Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-30
BARBER PEOPLE AGREE
IOEAR[Y CONFERENCE
Representatives of the Paving
Trust Will Meet Judge
Burnham and Mayor
WILL BE HERE NEXT WEEK
WILL BE HERE NEXT WEEK
Settlement of tho Pending Paving
Cases Will Then be Made-company
Enters Into Wholesale Discharge of
Operating Department Officials at
Des Moines.

Representatives of the Barber As
with Judge Burnham to meet in this
city during the fore part of next week,
at which time an attempt will be made
to settle with local property owners
for the asphalt paving laid by this
company.
The claim that the defective work
done in this city was due entirely to
crooked work on the part of the oper-
at4ng department of the great trust
deceiving the general management of
the company at Philadelphia, fully as
much as the public for which the paw
ing was done, has been given support
by the action of the company in dis
charging it's entire operating depart
ment force in Des Moines. The Des
Moines Capital says:
THE announcement was made today
that practically the entire salaried force
Of the Barber Asphalt Paving Com
pany in Des Moines has been discharg-
ed. President Mack himself gave the
order for the discharge, but in doing
so assigns no other reason than that
personal investigation satisfied him 1T
is not to the best interests of the com
pany to continue the men in the em-
ploy Of the company.
In all seventeen salarfed men were
let out Superintendent Kilmar, of the
promotion department, and Superinten-
dent Beer, of the brick plant, are about
the only salaried men left. In the con-
struction department clean sweep
was made from Superintendent Gray
son down to the Waterman at the mix
ing plant on West Ninth street. All
of the office force. with but two ex-
ceptions was olsa discharged, as were
also some of those working for the pro-
motion department.
superintendent Kilmar said: I cam
not assign a reason for the action 9TH
er than that President Mack dropped
in on us some time ago and spent three
weeks here. He devoted most of that
time to a study of the local situation,
inquired particularly into the work
each man is doing complained that he
found some friction between depart
ments and even inquired extensively
as to where the employees spent their
time when not working as we'll as dur
ing working hours He did not have
much to say here that would indicate
the conditions did not please him, but
when he returned to New York sent
out the order for discharge. The places
of the men are now being filled with
Others, most Of them experienced in the
paving business. Some of the men
discharged have been with the COM
pany fifteen to seventeen years, and
most of them have served with 1T from
five to ten years.
Discharged employees did not seem
to know why they had been let out,
though Superintendent Grayson. of the
construction, said he believed he knew,
but did not care to discuss the situa-
ton until after the first of the year"
Superintendent Grayson, who is
mentioned among the discharged en-
ployes, is well known here, having had
charge of the paving here, at Waterloo,
FIT Dodge and other Iowa cities.
While the work was in progress here
Mr.. Grayson made his home in this
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