Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-09
HITcHRAck ROW SETTLED.
GrinneIl Council Finally Agrees on Ac-
tion-Other Municipal Business.

Grinnell, March 9.-The city coun-
ell had an eventful session on Monday
evening and transacted some business
that fingered long on their hands and
is of permanent Importance. Hitch
racks are at last provided for by the
city on the west and north sides of the
park and for about sixty feet at the
southeast corner and the work of in
stalling the same will begin as soon
as possible. No provision has been
made for hitching places on Main
street or on western Fourth avenue.
1t is understood generally, that in some
way racks will be placed south of the
Citizens National Bank on Fourth av-
enue, but on the south side of the av-
enue and farther west the report is
that owners or occupants of the proper
ty do not want them. The petition Of
Ex- Councilman James H. Skeels to
have hitcaing racks put in on Fifth
avenue north of his blacksmith shop,
he paying half the expense and
the city the other half, was again put
on it's passage on the recomm endation
of the street and alley committee but
lost out by the opposition of Council
men Lyman. Dreamer and McBlain.
S. ]. Pooley was appointed trustee
of Stewart library in place of Hon.
E. w. Clark, recently deceased.
The contract for sand and cement
needed for city use this season was
awarded to r. G. Coutts and for all
other building material to B. Jenkins.
Contract for making all sidewalk APP
proaches and for cement walks was
awarded TO James Beattie at II cents
a square foot for the former and liz
cents for the latter.
William Dowd was appointed night
Waterman on approval of the council.
The water committee was authorized to
hire an assistant for the water super
intendent 1t was voted to buy ma
chine for tapping the 4-inch water
mains. The mayor and city clerk were
empowered to sign the lease for the
new city official quarters in the base
ment of the Citizens Bank. The fire
department was vested with the au-
thorfty to buy 500 feet Of the Mochican
brand of fire hose and two nozzles
from the Manhattan Rubber Manufac-
turing Company. Much other routine
business was transacted and the tired
officials were enabled to return to their
homes at the midnight hour.
Paving Contractor William Horrabin,
of Iowa City, is already on the ground
with a gang of foreigners making ready
to begin work at the earliest practic-
able moment Finding it impossible to
get his men housed in the city because
there are no vacant buildings of suffi-
cient capacity for half of-them he has
ordered material and contracted with
P. A. Terrell to put up a temporary
building some 10 feet by ITO which
will be located, by special permission
of the city council. on State street just
south of the Rock Island tracks and
east of the new gas plant. There will
probably be about sixty hands to be
thus cared for this summer, with pos
sibly 80 to 40 others who may find
quarters elsewhere. Frank E. Pimm,
the plant foreman, is expected in few
days and A. p Briggs, who represents
the owners of the bitulithic patent, is
due here about the middle of the month
or a little later.
In response to the petitions of the
owners of property in the business part
of the city for the paving of the al
leys the city council passed the resolu-
ton of necessity at it's latest meeting
and the same has been published. This
calls for about 1000 square yards of
HNe-iuCll cOllCISle DdSS Will d l"o-iIlSi
sand cushion and a top layer of vitri-
fed brick and 5000 lineal feet of curb
ing. The entire cost is to be assessed
against the abutting property.
City Engineer w. F. Beard has pre-
sented to the city council the estimates
of cost of sanitary sewer for West
GrInnell as directed by the council
some time ago. His estimates are: For
septic tank, including grounds, $4,000;
sewer outlet, $4,000; sewers, with fifty
six manholes, $14. 900: forty blocks of
water mains at $500 per block, s12, 900.
making a total cost of s37 900, of which
$4,000 will be taxed UP to abutting
properties and the city, by general tax,
will pay the balance. This estimate
does not include the Janney addition
plated about two years ago on the
north side of the city beyond Merrilfs
addition, but it is generally understood
that when that tract is settled so as to
demand sewerage, connection can be
with the west side sys-
tenn.
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