Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-01

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Mr.. Abbott also introduced a substi-
tute ordinance regulating the Great
| Western crossings. Heretofore an or
4 dinance has compelled the railroad
| company to maintain tiagman at
| Third avenue. Gates are now ready Tor
use, and the ordinance is changed to
eliminate the fiagman at Third avenue
/ The rules were suspended and the or
| dinance adopted.
| An ordinance to regulate the speed OF
automobiles within the city limits came
| up for Informal discussion. One VIII be
| drawn by the city solicitor. and pre-
| scented to the council at some early
date.
ContempIates Lighting improvements.
Mr.. Mcbride, of the committee on
water works ana electric lights, re-
! ported on contemplated improvements
/ in the city's lighting plant, which IS
/ known to be inadequate. The city mas
outgrown its present plant. the engine
| is overWorked and the dynalnos are IN
sufficient. One hundred and thirty-one
/ lights are being carried, and there Is an
/ urgent demand for more lights, which
| can not be furnished. Betting will have
| to be replaced soon. and II new engine
and dynamo are not secured II VIII cost
| $500 for new betting alone, and more Tor
| improvements to the present plant. Mr..
! Mcbride recommended the sale or Ger
/ tain pieces of machinery at the sewage
| disposal plant, and said that the money
Will go a long ways toward the pur-
| chase of the new lighting machinery.
1 aVf
| building would have 10 be made, and
the improvements in all would cost be-
tween S., 200 and $4,000 in his judg-
ment. Engineer Matson was present.
and told of his experience. The dyna-
mos are al present carrying more than
they should, and some of the lights
should be taken off, The dynamos were
liable to burn out at any time, and 1T
is Il common occurrence to be In dark
ness for n few hours during the night
Mr.. Matson estimated that the city
could save ESQ tons OF coal in year
If the machinery were changed Mr..
Mcbride will have copies of his report
typewriter and furnish one to each
member. The matter will be considered
at some future time. and the council. in
Ia v. q,
visit the plant, also the sewage disposal
plant, where certain changes looking
toward the care of machinery, is urged
by Mr.. kreutZer.
The committee. thru Mr.. Abbott, rec
ommended the purchase of a carload OF
different sizes of pipe and specials. to
be used by the department. A half car
is to be taken by the Riverside Gene
terry Association, which will act jointly
In the purchase.
Mr. Mcbride introduced n resolution
asking that the city have prepared a
complete plat of the water mains OF the
city, something that was necessary and
something that is not in existence. The
idea is to have in book form showing
of each block in the city and the exact
location OF the mains. also all informa-
ton pertaining to the mains The cost
will be ascertained and reported to the
council
Repair Third Avenue Sewer.
The Third avenue sewer was reported
by Mr.. Good to be in bad shape, and
the street is badly washed. some
places to width of sixteen feet. The
street is in a dangerous condition and
will be repaired. The cost is estimated
at $3.50. Is
Other sewer matters were brought
before the council. petitions being pre-
scented for one on North Second ave-
nue.. water main is also asked on
North Seventh avenue. They were re-
ported to the committees, which will
investigate and report back to the
council as to cost
Report on Lumber Bids.
The ways. means and supplies COM
mittee, thru Mr.. Psenicka, reported on
the lumber bids, to the effect that A.
A. Moore's bid was In exact accord
ance with the specifications Those
OF Frederick Wasem and j. H. Mineah
did not comply, the report stated. A
protest had been made on the Waseyn
bid. because Mr.. Wasem is member
OF the firm of kreutzer & Wasem, and
Mr.. kreutzer is a member of the coun-
Gil The committee refers the ques-
tons of the validity of bids, when
the specifications are not complied with
and the matter of member Of the
council taking city contract. to the
judiciary committee Mr. Moore's bill
is trifie higher. in some articles, than
either of the others.
The Printing Bids.
The bids for printing all legal no.
tees authorized by law, were present
ed by Mr.. Arnold. of the committee
on ordinances and printing. The bid
OF the Reflector, by T. F. Bradford.
was so cents per square, and that of
the Herald Printing Company, by w.
i. Wiidman, manager. so cents per
square for first insertion, and Is cents
for each subsequent insertion. Mr..
Calhoun presented the bid of the
Charter Oak Publishing Company, per
0. d. Elicit, at Al cents. The bids
We're referred back to the committee
for further investigation. The COM
rnittee. on Mr.. Goods suggestion, will
ask for Il sworn statement Of circu-
lation of the three papers.
Sidewalk Contracts.
The judiciary committee, thru Mr. |
Abbott, reported on the matter of C. |
A. BuchWald's bond, as surety for Gus
,Wahlberg. Mr.. Buchwald wants to be
relieved from any further liability. A
Wahlberg to file a new bond, and de-
claring that he shall do no more work /
OH future contracts until such is filed.
Mr.. Buchwald will not be relieved until |
the present contracts are fulfilled. Ten t
defective brick walks were reported
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