Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-20
Southern Iowa Items

I liding with some cars. 1t is claimed
that the damage to the company was
$1,000 1t is also claimed that several
passengers We're injured and the COM
pany paid their claims, amounting to
| $780, The railroad company there
fore asks Judgment against Mr. Nc
Mahon in the sum of $500 and for
costs OF suit.
Carroll.
Carrier George \. Losee had pro-
ceeded twenty miles Wednesday on his
! twenty-seven mile route, distributing
| and gathering mail as usual when he
encountered a bad place to travel on
I! grade at the end of bridge. A
, broken limb Of tree he was trying to
avoid hitting his conveyance and
pushed it off the grade bottomside up.
An oil heating stove in the vehicle i'm
mediately started a fire from which
he escaped with slight burns, but
which consumed the box from his
wagon which was mounted on run
ners and its entire equipment, inc1ud-
ing every scrap of mail, stamps.
stamped paper, etc. Before MIR. Losee
could release his horses from the
sleigh even the lines of the harness
| were burned off. BY borrowing some
straps to tosgle up his harness Mr..
Losee managed to get back to town
sitting on a board placed across what
was left of the sleigh
Wilton.
| J. H. Kenoss, who owns the Old Doty
farm on the west side of the river.
south of Rochester, has constructed
q unique system of gathering soft
water and conducting it into his home
without having to resort to mechani-
cal power. On elevated ground about
300 feet from the house he has built
a concrete catch basin 35N65 feet at
the corner Of which q 150-barrel els
| tern was dug, and from this the water
is filtered into pipes and conveyed by
force of gravity pressure to his large
two story dwelling. where it is avail
able for use on both floors. The source
Of supply is forty feet higher than the
place of discharge, thus insuring a
good strong flow at all times. Three
i inches of rainfall will fill the cistern
and provide supply Of absolutely
pure water sufficient to last for con-
4 siderable time. 1t is very ingenious
= and useful arrangement, and is com
paratively inexpensive.
creston.
/ Monday night about 1880 the fire
department was called to the Merrill
wholesale house on West Adams street
where a fire had gained considerable
Roadway. This is fine new building
which has been completed and occu-
pied only last fall. The fire originated
i on the second floor near the elevator
| shaft, and the cause Of 1t is unknown
The smoke was so dense that it was
necessary to break the windows in
order that 1t might escape. After the
arrival of the fire department the fire
was soon under control. The groceries
! were greatly damaged by fire,
smoke and water. Manager Ben Glew
states that it is impossible to even ap-
proximate the loss. as goods In all
parts of the building are damaged and
it will take thorough examination to
ascertain the extent of the loss The
probability is that it will be from
$4,000 to $4,000 Very little damage
was done by fire; but the smoke and
water damage was quite extensive.
The damage to sugar will constitute
one of the largest items Of the loss.
I, sisourney.
At this weeks meeting of the city
| council an agreement was finally en-
tered into between the city authorities
and the Sigourney Electric Company
as to the rates the electric company
may charge in the future for lights
Under the former contract, which ex-
pired last summer, and under which
the electric company had operated for
the past five years. the company
4 charged all users Of light Is cents per
watt. Although the old contract ex-
pired last summer no agreement be-
tween the city and electric company
was arrived at until last night. Ac-
cording to the new contract, which will
be FIVE year contract, all users OF
current for lighting purposes will pay
IL cents per watt for the first twenty
watts used: up to eighty. 10 cents per
watt, and over 100 at the rate of 8
cents per watt. The contract further
provides that after March l the cleo
trio company will provide each user
Of current with book Of Instructions
SO that the people may learn to read
their own meters, and also a card Is
/ to be left showing the meter reading
each month.