Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-14
Mecartsn Casts the Deciding Ballot
All Streets But Thirteenth IElimin-
ated by Amendment Before Grant,
told is Brought to the Test and 10
Knocked out-Want Brick in Alley.

The first test came on whether or not
all Of the parts of the nine streets in
cluded in the resolution should be
paved or only Thirteenth street, from
Main to Summit. The amendment
which eliminated all but Thirteenth,
and which was made by Clark, car
ried, Gregory alone voting against 1t.
MeCarten Casts Deciding Vote.
AS the voting on the resolution to
pave Thirteenth street progressed, but
one vote against granitoid. Gregory's,
had been cast up to the time it was
McCarten's turn to ballot. Psenicka
was counted on to vote with the ad-
ministration and the majority, and it
rested with McCarten to have GRANT
told or no granitoid on Thirteenth.
McCarten inquired before voting il
there had been a remonstrance filed
against granitoid paving on that street.
If there was one on file, he said, he
would vote no. Clerk Wiley not being
able to produce one, McCarten voted
against the patented paving anyway.
With i'll concealed disgust the mayor
announced the resolution to use grant,
told, lost.
No Petition For II.
Gregory in replying to McCarten's
question regarding the remonstrance Of
people along the street, said that Meth
er had there been q petition for It, and
on account OF the high price Of grant
told, and the character and the value
of the properties along Thirteenth he
thought 1t poor policy to lay paving
as expensive as the patented concrete.
The resolution to pave originally COW
cred Second, Third. Fourth and Sew
enth streets, from Main to Church;
Second street from Main to Grant;
Fifth street, Main to State; Seventh
street, Main to Jerome; Thirteenth
in the block bounded by Main and
Church streets and Second and Third
avenue. 1t did not include, however,
that part of South Third avenue, be-
tween the Great Western and North
western tracks, which is covered by
another resolution. A petition for
granitoid has been filed for this part
Of that avenue
Want Brick In Alley.
The two alleys were eliminated from
the resolution by the petition Of prop
erty owners of 1000 out of the LAO
feet interested, who requested that the
alleys be paved with brick. "This PEI
tition," said the mayor, "refutes the
statement made by the Times Republi-
can that the people want nothing but
cheap John paving"
MoCarten Talks.
Councilman McCarten, when asked
by the Times-Republican why he voted
to kill granitoid. said: II am in favor
of paving. I want 1t for the public i'm
provement and believe that good con-
crete Is the thing. When / saw the
granitoid I was convinced THAT it was
all right, but since then have inves-
ttgated the cost and am opposed ito
specifying any patented pavement
which will give any man his chance
to stick the people Of this town for an
exhorbitant price. For instance, the
granitoid man thought he could get
$1.98 last spring. have the figures in
my pocket from an experienced con-
crete contractor in this city who has
shown me that the net cost of grant,
told laid in Marshalltown Is $1.1O per
square yard. At $1.35 bid the con-
tractor would make IS cents per yard
profit or $4,000 per mile and that is
enough to cover the cost of his bonds,
his discount on paving certificates, his
engineers supervision and his profit,
and IL he would have made an offer
at that price I would have voted for
1t. The best he would promise to do
when talking to me was $40 and then
$1.60 and when remembered that he
tried to get $1.9S It looked had to me.
Furthermore, I voted last summer
to change our specifications so as to
get concrete paving just as good as
granitoid in every way without tying
ourselves ZIP hand and foot to some
one oo contra ctc: and 7 think we ought
to have gone forward with our adver-
easements Tor new bids on that kind
OF paving. When Mr.. Gregory showed
me that Fon du Lac was getting our
kind OF concrete for S1.33 and showed
me q letter from the engineering de-
rartment OF cement mill giving the
cost OF granttoid at not to exceed s1.p0.
knew that my Marshalltown con.
crete mans costs were about right and
was opposed ito any hold-up in the
price OF paving. That is ell there was
ito u. am for paving but It must be
at the right price,"
6rickmaksrs Working.
Previous to the meeting most OF the
members had received a pamphlet from
the Independent Briclsmakers' Assoc
ciation," showing pictures of granitoid
which had worn out in other cities
and exposing the fact that granitoid
was nothing but concrete, anyway, and
concluding with the statement, III you
are not satisfied from twenty-five
years experience with concrete pave
meht failures and you want to try
again, why not cut; out the Blome and
reference TO patents and specify first
class Portland cement and stone, eth
er with .or without screenings. sand or
other nns material ~ your engineer;
lif t3s 81,