Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-19
Local Comment


mately $50 miles to be designated and
known as county roads and to be
thereafter the property of the county
10 be maintained and improved from
county funds under county supervision.
All grading hereafter must be done to
permanent grade lines 10 he surveyed
and established by the county engineer
and this applies TO township work as
well as to county work. The township
trustees when grading township road
must first secure grade lines or stakes
from the county engineer so that every
dollar spent on road construction here
after. either by county or township of
ficiais. will be spent upon construc-
ton all of which is part of one gen.
eral plan. Everybody. hereafter, VINO
works upon the roads must work to
one set of plans.
When these county roads are des-
iSnated the proposed plat lies open in
the county auditors office for public
inspection and protest and the board
may revise its Migration or upon
protest and appeal the state highway
commission may revise it before the
whole plat is approved by the commits
sion. These county roads may then
be given names Which names may be
registered and protected as are the
names of farms. We are to have an
era OF county road building so far as
grades are concerned and let the board
OF supervisors now rise to the re-
sponsibilities placed upon them in the
new law.
The road dragging done so far this
spring has been less than half as effec-
tive as ii should have been because the
draSs were not used when the roads
We're wet enough TO be smoothed.
DragS On roads baked hard and dry
Will not work unless they are heavy
steel drags drawn by four horses.
Township trustees. too, have been too
nisgardly in paving for dragging and
many farmer who ought to be drag
sing is sore and suking in his tent be-
cause of some offense from the town
ship board. Men, these days, can't af-
ford to hitch up and drag and spoil a
half day for sc cents. If roads are to
be dragged for so cents per mile the
stations must be long enough to give
man half days work and half a
paid for at higher rates.
To the victors belong the spoils,
hence You can now pay your water
rent TO jeff Wilson. His appointment
is especially fitting because it was his
crowd that won in the election. The
voting that was done by the council Cor
other candidates may be put down as
political stage play. George Herman
is the new street commissioner: Maur
ice Cummings the new desk sergeant.
JEFF Wilson the new city clerk. and
gossip has il that S. LaShelle is not
to be formally appointed TO the kitchen
cabinet. but is slated for chairman of
the library board. The only salary
raised this week is that of Miss Nc
Mahon. assistant in the new city
clerks office. which was done in order
to retain her services.
The new mayor has hit upon one
policy which will be approved unani
mouslr. and that is his cleanup proc
lamation. Our premises and alleys
should be attended to everywhere and
those who fail to observe ordinary
sanitary rules in the care of their lots
and alleys should be compelled to OBJ
serve them for the sake of the public
health. Inspection By the street depart
ment and special notice to all offenders
would now be in order.
One of the big problems before the
present city council now is the re-
pairing OF the old pavements. South
I'D SC
as street could be made.
Any man who breaks $4,000 automo-
bile in the ruts on that street can sell
the car to the city in a damage suit
for his case would be a clear one.
have now worn into ruts and must
constantly be repaired.
The new street car service could now
be improved by calling out the names
or numbers of interesting streets both
day and night as the cars roll along.
Strangers are attracted to the cars and
the calling of streets would be great
convenience TO them. Residents wheth-
er they be from one part of the city
entering another part with which they
are unfamiliar or whether they be
busy men intent in social converse
ton will always find the calling of the
streets convenience TO them. Let's
have the streets called regularly by
the conductors and live up to our
equipment.
Complaint has been made to the
Times Republican rather than TO the
police that midnight serenades by
young men on West Main street are
disturbing the neighbors. The SER
enades are not condemned per SO but
the desire is to have tine O'Clock clos
ing hour in the new saloon law ex-
tended to the Romeo business as well.
1t is a matter Of general public regret
that jury should have found it nee
essary TO bring in even a nominal Yer
dict against Mike Clark, former chief
Of police. for an arrest which he made
in an effort to break up a keg party
two years ago. Clark was trying to do
his duty as an officer and il is all too
difficult to get police officers to do their
duty anyway. The technicalities Of the