Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-11
Will INVESTIGATE
HE CEMENT FILLER
Council Will Visit Des Moines
and Make an Inspection OF
Brick Paving
TRIP TUESDAY OCTOBER
Before Accepting South First Avenue
Council Will Make Personal In
spection of the Capital City Work
Action On Dangerous Buildings
Taken-saIoon For May Street.

Moines on next Tuesday, Octopef 10,
to conduct a thorough personal lhspec-
ton of cement filler in brick paving.
/ This action was decided upon at the
regular October meeting, held Monday
night. Mr.. Webster introduced the
resolution authorizing the Trip peiieV-
ing that the members OF the poay
should be personally familiar with ce-
ment filler before action is taken IN
either accepting or rejecting the street
| improvement work on South flfst
avenue Mcbride, Sieg and Arilolu
were the only absentees at the meetlls
| Monday night.
Mr.. Webster explained in Offering ms
| resolution that there had been some
dissatisfaction as to whether OF NOT &C.
ment filler was absolutely necessary III
| furnishing good brick paving, ana ne
| for one, did not want any lhJuslice
done to property owners. contractors OF
the city, in the action on South FIRST
| avenue. Some of the council, ne eA-
planned, were not familiar with the
| character of the work, and he tnought
| it economy for the city to spenu 80
| or $40 in having the council make a
| trip of inspection, rather than to spend
| 81. 900 or $4,000 in litigation if the paw
| ing was not satisfactory. He explain
| ed that Des Moines had had brick paw
j ing with cement filler in use for seven
years, and he thought the council could
| obtain all the information necessary by
a visit to that city. The resolution
was adopted.
| In connection with this Mr.. Abbott
| read a letter from the city engineer
| of Watertown, Wis, in which he re-
commended cement filler as the only
proper filler for brick paving. Other
letters requesting information had been
| written by Mr.. Abbott, but this reply
was the only one so far received in
which the questions he had asked were
fully answered
After Dangerous Buildinc1.
Councilman Webster got after the
dangerous buildings under the new or
dinance permitting the destruction of
the same, and offered four resolutions.
One referred to the old Hartwell barn,
Eleventh and Main, which was declar-
ed nuisance, and was ordered repair
ed or destroyed within twenty days.
City Marshal Nicholson was instructed
to destroy the building If, within that
time, it had not been done Mr.. In
gledue and Mr.. Iseman stated that
they had been informed only few
hours before that Mr.. Hartwell had
sold the barn to B. F. Cummings who
would have it torn down at once.
Another building on which similar
action was taken was the old Davis
barn in the rear of 30S East Main
street. The feed barn at First avenue
and State, owned by Benjamin Pack
er, was ordered repaired within twen-
ty days. The contract has already been
let and all that is being waited upon is
the necessary iron. The dangerous
building at the corner of Third avenue
and Ketchum street was continued for
nearing until the next meeting.
Saloon For May Street.
Councilman Psenicka, of the Fifth
ward introduced resolution granting
consent to John A. Bowman to oper-
ate saloon on May street, where he
formerly conducted place of BUSH
ness. Mr.. Psenicka explained that Mr..
Bowman had surrendered his permit
three months ago, but NOW that the
farmers were thru their work he
thought he could do little business"
Mr.. Webster and Mr.. Iseman voted
against the resolution which was
adopted. Mr.. Calhoun had. in the
meantime, been excused and left the
council chamber.
Mr.. Ingledue called up the Rails sa-
loon petition and Mr. Webster insisted
that final action be taken, in order to
get it out Of the council, the resolution
having been laid aside for final action
at the last meeting. Mr.. Henry in
formed the council that he had been
authorized by Mr.. Rails to withdraw
the resolution, and this was DONE
The Quarterly Reports.
Monday night was the regular quar-
terly meeting, as well as monthly, and
the different reports were filed. That of
City Clerk Derby showed the different
expenditures for the quarter ending