The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-07
PURSE STRINGS
Are LOOSENED
Although There is Little 10
the Shopping Bag.
MONEYS APPoR1IohED
Council Also Decides to Bor-
row Some Gelt.
Council Holds One Of Those Long
Drawn Out Gabfests and Incident
ly Attends to Some Businens.

like as the habits OF a charming
and winsome young debutanbe who
had been carefully rehcarsed for her
debut. The evening was chiefly de-
voted TO that pleasing pastime Of
| hlphonse dcferring to CASTOR and
both of them TO Leon, whose chief
purpose in life seemed to be de-
tailed and serious statement OF the
fact that the finances of the city
lot Marion were in a very much
icrumpled up state; in fact, poor old
Miss Marion hadn't anything much
more in her wallet than rain
check and car ticket. 1t was ex-
tremely sad but 1t seemed to be a
act and 1t manifested all the char
acteristics OF one of those affairs
1t was stubborn.
In spite OF these facts, however,
the city pops made a semi-annual
appropriation for the year ending
December 81, 1908, involving the
Expenditure OF $4,000. If anybody
IS shortened he can blame it on the
"million dollar council" The total
general fund is divided as follows:
council, $500; clerk of council, $3.50;
mayor, $3.50; auditor, s64O; treas
urer $500; solicitor, $3.50; miscel-
!aneous cecutives, $500; legal ad-
lvcrtising, 5000; humane officer, $120;
contingent, $500
Board of public service may spend
81, $50 as follows: general admins
tration, $3.50; telegraph and tele-
phone, $50; police department, s4.-
AIS; fire department, s4,705.
Public health-gencral administra-
ton $50; sanitary, $40; quarantine,
Is71o.
Public service, total s23,519-gen-
eral administration, s1,225; engin-
|eering. s1,1S0; street paving, S25;
street repairing, $500; sidewalks.
$500; street cleaning. $4,000; street
lighting. $1,000; garbage, 500; sew
ers and drains, 5000; workhouse,
500; miscellaneous public, $14;
private system waterworks, s6,O5o;
public market, $3.50; public parks.
s720; city hall, $625.
The plat for John Williams, sec
ond addition 10 the city, embracing
twenty lots lying between Mckinley
park and Windsor street on Garner
avenue, was accepted.
Ordinances to construct sanitary
sewers on High street from Center
street south to the second alley and
on Summit street rom Church to
MI. Vernon avenues, were adopted
resolution adjusting certain
spccial assessments for paving Del
aware avenue was also adopted.
Two ordinances, one providing for
the issue Of bonds in the sum OF
S0,935 and one for S29,9SO were
adopted. These bonds are for the
purpose OF refunding Indebtedness
taking up notes Issued by the city
20 pay Tor the Improvement OF
number of streets by paving and
constructing sanitary sewers. About
twenty streets are included. The
present notes, which are to be taken
up, bear a rate OF q per cent in
teGest and the bonds are to draw
"A per cent.
Two other ordinances authorizing
The issue OF two notes TO the City
National bank, one for $2,7O0 and
one for $4,000 were also adopted.
The first Is to defray the expense
of paving Mary street and the sec
ond for the paving and sidewalks
ION South Prospect and other streets.
Both these notes are to run four
months each.
A petition to extend the water
mains cn North Prospect street be-
tween Mark street and the Garden
City pike, was referred to the COM
mittee ON watorworks.
Jacob Blaich, residing on Belle
rontaine avenue, but representing a
relative who owned some property
w ''o'i <h'NhuV VINO Ihtochl W il-
quire what had ever happened to a
petition relative to the extension OF
water mains on Balm avenue. He ex-
planned that several property owners
on that street had provided for the
use of a sanitary sewer and with
out water, the work was without
result. Right here was where Doc
tor Setter trotted out his watch
dogginess OF the city treasury. He
explained at considerable length
that II cost the city $50 every year
tor every hydrant installed by the
water company; that a hydrant was
placed every 40S ieet OF main laid
land ii there were only two people