The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-05
Councilmen Hold a Regular
Love Feast.
FOUR STREET PAvINCS
And Eight New Sandstone
Walks Ordered.
No Hair Pulling Scenes Enacted
and no Green Room Sessions
were Held.

| FOR rear nice, tamc sesSioh VI
the City council: one free from
strife and the stress Of battle,
Monday evenings meeting descrves
20 go down in history as the ne
plus ultra OF earnest simplicity.
Why, bless your soul. Doctor Setter
ana Mr.. " ilson did not by any
chance, come within reasonable
iistanee of getting on each others
nerves. Nope. 1t was u NEE quiet
meeting and great deal in the
way OF Improvement was done.
| Sandstone sidewalks WA be laid
on varicus parts of eight different
streets, four other streets were or
iered paved, number of new gas
.:ghts will be installed Water ex-
tensions made and sewer, gas and
water taps ordered in on the streets
IN which the improvements will he
made.
Petitions were introduced asking
Cor sandstone sidewalk on the fol-
owing streets: North side Of Belle
ionta.ne avenue from the east line
Of the Pennsylvania railway to
The west line Of lot 1854, east and
west sides of Miami street from
.3ellefontaine avenue to Mckinley
street, west side Fies avenue from
5ennett street to lot 7067, west
,idc of Cleveland avenue from Wal
acc to Superior streets, east s.dc
5f Patterson street from Mark to
jecrge, case side Of Herr street
irom Silver TO Edward, on the nortn
side Of Walnut from Delaware
avenue TO Prospect street, on the
east side Of Mound from Columbia
to Buckeye, and on the cast side
If Fies avenue from Bennett to
OF 4067. A resolution providing
ior the construction of all these
walks was then miroduccd and
rdoptcd.
Petitions were then introduced
asking that Girard avenue between
Columbia street and Bcllefontaine
avenue be paved with brick and
resolution authorizing the board
of public service to make the con.
tract was adopted. The same APP
piled with, reference To- Cherry
street from Columbia street TO
Bellefontaine avenue; the Boulevard
from Center street south to The
south line OF the Marion Shoe fac
,ory property and Grand avenue
north from Center street To the
Big Four tracks.
A resolution was then adopied
naming the various city parks as
follows: the north end park to be
known as Lincoln park, south end
as Garfield and the east end as
Mckinley.
Following mp the Improvement
idea and bearing in mind tho Grip
ped up condition of many of the
uptown streets, council then adopt
ed an ordinance ordering that sew
er, gas and water taps be put in
by all property owners along tho
streets TO be improved with paw
ing.
"A petition asking for sanitary
sewer and cellar drain on Marv
street between Silver street and the
Silk Mdl property was referred to
the sewer committee. Another ask
ing that the water mains be extend
,ed on Mary street from Silver to
the silk mill property was also re-
iered to the proper committee.
a resolution authorized the Mar
ion Water company to extend its
mans 600 feet south of BelIefon-
tame avenue on Pearl street.
Gas lights were ordered placed
on Fahey street between Silver and
the Silk Mill, on the east side Of
Mound between Darius and Mound,
ON the east side Of Davids street
100 feet south Of Darius, ON the
east side of Chester and the east
side of Grand avenue so feet south
Of the Big -Four tracks.
Mr.. Reber Of the police commit
tee then announced that Mayor
Scherff had appointed John A.
Stengel of Silver street and w. l..
Kerr of east Center street as spe-
clal policemen. These men arc to
be given police authority but only
'o'act when called upon. They will
receive what little pay they draw
out OF the specia police fund.
The mayors report for the month
of February shows a collection OF
500. .O0 in fires and licenses This
amount includes tho fines assessed
against the three keepers cf houses
OF III fame in the West End OF
the city and the amounts assessed
against the various Doe boys who
were caught in, those raids.