Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-27

After Present Franchise Expires
Claims of the Promoters.
DO Marshalltown business men want
this city to be on line of interurban
railway"
Does Marshalltown want 81 gas
within the next few years.
Does Marshalltown want cheaper
rates for electricity for both light and
power?'
Does NIarshalltown want an ex-
tension of the present street car sys-
tern. to the fair grounds, to the city
park, to the south side, and to the
soldiers home?"
Does Marslralltown want regular
city cars instead of the ''dinkiesH that
are now the laughing stock of Wis
itors?"
IF Marshalltown wants these inn
provements they are available. provid-
ing we can get a hearing with the city
council
These are questions which Mr.. j. H.
Mcbride wishes to have answered by
the citizens Of Marshalltown.
Mayor Refuses to Present Franchise.
In the city council Monday night
Mayor lngledue ignored the presence
OF representatives of the Iowa
Railroad Company. when Mr.. Mcbride.
of Philadelphia, addressed the council
and asked for information concerning
the franchise that had been presented
TO the mayor several weeks ago. Mr..
Mcbride asked whether or not the
franchise was going to be presented
for consideration.
Did you get my letter this after
noon?" the mayor asked of Mcbride.
Il did" replied Mr.. Mcbride.
Well, that's the answer" said the
mayor.
Mr.. Mcbride suggested TO the mayor
that he was addressing the council,
and not the mayor, and that his bust
ness looking toward the discussion of
a franchise in Marshalltown would
have to be taken UP With the council
rather than with an Individual. The
tentative to have it regular.
Mcbride Receives No Answer.
But Mr. Mcbride was to be none the
wiser as to the fate of his proposed
| franchise. Whether the council was
ever going to be able to see it or not
| was not revealed to him. While he
waited for an answer of some kind the
mayor remarked that if there was no
more business before the council mo-
ton to adjourn would be in order. The
council adjourned.
/ There We're present at the meeting
j of the council bare quorum, Clark,
! Herman, McCarten, and Hull.
All That Company Asks.
The sum and substance of what the
Iowa Railroad Company is asking OF
\ Marshalltown at the present time, Mr.
Mcbride claims, is to consider a fran
4 chise to do business here. He says that
E the company is after no tax aid. and nc
4 bonuses. 1t wants only the right to dc
business for Twenty-Five years. The
Iowa company is ready TO take over
the Jones & Hovey interests provid-
ing it is sure that the city will permi
it to continue business after expendins
a large sum of money in rehabilitatine
the plant
Mayor Once Asked For Road.
The mayor had written Andrew
Stevenson. of Chicago. manager of thu
Iowa railroad, over a year ago, to brins
his new proposed road into Marshall
town. as can be shown by a letter nov
in Mr.. Stevensons possession.
What New Company Promises.
Mr.. Mcbride complains that 81!
weeks ago there was presented to TIL
mayor a draft of a proposed franchis
for the company in Marshalltown. Thi
draft was returned 10 Mr. Mcbride b.
the mayor. with the information tina
MIR. Boardman could not pass favor
ably upon it. Then Mr.. Mcbride sub
mitted a second franchise. one in whicl
some of the mayors suggestions ha
been embodied This franchise, h
says. contains the following require
ments:
That the net rate for gas in Mar
shalltown shall be 81 after Jan. 1, 1917
(This, Mr. Mcbride claims, is what tn
; mayor has been contending for wit
, Jones & Hovey, and is substantial
what the mayor has demanded in hi
y ordinance which Jones & Hovey ar
i now contesting in the federal court
g That the rates for electricity shall b
n a sliding scale ranging from 13 to
o cents, and shall be effective when tn
o franchise shall become operative. 9th
rate is the same as the Boone cit
council has already accepted from tn
same company, and is l cent under tn
present rate paid Jones & Hovey)
That the rate for electricity fe
power shall be on a sliding scale
10 TO 4 cents, effective when the frar
> chise becomes operative. (The preser
supply of electricity does not warral
a very general use for power pun
g poses.)
Mp. Mcbride says that his Peep
have canvassed many of the larg'
consumers of the city, and these rat,
II are agreeable.
viii Spend $4,000.
In addition to the rates, Mr.. M
CT Bride says the company plans to r
es habilitate the present Jones & Hove
as plant to the extent of $150000, puttir
it in first class shape, SO that there w
be sufficient amount of both gas al
electricity for the growing demand
local consumers.
He states that his company also Il
> tends to extend the street car syste
of the city, first to the fair groun
ID and city park, later to the south sic
in the manufacturing district and in
the soldiers home grounds providi