Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-20
MAYOR AND WATER COMMITTEE
NAVE DONE AL THEY COULD
TO DRIVE OUT FACTORIES.
QUESTIONS KNOWLEDGE OF
MAYOR ON WATER RATES
AZ to Maek's Opinion on Leaks" Com
pany Says That He Doesn't Know a
Leak When He Sees Il. Or He Would
Have Known Where City's Sewer
Pipe Went.

Y, reply to the Statement. OF Mayor
1ngIedue made Monday night in refer
ence 10 water rates and N connection
viii, the bill Of lhe Marsha!ltown
Trowel Company for alleged over
charge. the trowel CON any pays its
respects 10 the manor ana the city
council in communication addressed
ITO the Time Republican today. The
communication follows:
Editor Times Republican: During
"a meeting of the city counc!! las; Mon
day night our worthy mayor was irdis-
!creet enough 10 say rtlai The sooner
I'VE get rid Of the Marshalltown Tro"e.
C ompany the better The water COM
,,ncIee and the mayor Of MarSAalltoWn
have done everything within 1heir power
10 drive seven ma nutacturers out OF
ma rshalltown within the past -hree
years. All the manufacturers nave ap-
fpea ledsto both the mayor IN person, ard
TO the council on several different oc-
casions TO make ar equitable rate ana
no pu. az manufacturers on an equal
footing, instead Of .Isiking nsA OF one
iand flesh of another.
A@>-+t-S'-N
COMPANY. the A F. Shorrhiil Company
and The MarstEa!ltown Trowel Company
nav cents r.ar thousand gallons for
,1ra1e- while the Western Grocer Com
many Mills and the Marsha iltowr Buggy
! Com pary pay > cents per thousand
sRallonso The Marshall Vinegar Com
panv pays cents per thousand gallons
whereas the Marstaltown TroWe!
iCompany uses four times as much
water as the Marshall Vinegar CoF1l-
panv and still pays q rate So is pes
Ger cent higher for water We HSe ana
,6o1a per cent higher than The MarshaH
Gaming Company the Marsha4lto.'h
Buggy Company as11hthe Western Gro
Ger Company Mills
..The Na<ha.ltown T-owal Company
IS not only fighting its own battle in
This matter. but * lighting for SIX
orfer manufacturers We want TO show
-he "wortlly mayor" OF Marshal Town
thar he is ignorant. "a - the rates be
4rg made and the whole situation IN
Genera as ~ the water question. When
dia rne MAYOR of Nearsilalltow-l raserTe
-he divir right 10 rule the manuiac-
t;,rers of Marshalttown II the iiine-
1is,ht was turned on the water Qeai
made with the wouldn't a.cailol pant
we believe a great many Of the tax
nayers Of Mars!raitown wtHlli ST up
aYd take notice. We believe HIS W or
ship. the Mayor owes the manufac-
t1revs of Nars3lalltown an apology:
y the -7avo- is anxious % get rid Of
,s "-l7e sooner the better Wilac does
he intend . Do with the Other tx 1ac-
tories represented in our petition whose
,comnfnea pay roll in Ma-sha!ltown IS
1880. 900 per annu-n We n2tice Amos.
every day what i icing dore % sec r-1
of the Lennon Machine Con- PAM
AS for The remarks made oE Mt
,,r,ck about leaks. Il Is urnaeess ar1i %
Isav anything rega riding his comment, as
we don't believe Mr.. Mack knows -eak
vhen he sees it. else ~ could haze ac-
counted for several carloads Of sever
iripe lost from rl1e sewage disposal plant
and which had been placed uhder ms
|Ml aa1ass.l TEowEL CON-