Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-10-24
Proposed Ordinance Is Substi-
tuted With Another That
Goes Into More Detail
QUALITY OF GAS AND PRESSURE
Present Trouble With Gas Referred to
in Substituting the Three Sections Of
Ordinance as Originally Presented
Comparative Figures With Other
Cities Are Read.

4 The time of the adjourned meetin.
of the city council Monday night wa
largely devoted to discussion of tn,
] gas and electric light question. as in.
! Guided in the ordinance prepared ant
presented b. Mr. Webster few week,
ago A substitute ordinance was of.
fered by Nj. Webster which goes int
| more detail. The ordinance is changed
only IN three sections, dealing princi.
pally, with the quality of gas and elec.
trio lights, and the pressure of gas thai
/ must be maintained. This proved yer,
timely, as just before the council met
| every family in the city depending upon
gas for fuel either had to go withou,
It's supper or secure some other means
OF cooking. THIS was referred 10 IN
presenting the substitute
AT the time the original ordinance
! was presented Mr.. Webster was NOT
prepared 10 offer the new section,
which he intended later to introduce
as amendments. The amendments,
however, so rearranged the ordinance.
that new one was prepared and pre-
sented. This substitute was adopted.
without dissenting vote Mr.. Nc
Bride and Mr.. McMains were the only
absentees.
Mr.. Webster presented figures at
Monday nights meeting, which have
been prepared after an extensiv.
amount OF correspondence with other
cities on the part of City Clerk Derby.
The figures show that Marshalltown is
now paying more for both lights and
gas than many other Iowa cities, and
will pay more, even at the new rates
proposed. which will be saving of
about 20 per cent over the present
rates.
Final action on the ordinance was
deferred until the next regular meet
ing, at meeting Of the committee
of the whole, on next Monday night
the officers of the Marshalltown Light,
Power & Railway Company will be
invited to meet with the council and
present their side of the question. The
officers have seen almost every mem
Der of the council as individuals, but
that the matter should be talked over
in open council
Other Matters.
A few other matters of business were
disposed Of at Monday nights meeting.
A resolution by Mr.. Calhoun, to COM
pei property owners on West Main,
between Fifth ana Sixth, to raise theil
walk to the proper grade by December
/, was referred to@the committee on
streets and alleys.
j
The walk in front of IL East Main
street, was ordered repaired. within six
days, by a resolution by Mr.. Iseman.
The walk is declared dangerous.
A resolution by Mr.. Webster author
lied the city to take steps to further
protect it's interests in the mill dam
case.
A settlement in the Egermayer paw
ing, case was effected, by the terms of
Mr.N Egermayer's proposition, which is
that he pays 5000 and the costs of the
suit, the city to pay the balance Of
the assessment, $50.
The Barber Asphalt Paving Com
pany was given permission to take
samples of pavement, to be used as
defense in pending suits. Permission
was also given to property owners,
who, however. must have the work
done under the direction of the city
engineer and the street commissioner,
TO whom applications must be made