Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-22
DIRECTORS OF MARSHALLTOWN
CLUB RECEIVE COMMITTEES
FINDINGS.
BUT GOOD WORDS
ARE HEARD IN HOME TOWN
Financial Responsibility First Class,
and Give Service Without HAVING to
Be Decentralization and Boone Com
mereiaI Clubs Commend Cedar Rap.
ids Men Highly.

AZ the regular meeting of the board
OF directors Of the Marsha,lrown Club,
held TUESDAY night, the special COM
ns1tee OF the club. composed OF Pres.
ideI1t J. l. Williams and E. D. Hamil-
ton. one Of the clubs directors. report
ed on its findings at Cedar Rapids in
the investigator of Messrs. Bows.
Smith. Reed and Cook, who are seek
ing public utilities franchises here.
The report of the committee which
was made q matter of record. and for
which resolution of thanks to the
committee was adopted. follows:
The committee's Report.
Board Of Directors of Marsha.lrown
Ciub:-We, the undersigned. acting
UPON instructions By resolution OF your
board adopted May Z, visited Cedar
Rapids Friday May 10. where we
called upon the mayor and councilmen.
the banks. the newspapers. labor Of
dcils and many representative citizens
10 ascertain whether MesSrS. ". G..
Bows, Isaac Smith. John a. Reed and
r. S. Cook We're men Of financial re-
sponsihility and whether they had con-
Quoted public utility service in Cedar
Rapids i'll such d way as 10 give pub
lic satisfaction. We respectfully re-
port that all of the banks. without ex-
ception. gave the men in question high
financial rating and everybody We
called lsnon Told r,S thar these men had
given good satisfaction with their pub
lie utility service. We visited their
power plant and Were impressed with
what Ne saw, in fact the sentiment at
Cedar Rapids seems 10 he quite gene.-
ally favorable 10 these men IN their
business Of electric lights, power and
.nterurban service.
Mayor Roth said: They car have
anything they want IN Cedar Rapids
for We can get them 70 give service
without having 20 drive them Coun-
ciln,en II. Hughes. Allen McDuff and
Fred Laz=ll all confirmed the mayors
statement
we saw three OF the local publish
enjoyed pleasant relations with the
public ard that there was no public
complaint as 10 their service.
Mr. Martin Eewcome Of the Cedar
Rapids National Bank. said that while
these men did not DO much business al
MS bank. ne was glad 10 give them
Recommendation al any t-lHe.
j A Limbach lumber merchant,
cautioned US TO be extremely careful
about having definite understanding
with any public utility company. but
/ said that ne considered Cedar Rapids
! had been fortunate in gettil'g these
men 10 invest there.
/ j. r Mcdonald. retail shoe mer-
! chant. said that the business men we're
well satisfied with the service these
men were rendered and that the people
I of Cedar Rapids would be glad To nave
this same group get possession OF tht
stree, railway system as well as rhe
/ electric lights. power and interurhans.
I Frank Bales, manager OF the
welch-Cook Company, wholesale drE.
goods merchants. said: We are vel
! satisfied with them here and l beileve
you will be-
we called on several labor unior
officials and found them we'll SATISFIED
with these men. and after having
talked with thirty or more citizens We
were unable 70 find any one with any
serious complaint against the men II
question.
j. L. WILLIAMS.
! '.Committee.