The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-03-04
COUNCIL PROVIDES
MONEY To- FURNISH
THE NEW CITY HALL

At special meeting of the Mas
sillon city council Tuesday evening
the ordinance appropriating $1O,5O0
for furnishing the new city hall was
rushed through. The special meeting
was called by DR.. Hattery in order
that the delay of the furnishing would
not be any longer than necessary.
The ordinance was to have been intro
duced at the last meeting but some of
the details were at that time still un-
decided by the committee.
AS the city government must, ac-
cording to plans, vacate the present
quarters in the Schworm block on the
! first of April 1t is necessary to have
the new city hall ready by that time.
The contractor will have his part of
the work finished but there is doubt
whether the furnishings will all be in.
In case the new quarters are not ready
however, rooms in the Schworm block
will be retained unless disposed of
by the owner in the meantime.
| The money appropriated wac procur-
ed by the sale of bonds recently is
sued by order of the council. 1t was
appropriated in two funds, one to the
board of public service and the other
to the board of public safety. To the
service board was appropriated $74z5.
This fund will be used for the general
| furnishings of the offices, the auditor
ium and the outside of the building.
Ten office desks, ten office chairs, two
and a half dozen opera chairs rugs,
linoleum and numerous other furnish
ings will be used in the interior. The
remainder will be used in the exter-
ior on cement walks grading and lev
cling grounds and for candelabra on
the exterior. 1t was specified in the
ordinance that the furniture should be
entirely of golden oak finish.
The remainder of the fund of $3175
was appropriated to the board of pub
lie safety. This will be used for the
installation of the switch boards of
the fire and police departments, and
also for the purchasing and installa-
ton of police cells in the basement of
the new city hall
In the course of the discussion of
the city hall several new improve
ments were suggested by Councilman
Brownewell which according to him
have met with much approval among
the citizens of the city. One was the
advocating of raising the floor of the
auditorium on the third floor of the
building. Mr.. Brownewell said the
hall was exceedingly long and that
only half its length could be service
able in seeing and hearing what was
going on in the front. The rear half
he said should be raised. 1t is not
known what will be done in the mat
ter.
In regard to finishing the lower floor
of the building in oak, as are the sec
ond and third floors. Brownewell
said that the building was built for
permanence and that he believed the
matter of cost should have no weight
whatever in the decision. He said
the people of the city were in favor of
it, some to the extent that they had
expressed themselves to him as WILL
ing to contribute toward the difference
between pine and oak.
Another matter which was brought
before the council by Mr. Browne
well and which caused quite contro-
versy with the city engineer who was
present was that of REMEMBERING the
houses in connection with putting up
the new street signs. Mr.. Browne
well read an ordinance by Mr. Rem
ley of the last council appropriating
$4,000 for the placing of the signs and
REMEMBERING houses. He desired to
know what the board had done in the
last 18 months toward numbering the
houses. City Engineer Howald who
was present said that the street signs
had been erected but that he was still
awaiting the decision of the auditor as
to whether the balance amounting to
! 5000 was still available. Mr.. Browne
well said the wording of the ordinance
was sufficient warrant for the use of
! the money and charged negligence
somewhere" The city solicitor con-
Cured with Mr.. Brownewell
There will be an Informal meeting
of the city council Saturday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock at the city hall for
Z the purpose of inspecting the new
property
A man too much under the influence
of liquor to give his name was taken
from a Pennsylvania train Tuesday
and locked up in the city Jail for the
night. He was brought up from the
station by Mayor Franz and turned
over to the police. He will have a
hearing Wednesday.
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