The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-07-16
WAS LONGEST
In 10 YEARS
Meeting of City Conncil a
Record Breaker
SESSION OF FIVE HOURS
Arrange for Extensive Park
improvements.
Adopt Semi-Annual Appropriation
Ordinance - Police aud Firemen
to Get More Money.
SESSION OF FIVE HOURS

that has taken place In probably a
decade was held Monday evening. 1t
lasted from o'clock until after $3.50,
the unusual length of the session be-
ling due to the time which was taken
iup in framing the semi-annual appro-
Ipriation ordinance. When the time
came for considering this matter, J.
e. Phillips, chairman of the finance
committee, moved that the council go
into. caucus for 10 minutes. The
lcaucus was held and lasted more than
two hours.
Mayor Louis Scherff, Fire Chief
Mcfarland and Police Chief Cornwell
were present and asked the council to
lgrant increases in salary for the fire.
men and policemen. This question is
the one which is said to have taken
up the greater portion of the time
spent In caucus. At the close, no or
dinance, however, the appropriations
for the two departments were made
large enough to give the officers more
salary should the council see ft to
grant 1t in the future. It is under
stod that the salaries of the men in
the departments will be increased.
but not as much as had been asked
The council was asked to increase the
salaries at a rate of IS year until
maximum of $40 month is
REACHED.
ut is fact that the police and
lfremen of Marion receive smaller
salaries than the men in other cities
of the same size" said member of
the council following the Monday
evening meeting. 1t is expected that
at he next meeting of council an or
dinance granting the officers salary
increase will be adopted.
In the Appropriation ordinance,
money was also set aside for the i'm
provement of the city parks. Park
Superintendent Balm will have $500
at his disposal for improvements dur
ing the next six months.
I Mr.. Balm has already outlined a
number of the improvements. Drive
ways in all Of the parks are to be
macadamized, pavilion is to be
erected in Lincoln park, and prelim-
mary work on the lake in Mckinley
lpark is to be done. A bridge over
the site of the lake will be built.
Already Lincoln and Garfield parks
have ben improved considerably, and
people are gathering there almost
daily Mr.. Balm stated Monday even
ling that Lincoln park, located in the
North End, seems to be the most
poular resort of all He estimates
Yhat fully 1000 people visited the
place Sunday.
The different items in the appro-
priation ordinance are as follows:
City council, general administra-
ton, $485; clerk of the council, $500;
mayor, $575; auditor, $625; treasurer,
$5O solicitor, $685.; legal advertising,
ordinary, 5000; legal advertising, ex-
traordinary, 5000; miscellaneous ex-
ecutive, printing bonds, ETC.. $500;
humane officer, $120; public safety de-
partment, general administration,
|$210; fire alarm, ordinary, $50; fire
alarm extraordinary, $l,500; police
department, $5,15S; fire department,
$4,925 public health, general admin
istration, $S5; sanitary, $420; public
service, general administration, ST.
1856; workhouse, $3.50; engineering,
81 1885, intersections, $685.; street OPP
enings, $3.50; street repairing, $2,500;
sidewalks, $780, street cleaning, ST.
600; street lighting, $9,500; sewers
and bitches, $1,000; garbage plant,
81 900; waterworks, $6.025; market,
$3.50; public parks, ordinary, s610;
public parks, extraordinary, $500;
public buildings, $525; library, $4,000.
In the appropriation made for en-
Igineering, provision is made for hir-
ing special engineers to survey the
territory which will probably be talk
en- within the corporation limits.
A number of remonstrances against
proposed street improvements and
other matters were received and re-
ferred to the street and alley commit
tee.
One remonstrance was signed by 26
Boulevard property owners, who pro-
test against granting the petition of
~ 10, Smith, in which he asked TO
have the city grant him five feet on
the west side of his lot at the corner
Iof Center street and the Boulevard
The sidewalk on the west side of the
street now stands in five feet to far.
! Another remonstrance was against
the proposed paving of Church street
between Olney avenue and the Boule-
ward, an improvement recommended
by the service board. The remonst-
rance was signed by all the property
owners.
Clerk Flies read communication
from the service board. recommending
that Church street between Olney ay-
lenue and the Boulevard, Hill street
between Main and Prospect streets.
land orchard street from Center street