Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-14
Council Changes Course of Fifth
Street and Extends to
the Mill
WILL MAKE CONTINUOUS DRIVE
Dead Ends Joined at Jerome, Thru Old
staat Property, West of o. w. Nor
ris, Jr, Reconsideration Ordered
From Mr.. Hughes Corner Thru
oity's and Trotter Land, to Mill.

The beginning of what will eventu-
arlw he a. beautiful boulevard drive
was made by the city council Monday
evening 10 the petitions presented by
C. w. Hughes, C. L. Duffield, G. IL
Hatcher and d. w. Norris, Jr., resi-
dents and owners Of land in the north
west part OF the city. Am ordinance
was passed to its final reading and
adopted, changing the course of North
Fifth street 50 as TO eliminate the jog
in the street at Jerome street, and 90
away with the two dead ends OF the
street on Jerome by running Firth
street, where it now stops in front OF
Mr.. Norris residence property, across
the corner OF his lawn, bearing to the
left in a graceful curve thru the old
staat property, which Mr.. Norrds re-
Gently purchased OF Mr.. Hatcher, and
merging in the extension OF North
Firth street at the alley $50 feet north
of Jerome street. That portion Of the
extension Of Fifth street which had
once been plated to start at Jerome
street, half a block west OF the original
Fifth street, was vacated up to the
point at the alley where the new
alignment, merges, adj was granted to
Mr. Norris in return for the new street
which he conveys to the city. Ffth
street, as it runs north from Main TO
Jerome, will now extend northward as
a continuous drive, passing along the
west OF Mr.. Norris residence. No adj
idltloual expense was incurred in this
change as the city engineer had
planned a better street al, less money
than could have been graded on the
old plat.
E Mr.. Norris expects to move the old
Staat buildings away and when the
new street is graded will sell the
ground west Of the street for building
sites.
AS part OF the same street Improve
ment petitioned for by the same per
sons, and also asked for by fifty farm
ers living northwest Of the city, the
council voted unanimously to instruct
the mayor to condemn or buy q right
of way for the extension OF North
Fifth street north from Mr.. Hughes
corner, at Park street, winding to the
right thru the city's land and thru
Mr.. J.. G. Trotter's pasture,
emerging onto Center streeh at the
foot Of the mill hill. City Engineer
Baughman had run a line for street
which could he graded with, nothing
greater than a per cent grade from
the river bridge to Jerome street, and
all travel into the city from the north
west will be abla to miss the mill hill
The farmers asking for the improve
ment set out that they could miss
zshird street, where the street cars
frightened their teams, and could avoid
the paved streets on First and Center
streets, where the AUTOMOBILES were
most frequent, and could save the hard
pull up the mill hill
With this street opened, it would re-
quire only a block more of extension
along the river bank past the pumping
station to enter the cemetery at the
river on the northwest corner' OF its
grounds, and merge into the beautiful
riverside drive, which Mr.. Rubee and
his mem have Just completed this
spring almost to Third avenue. With
an outlet to Third avenue, Marshall
town would have a riverside drive thru
the cemetery, past the dam and pump
ing station, which Councilman Clark
hopes to turn into a small park, along
the river to Mr.. Hughes property,
thence up to Jerome and out to the
soldiers home, or thru the Duffield
farm always along the river to the SOL
diers' home grounds.
The city itself owns eight acres lying
on both sides of the new street, which
will be greatly improved in value by
the extension, as there is now no APP
proach or outlet to 1t. save over the
land OF individual owners. For years
Mr.. Trotter has been pasturing it free
OF charge because it would not rent
for the price Of a fence around It,
Mr.. Hughes has soN practically all
Of his lots on Park street, seven new
houses being under contract, and as
grading can be done on the new extern
sion, ,She will open Hughes street one
block north of Park, thru from Fifth
to Fourth, and build two blocks Of fine
new residences. This will build the
town right up to the line Of the city's
own land. Mr.. Hughes now has built
up $4,000 Of taxpaying property with
in q block of his own residence.
Additional city council news on Page
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