Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-06
ed was the probable effect of damages
should horses fall by reason of the
holes being left in the streets

Mayor lngledue, according 10 MS own
statement, made before the streets ana
alleys committee this week, IS gong
to take the initiative in Il general cru
SADIE against the Barber people, 10
have his assessments set aside. me
mayor believes that the people who are
in need of the most protection are
those who have already paid for all
their paving, or have waived the as
sessments and paid in a portion OF the
amount due. Mr.. Ingledue believes
that il some of the paving is below
specifications the rest OF 1t would pe
found to be the same upon eXamlna-
tion and for that reason he would urge
a Wholesale beginning of suits, IN sep
arate amounts too low to allow the
paving company to take the cases into
th.. federal court He thinks that in
this way. with many suits pending,
the property owners would either get
having ND to specifications, or a price
commensurate with the present quail
ity.
If it is going to be necessary to
bring innumerable suits to force set
tlement out of the Barber people IT
would seem that the litigation coula
cost nearly as much as the paving put
if Mr.. Ingledue has hit upon a plan
whereby property owners can brlnS
suits in severalty, but in reality JOIN
collectively in a test of the sltuatlon'
| his may be the wisest plan to pursue.
| In its canvass for sustaining mem
bership from the business men to help
support the new Y. NJ. G.. A. IN us
operating expense, the management
has met with a most commendable sug-
gestion from several citizens who de-
sired to help the Y. M. c. A. and give
assistance to some deserving young
man as well. MIR. d. L. Denmead,
who contributes 500 per year to the
support of the institution, has reserV-
ed the right to admit young men OF his
selection to the privileges of the In
stitution upon the funds thus contrib
uted. Several already have thus been
provided for Mr.. Frank Brennecke,
who desired to help the Y. NJ. c. "A.
along, took out a sustaining member
ship of 81 per month and thru Sec
rotary Fellingham found a young man
who was working hard as a delivery
| boy and contributing to the support
of an invalid father and a large fam
ily of brothers and sisters. This young
man is delighted with the opportunity
of night classes and the use of the
building thus afforded. Mr.. I. Binford
has taken out a similar membership
for some deserving young man. w. M.
Clark has provided for the necessary
| tuition of some young man in a man
ual training course, and a large num-
| orn
a sustaining membership direct to the
Y. M. C. A. These are the things that
make life worth living.
| The board of supervisors is going
to do all in it's power to interest the
| farmers of the county in the King
road drag, and next week expects to
hold an exhibition test of the simply
constructed drag, showing just what 1t
will do when roads are muddy. The
use of the King drag has been advo-
Gated by the Northwestern's good roads
speakers and has already been adopt
ed in Taylor township, and by far
mers north of Green Mountain. The
| board believes that If each township
will place in operation several of these
| drags, there is no reason why Mar.
| shall county should not nave the Hi
est of country roads the year around.
sss
| Friends of r. S. Benson, for several
| years general auditor of the Iowa Cen
| trail, in this city, were more than
pleased to learn of his appointment by
the Isthmian Canal Commission as au-
ditor of the canal and Panama rail-
way. Mr. Benson is the fourth ex-lowa
| Central official to take an active part
| in the mammoth task of building the
/ Panama canal. Chairman Shonts, of
| the commission, years ago, was an
engineer in the Centrals employ, and
built the Story City branch. Engin-
eer Wallace, another member of the
commission, did a great deal of the
| CentraHs construction work in Illinois,
! including the building of the Mississ-
| ippi river bridge at Keighsburg. Thru
Mr.. Wallace's appointment, George D.
Brooke, formerly master mechanic
here, was made master mechanic Of
| the Panama work, and now Mr..
| Shonts selects Mr.. Benson to head the
accounting department.