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

After several years, during which no
paving was done, following dtsas-
trous experience with asphalt and
much litigation and later successful
efforts to stay of attempts 70 foist on
the city high priced patented paving,
the city awoke to the need Of more
permanent street Improvements soon
after the city government changed
from the old council system to the
commission plan. Since then the com
mission has been active in It's efforts
to permanently improve the streets.
Four Miles Paved.
Having satisfied itself that concrete
was the best, price and other things
considered. the commission made a
start by letting q contract for eight
blocks in 1911, costing Sl6.S45.l3
Pleased with the paving laid under this
contract the commission let t"o con-
tracts for . little more than forty
blocks during the summer Of 1912. AL
but one block OF these two contracts
The total expenditure for the two years
was s95o41I0 The 1912 contracts
were awarded at the very low price Of
sos a square yard. The 1911 contract
except the four blocks Of resurfacinS
on East Main street, Tras let 1Cr Sis.
Could Not Supply Demand.
The tax PAYERS ana property 1F-9-S
of the city are pretty well satisfied
with concrete raviCC At ANYTHING Ike
the price for which Il has been laid
during the last two years. This -
shown by the petitions for paving that
are on file, that the council has BEEN
unable to grant during tt1e past year
These petitions ask that fourteen and
ore-half more blocks Of this paving De
laid on six streets. The property own
ers have specified IN each petition that
the paving be concrete and, n some
cases, the maximum price for the 2aT-
ing the property owners were Wiling
10 pav has also been specified. BIt N
n. Nase has the price that the Qet-
I,oneA have set. a $ the limit to wE-!1f1
thew would go, been as .ow as the price
at which paving has been laid for
Where Paving Was Laid.
There has been a fairly equa! olTis-
,,n or the having ont down IN the two
wears. as between the wards Of the
CITY. with the exception Of the Fifth.
The foiioWths IS INC ii'li-.7-
OF paving iaIo III e@1 :
First "a
i Second :. n
& Third 80 -
Fourth : - : 80
This list includes the four blocks Of
resurfaciag on East Main. Since this
street IS lEe CIV '01t1s 80 $3.50. -
First ana curtin wa" 90 ~ .,,oL
this paving nave 0eeH =
Inc Hst "eioN cues.
each street, By WARDS ef''-0 ..,-
flfsI ~atu- -a,,.
North, Center 70 second 49,,
/: First avenue norm 70 ---l...',-'
Mail --oi1 :,
+: Secono -
Second, Main 70 I-t.t..,--- :
state, SKIN 70 s.-..- "
Seventh Nam 10 ,,.
Thlrteentn' ~ ~
, titth. Nam 10 $50 :
- 49, ,rs.ra - wen 2.3
: PARK. MIRO 70 ~
fourlh' 81 ~ -t.t,
Jerome: Out Ia ~
hifo
First. IhuFcH ~
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Fllth' wan ~ C,,,,-c,
Se7en'h, Ma'a C,,,ar
+ NJ. . C.-..r
Linn Secolt" -
fcuF." c., -,a,.
,sfl1lnn' Csnl q -
SKIN = 49, ,Toi, a. church. IL
pe..at, r;r-. In Seventh averue..2
ohutch, -i. ~. - Sfr+h avan,e.2
~ S''-'' - --' -
ro.a, .42
n'A' 49, .o,.r hIocee nm East
w. rr.a-a credtrad n the First
NAN .-o ~ the Fourth ward.
"afi' AZ L., ~. co,. o;vi5ed.
NV MI +o- having these s-ree-= T-as
-o.,n re .Lis a-clIr- Sf2 i64. -
aeeeeeA6 against the properties
u't s o.r+feca-es have been issued. The
~ go 9-1s5 has been paid
- ~ c,t--s irnCro-erce-t fund OF
Nth money raised from the recent SAFE
..,5r
= 1o,1 waving biz was SIS a.5.I5.