Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-10
Barber Asphalt Company Will
Put In Brick on Third
Street at Own Expense
ORDERS RECEIVED SATURDAY
Superintendent w. <. Grayson Re-
ceives instructions From District
Manager Mclaughlin to Proceed
With the Work as Soon as Possible
Improvement will Cost s1,25o.

Superintendent w. e. Graysun, of the
Barber Asphalt Paving Company, in
this city, received Saturday evening
word from District Manager w. r.
Mclaughlin. Omaha, instructing him t,
proceed. as soon as possible, with the
work of relaying North Third stree:
with brick, on either side of the rails
of the Marshalltown Light, Power &
Railway Company line. The com
pany has decided to make the improve
ment at it's own expense, without any
cost to the city at all.
The decision of the company will be
learned with interest, as The time
would have come, had not the COM
pany seen fit to make the improve
ment, when the city would have to
make ii out Of the general fund. AS
Third street was the first experience
with asphalt the specifications, as pre-
pared by the city, did not call for
a foot OF brick along the rails of the
street car company as did those OF
Third avenue. The mistake was
learned soon after the street was COM
pleted, when the sar, caused by tbs
moving cars, caused the paving to
become rough next to the rails. The
Barber Company advised the city at
the time the contract was let that the
work would not be satisfactory with
out the brick next to the rails, anu
a trial has clearly proved 1t.
1t was decided several weeks ago thai
the difficulty would have 30 be rem
edied, but it was j question who would
have to bear the expense, The city or
the company. The Judiciary commit
tee of the council took the matter I'M
der consideration, and Concluded to
make an attempt to get the Barber
people to do it. The company is under
bonds to keep the street In repair for
seven years, and from the action of th=
street car traffic on the pavement. dur
ing less than years use, it could be-
seen by the company that ii would have
to do an expensive job about once :
year. and perhaps oftener. The COM
pary made proposition to the city
several weeks ago, to do the work 70.
about 5000, which was about half Of
the actual cost. The judiciary com
mittee figured, however. that as LONG
as the company was under contract
to keep the street in repair, 1t would
be cheaper for it to make The improve.
ment permanent than to bG continually
repairing with asphalt. The company
has decided the same WAY, and VIII
do the work at it's own expense.
In speaking Of the work Superin-
tendent Grayson said: I'VE are just
as Q ,ious as any one t. have our
wo, show up well, and BIZ satisfactory
in .very way to the people OF Ma :
shalltown. For this reason we have
decided to put in the brick on Third
street. We knew at the time the street
was laid that we could not do salts
factory job without the use OF brick
next to the rails, but after making
the suggestion our duty was to pave
according to specifications. We would
rather do 1t than to have the street
looking badly, and to lie continually
making repairs. The actual cost to
the company viii be $1,a5o.'
Superintendent Grayscn says the
work on Third street will begin just
as soon as he can get the men. The
company is little short of expert help
at present. but he contemplates being
able to begin the work within week
or ten days.