Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-30

III lIle last lew years nave peen stlInOS
fully covered by electric roads, ant
they have proven very profitable TO tn,
investors, and a great boon to tn,
ItraveIing public. You carr take al
Electric car at Jackson. Mich, ant
travel to Boston, Mass. You can makt
all of the towns of any Importance II
Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New
York by electric lines. The same viii
prevail in this state in time. Capitalist.
who furnished money to build thest
lines, figure only on the population pei
mile, and unless the local communitie.
in Iowa would aid financially, the mer
who would construct these roads, very
| literally, 1t will be difficult to built
any lines in this state.
/ CHARLES j. KNOWLTON.'
| 1.-THE original Of this letter has been
left on exhibition in the Mcbride &
Will Drug Company's show case for
inspection by anyone interested.-Edl
! To Bid Against Waterloo.
/ Bradford says knowltons company
will build without aid. Knowlton says
he must have free right OF way and
stock subscriptions equal to the tax
and will not accept franchise saying
4
shops. In talk with Mr.. Knowi-
ton the T.-R. editor was told of long
struggle between Muncie and Anderson,
Indiana. over the location OF an inter-
urban power house, which resulted in
very large bids being made by the rival
| towns, and Anderson won, getting a
| $350,000 plant. Mr.. knowlton then ex-
planned that the advantage given by
1.-THE location of the power house was in
! the fact that future branch lines We're
much more easily built out from the
main power plant He said that Wat
erloo business men had already raised
$4,000 in stock and subscriptions for
his company and had promised $40
600 more. 1t then appeared to the edi-
tors mind that not only would local
citizens have to raise the same amount
Of money for stock subscriptions as for
tax. but that If they voted the tax
and built the first line they would cinch
the power house. headquarters and
shops and thus have a great advantage
In future development, while IL they re-
fused the tax they would have to bid
against Waterloo and Des Moines for
the headquarters with an investment
large enough to control the board of
directors. A contest OF this kind would
raise lots OF money for the interurban
but there is some fear as to where Mar
Shutdown would land. On the other
hand, with great central power house
located here the future lines would run
from Marsha1ltown to Tama and Le
Grand instead OF from Waterloo to
lama and from Marstalltown to Ell
dora and Iowa Falls instead of from
Waterloo TO Eldora via Grundy Center.
For the paltry sum that per cent tax
would cost each one of us, this advan-
tage alone would be worth the money
even IL everyone of BrAdford's insult
ing predictions came true and we lost
every cent OF our tax.
Is There A "Nisger?"
But will Marshalltown men. who are
promoting this enterprise, sell the city
out? Nobody knows, and hence a man
Of Bradfords customs and practices
can easily suggest 1t with none to dis
prove his slurring charges. Those OF
us who are trying to build UP Mar
shalltown can only say these men have
all been honest men heretofore and we
believe they are honest now. Not one
of them ever stole a dollar in a BUSH
ness way and every man has always
been at the head of public subscription
lists. Furthermore. every man of them
says he will sell his interest, today. to
q Marshalltown citizen for JUST what he
has put into it. The T.-R. has talked
with them and believes they are pro-
noting for Marshalltown's interests,
and this newspaper, knowing nothing
whatever about the retainers OF some
kinds of lawyers. is willing to take
these men on faith.
Mr.. A. G. Click represents the pack
ing house interests.
l.. C. Norris represents the wholesale
grocery interests.
Charles Click, George A. Fstabrook
and G. r. Speers represent the foundry
interests Of the Lennox Manufacturing
Company A. e. Chorthill Company and
the Fisher Governor Company.
E. C. Will, A. d. Meeker and Fl. p
Densell represent the wholesale and re-
tail mercantile interests.
L. r. Willard represents the immense
oil distributing interests.
G.. Fl. Hull represents the hide and
wool interests.
+. Il. Click represents the Ice COM
pany.
Talk with any one OF these men and
he will tell you that Marshalltown
needs more shipping advantages. The
editor of the T.-R., in times past, has
heard these men complain that every
time new road was built out of Des
Moines it cut Oft a slice of territory
from Marshalltown's former field of
distribution. Their business
actually demands increased outlets to
hold even the territory that has always
been theirs. and this fact alone can ac-
count for their efforts In promoting this
interurban line which shall be conferred
in Marshalltown and controlled by
people to the advantage
of Marshalltown business institutions
The Company's Statement.
That this belief in the itegrity OF
these men Dis reasonable one is evil
denced by the following statement
which each has signed:
"Marshalltown, Iowa. April 80, 1904
To the Public: Quite a number of the
citizens of our city have expressed a
desire to know something definite az to |