Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-12
Local Comment

The Marshalltown Club is planning
a series Of addresses upon subjects OF
business and commercial interest for
the coming winter season. If the club
would now arrange for a social lunch
to be held at regular intervals the
effect would be beneficial.
The railroad commits sioners of the
state are certainly showing a friendly
interest in Marshalltown to be visiting
US and inspecting the viaduct site at
ter the city council had decided not to
press the matter. When il is possible
TO devise a vladuct that will cross all
Of the railroads. it is hoped that the
council will get busy and that il will
then find the state commission fully as
accon,r1 odating.
Now that MI Rubee is at work on
the preliminary plans for beautifying
the city park lets al! suggest to him
how much we would like 20 See Ia
COON in the park large enough for
boating purposes. Marshalltown needs
something of this kind and it ought to
be practical with the river so near by.
Much to the surprise Of every one
the third circus of the season had
big attendance. Probably no other one
season ever produced 50 many full
sized crowds in Marshalltown as have
been here during the past six weeks
II is TO be hoped tina; paving con-
tractors will Cooperate with the city
council, and make the price on the first
concrete paving 50 attractive that 9TH
or property owners will al! can't paw
ing next year. In Sioux City and Mason
City the experience has been that the
first concrete paving has led TO many
times as much more the following year.
Al Sioux City, for instance. with prices
ranging from sllS to SIPS per square
ward. something like seventy FIVE
blocks Of concrete paving are being
LAID this year. Even Eidora. having &c:
several blocks last year. finds that it
must have more this year at s1,3S. &C.
n7er, has dropped in price 10 what Il
was last year ard il loca. gravel can
be had a. 800 per cubic yard on the
Job. Marshalltown ought 10 get her
concrete paving at a remarkably low
~ uIs L iIs Coui4cii has S.li.!ltdlei l!e
risl. Of the loon6 and offers city water
free for mixing.
.Anent the cost OF concrete paving the
CEDAR Rapids Republican reports dis
coyery made in that CITY. describing il
q : follows: That work for the city IN
der personal supervision os a capable
man car be done cheaper than by con-
,rac, has been demonstrated in the
matter O: the concrete paving a, the
entrance TO Bever Park This work
a matter % 900 yards has been COM
p'eie<. at a net cost OF abou, IS cents
a square yard a record breaking price.
THIS was done with as expensive labor
as any contractor in town employs. Not
a man who worked on the Job drew
less than s225 a day. The ceren, men
got 81. the usual price. Under bid
ding proposition the work would
have cos, the city at the very least sl.25
a square yard II was a long haul out
TO the entrance 10 Bever Park. 1t was
AS an expensive a Dit Of work as could
Re imagined on account Of It's very
small size. This would have made 1t
extremely difficult to get good price
This Is nos the last concrete paving
that will be done in this city. AT the
council meeting Friday there was a |
general 6iscu ssion % this paving. Some |
u the counciln,en like t. I. may be
the kind placed on the island when that
paving is put in.
The most Interesting information re-
yard.ng Mr.. Macks Aging machine was !
omitted from his Interview regarding |
L. We all want 10 know who is going
up IL the initial or dedica tory demon !
stration-
A local merchant back from a visit |
TO Waterloo reports retail business |
-ather slow in the stores there ard yet |
he saloons III that city are all run
ming Can it be that all signs fail in |
cry weather?
succeed Miss Ella SkeRx who goes to |