Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-22
Eu1u Times au satnrdap Angns T. 1903

shalltown retail interests depends only
on getting the people into town ana
this is what the merchants propose 10
do this fan. "Hurrah! for Marshall
town and here's my share 10 push Hei
along should be the battle cry. we
need the business.
The property owners on North Sec
ond avenue have finally determined
what sort of paving they want ana so
far as the council is concerned their
request for asphalt, after the contract
had been let for brick, has been granted.
While there was little dissatisfaction
expressed by members of the councli
over the way the property owners haa
acted, in apparently not beng aple 10
make up their minds as to "hat 'hey
wanted, the final action was IN favor
of those who have the paving 10 pay
for. as it should have been. Councilman
Webster has the proper idea concern
ing the councils disposition of paving
matters, when it comes to passing reso-
lutions, declaring intent to pave. III the
majority of property owners want
certain Kind of standard paving. even
tho the council has decided Tor some
other kind, the specifications should be
altered to suit the purchaser. III they
were asking for an inferior improve
ment, because it might be cheaper. the
case would be different, but when the
public is to gain rather than lose by the
change it becomes the duty of the coun-
ell to act in accordance with the wishes
of those who pay the bill.
Marshalltown Is going to be the best
paved city in the state of Iowa at the
end of the present season, II all the
work now laid out is completed, and
there is every reason to believe III VIII
be. Strangers are beginning to notice
1t too. and remarks are often heard on
the streets. by those who gain favor
able impression because of the street
Improvement. There is nothing that
adds to a city's beauty so much asi
nicely paved streets, providing they are
Rept clean and free from rubbish as
possible MarshalltoWn will have in the
neghborhood of ten miles of pavement
by the time snow flies. Church street
is going to be a beautiful thoroughfare
and the Improvements will be an incen-
tive to prettier and better kept lawns
and parkings. West Main street was
never so pretty until it was paved. fort
only then did the citizens begin TO take
a general pride in keeping their pro-
perty in the best of shape. Paving,
therefore. Is accompanied by additional!
identifying improvements. that help
advertise the city to strangers.
There could be an Improvement in
the street sweeping and the council VIII
likely take some action looking toward
a better and more thorough line of work
in this direction. The streets are clean
ed we'll enough by the use of the sweep
err but the refuse is kept piled along
the cutters, and oftentimes not re-
moved for day or two With a little|
wind the work of the previous night
or day is lost. Some arrangement
should be made whereby the dirt could
be removed Immediately after a street,
is cleaned. and not several hours or
perhaps a day or more later. 1t would
be a great satisfaction to business men
and residents generally if, when ar
irving down town in the morning, they
might see the streets thoroughly clean
ed and the dirt removed. AS long as the
refuse must be carried away some time,
why not attend to it at once, before
it has time to become scattered by wind
or traffic.
Marshall county seems to be having
ma pmonial alliances. Forty divorce|
cas- ), for one term of court, are too
many. Divorces, like suicides. are apt
to become epidemic at times, but 1T
would hardly seem that there should
be quite so many brought at one time.
The divorce docket, however, has been
rapidly increasing in size from term to
term, for the past few years. This is
true not only of Marshall, but many
other counties of the state, where the
population is centered. In some cities
the question has become so widely talk
ed that the ministers have taken action,
and are refusing to remarry those who
have become separated by the divorce
courts. Usually, however. minister
anticipates that he will be able to do
better job than his predecessor, and
if he should refuse he knows that some.
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