Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-04

MORE BUYERS THAN SELLERS
Real Estate Agent Says He Can't Find
Enough Property for Those Who
3 Would 1uy-More Citizens Contrib
ute Their Testimony to the Belief
That a Boom Is On.

Not only do the business men feel
that things are booming in Marshall
town, but many citizen lis quietly in :
vesting his money in city property To-
t1ay we have letters from Mr.. A. j.
Clark, who says that he is going to
build some more houses this season.
Mr.. w. w. Doolittle, a manufacturer OF
PICKLES, vinegar End food products,
says that he can see a boom on IN
: Marshalltown. Mr.. e. M. Dodge, a real
estate agent, says that 1t is simply out
of the question to supply the demand
he has from people who would buy
property in this city because the prop
erty is not for sale. Mr.. McCarten, the
plumber, says that the expansion OF
our factories has started the town
on an unusual growth, and Mr. G. f.
KIRBY gives some very valuable advice
as to the need of good roads and the
way to get them. Their letters follow:
Stakes Money On His Faith.
TN my opinion Marshalltown was
never on so prosperous a wave as at
the present time. The town is substan-
TALLY advancing; the conditions War
rant investments in real estate, and
city property is attracting the outside
investor.
I'm my opinion next year will be a
banner year for Marshalltown. Our
wonderful stride in the upbuilding OF
factories has caused comment all over
and has brought about a feeling among
our home people which will insure us
future success for Marshalltown.
81 expect to do considerable build
ing next year myself.
"a. ]. CLARK"
Sees q Boom Coming.
"Editor T.-R.
"Whats the matter with Marshall
town?' Many of us will recall only a
few years since this was familiar
Interrogation during our travels over
the state. Conditions, however, have
changed, thanks to the stability and
progressive spirit Of our citizens. IN
stead we now hear, you have me
town, one of the cleanest and most at
tractive resident towns In the state.
They were right then, and are right
now. There is no Disgusting the fact
that we did have at one time a black
eye," as 1t were. But today Marshall
town stands commercially second to no
city OF its size in the state, and from
present indications it looks to me as
If the bubble was about to burst, or In
other words, we are to experience a
small sized boom during the coming
season.
What we most need for the future
development of our city is manufactur-
Ding industries, as we have practically
outgrown our agricultural resources,
and must necessarily depend largely
upon the success of the manufacturing
and jobbing interests. But these Will
come, we have the attractions, such
as railroad facilities, cheap fuel, and
manufacturing sites, low municipal
taxes, and best Of all the support, and
encouragement Of splendid lot Of
business men.
w W. DOOIITTIiE.
Roads Must Be Drained.
Mr.. George f. Kirby believes that
the necessity for good roads is the
most pressing one before the city at
this time and can not understand why
our citizens are so Indifferent to it.
Having been q civil engineer in his
youth, arriving in Marshalltown in an
early day in charge of the building Of
the Northwestern railroad, his sugges-
aions as to road building should COM
mand attention. Mr.. Kirby believes
In the road drag and its use, but he
says that the use Of a road drag is a
mere waste Of money unless a good
eosd bed is thrown up and thoroughly
drained underneath. He says that it is
absolutely impossible to make a road
smooth unless the water is drained out
from under it. He thinks that the
Retail Merchants Association should
go after the board Of supervisors and
insist that the East Main street road
be drained perfectly and high road
bed thrown UP before they spend any
Of their money trying to drag the top
Of it. With well drained and dragged
roads and occasionally a permanent
hard road, Mr.. Kirby thinks that Mar
shalltown will have built the next thing
to an interurban system.