Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-24
SHOULD CITY SETTLE
The GLUCOSE CASE?
Councilmen Wrangle Bitterly
Over Proposed Adjustment
Of Law Suit
ACTION IN CASE POSTPONED
Settlement Of Old Suit Proposed, But
Was opposed-Action Was Deferred
Until Monday Nisht-McDonald and
Gregory Exchange oratorieal Eff
forts-oId Sewage Plant Involved.

A settlement of the old case orough'
by the Glucose Sugar Refining Com
pany against the city was proposed al
the meeting Friday evening, but was
deferred by the opposition until more
investigation could be made Inc
proposed settlement had reached such
stage that a resolution, authorizing
the mayor to accept the terms and
enter into stipulations of settlement
was presented. 1t was beaten temper
arily. and adoption was postponed. In
cidental to the postponement the coun-
Gil Witnessed one Of the most heated
and personal discussions in recent
months.
Accusations were hurled back and
forth between Councilmen Gregory
and Mcdonald. the former of whom
opposed and the latter of whom fav-
ored settlement. Both men fairly
shouted their oratory, but quit
friends.
Mcdonald Says He is Thru.
When action on the resolution au-
thorizing the settlement, was post
poned until next meeting, Mcdonald.
disappointed and very much disguised,
said he was thru with the attempt to
reach a settlement. AS chairman of
the judiciary committee, he said, he
had spent much time and labor in the
effort to avoid. further litigation only
to have it frustrated by Gregory and
Herman He had proposed the settle
ment on the advice of the attorney,
whom the city had employed to fight
the case. MIR. Carney's letter was
read, also an extract, from one from
Judge Carr. joint counsel in the case,
who also favored the kind of settle
ment proposed.
Herman Wary Of Pierce.
Councilman Herman said that he
wanted to be mighty careful about TAX
ing hold of anything that Pierce had
been mixed up in so be wanted Mr..
Carney to come before the council.
Therefore he amended to postpone ac-
ton until the next meeting which car
RED, even tho six members had pre-
viously signed agreeing to support the
settlement
Gregory Says "Mac" Should Resign.
The discussion, after the defeat OF
the resolution, temporarily subsidized
only to be brought UP again later by
Gregory, as a personal privilege.
Gregory made the council chamber
ring when he said that any council
man who should say that he was thru
with the work of his committee, just
because his efforts had failed to meet
Immediate approval, should resign.
Its up to him to quit" he exclaimed.
Mcdonald, in replying, charged Greg
ory with counseling with attorneys
who had not yet got their fingers In
the pie, but explained that he had
spoken hastily In his anger. meaning
only that he had been greately dis
couraged in his efforts to settle this
case. His emotion was noticeable.
What the Settlement Is.
The case under discussion is one that
was brought by the Glucose Sugar Re
f1ning Company, at about the time the
now useless sewage disposal plant was
finished, and the glucose company
ceased to operate its factory here. 1t
had loaned the city on contract $685.
600 to build the sewage disposal plant
during the administration Of F. G.
Pierce. A part of this, subsequently to
the completion of the plant, had been
repaid in the form of refunded taxes.
Then the city refused to refund any
more taxes and the glucose company
started suit to collect the balance Of
about $4,000, which is now in the cir
cult court at Des Moines
The glucose company had enjoined
the county treasurer from paying over
to the city taxes to the amount Of
s2,588.17.
City Offers to Settle.
An inttmation from the city that it
might be willing to settle the case
brought from the Glucose company an
offer to pay the court sosts of about
500 and dismiss suit, and relinquish
all claim on the land where the sew
age plant is located, if the city would
release to 1t the taxes held up in the
county treasury.
The judiciary committee added an
other clause to the proposed settle
ment that the glucose company pay
the city's attorneys fees Of $3.50 On
this basis the judiciary committee is
willing to settle, but the council wanted
to sleep over it.