The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-17


service board was authorized to have
Street Commissioner Blum lay a
narrow walk in what Is known as the
King & Nelson alley, running from
South Main street to State street.
the walk is to be laid for the bene-
fit of residents in general and par
ticularly the school children, living
east of Main street, At present there
is no crossing between Columbia
street and the intersection of Della
ware avenue and State streets.
In the future Merkle alley and
Ctnder alley are to be known as Mer-
kle street and Summit street, re-
spectively. The council was asked
to make these changes in the names
OF the two thoroughfares so that
the street cars will stop. Both al
leys are used as much as the average
street, but because they have not
borne the higher sounding name of
street" the electric railway company
refused to stop cars at that point.
Merkle alley is the third alley north
of Mark street, running from State
street to Prospect street and Cinder
alley is practically an extension of
Summit street from Church to Cen
ter.
After many months of discussion
and delay, it is now likely that Court
street, that busy thoroughfare. run
ming east and north of the court
house, is to be widened At the meet
Ing Monday evening, motion was
carried, instructing the service board
to go ahead and widen the street
four feet on each side. A long time
ago, the county commissioners con-
sented to giving four feet off the
courthouse property but after that
there was question as to whether
the commissioners had authority to
make this grant.
A petition asking that the North
Main street paving be extended from
Klerx avenue to Playground street
was accepted and a petition to pave
Mill street from State street to Main
was referred to the street and alley
committee.
A petition asking that the first al
ley south of Walnut street running
from Delaware avenue to Prospect
street be partially tiled was referred
to the service board
A petition asRing that Herr street
be extended from it's present TERMINUS
TO Silver street was referred to the
street and alley committee.
Mr.. Gorton stated that some time
ago the council instructed the Ma
ron City water company to extend
Us mains over Summit street. He
said that this order had never been
complied with and he made motion
hat Clerk iFes notify the company
o do the work at once. The mo-
ion carried.
An ordinance was adopted provid-
ng for levying special assessments
10 pay for street improvements. To
pay for a stone walk on Cleveland
avenue there is levied so cents a
ineal foot for a walk on Scranton
venue, 6O.4 a lineal foot for a walk
IN ennsylvania avenue, 60 g a lineal
DOT, for a walk on Miami street. 62.3
FOOT, for a walk on Mound street,
i2'3 foot. For the Grand avenue
paving the property is assessed So .S5
1 foot.
A bond issue of $2,5OO is to be
sold to meet the cost of constructing a
storm water ditch from the Marion
cemetery to the end of the Vine
street ditch. This drain will relieve
.looded conditions which have pre-
vailed for years during times of
heavy rains
Feutions for sanitary sewers on
OaVlds street between the presen, sew
sr and the first alley south of Wood
street. and on Balm avenue from the
lrst alley east of State street to Vine
street, were referred to the sanitary
sewer committee
a number OF property owners from
5ehnett street were present asking
nat storm water ditch and sanitary
ewer be constructed on their street
% relieve flooded conditions. As
hey were unable to say where sucb
ditch would have an outlet the
natter was referred to the service
,oard. |
A communication was received from
he Marion & Suburban Railway com
amy accepting the franchise recent
y granted by the council, giving. the
'ompany permission TO extend the
treet railway over George, Prospect.
Silver and Lee streets.
The meeting was adjourned short
y after 10 o'clock and II was de-
,ided to hold another session Mon
lay evening, September 30.
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