The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-17
TO CONSTRUCT
SIDEWALKS
Council Plans For the I'M
provements.
REPORT OF The MAYOR
Scores a Big Hit With the
City Aldermen.
The Marion and Suburban Road Ac-
cepts the the Franchise Granted
tor Several Extensions.

The city council did only business or
minor importance at regular meet
ling held Monday evening. All mem
Ibers were in attendance. The only
matter which came to relieve the ted
! ium of routine busines was pro-
posed sidewalk improvement wnch
| ICouncilman John V. Wilson into
Iduced. A bit of repartee between
ICouncilman j. G.. Setter and Mr..
Wilson resulted and for a time II
looked as though a question similar
to the old South Prospect street de-
bate would be raised. However, 1t
IproVed finally that DR.. Setter had
been joking more than anything else
and when it came 20 voting on Cne
, improvement, he voted yes" with tho
lrest of the councilmen.
Mr.. Wilson asked the council to
order a sidewalk laid on Oak street
| through the Lincoln Park addition,
which 10 to be placed on the market
Iby himself and his partner, w. T.
Jones. The petition was granted but
when 1t came to taking a final vote
on the resolution authorizing the
Improvement, DR.. Setter objected.
81 don't think it is right for coun-
lcil to order sidewalks down In all
these new real estate additions" said
the doctor. "It looks to me as
though it is imposing a burden and
an imposition on people who buy
lots in these additions. They buy
the lots supposing that the sidewalks
have been paid for and when they
find out differently, they are unable
to pay for the improvements.
say, let the real estate dealers pay
for the walks themselves.
"The doctor is merely having an
other of his pipe Dreams" Mr..
Wilson announced. 81 suggest that
we proceed with the business 4"
After a short wait for Councilman
Phillips to return from another part
iof the offices, Mr.. Wilson made an
additional statement.
so Tar as our addition is con-
cened," said Wilson, 1--WE have no
intention of deceiving the people. II
the walks are not paid for, the per-
son buying the walk will know it.
, We don't do busines by deceiving
people. Possibly the doctor does.
When the roll for the adoption of
the resolution was called, DR.. Setter
hesltated moment and voted Eyes"
Everyone laughed and generally re-
Igarded it as a joke on the doctors
part
! The resolution provided for the fol-
lowing stone walks: On the west
Iside of North Main street in front of
! lots No. 161 and 1862, south side of
Darius street from Henry street TO
Davids street, north side of Darius
street from Uncapher avenue to the
Boulevard, and both sides of Mary
street from the south line of the Lin
coin park addition to the Garden
ICity pike, south side OF the Garden
lCity pike from Oak street to Mary
street, and the west side OF Oak
street from the Garden City Pike to
the north line of lot No. 8424.
Previous tn the adoption OF this
resolution, an ordinance had been
adopted accepting William T. Jones
and John V. Wilson's Lincoln Park
addition, consisting of 26 lots on Oak
street, just south of the park. The
addition will be placed on the mar
ket soon.
The monthly report OF Mayor Louis
Scherff, showing that he collected
$l6l so In fines and licenses during
AUGUST, was accepted. n
"rhe mayor certainly gets in the
money" is what several OF the coun-
.cilmen declared
On motion made by w. J. Gorton