Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-24
Local Comment
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Unless the small boy of the city
proves thrifty this season the end Of
the summer vacation is going TO find
him strap cd" With two circuses
already past. another coming. and
weeks carnival in sight, there prom
ises to be a run on Young Americas
savings bank.
With many answers received to the
advertisement for prospective skirt
manufacturing concern, which was
anxious to secure promise of female
help before starting in business, there
should hardly be any question about
the establishment of the new industry
here. Another new manufacturing line
announced this week for Marshalltown
is the making of heating stoves. The
Lennox Furnace Company is back Of
this enterprise. in addition TO its fur
mace and steel range business. Mar
shalltown is gradually increasing and
varying its manufacturing lines. and
at the same rate maintained this year
this city is going to rank among the
very foremost manufacturing centers
Of the state within a few years time
The rapid growth of the Western
Grocer Company, a Marshalltown in
Sti.ution, is also extremely gratifying
from a business standpoint Within
the present month the company has
announced the establishment of two
new branch houses, making total of
eight wholesale grocery concerns to BE-
operated from this, the headquarters Of
~
are in addition to the two magnificent
manufacturing plants situated in this
city, which supply varied assortment
of staple articles to the many different
houses Made in Marshalltown" is be-
coming more general every day
The fact that local business men see
sufficient growth ahead for Marshall
town to organize themselves into a
construction company is a good indica-
ton. If there were not evidences of a
continuance of building operations.
there would hardly be any need of
construction companies, and men do
not plan organizations of this kind
without pretty definite assurances that
there is going to be some return on
their investment Of time and money.
! A large gain in the money order bus
| mess of the local postoffice, in the
shape of a $4,000 increase over last
year, is a good indication of satisfac-
| tory strides in the volume of business
/ done thru the local office; also that the
city must be increasing in population.
Uncle Sam has also found it necessary
! to add another carrier to the local
force, because the eleven men now on
| duty have more mail than they can
handle TO advantage every day More
people bring and send out more mail
and the increase in postal receipts puts
| the Marshalltown office on that much
better standing. If the next govern
rnent census fails to show big in
crease in population it will be the fault
of the enumerators.
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| The Iowa Central railroad was never
in such good shape from mechanica
standpoint as it is today, and the facl
is being commented on generally by the
employees of the road. The conditions
now are different from what they have
been In recent years that the men who
work for the company can not refrain
from speaking of the marked change
The approaching fall and winter are
going to witness the Central in better
! shape to handle business than the road
has ever been before, and if presen,
indications hold good there is going tt
be lots OF business for the road. The
June payroll to Marshalltown employees
recently disbursed, shows a payment
in sum OF almost $4,000, an increase
of $I1 900 over the same month Ia Al
year. Legal business men can show
their appreciation OF the Central's pay.
roll by arranging their tonnage so thai
the bulk Of 1t will fail TO the road tina,
u benefits Maxshaaltewn.