Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-05-14
Water Power, Most Important
Of Holdings, is Bought For
$4,000
'LAPLANT ACCEPTS QUICKLY
Al Special Meeting Mayor Presents
Proposition to 6. w. LaPlant Thru
His Father, ~ Intermediary, and
Attorneys Accept II Within Five
Minutes Terms Of the Contract.

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maintain the Iowa river Dam AZ Cen
ter street, which has been the issue
/ under lttiration. but Is the owner of
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was taken at q special meeting OF the
oouncil "wednesday night. when all but
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n l ols me mayor. Inc sum o. ss'0oo IS
paid to q. w. LaPlanf for the water
!, power. the dam and the land. and in
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,ls $3.50 AZ. =. = $40 5. 1 -. s,
rs fous specincauens thal WIN seteie
{ al litigation Of every description cen-
nected with the dan, cases. The city
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a. plant , stands costs in ett,ar cases.
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ratified the proposition, with few
& alterations suggested BY q, II, Van Law
) ana CITY solicitor Nerthup, and Mr..
s Boardman had aooepted at Ter La
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5 issyyell. what about the acceptance Of,
! the proposition?" asked Mr.. Herman,
81 the Fourth.
.-lrhe proposition has been accepted"
r1DNed tho mayor. mr.. Boardman
has lust signed Il. =
well what price do we pay :" In
duired Mr.. Herman. Il have heard
nothing about price,
The mayor re-read the opening par
axraph Of the proposition, and Mr..
Herman baked. He said he would
q never have voted for the ratification
Il $4,000. a he was IN favor Of the
4arst offer Of $1,000. He said he would
( IKE to reconsider his vote, but adj
lonrnment had BY that time been
moved.
Mr.. Herman declared the sale 20
have been railroaded thru the coun-
ell. while some one from the gallery
remarked that Herman had just come
to-" This aroused Mr.. Herman's ire,
4 ana No S81Q NO WOulus LOI ID AIhSO1Sou
from the gallery. The mayor remarked
I that unless order were maintained in
{ the gallery It would have to be closed.
Every member Of the council thus
voted to ratify the proposition.
Terms 81 the Contract,
Upon calling the council to order.
+ Mayor Ingledue addressed the body
ana urged that settlement OF some
I kind should be made at once, or else
decision arrived at to litigate to the;
end, and the making Of contracts with
the attorneys to that eject. have
prepared an ultifnatum to be! sdeliv-
B cred to Mr.. La Plant, said the mayor,
sslnd I wish % have the same aufhor-
i1ed by this council and an Immediate
answer demanded. feel when we
have done this We have exhausted all
reasonable effort for settlement, ana
should then Ntigabe the matter QUE u
Il Mr.. La Plant refuses 70 accept II
The proposl ION 70 MT. IA Plant, on
which the COZ. racts VIII pe drawn py
the attorneys representing both sides,
follows In fun:
'1darshalltown, lows, MAY ~. 1s0s-
TO G. w LaR1anf. q "a: You nave
( now had several days to consider the
city's counter proposition N the mat
ter OF g settlsment q the Dam Nt1ga-