Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-15
GROCER COMPANY
NAMES CONDITIONS ON WHICH
IT WILL GIVE CITY LAND.
STickER FOUND IN DEAL
FOR NEW FIRE STATION
Western Grocer Company Will Give
Land, Out One Of Its Conditions is
That Alley Be Extended and Made q
Street-Ailey, Altho In Use, is Pri-
vate Property.

The proposed deciding by the West
ern Grocer Company to the city OF land
on South Third avenue, for the purpose
of erecting a new fire station. was
placed before the council Monday
night in report by Chairman Novotny.
OF the police ana IRE committee. The
conditions under which the Western
Grocer Company would give the land
were outlined as follows:
The company Will deed a plot 60x15o.
adjoining on the north the triangular
strip Of the Marshall Oil Company,
which that company Will give I, the
city, providing that the new building is
erected and properly equipped within
one years time. The grounds sur
rounding the building are to be kept
, attractive with trees shrubs, and
grass.
The city must ,i2ce: to the Western
Grocer Company the land where the
present station stands. either with or
without the building, and if without.
| the building must D.. removed and the
basement filled up within a years time
The alley nov open from Fifth
avenue to the north line of the West
ern Grocer Con pany's property must
be opened to Third avenue. converted
into a street, and named Mayhower
street.
Alley Condition a Stieker.
The only ssicker that was apparent
TO the council Monday night was the
condition relative 10 the opening Of the
alley. While the alley has been open
for years, and used as public thor
! oughface. il is private property, and
belongs to Mrs. Mary Bowman
Chairman Herman, Of the streets ard
alleys committee made an effort last
week to get Mrs. Bowman to deed this
land to the city, but Mrs. Bowman re-
fused. Mrs. Bowman was represented
in the council BY her attorney Monday
night, and it was explained to the
council that, while Mrs. Bowman was
inclined TO be fair, she did not want
10 jeopardize her own rights in deed
ing the land to the city. Mrs. Bowman
owns the building in which the Fund,
saloon is situated This saloon and
the property are now to be enjoined.
but il is not known as yet whether the
decree Will run TO the owner of the
property or not. At any rate it was
explained that Mrs. Bowman does not
want to give away land adjoining her
property. and then find herself unable
to rent the building for saloon pur-
poses at some future date. because Of
the transfer.
The strip Of and that the city is ex-
pectins to receive from the Marshall
Oil Company has frontage on Third
avenue Of forty-eight feet. It runs
back $50 feet, out to a point. the tri-
angular shape being caused by the
railroad tracks. Because 81 the tracks
the city Would not be able TO use about
eight feet Of the land. SO that its real
frontage on Third avenue would be
about 100 feet
Estimate on Building.
Chairman Novotny furnished con-
tractors estimate on the building Mon
day night al $3.50. exclusive of plumb
ing or heating. The estimate is made
on building 30x60 Mr.. Herman
thought. thirty feet was too narrow.
and that the building should be at
I; least forty feet wide. The building
/ should be large enough SO that the
quarters would not be c.arnped when
! the building is used as polling place
in the Fifth ward. Other members Of
the council agreed with Mr.. Herman on
| the size Of the building.
Committee Will Report.
| The report Of the police and fire
committee was placed on file, and the
| streets and alleys committee was in
structed to investigate the conditions,
especially in reference to the alley, and
report TO the council next Monday
night The city engineer and city at
| torney- were also included in the work
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