Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-15
Local Comment

The Cedar Rapids Savings Bank pub
fishes a large display advertisement in
its local newspapers announcing Pay
ment Of Gas Rebates Are Now Being
Made" This Will Distribute One
Hundred Thousand Dollars and the
advertisement is an exact estimate In
money of the value of Jim Good TO the
people of Cedar Rapids. AS city at
torney he forced trial of the rate re-
duction case and after ii had been
pursued thru the district court. the SUI
preme court of the state and thru the
supreme court OF the United States, the
difference in the rates bad accumulated
in the bank to the extent OF slOo,0oo,
which is being paid back to the gas
consumers Of Cedar Rapids. In every
like period of four years the people OF
Cedar Rapids will save another $780,
900 all because Jim Good was fighter
People little realize what Is actually In
VOWED in a slight reduction Of rates for
a public utility.
The railroad attorneys have sue
ceeded in deferring the viaducl for
few months more while the Marshall
town public stands and waits at the
Third avenue crossing or loses per-
son now and then. mangled under the
wheels of switch train. If the viaduct
can't start at Market street SO as to
avoid the Great Western crossing. 1t is
time the Great Western was forced to
change it's right ofway and bring its
trains into the c. & y. w. station over
leased tracks from the interlocklns
plant to the old canning factory.
&
If the NJ & st. L. would install
motor coach on the Story City Drancn
line it would solve all of the public in
convenience now suffered. The train
crew could then attend to switching
and freight handling without delaying
passenger traffic. The motor coach
! could make a round tip In four
hours which would make three or four
| cars per day each way possible and
the passenger traffic on the line would
more than double.
| Membership solicitation Is now on
for all who will contribute as much as
50 per annum for good roads. The or
ganization is to be called an automo-
bile club but everyone Is expected to
join 1t is hoped that the response
Will be general.
The board of supervisors now have
$4,000 automobile tax money to De
added to the county's regular road
fund which can be used for grading
draining or crawling roads and a be-
ginning should be made on the road to
Laurel. There is rich section OF
Marshall county in that vicinity which
has no railroad communication with
Marshalltown, but the people would
all come this way If the roads were
better So much of this automobile tax
is paid by residents of Marshalltowr
that the board would be justified in
spending it on this road to the south
part of the county. II this money is
spent rightly it must be concentrated
on one piece of road at time and ef-
fective work done when anything Is at.
tempted.
The bridge over Timber Creek on thu
LeGrand road still stands six or eigh
inches above the road level to jolt ev'
cry passing vehicle at each end Of thu
bridge. The road superintendent OF thi!
district should have some filling dom
at the bridge approaches. Somebod!
i, South Sixth street road from the cit!
J limits south. It was neglected aftel
the last rain and will be in bad con
/ dition az the result of this one.
, Complaint has been made to tn
newspaper office that the city depart
ment permits mud holes to 90 withou
attention on the North Center stree
) road north Of the concrete bridge. Thi
: is in the country, but still within tn
) citys Jurisdiction. Those holes SHOULD
e be filled and this mai4 highwa
: dragged regularly. North Third ave
: nue. has been improved. With So muc
i rain It Is like fighting fire to kee
0 roads in condition this spring but tn
/: rush viii SC: &c o;:-cc- 40 official
should not worry abouF expense bu
employ extra teams and KEEP the road
: up.