The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-21
Council Cuts Down on Som .
/. .ID,,s,o.s,, Corners.
City VIII Clean up Some Of
Its Old Notes.
Council viii, Hereafter, Convene at
Seven O'Clock and Adjourn at 4
Decent Hour.

Reversing a precedent set by former
city councils, the present body has
decided to convene at an early hour
in order that adjournment may be had
lat reasonable hour and the coun-
.cilmen-like all good councilmen
|should-will be able to seek their
trundle beds long before the midnight
hour.
In the past there was never much
doing In the sleep.business until long
towards the stroke of twelve, and
many meetings continued long into
the wee sma' hours of the morn.
But not so with the present bunch.
The meeting last night was called to
|order at seven O'Clock and two hours
later the councilmen were homeward
bound. II seemed 30 different that
the old members pinched themselves
to see II they were dreaming. and
the reporters we're awakened and told
that the meeting was over when the
janitor turned out the lights in the
council chamber. And the best part
about 1t is that President Rauhauser
|says the new hour OF meeting will
be strictly observed throughout the
lyear.
The principal business done by
council was the passing of the semi
annual appropriation ordinance and
the authorization OF bond issue OF
$37 500 to refund the numerous notes
held against the city. the money
having been used for improvements of
various kinds.
Council went into executive session
to consider the appropriations for the
six months ending June 30. 1908. At
Ia meeting OF the finance committee,
held in the afternoon, the various
fund s were cut where ever re-
|ductlon was possible until about $1O,-
900 was taken off the list Of appro-
|priations. A still further cut was
made during the executive session.
The amount of the appropriations Is
$50, ,595. 90. 1t will be distributed as
follows:
Council, $3.50: clerk. $445; mayor,
'$675; auditor, $500; treasurer, $500;
solicitor, $725; miscellaneous. 5000;
humane officer. $12O; legal adver-
tising. $1,450 judicial. $3.50, making a
total OF $6.215 90.
The public safety appropriations
were: General administration, 5000;
telephone and telegraph, $3.50; police.
$5,475; fire department, $500; maxi
ing a total of $1d,755.
Appropriation for the public health
department were: General admins
tration, $125; sanitary officer, $496,
and quarantine $190, totaling 1910,
The public service appropriations
were: General administration. t1,790;
engineering, 1870; opening and wid-
ening street, 500; street paving, $50;
repairing, $3.50; cleaning, $2,700;
lighting. $10,50o; garbage, $1,65O;
drains. sewers and bitches, $3.50;
private water works, $7,050: markets,
1890; parks, $500 and city hall,
1915. making total OF 1856 which
is $4,000 less than the service board
asked for.
The requests OF the service board
were not all compiled with in making
the appropriations. The board want
ed large sum to build a pavilion at
Mckinley park and to make other i'm
provements at the other parks, but as
council had to keep within the limit,
the requests were turned down.
An ordinance authorizing bond Is
sue OF $73500 was adopted. The
money will be used to take UP D.
larger number of notes against the
city which are now drawing six per
cent. interest. The bonds win draw
four per cent. interest and the last
bond will mature In 1915. or the
amount $20.500 will pay for side
walks and $1,000 for sewers con-
structed by the last council. The
remainder will apply on the paving
|of Girard Avenue. Cherry. Grand and
Prospect streets. and the Boulevard.
An ordinance appointing Edward A.
Seffner to deliver all notices sent out
by the city was adopted. Mr.. Seffner
will receive ten cents per notice der,
|livered In the city and .$2Ssper dkyl
and expenses when 1t Is necessary for
him to 30 beyond the city limits.
|ahAks H2li;sslssissfill l;ssisfil SaNBsSsS ssBa'] sas|
Iof p. r. Burke, to the Safety board
for the four year term and the ap-
pointments to the library board and
the sinking fund trustees, was read
by the clerk. The appointments were
|condrmed by council. Joseph Sneck-
enberger voted against the confrma-
tion OF Mr.. Burke.
The members Of the library board
are Frank A. Huber, J. r. Dom
baugh, H. N. Quigley, A. G, Hol-
land, NJ. A. Turney and John H.
Bartram