Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-16
LOCAL COMMENT

| 1t Is to be hoped that Councilman
Nicholson's efforts to complete plan!
for paving early will meet with sue.
cess. and that the council can let con.
tracts during the winter. or at leas,
very early in the spring, when prices
are cheaper than at the height Of the
paving season. II the Lincoln highway
pavement is laid next season, and sew
eral blocks OF additional paving are
put down. the city will not be without
its street Improvement record for the
seasonal record that the council
should try and maintain each season.
even tho the amount Of paving be
small. If the council decides to pave
some street leading toward the south
west, joining the Lincoln highway
pavement. motorists thru Marshall
town would have paved streets prac-
tically thru the entire length of the
city east and west.
The evident prosperity Of the farm
ers of Marshall and other central Iowa
counties is very apparent at the diff
ferent public sales held during the
present winter season. A man who
has been anxious to secure some sale
paper at S per cent took occasion this
week TO visit several sales. He came
home disappointed. He secured no s
per cent loans; neither was he able to
get any at per cent. The farmers
who bought at the sales paid cash.
If it is found that there is coal in
abundant quantities in Mormon Ridge,
and that it can be secured at not too
great d cost, the local coal market
ought to benefit by the nearness of the
supply. However, we haven't got the
coal yet, and may never have 1t, but if
q good mine were no farther away
than Bangor. Marshalltown consumers
should be able to note marked de-
crease in their winters coal bills.
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The Marshailtown Savings and Loan
Association, which has been big fac
tor during the past year N the work
of building new homes in the city. is
to hold its annual meeting Monday
night. The past year has been the best
one the association has ever had, and
it is to be hoped that no. only the
members, but all others Interested in
savings and loans, will be in attend
telling of the work Of the past year.
The need Of accurate maps of all
water mains has been brought to light
in the case of the old plant now be-
ing vacated by the Lennox Furnace
Company. Here were uipes laid under
ground many years ago and long be-
fore the present company acquired the
property When meter was installed
it was placed most conveniently for
the people who We're using water at
that particular time. Then the prop
erty passed into the hands of the Len
noX Furnace Company and the latter
began to grow from an en-
ployment of sixty men to zoo men. AS
it grew water closets and a foundry
were added and water pipes which
were in evidence were extended with
out knowledge on the part of plumber.
owner or city authorities, that they
were not connected with the meter.
For eight years this condition lasted;
all thru the three terms of the Ingle-
due administration and thru the two
years Of the Jones administration, only
to be discovered by accident and then
1t was necessary TO use electrical APP
paratus to trace the old pipes under
ground to discover where they were
not metered. This has happened be-
fore with other patrons Of the water
service but the big factory has paid the
largest back bill. Adequate maps from
the beginning would have avoided all
this error. Every new main or extern
sion is now being charted tor the bene-