Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-29

-
only one change was made in the
! different ordinances the amendment
J being identical in all. 1t guarantees
: TO East Main street residents and en-
ployes of the shops and ia ctories in the
/ east part of town continuous street
car service on the proposed East Main
) street extension as long as the fair
grounds end factories are not moved.
In that case the line may be discon-
/ nued with the consent of the city
council
Wanted Service For Employees.
The original ordinances provided that
this extension Of the street car system
/ from Third avenue east on Main street
! 10 the fair grounds should be operated
whenever the mayor ordered the cars
| operated on the line. Councilman
Lamb proposed the amendment to oper-
ate the cars continuously on this ex-
tension His object was to provide
transportation for factory employees
who are employed by the packing
| horse. Lennon Furnace Company Mar
stlailtown TroWel Company and other
concerns. He said many OF these men
lived in tho extreme east part of town
r.0t because they wanted to. but to be
near their work. and that MANY of then,
owned Of residences in other parts OF
the city that they rented instead Of
occupying themselves because they had
no means Of transportation to and from
their work
Cedar Rapids Men Agree.
Neither Reed nor Bows. who attended
che council meeting had any serious
objection to this amendment of the
ordinances excepting that they wanted
i provided that In case the fair
grounds, or these factories which will
furnish he bulk Of the traffic should
he moved, that they would not he COM
rellod 70 still continue operating this
extension continuously. This provision
was agreeable TO the council
The following portion of each ordi
nance. referring 70 the East Main street
exter'sion was eliminated-"And only
/ he required to operate the fair grounds
extension when public assemblies are
being held al the fair grounds and
upon the request of the mayor at such
times as he considers the public SER
>ice REQUIRES the operation of said ex-
tension
The following was the amended sub
.ztitutc for the above: And shall ne re-
quired TO operate the fair grounds eX
tension the year around. so as to
furnish reasonable accom- odatons 70
the public hui in the event of the fair
grounds being removed and the factor
les in the vicinity ceasing to operate.
The car line may be discontinued or the
route entirely changed with the consent
of the city council"
Bows Favcrs Operation.
oIa 81 ~; oh he tad
ton is an excerpt is one that is part
of each Of the three ordinances. II pro-
vides for the extensions of the street
car line TO the city park and to fair
grounds within one year. and to the
south side as soon as a viaduct is built
They are made a part Of each separate
ordinance SO that. in case the street
car extensions are not built. the failure
To do SO gives the city the right 10 can
eel the franchise grantde under each
Of them
Mr.. Bows said he was in favor of
operating. when the East Main street
extension amendment was up. because
after the investment in track and
equipment was made other expenses of
maintenance were as heavy. exclusive
Of the labor 70 operate the cars on the
extension, as if the track we're idle
Bows Wants Square DEAL
In a little informal talk before the
council Mr.. Dows outlined briefly his
ideas regarding the local utilities stu
alton and what he and his associates
expected to do. He said:
We are endeavocing to come here
and get hold of this property. but we
want to come on fair and equitable
| basis. We are going to spend large
sum, probably 100000. to rebuild and
enlarge thes properties My theory
of the public utilities business is that
il is not a game in which the public
should be skinned. We want to give
every man all we can for every dollar
hes pends with us and still be Bile to
make a reasonabl profit. We are seek
ing nothing but fair and equitable re-
turn on our investment. We want to
come in here and have the people feel
that we are honest and not a bunch of
SINNERS
We aim to be part of your city.
and we intend to figure in the efforts
to bring factories to your city by being
able to offer such factories an electric
power rate that will make it profitab Bile
for the manufacturer not to invest in
his own power plant
Will Go for the NiekIss.
LAS far as the fair ground extension
is concerned, If it pays or even breaks
even you won't have to put the clause
making operation of the extension
compulsory We're after the business
and We'll go after it wherever it is
and you won't have to put the clause in
black and white"
Councilman Lamb inquired of the
Cedar Rapids men whether or not they
would operate the extension to the city
park for longer period of each year
than from May I to Nov 1. as the
ordinance provides. Mr. Reed replied,
We'll run the cars continuously just
as far north toward the park as the
nickles we can pick up will warrant us
in doing it. If the patronage warrants