Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-24
LOST IN
MAZE Of SIDEWALKS
ENHANCEMENT of Sidewalk Res
olutions Comes Close to To
tally Befuddling Council
slge LOSES BOTH FIGHTS
Efforts Of Second Ward Councilman to
Have Brick Allowed For Sidewalk
Material and to Have Walks Ordered
Laid on Summit and Thirteenth
Streets Fail.

The council became lost In a maze
OF sidewalks at it's adjourned meeting
Monday night, and for an hour threw
aside all parliamentary rules of order,
and so befuddled itself that members
threw UP their hands, and acknowledg-
ed on the last vote Of one of many
resolutions on the subject, that they
did not know what they We're voting
for There were resolutions, and more
resolutions, ordering sidewalks laid,
others not laid, and some laid on
this side, some on the other side, some
crossing the street. until the laby-
rinth became so complete, that 1t was
only with the aid of Mayor Ingledue
that even a partial disentanglement
was possible.
The trouble was caused by the re-
port Of the, streets and alleys commit
tee recommending the ordering of lot
of sidewalks, including walk on the
east side of Thirteenth street, from
Main to Summit streets, and about q.
500 feet on Summit street west of
Thirteenth street.
Because Of the prospective great
cost Of the grading on both streets
Clark got resolution thru to defer
action on the two streets until next
year. Sieg opposed this. being inter-
ested, in property affected on Summit
street, and accused Mcdonald, who
sided with Clark, of hol>ling out OH
account Of the st. Thomas hospital,
which owns considerable frontage
on Thirteenth street
Because Sieg could not get the walk
he wanted he proposed all walk lay
ing be put over for a year, but his
resolution lost by reason of the lack
Of second
Clark then explained that his res
olution meant not to build walks on
either street where the necessary
grading exceeded three feet. But his
motion to reconsider failed OF the nee
essaTy three -fourths vote of the whole
council
Then Mcdonald introduced a resolu-
ton that the sidewalk on Thirteenth
street be ordered on the west side Of
that street to the north of the hos
pital property, then across the street
to the east side This was getting the
fight threatening1y close to where 1t
started from, and Mayor Ingledue call
ed a halt and explained. 1t was at
this point that both Packer and Her
man confessed they did not know
where they were at.
No Sidewalks for Streets.
AS a result there will be no side
walks put down on Thirteenth street,
and but about block on Summit
street. All of the rest of the proposed
walk, excepting that abutting the J.
C. Bullock property on North Ninth
street, was ordered put down.
Cement, Not Brick.
Two members, Clark and Packer, Of
the special committee, backed by q
majority of the council, beat Sieg in
his attempt to have brick adopted for
sidewalk material, in walks put down
hereafter in the outskirts OF the city.
The committee submitted a report Of
it's findings, in which Mr.. Sieg did
not concur and against which he pre-
scented minority report. Siegs sub
stitute report was In the form of speci-
fications covering brick for sidewalk
material. On the vote for the Sieg re-
port it lost, only Sieg Herman and
Young voting for it.
The committees report carried by
five to three, Devine and PGenicka not
being present and Sieg, Herman and
Young voting against it.
Compromise With Great Western.
After finding it lacked the backing
of the law, the council which had Or
brick or plank between its tracks and
between the rails Of the tracks of it's
South Third avenue crossing, compro-
missed with the road and will do part
of the work itself. Mr. Nichols, di-
vision superintendent of the company
was present to find out what the coun-
Gil wanted done. He refused to do
more than plank or pave between the
rails of the three tracks which cross
that street and on each side of each
track q distance of about eighteen
inches. The compromise allows the
company to plank between the rails and
a little on each side, and the city will
do the rest The council compromised
upon the advice of the city solicitor,
who held the city could force the rail-
road to do no more.
Minor Business of Council.
A petition from G. r. Petit wanting
Tenth avenue opened from Woodbury.
street north two blocks was referred
to the streets and alleys committee.
The temporary walk on the south
side Of West Main street west of Thir-
teenth street, as far west as the Snoddy
property, was ordered put in. 1t may
be built either of cinders or plank.
The ways and means committee. re-
ported on the voting machines, having
selected the United States Standard
Machine, but did not recommend the
purchase. The report was filed, as was
also the minority report of Sieg, also
a member of the committee. who said
the machines were not needed and the
price was too high to warrant pur-
chasing.
The lumber bids from five firms for
lumber of various kinds and different
sizes was referred to the committee
on ways. means and supplies.
Bids for twenty-four inch sewer pipe
for the North Fourth street storm
sewer were referred to the streets and
alleys committee.
ordinance fixing the grade of South