Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-13
other buildings are being neglected.
General Situation is Bad.

Superintendent Madison, of the water
works, thinks that the citN'S supply
will last thru Wednesday,. with care
ful handling. unless II bad fire should
result The electric lighting plant will
not he operated until the situation inn
proves. The moonlight. however. and
tho fact that there is much snow on
the ground. aud consequently lighter
even should it be cloudy is in the ctty's
favor.
The Marshalltown Pottery Company
is in better shape than most OF the
larger manufacturing concerns. but rs
coal is absolutely essential and is the
company's stock in trade AT all times
ii was better prepared to meet the
emergency. The pottery company has
on hand five and one half cars. and
ten more cars are OH the way. These
latter include both Iowa and eastern
coal. and il is thought that they Will
arrive before the present supply is
exhausted.
Britain Il Co. pork packers. were
fortunate enough to get one ear Sat
urday night, and now have a sufficient
amount on hand to operate thru We'd
neSday.
The Lennon Furnace Company has
only enough to run until Tuesday night
and has none in sight unless two cars
ordered last Tuesday. and shipped
Thursday from Pennington, H.. reach
the city.
The county is pretty we'll supplied,
and the four or five tons ON hand will
be made to last two days. The county
heating plant is being as conservative
as possible in heating the court house
and Jail
The Marshalltown Light, Power &.
Railway Company received a car sun
day. and is in good shape to with
stand the blockade.
The Pilgrim hotel which was short
Saturday and Sunday. and came near
being seriously embarrassed. received
load this morning. overcoming the
shortage temporarily.
The Fisher Governor Company.
Williams Bros, and other of the small
er manufacturing institutions about
the city. are in bettershape than tn.
larger concerns. and report plenty of
coal to continue in operation.
The s-Republican Printing
Company came near suffering With
having only about ten hours supply on
hand Sunday. The TR. operates u
large amount of machinery and Il big
heating plant for the entire building.
and for a time it was feared that oper-
atons might suffer. Mr. j. p Dotson,
business manager, spent the greater
part of Sunday in buying up all the
coal possible, and one hour before the
supply was exhausted this morning,
load bought Sunday was delivered. The
T.-R was able, by buying small con-
sgnments from all the coal dealers in
the city, to get enough on hand to last
until Wednesday or Thursday.
Situation at the Schools.
The situation at the schools does
not promise to be serious, and while
none of the buildings this morning had
more than enough on hand to last thru
today, small loads were delivered at the
different buildings during the day. The
extremely cold weather made 1T a diff
ficult task to heat the buildings prop
erly. but under the circumstances the
buildings were kept very comfortable.
and only one dismissal was necessary.
This was the fifth grade room at the
First ward, which is situated near one
of the entrances and was so slow in
heating this morning that 1T was
thought advisable to dismiss. The
attendance at the schools in all but
the lower grades. was very good today,
considering the cold weather.
Hospital Supply Short.
AT st. Thomas hospital this morning
it was announced that there was but
one days supply of coal on hand. Ev-
cry effort to keep the hospital supplied
is being made, however, and something
will be done to relieve the situation as
far as that building is concerned.
Can Not Heat Library.
The public library was closed today
because of the inability to heat the
building. The library is heated by
steam, but a lack of sufficient raida-
exposure, due to the large number Of
windows made it impossible to heat the
building in such severe weather.
Rural Carriers Suffer.
The rural carriers out of this city
suffered this morning as a result of
the cold weather and drifted roads,
and most of the number were unable to
get thru. George McManus, carrier on
route No. 6, southeast of the city, was
quite severely injured in runaway,
and had to return to the city to have
his injuries dressed. He could not
have got thru the drifts any way In
blowing his way thru the drifted snow,
he got into a wire fence, the horses be-
came frightened and McManus was
thrown out, striking his head against
the sled and sustaining a cash four
inches in length. The accident occur
red at a point between three and four
miles southeast of the city.
Harry l.. Cook, carrier No. S, east
of the city, telephoned to the post
office this afternoon that he was stuck
in a snow drift twelve miles distant
from the city, and could not get either
way. His team was down in a drift
eleven feet in depth, and he had to
apply for assistance from the farmers,
to dig them out. Cook does not know
when he can get back to town.
George Robinson, carrier on route
No. q, southwest, got beyond the Var
mum hill road and encountered drifts
that he was unable to pass thru. The
roads were full.
William III. Wooster. No. Z, north
east, WAS able by hard work to reach |
a point near his home in the country,
but did not try to get any farther. |
The roads We're drifted badly.
Ernest Pepper No. and Harry
Walker. No. 2. had not been heard /
from up to late this afternoon. II.
Case. carrier No. 3, was only able to