Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-28
THE NI[RURBAN
CROWD WITHDRAW
M'BRlpE AND ASSOCIATES RE.
FUSE TO RUN RISK IN FACE
OF MAYORS OPPOSITION.
SITS FORTH REASONS
IN LETTER TO COUNCIL
Action is Just What Business Men Elk.
peeted Would Result in View Of At.
titude of City Administration in
Playing Freeze-out Game-Me-
Brides Letter.
SITS FORTH REASONS
IN LETTER TO COUNCIL

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4 The formal withdrawal OF J. H Nc
Bride and mis- associates from, -ha Ioca,
..,. :,;.: So
llldoe % the CITY conncu MONDAY night
by Councilman Gregory IN the pre-
senfafion ,af letter addressed 70 The
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that the RISKS Of hostile liilsauon ara
100 great in making the big investment
necessary hare in The face Of such a
r,r,..a o-~o,;-;o,, ,,,,, s
c'ales on me part o. me present CITY
admin tration.
The intarurban crowd has finally
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pectVo 0!4e-.- % CO. ~-!e! -4ANs oe11Aeo a.
the price asked OF them Tor the priv
lsge o. building an .n.erurban into this
c.-y. " hereas Marshaatown and many
other clSies have voted TAX aids, raised
stock s9bscrip tioas and bonuses 10 get
al in.eruTban, these men were asked
- pu- W bonds u be forfeited 10 the
ely n ease they failed 70 com le,e
her road within one yea, regardless
q .n5anc5ioas or other litigation They
ware projecting : road from Waterloo
- Boone by way o. AIarshalltown. and
70 put up bonds a. ore place, without
financial aid from the community ben
Gifted would have established a p-ece-
den- which would have - BE- repeated
~ Waterloo. a Grundy Center. Eldora,
-Ar1les ana Boone and Was, Of course.
prohio.-iva demand for q bonded
guarantee VS. aade Tor the purpose Of
-reezlns tae -zteruroan crowd out and
! has ooAe J.
ne injunction sun al Boone IN
si3--rA y! ~. fFs-'' '-2-n ne N7SleFh
4--s- atlI Swings -o,'a paiaE' o. nj
cas9 mas t!eo Up TIE transfer a the
- 2-.-- -les.e N.l-cl "a pen .'eso5
60 ---i 80 al
.5-- ny l--i-....t- -o-
= - 80 y , M ~.
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fr, -..otr,el5,. -. 1Io-s+,s,,-s,-,--1 =.
.5eir 57ers g.viag CONSIDERATION 10 rs
49, 49, - r..5,-.-,s iT,...-s.;.-
-l0rte6 fv others ba%a~- 7;7- mo v0- ta-
ca1rA eaan5red 81 me prs-- 5asl -hev
nav believed * barter ,7ls;nass IA d-o,
Marsnall-ov-r man . puv Jaw sui.
under forfeiture bonds If -ha, sue
ceed in oulIding their li,4e around Mar
saailtown, the time will come when
our people VIII % offering them sew
eral hundred thousand dollars 20 build
a=re
Nj. Gregory. las right. presented the
third withdrawal Of the 1nterurban
men which had oeea written and ad-
dressed 70 me council. but the arst
-1'a mad BEEN recalled a. the request
II local friends who i7a5 hoped that
conditions might grow more favorable,
ara mo believed .ha- in any event
com petition would force loyer rates
from lhe Jones x Eovav crowd -hs1
Woul6 otherwise b. offered. As lste as
last Monday the interurf,an men we're
hare Intending % pur ID bonds. f,eia 2
associated with tn Scno-r Engineer
ing c9,npanv If chicago WHEN has
built many very large plants. bur DIFF
fculties IN rarf4c-ir7g = central hat
ing rIsnr franchise. ra,,Szy7 -+,a,o - aa.
fer However. Mr. f.r-y,ry. ana o;S
friends as5-- Accommodated eo,-,e,t,i, :,
In mar -he pra---J1a~iiry- Topas T.
Howe rates r,4-a--d nov, sre -,,,c,, ,c,,,--
er .han ma T,rar--Ionas 4 4l,,e.. 80.
offered Ia. S,ri-y TIE INIT ,,.t1,
soon be voting "a -Ar,s,r rl7as =.
Hovegs franchise <o- -,sar-..-a,.a