The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-03
Meeting is a Musical Comedy
without the Music.
EVERYBODY HILARIOUS
Special Meeting Called for
Wednesday Evening.
Some Business Transacted Monday
Evening and Then the Members
Iudulged in a "Kidding Match.

In many ways the meeting OF
last night was musical comedy
without the music, and II is fully
as legitimate for council to have
a musical comedy without the mu-
sic as 1t is for travelling organi-
zation to put on musical comedy
without a joke. There was lot of
low comedy worked off by the mem-
bers during the evening. There was
not much to do and so the city
fathers broke away from some time
honored customs and had little
fun.
The serious part of the evening
came first. A petition from prop
erty owners on Silver street, west
of Leader. petitioned that Silver
lstreet be paved from Leader to the
west corporation line, the pavement
to be of brick and thirty feet wide.
1t was referred to the street and
alley committee.
An ordinance to proceed with the
Improvement of North Main street
between Klerx avenue and Fair
ground streets, was adopted The
thoroughfare will be paved with
vitrified blick block.
A petition asking that the paw
ing of Hill street be delayed until
water mains and sewers had been
put in was read and referred to the
committee. j. f. Berringer was
present and told council that he
and other owners on Hill street
were planning to- build several
houses there and without water
and sewer connections 1t would
be impossible. The petitioner was
told that the street and alley COM
mittee will investigate the situa-
tion.
instructirIy the city clerk to notify
the executors OF the Huber estate
that the city will retain the present
lQuarters in the Huber block for an
other year.
An ordinance to issue bonds to
pay the city's portion of the North
Main and High street pavings, a
sewer on High street and sewer
on Reed avenue, amounting in all
to $3.50 was. adopted. The bonds
will carry four per cent. interest.
A communication from the attor-
ney general to the city solicitor rela-
tive to the proposed litigation to de-
fend the citys right to use a septic
tank at the disposal plant, was read.
The attorney general stated that
unless the case is carried to the
Supreme Court OF the United States
and that court reverses the United
States Circuit Court every city in
'he state using this method of dis
posing of its sewage will be re-
quired to pay a royalty of ten, per-
cent OF the costs OF its plant The
cost OF the litigation will be about
to appropriate its portion of that
amount. Members NAPLES and Seit-
er announced that they wero not In
favor OF making any appropriation
to fight the case They said that as
the state board of health would
recommend no other kind but the
one Installed here II is up to the
state board OF health or the state
Itself, to fight the case. On motion
the communication was disposed oi
by placing 1t on file.
The application of e. w. Byers
for the appointment OF dairy and
food inspector, was referred tc
icouncil by the service board, Before
lany remarks had been made on the
Subject DR.. Setter moved that 1t bc
referred to the library committed
which created ripple of laughter
TO pass around the chamber A w
Bryant seconded the motion. Georgt
McGrath then secured the attention
OF council, and roasted the mem
bers for treating an important mat
ter in such manner. He spok
lat some length. Mr. NAPLES wishing
to turn the minds of the councilmel
along more serious lines made
short talk in which he said tina
the council has not the money a
this time for such an appropriate
; however important 1t may be. Dl
Setter thought that the city need
health officer far more than
needs a food inspector. "If we ha
a health officer that amounted I
anything be could attend TO sue
matters lots better than a veterir
Iary surgeon. AlcGrath replied h
saying something about veterinar
havirIg a better chemical knowledl
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