The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-17

, Ispeech given toward the close or
Monday evenings session by Coun-
Gilman Phillips. The speech result
, ed from the introduction of
matter by Councilman wilson, chair
man of the street and alley CON-
mittee.
"For long time ! have had in
my possession petition from J.
, T.. Smith, asking for the vacation
, of five feet of property on the
: east side of the Boulevard said
Mr.. Wilson. 'Mr. Smith wants to
build business block at the COR
ner of Center street and the Boule-
/ ward and he would like to have IL
come within a foot of the sidewalk
) on the Boulevard. The way the
: boulevard was laid out left the
I property fronts on the Boulevard
, six feet from the sidewalk Should
| MFR. Smith puA up his block under
| the present arrangement, It would
have to be six feet back from
[ the sidewalk.
Mr.. Wilson stated that the petit
tion asks that the strip of land
: be vacated between Center and
Church streets. He also stated that
a remonstrance signed by the peo-
pie living on the Boulevard south
Of Church had been sent in.
Mr.. Wilson expressed the belief
that the land should be vacated
but that 1t should be done the
entire length of the street. The
way the land lays now. he said, It
does no good for anyone.
Here was where Mr.. Phillips
made his speech. -N
"Several days ago' said Mr..
Phillips. "an attorney told me
that never in the history of Mar
lon has there been city council
which has been subjected to more
abuse and curses than has this one.
! don't know why this has been,
unless 1t is because we have done
more than any other council. It
is possible that we have been a
little extravagant and have spent
lots of money, but believe that
we have something to show for
our expenditures. When we went
into Office we found on our hands
number OF matters which had
been passed over by preceding
councils, matters which they didn Il
have the nerve to handle. One of
these was the need of garbage
disposal plant, matter which had
been under discussion for fifteen
years. We took up the proposition
and built garbage disposal
plant that is one of the best in
the country. And what have we got
for it-nothing but curses.n
Mr.. Phillips followed this by
Saying that he did not think It
necessary to take up the matter
of vacating the Boulevard property.
He said that he believed that the
old council had received its share
OF curses and that 1t should not
he asked to take action on another
matter which might mean more
grief.
81 agree with Mr.. Phillips that
J 'this council has been cursed long
and often" said Mr.. Wilson. "I
, am willing to abide by the deci-
. sion of the members and have
this matter continued until next
, year. | only wanted to know that
, had done my duty by bringing
this before you, since the people
ir-ited have been after me
every week. asking me to bring It
before the council again.
Counoilmen Carpenter said that
since the fling of the petition and
the remonstrance he has talked
with a number of people living
: south of Church street on the
Boulevard and has found that they
were laboring under misappre-
hension when they signed the re-
. monstrance. They were of the opin-
lon that II the land is vacated
IT would be necessary for them to
move their sidewalks. The fact
: c that the sidewalks would remain
where they are.
Although the majority of the
|. councilmen seemed to think that
the land should be vacated. no
faction was taken and 1T Is alto
gether likely that the question viii
be passed on to the new council.
The attempt to have the tele-
iphone franchise ordinance read a
second time created a discussion
of considerable warmth. Harry N.
IOuigley. one OF the promoters of
lthe proposed new company which
seeks to become competitor of
the Marion County company, was
present and requested second
readine NJ the ordinance.
"T have not much to sav this
oven'ng exceDt this" said Mr..
0r'"'ev ''Mr. Critchfield and the
gentlemen associated with him In
the organization OF a new telephone