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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1909
Page
7
Mrs. D. G. Hazard visits relatives in Farley and others travel to Hopkinton Anamosa Cedar Rapids Waterloo and Chicago. Residents attend ministerial convention in Dubuque. a moving picture show returns to full strength. Buick No 10 purchased. visits linger in Cedar Rapids Dubuque Marshalltown and Peterburg Illinois.
Local society notes list Cedar Rapids and Marion visitors and guests, a showing of fashion merchandise sales, church and lodge activities, and road cleanliness concerns. Entries include Mrs. O B Rundle, Miss Jessie Fawcett, Miss Vera Smith, and Rev J B Trimble among others with mentions of travel to Hopkinton Center Junction and Burlington.
The city updates construction norms requiring bonds for city projects and licensing with bonds for private sidewalk work. A local note mentions Francis J. Marchal’s search for Louis Peltier as an heir, and tributes recall Mrs. Lucy Bush. A depot mishap and several local notices are reported alongside weather and land sale items.
Civil engineer William H. Kimball reports a preliminary plan to upgrade the city water system. A steel standpipe of about 80 feet could provide 200000 gallons and 80 psi at hilltop, with increased mains pressure but possible house service issues. alternative reinforced concrete reservoir elevation could yield 577000 gallons and lower cost. He notes 30 year standpipe life and cites Attleboro as a model, estimating total costs below the standpipe option and urging concrete tank upgrades as preferable. He cautions slight top leakage, potential pressure gains, and recommends stronger house service piping for optimum results. The document also discusses reservoir height increases, pressure changes, and the practical impacts on Lovell’s residence and First and Cedar streets. Public notices for windmill agency and a separate July 20 1909 auction in Langworthy conclude the record.
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