Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-03
LOCAL COMMENT


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! CITY Physician Lerle and the mayor
are advertising that the state law is TO
/ be enforced to compel people to con-
/ meet their houses with the city sewers
wherever it possible and it is to be
hoped that they will not stop with the
advertising. Within reasonable time
complaints should be lodged against
/ specific individuals and real enforce
ment of the law begun. The taxpayers
have invested an immense sum OIL
money in the city's system OF sewers
and it was done in the interest oil pup
lie health and sanitation. The major
ity are now entitled to the sanitary
surroundings which this investment in
sewers has made possible and the few
who persist in maintaining unsanltarN
premises should be regulated in the
interest of the many.
In the great city of Chicago last yea,
and this year the noiseless Fourth ala
and will prevail This year the city
of Philadeluhia has invoked an obso-
lete law which autedates the birth Of
national freedom for the purpose OF
suppressing the tirecracker habit and
cut the larger cities. In Iowa we are
temporzing by coufining the orgie to
two DAYS when we ought to abolish 1t
entirely Parents geaerllN can he!p
by placing limitations upon Nouns
America but the city authorities should
set in line with the progress of the
ase. The sane Fourth is a noiseless
Fourth. II is a national holiday for
ments of all kinds without resort to
human sacrifices.
The letting of grading contract at
l. 10 cents per cubic yard for grading
the Third avenue boulevard and Mr.
Binford's tract when the home bids ran
as high as y and - cents suggests
that property owners with paving con-
tracts to let should do as Mr. Binford
did to obtain competition in the bid
ding Mr. Binford secured the names
Of all grading contractors within reach
who We're known to the Chicago Il
Northwestern and Chicago Milwaukee
&: St. Paul railways and the low Did
came from one of these contractors at
Florence Neb. Competition in the bid
ding saved $4,000 on this contract, or
nearly 30 per cent ana il would be
worth while TO notify paving contract
ors generally of the paving TO he let
here on July 10.
And while there is paving to be done
the city council should see TO It that
the railroads pave their street cross
ing on Center street. This crossing is
in, a. l,a1
is no viaduct project to delay its i'm
provement
Before purchasing street fiuSher at
tention should be given to its effect up
on brick paving that contains q sand
filler. F'lushers will wash the sand and
dirt out from between the brick and
leave the pavement without filing. 1t
can be used on concrete and asphalt
paving and on brick that has been filled
with asphalt but even then the ques
tion of water consumption arises. Our
pure we'll water is precious property
and we most not waste it upon our
streets unless it can be shown that we
have plenty to spare. Flushing. of
course is vastly cleaner than sweeping
and is to be preferred under proper
conditions.
Our merchants should be getting heir
stocks ready for the fall business which
these crops are bound 20 produce. Iowa
has not seen in years so hountiful a /
harvest as she now has in sight 1t
means business for all of us and it is
high time the merchant was getting
ready.
Mr.. George r Kiroy is Wondering
whether the people OF this city are
ready for the business manager form
of city government. The nlarvels ac-
complished since the flood in the city
Of Dayton, o., by this businesslike
method have convinced him that the
system is right. He suggests that If
we are ready for it we should elect
three business men to the city council
who would be willing to cut their own
salaries down to the nominal fee Of n
board of directors and who would
pledge themselves to employ a compe-
tent general manager for this city. Mr..
Kirby. who pays probably the largest
tax bill in the city, wants to see the
public corporation managed as econ
omically and as efficiently as q private
corporation. hence he wants the same
method of business organiza ton adopt
ed.