Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-14
SHOWN THAT PLANS FOR VIA.
DUCT WERE LEFT IN MAYORS
OFFICE ON DAY DESIGNATED.
MAYOR DID NOT GET THEM
UNTIL THE DAY FOLLOWING
In Meantime Council Had Adopted
Resolution Certifying Original Plans
to Railroad commission-New Plans
Call For Overhead Bridge 1924 Feet
IN Length, c. G. W.. Included.

The railroads, somewhat like Finni-
gin. are "on agin" with the city coun-
ell, following the regular meeting Mon
Day night the time the council had
fixed for certifying TO the railroad COM
nisSioners the original plans tor the
Third avenue viaduct, ignoring alto
Sether the Chicago & Northwestern and
Iowa Central or any wishes they might
have in the plans for the proposed big
overhead bridge.
Satisfactory explanations as TO how
the railroads came to ignore, apparently.
the date OF the hearing as last fixed
for Feb. s. were made. both on the part
Of the mayor and the railroads repre-
sentatives. and as result the council
received the plans as submitted by X.
G. kenly, cher engineer u he Iowa
Central. as suitable for the improve
nlent contemplated. A fifteen minute
recess was taken to inspect the plans.
and on McCarten's motion further con-
sideretion was deferred until next
Monday night, Feb. 20.
ksnIy's viaduct Longer.
In presenting his plans Mr.. kenly
asked that If the plans We're adopted.
they be considered as city plans, and
not as the plans OF any railroad. Some
one interested in the viaduct must
draw tentative plans. and he had been
the one designated to prepare them
The viaduct as proposed by Mr. kenly
is 1.5 feet longer than the one proposed
h3I in a
total length OF 1924 feet As the North
western and Iowa Central engineers
have insisted all along. any viaduct
on Third avenue. to meet the conditions
OF traffic and safeguard the public.
must necessarily include the Chicago
Great Western. and this road the ma
jority of the council have favored elm
mating Mr. Kenly's plans call for
viaduct 10 extend from the Linn creek
bridge TO a point rs feet north OF the
Chicago Great Western tracks. or to
the north line of the Marshalltown
Light. Power and Railway Company's
property This would necessitate re-
arrangements % the switch in running
street cars in and out of the car barn.
but. il is claimed, would not interfere
with the street car company. The plans
Great Western tracks eight and one
half feet. The grade on the north
approach would be ) per cent the same
a the present Grade between the Great
Western and Northwestern tracks. and
in descending the grade, in going north
on Third avenue. vehicles would strike
q grade between > and per cent in
going on up the hill.
c,uc- has an advantage over the shorter
one in this regard. as the city's original
plan brought teams and other vehicles
down a per cent grade and then sent
them up a per cent grade as soon as
they struck the surface street again
Mayor Gives Explanation.
In explanatio of his remarks Of
Feb 8. when he had taken the rail-
roads to task for not appearing at the
hearing. and declared that they had
broken faith. Mayor Ingledue said
that he had found. on the morning of
Feb. 8, that the plans. as agreed to
be drawn and presented by Feb. s. ha d
been left in his store by General Road
master Shelley, OF the Iowa Central, at
about noon on Feb. s. He was out Of
town that day and, upon his return in
fore coming TO the council meeting.
Naturally, when he found the railroads
had not put in an appearance, he was
put out. The next morning he found
the plans. and that they had been
made as per agreement and were now
on file with the city clerk He had ex-
pected. however. that with the pre-
sentation of the plans the railroads
would put in a personal appearance.
but there had been q misunderstood
ing between the railroads represent
tives and him as to the personal ap-
peara nee.
Davis Outlines Railroads. Position.
James A. Davis, of Des Moines, gem
eral counsel for the Chicago & North
western for Iowa, was present at the
meeting. and addressed the council.
Mr. Davis said that he had not under
stood that there was to be q meeting
OF the council on the sth, or he would
have been here. All he supposed was
expected under the agreement with the
mayor on Jan. % was that the tenta-
tive plans for the viaduct would be
submitted by Feb. g.
Mr.. Davis declared the viaduct prop
| ositior. a serious one, serious not only
to the people Of Marshalltown. but SER
ious to the railroads. The roads had
realized that, some time: they would
have to give the people Of this city re-
| lief that was due them. but in this case
he did not think the council had shown
| the railroads interested enough con-
| sideration in the preliminary discus
sion Of the problem. I'VE haven't been
taken into your confidence" said Mr..
Davis, "as we should have been at
the start, and your ordinance declar-
! ing the necessity for viaduct was
adopted before we knew anything
about 1t. and sixty days before knew