Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-14

$4,000 WORTH AT Az CENTS
Resolution to That Effect is Adopted,
Pending Approval of City Solicitor
Council Does Big Business in Sewers
Will Build Hospital Sewer and
Others That Are Badly Needed

Others That Are Badly Needed
The city council came within a halt
hour OF burning the midnight oil at
it's regular June session Monday night
A great deal of time was consumed III
reading minutes, for now that the Off
lcial" proceedings are done away with
have to read in full. So tedious did this
task become that City Clerk Derby be-
came hoarse before he had finished,
and Jim" Adams went to sleep. An
hour was spent with the minutes.
The council managed TO dispose OF n
great amount of work Monday night.
The principal thing accomplished was
the negotiating o. bonus ~ refunanG
the legal Indebtedness OF the city, now
In the form OIL outstanding Warrants.
George NJ. Becntei Il Co, OF Davenport,
secured the bonds. Inc Davenport con-
Germ oiTerea $4,000 at az per cent, and
will bear all expenses OF issue. Inc
bonds are due in iflstallments OF $2,ouJ,
payable July 1. 1906; $4,000. July l.,
1907; $4,000. July /, 1898; and $4,000
each on July /, 1319- la. The proposi-
ton 3f the firm was accepted by an I'M
anamous vote, and !. resolution, author
izing the negotiation, was adopted, sub
ject to the approval of City Solicitor
Van Law.
Bia Business in Sewers.
Chairman Henry, OF the sewer conf
mittee, WAS the star performer Monday
night, and as a result of his report the
council did big business in the sewer
line The most important action was
that to build the st. Thomas hospital
sewer. the estimated length of which
is 2,40o feet. 1t is estimated that IL
inch sewer. such as is proposed, will
cost $4,000. with small allowance for
The territory west of Ninth
street and north of Main will be accom-
modated by the hospital sewer. which
will cross tho Soldiers Home grounds
ard con.ect with the big Home sewer.
The e:ty. unon the completion, VIII own
aIp. maintain the state sewer. The re-
port Of the committee was adopted and
the sewer will be built.
Other sewers or which favorable ac-
ton was taken by the council, are those
or Ntvada, Mel ste, and Riverside
streets nd South Second avenue. The
Nevada street sewer Will cost 1915 and
viii be built largely for the aceomino-
d;.ton of the c. II. Harper Manufactur-
ing Company. On Webster street,
new sewer will be built commencing at
Third avenue and running west to the
alley between Third and Second ave-
nuns. The Riverside street sewer is an
important one and aside from accom-
residents of that section OF
the city will provide an outlet for the
surface water OF Riverside cemetery,
the trustees of which are preparing to
lay 1000 feet of sewer within the
grounds, to connect with the new city
sewer. Another very important sewer
is that on South Second avenue, which
will run from Linn street south on
Second avenue. to the alley between
Boone and Nevada streets, thence west,
221 feet. intersecting the 12inch sewer
at the alley between First and Second
avenues. The estimated cost of this
sewer is $500.
Paving Goes Over.
All paving matters will go over UNI
til future dates. Further considera-
ton of the South Fourth and South
First avenue work was postponed ona
week on account of the absence Of
Mr.. Kreutzer, who is Ill. The paving
of intersections on Second. Third
Fourth and Fifth streets. on Mr.. Web
st,sr's motion, was postponed and fur
Their advertising for bids was deferred
until Jan. g. 1905. The Jacks bid, the
only one received on the work, was
rejected The Thirteenth street paw
Ing, referred to the streets and alleys
committee for investigations was re-
ported back to the council and will
be taken up at the next meeting.
Upon Mr.. Ineledue's motion the con-
sideration of the special assessments
OH North First and Second avenues
vas postponed until the regular meeting
IN September.
The sidewalk estimates of the dts
serent wards were presented by Chair
man Good, OF streets and alleys, and
will come up rext Monday night.
Railroad Must Get Busy.
Mr.. Good presented a communication
n the shape OF letter from Division
Engineer C. G Delo, of the Chicago
Great Western, Des Moines, in which
Mr. Delo ordered Contractor j. c. Dunn
o stop all work on the company's paw
ng, back of its Marshalltown depot.
The railroad company, thru Mr.. Wood
'lff, it's tax agent, says that it has
ust 81 100000 in the past year, owing
% strikes and floods, and it is avoid
ng all unnecessary expense this Seas
IN. IN the way Of improvements. The
GENERAL opinion of the members of the
ouncil as expressed, is that the COM
amy has been given too much len
ency already. The paving was to
lave been done. as a consideration OF
he occupancy of an alley, which the
ity gave the company at the time the
lepot was built and the work was 20
ave been completed last October. An
xtension until June ] was granted |
nd now the company wants another
xtension On Mr. Abbott's amend |
nent to Mr.. Goods motion that the |