Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-26
eRINNELL TALKS IMPROVEMENT
Mems Club Discusses Paving, Water
Supply, Sewage Disposal, Etc.
SneclaI Ilmes- Renuhllcuu

Special - Times Republican
Grinnell, March 26.-As predicted the
discussion of the general subject OF
Street Improvement at the Mems
Club at the Congregational church last
evening was confined entirely to the
pros and cons on the matter OF street
paving. The question was opened by
w. q. Ray, who presented a brief re-
view of the deep we'll and the sewer
PROJECTS as introduced here some years
ago to show that opposition is devel-
oped upon the part of some property
owners when any important improve
ment is projected His claim was that
as those who We're among the loudest
in their protest at the expense Of
these improvements just named would
not at present willingly be without
them. so the paving of the streets when
once done would be source of pride
and satisfaction to all. He then showed
the cost of paving in cities of the sizs
of Grinnell and some Of twice that size
as averaging less than 81 per square
yard from thirty-five to fifty cents a
lineal foot for curbing. B. j Kicker
followed with an exhaustive paper Civ
ing the experience of dozen towns
and small cities and the views of Of
ficials as to the increase in the value of
AUDITING property after the paving was
done. Ray Clark mentioned some OF
his observations regarding the lasting
qualities of paving in Europe from
which he deduced that it YVES short
lived: also that it was very Injurious
to horses. Rev. III. n. Dascom gave
x,-i.J 1,n 20 n
within his knowledge in cities of this
country The relative cost and value
of different kinds of paving was dis
cussed. Questions We're asked and
added information given by c. W.
Carter, F. G. Lewis and D. S. Morri-
son.
Professor HendriXson while express
ing himself as having no desire to OPP
pose any movement looking to the pay
ing of the streets of Grinnell, called
attention to some other very serious
problems that the city is facing, almost
ut the present time, and which in his
Judgment, We're more important to the
health and life of the city than the
paving of streets. He mentioned the
trouble that had been experienced and
is still with us, of getting an adequate
supply of pure drinking water from the
deep wells which furnish the present
supply, and of the possibility. in the
future growth Of the city, of having
to find some other source. Also of
the question of disposal of sewage.
which, after an expense aggregating
well nigh $4,000, is still not settled
with entire satisfaction and may need
the addition OF filter beds to the eN
tensive and expensive septic tank al
ready in use. He spoke, too, of the
fact that the northeastern and eastern
part of the city is to have an expen-
diture this year of $4,000 for addi-
tional sewer and that the entire west
ern part of the city is still to be sup
piled with sewer for which an outlet
on the southwest must be found and
another problem of the effective dis
posal of that sewage solved. In addi-
ton to these things. he spoke of the
present method of lighting and of the
change needed in that respect, which
will involve quite a large expenditure.
Mayor f. B. Wiley heartily endorsed
everything that Professor HENDERSON
said on these points. No definite gen.
eral action or expression of opinion OF
the club was called for.
Mr.. Edwards, from Knoxville,
shipped yesterday from here a ear load
of medium and heavy weight horses to
the Boston market, the average price
paid being $11o. A span of greys We're
sold the night before to go west for
individual use for $3.50.
On April l the office of superinten-
dent of water works and sewers is to
be abolished and the duties will he
performed by the city engineer. This
office has been filled for the past two
years by M. Green, who has just been
erected to fill out the term of l.. d.
kemmerer OH the city council.
An alarm from the fire whistle last
night about 1880 proved to be moth
ing more serious than the burning out
of chimney at the A. p. PIERCE homo
on Park street.
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