Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-14

RESOLUTIONS OF INTENT
COME UP THIS EVEN N 9
Mayors Plan to Cut Original Contract
into Smaller Slice and Pave Some
This Yea-streets in Prospect For
Both Brick and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Sounds Warning; Council Ignores t.

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in favor OF waiting now until winter
or early spring before letting concrete
paving contracts IN order 70 secure
better bid al a. time when material Is
cheaper and contractors are not busy
Mavor Ingledue Wednesday night
urged thar the council get busy and 60
some paving t1is year. The mayor
said that II this council did not GO
some paving there would be none done
for I'VE years, but he did not explain
MS theory further than the bare state
Inent.
counciImen Gregory and Herman ia
yored no action on the concrete Work
this season, III view OF the lateness OF
the season, but were willing to try
again 10 secure bids on brick under
new Specifications. The mayor was SO
urgent, however. and other members
appeared to agree with him that II
would be We'll tor property owners 70
have both brick and concrete 70 inspect
and ponder over before the larger
contracts were unally let, that 10 seri-
Gus objection was made 10 carrying
out the mayors program. No one sug-
zes.ed that posst.ly concrete contrac-
tors. TO say nothing Of lateness OF sea-
son, might possibly not place as low
a bid on small contract as they
would were the contract larger.
Streets Mayor Has Picked Out.
The streets the mayor has picked
out for the concrete-secrion 70 De paved
this season include eighteen blocks.
They are as follows
Thirteenth street, Main 70 summit,
altho 1t was stated that probably not
more than two bloeks-to Fremont
street-wouId be attempted this sea-
son.
Seventh street, Main to Jerome.
Second street, Main TO Lincoln.
Second street, Main TO Church.
Third street, Main 70 Church.
Fourth street. Main 70 Church.
Fifth street, Main to Church.
Seven tn street, Main 10 Church.
Eighth street, Main 10 Church.
Fifth street, Main 10 State.
State street, Sixth to Seventh.
The Brick Streets.
While there vas no schedule made
out for the brick streets Monday night
it was understood that there would be
eliminated from the brick section
South First street, from Church 70
Nevada; West Linn street, between
Center and First: and South Third
street, between Main and Church.
These streets had been either petitioned
for concrete and never acted on, or else
property owners had been givey 10 un-
derstand that they might change when
IL was known what the prices or brick
and concrete would be.
Brick For Alleys.
Then there is to be added 10 the
brick, over the petition OF rernonstcance
on the part of property owners who
asked for concrete, the alleys between
Main and Church and Second and
Third avenues. It was explained that
these people were anxious to get some
kind Of paving this year. and it didn't
make any difference what kind Of paw
ing It was just SO long as the alleys
were paved. With these changes thu
brick section, as previously agreed
upon, would include the following
streets, a total of seven and one quar-
ter blocks:
West Nevada, end Of present pave
ment TO First street
Market street, First to Second av-
enue.
South Third avenue, Nevada to
Northwestern tracks.
ALLEYS between Man and state and
Second and Third avenues, and east
and west alley from Third avenue west
to north and south alley.
Alleys between Main and Church and
Second and Third avenues
Parts of alleys between Third and
Fourth avenues and Boone and Nevada
streets.
The property owners abutting on the
First ward alleys, it viii be renen Der
ed, have already fled petition asking
to be changed from brick to concrete,
but the petition was never acted upon.
Advises Care in Specifications.
The city engineer had been instruct
ed by the council at its last meeting
to have amended brick Specifications
ready for submission by Wednesday
night, but no specifications were Of
fered and City Solicitor Northup said
that 1t was utterly impossible to get
them out in so short a time.
your specifications said Mr.
Northup, ARE too important a thing
to hurry over, and I would advise that
you take more time to them. There
was too much hurry before, and you
can see what the result was. Get your
specification just as you want them,
so as not to have any trouble here
after"
Must Start All Over Again.
The city attorney further explained
to the council that the statutes pro-
yided, in the event Il rejecting paw
ing bids, that the course to pursue was
TO readvertise for bids. Necessarily, in
readvertising, the bids must be asked
for on the same specifications. r new
or amended specifications are to be
used the council must start anew, with
the resolutions of intent to pave. This
requires twenty days time, and ther
the objections are to be heard before
the paving resolutions proper will be
adopted. The time the council had fo
preparing the specifications was thu
point the city attorney was making
and Northup reiterated, "But of al
things be sure that you have you
specifications right to begin with
Hurry Up Specifications.
Regardless of the city attorneys I'D
vice to go slow On Specifications, an
Northup also explained that the res
buttons uf necessity were not depend
ent upon specifications. and that nearly
month was ahead of the council be