Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-12

and both city papers used. Mr.. Coco
| then withdrew his motion in the jim
| terests of harmony, as he explained
| Mr.. Gregory then made a motion t1
eliminate the Herald, but failed for 8
| second.
! The resolutions, as originally pre-
sented. were then adopted, which leaves
| both papers in the list for the adver-
Using.
Mayor Shows His Hand.
During the argument over the adver-
Using the mayor politely Informed the
city council that it had nothing to dc
with the advertising anyway, and sug-
gested that he had reminded the coun-
Gil enough times that it was a legisla-
tive body, and not executive. The law
says the advertising shall be placed in
a newspaper said the mayor, mot
two newspapers. / can veto your res
olution if you do pass it,
And You will veto the paving" said
Herman. go ahead and veto, it will
be all right with me-" continued Her
man, after he had declared that he
had a right to draw his resolutions as
he saw fit and deemed best
Kirby Addresses Council.
Mr.. George +. Kirby, chairman of the
committee on municipal affairs of the
Marshalltown Club, presented a report
urging the city council to adopt con-
crete paving for AIarshalitown as be-
ing the most dura Die and the cheap
est paving that can be laid in this city.
The report was signed by Mr.. Kirby.
Rev ]. J, Fitzpatrick. Aaron Palmer
and ]. e Stanton, being all of the COM
mittes excepting Mr.. Frank Pierce who
n ion a. IA "a %
Councilman Herman, chairman of the
streets and alleys committee and when
read was placed on file
The report contained the startling
information that durable concrete paw
ing had been let this year in Fond du
Lac as low as s1.09 per square yard.
The committee argued that simply be-
cause the East Main street brick paw
ing had proved q failure all brick pave
ments should not be condemned and
therefore concrete paving should not
be judged by few weak spots photo
graphed by some brick competitor.
The materials for concrete pave
nent are all produced in Iowa argued
the committee. The repairs TO con-
crete pavement can be made with home
labor and material. Concrete paving
has no special interests to push it. No
patent TO be paid for. It is working
its way by reason OF its merits. slowly
bu, surely, and is being opposed by all
other paving interests
Attention was then called 10 the fact
that not only was Mason City laying
concrete paving at s1.26 per square
yard after a thorough trial. but that
as eminent an authority as Professor
Marston, of the Ames engineering
school, had endorsed the Mason City
concrete.
Exhibit No / of the report cited q
letter from E j. Perry. cashier of the
First National Bank, OF Fond du' Lac,
in which he tells of a price of s1.09
being received this year and says.
where the base is well laid it stands
up well. has an appearance similar TO
aspalr and appears TO wear we'll
Exhibit No. states that concrete is
no experiment for the committee has
of its successful use in
Toronto. Canada, since 1899, and from
five TO eleven years in such cities as
Richmond, Ind, Bozeman, Mont,
Windsor, Ontario. Springfield, No, ST
Joseph. Mo. Portland, Ore, and Bel
efontain, O. 1t also recites that
Armour & Company Sears, Roebuck
& Company and the Western Electric
Company in Chicago. had laid concrete
pavements around their warehouses
where nothing but granite blocks would
stand the wear.
The full report will appear in the
T.-R. Wednesday.