company will put in the gates, as re-
| quested, at once"
That the crossing matter is likely
! to cut quite Il figure in the March cleo
| ton is recognized as a fact by many
State Center people, especially should
the councilmen, who are to retire, seek
reelection. Mr.. Swift and Mr.. Rob
inson leave the council, and neither
as yet, has announced himself as a
candidate In Mr.. Robinson's case II
| is not thought he will run again, for
/ he is anticipating removing to this city
next summer.