Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-18

Brooklyn. who Appeared this week IN
his lecture on America Dr.. Hills
lecture proved not only an intellectu-
al treat but careful treatise on q pop
ular subject. We need more good
lectures Of the Hills sort.
II present plans carry MarshalltoWn
next summer will look with pride upon
the fact that the bonded indebtedness
of her water works property has been
| wiped out. and that the plant stands
free from debt. The action taken by
the council this week. In reducing the
bonded Indebtedness in the sum OK
$4,000. speaks well for a business ad.
ministration of city affairs. With
$4,000 Of the original $4,000 debt re.
naming, and $4,000 Of the $4,000 Ill
| ready called in, the remaining $1,000
can be cared for by June !. and all
with the accumulation in the water
works fund, derived from profits of the
department. The time is coming when
| improvements to the plant will be
necessitated, and with the property
free from debt it will be easier to Sc
cure new bonds to take care of the
future work.
The authoritative announcement Of
the plans for expending several thous-
ands of dollars in a revision OF the
yards of the Minneapolis & st. Louis
Railway Company in this city was
welcomed in business circles, and
especially in the southern manufacture
ing district, which feels most keenly
the effect of the switching over Third
avenue. as is now required With
! cramped yard facilities. The complete
! plockading of the yards last Monday,
when thirteen trains occupied all OF
the available room. and it vas impoS-
sible for time to get anything either
in or out, was a concrete ILLUSTRATION
of the need of more yard room. General
Manager Bierd'S plans for the changes
have been given much thought. and the
Improvement would have been mad
long ago had funds permitted. The
, Improvement also contempiateS the
building of the viaduct the demand for
. which is recognized by the general
manager.
Further improvements on the part
of the Iowa Railway and Light Com
pany. announced this week, also tend
to show the spirit of progress that is
prevailing with the beginning of the
new year. With dirt flying with the
| the dawn of spring. in laying new
tracks for extensions and the big i'm
provements to the power plant of the
company now being carried on Mar
shalltown will have a public utilities
concern of which it will be proud.
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painter who returned to this city to
live a few weeks ago. tina, wouldn''
be able to get job in Marshalltown.
/ didn't have any trouble. however. and
went to work a few days after l re-
turned And that is the situation in
Marshalltown. Jobs are here for people
| who are looking for them. The trouble
is the man who can't find job is one
who generally isn't looking very hard
for one.
J Seventeen days of the first month Of
the new year have passed. and in those
seventeen days the Times Republican
has announced in It's news columns the
addition Of thirty-one people to the
/ population of this city. That is almost
an Average OF tWo a day. Let US
/ hope this average will be maintained
! thruout the year, and if it is the T.-R
! will present better showing for 1912
than the excellent report for 1911. II
! YOU know of new family coming in
make it a point to inform the news
paper by telephone. The publicity acts
as sort of introduction to the com
munity. and lets our envious neighbors
see that we are growing.