The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-04-26
SEARS McHENRY
OFFICIAL SPRINKLER
Commercial Club Employs Mr.. Nc
Henry at $24 per Month-Good
SprinkIing Guaranteed.
c. G. N. w. BANQUET FRIDAY
Club Designates What Streets Ought
to be Paved, Advisory to the
City Council.

superintendent Tttululll, OIL tuc
Northwestern railroad, was unable to
attend banquet planned for him at
the Hotel Denison for last Friday
night, and sent word in time to have
the banquet postponed until Friday
night of this week, when it will be
called off with Superintendent Ham
mil, James c. Davis, attorney for the
road, and Harry Mahoney, as guests
of the Commercial club.
The regular meeting of the Com
mercial club was held Friday night,
at which time number of matters
came up for consideration and dispo-
sition. The committee on normal
school was announced as follows:
Conner, Kuehn]e, Naeve, McHenry,
Bale, Gulick, Gebbert, Lyon, Meyers.
Caswell and Carey. This is the COM
mittee which is expected to iinaugurate
a campaign looking toward securing
a state normal school for DenisoD at
the next session of the legislature.
1t is expected that the efforts Of this
committee will result in building I'D the
school in any event, and it is TO be
hoped that the efforts of the commit
tee will be rewarded Ey inducing the
state to take over the normal school.
The question of sprinkling the
streets OF the CITY was brought before
the Commercial club and report was
made that the city council declined to
assume any responsibility in .cOnnec-
ton with sprinkIing the streets. 1t
further appeared chat none of the
draymen, or those who would be ex-
pected to make a proposition for
Sprinklng the streets, cared TO inter-
est themselves far enough t. attempt
to make arrangements with the club
for sprsnkIing the streets. Sears Nc
Henry, who was present, came for
ward and said that he would agree
to enter into contract on the basis of
twenty-fOur dollars month and guar
antee that the streets wOuh be prop
'erly sprinkled. The proposition was
no soner made than accepted, and
Mr.. McHenry will be the official
street sprinkler for Denisnn during
unnecessary to say that the work will
be accomplished in a most artistic
and satisfactory manner.
The Commercial club took action
on the report OF q committee on paw
ing and adopted the report made by
the committee chat the following
streets be paved: Main street, from
the south side of the intersection of
Franklin street, to the main track of
the c. & N. w. railroad; Broadway.
from the east side of the intersection
on lower Sweet street, and the east
side of the intersection of Anthony
street; Court street to the south side
of the intersection of fremont and
Center streets. The recommendation
goes further and provides that all bus
mess streets should be paved the full
width and Main street from the north
side of the intersection OF Chestnut
street to the Northwestern railroad
should be paved and guttered thirty
two feet. The action of the CONNER
cial club is intended to be nothing
more than advisory to the council, and
to indicate to the council the trend
OF thought among the business men
of the city. The council is not in any
way bound to adopt the action of the
Commercial club and yet it is ex-
pected to give due consideration to
the action of this body. Another reso-
luton adopted by the Commercial
club, and which will strike terror to
some people who visit Denison, is as
follows: Resolved, that no public sub
scription OF the business men of Den
ison be made until the person solicit
ing be authorized in writing and
signed by the secretary and three
members of the board of directors of
the Denison Commercial club. This
resolution evidently is intended to pre-
vent the wholesale soliciting of buSi-
ness men for the numerous purposes
for which they have been so fire.
quently canvassed in the past. We
think that it is proper that some re-
straint should be placed upon these
people who come to Denison in order |
to solicit subscriptions for other COM
munities, and we see no objection to
placing some restriction upon the GUS
tom which has obtained heretofore.
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