Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-30
Local Comment

itself III harmon. with the sentiment
81 this community Even the railroad
attorneys agree thoroughly with this
opinion hut until the commission d!-
reefs that a rladuct shall be bull:
within a specified date and at Speci-
fed place the railroads will not make
much progress in the Improvement
Until that time the railroads will be
III confusion as 20 whether to build &
via duct over all three roads or owe.
two and il over only two then there
. will be doubt as 20 whether the bridge
should start 1T the Great Western
crossing or at the Market street in
/ terScction.
II the final ordt.' comes TO build over
all three ToaGs and The city can sue
coed in assessing the raiI is for ap-
! iJro2ches on each side sufficiently long
/ 10 span the space between the Great
Western and Northwestern then the
/ final result might he that the Great
western would secure track rights 20
enter MarSha!ltoWn over Northwestern
rails ana thus make it possible for q
short vidt;uct 70 cover all roads, How
ever if this can not he accomplished
then il may ne necessary to return TO
the original project Of several years
! ago and have the viaduct ordered over
al three roads on Cente~ street
/ 1t did not take the Ea ptists long 70
/ put I'D & $500 salary increase 70 hold
! The preacher they wanted. MARSHALL
town Baptists have q way of knowing
what they want and paving for it
which should offer suggestions 20
! richer congregations, These Baptisss
are the ones who built a new church
! and had the whole amount pledged be-
I fore the day of dedication. Mr.. Nc
| Gee can take the situation as an aP-
| probation of mis- worth for ne deserves
ell! that there is OF ratification in It..
He is possessed OF charming person.
atty which wins friends by the host
and he is a man of exceptional ability
I in his profession: q man whose char
acter upon close acquaintance seems to
personfy IN a large measure the ideals
( which ne processes.
The Gilman man who paid 1925 an
acre for az eighty acre farm in Mar
shall county offers suggestion FOR
future greatness for this community
I. ne can pay this price for an eighty
. ana MA sc n SOOu !lNliiS rom II as nc
seems to think he can others can do
the same. When the average farm in
: this county becomes ar eighty our
population Kill have been doubled by
! the accession Of the most desira bic
! class OF citizens we could possibly
have. With the Western Grocer Mills.
I the Marshall vinegar Company the
"a cking house and the various cream
IL.
mand for farm products in cash
market there is no reason why every
eighty acres in the county could TO;
support a prosperous family resident
upon the land.
The supreme court Of Iowa has now
raaffirned itself holding that with
tiravals Of Withdrawals Of names from
saloon petition can not he accepted
and the courts has refused to rehea.
the case 1nasruch AZ there were
enough Withdrawals from the saloor
petition in Marshalltown 10 prove il
insufficient regardless Of technical er-
ror. in signatures il would seem tiiat
ii W.. time tor the saloons here to giv'
up the fight What's the use keeping
up the lawyers payroll when the othe.
the saloons i, they were all sustained
Councilman Hernnan's sudden reform
- to the use OF the police patrol auto
mobile while Born Of desire to get ever
rather than TO reform the public ser
vice. should yet be commended in large
measure 1t is thoroughly reasonable
, and businessllke for the counciluel
to for
ance in and ahou: the city while en-
gagged at public business. This /: sen
siple and proper and if Hernan's or
i, der restricts this use it is too sever
but il is erninently wise to cut out tn
: use o. the city's $4,000 car for fshin,
: trips. for Sunday picnics or for hacl
service at south side dances as va
! once tho custom in Aarshalltown be
: fore the DAY. o, The commission forr
: of CITY government. the referendum
and the recall.
II an investment Of $4,000 in Al
> electric light plant at Jefferson. Iowa
q kill earn to 10 per cent profits wit
6 rate. for lights almost half what the
are in Marshalltown would not GU
people save money IL they had half
dozen cooperative lighting plants i
this city, II is interesting to note tina
in a town e-sixth as large as Mar
shalltown the electric plant at the rea
:, sonable rates does one-third as niue
business. If the one plant here woul
reduce its rates to the Jefferson seized
: ule it's business would double seeming
" If the city would put In plar
:, twice the size of the Jefferson plar
= it could establish the rate by compe
y tition If rate war should cut rate
i below the point OF fair profit tn
{ people OF this city would save the co:
II Of their municipal plant n three year
e in the reduced rates they paid for cleo
tricity and could well afford to opel
ate their municipal plant at a loss. !
the municipal plant operated elongsid
the private plant at a 10 per cent pre-
u fit on the Jefferson rates our peopl
would save nearly half OF their fgf
IS and power bills anyway. Unless Ii
ii i lawyers Cal. ::Hore faster in the defenf
y of the rate ordinances than they hay
It done we will be driven to install a cid
g. l.