The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-06
SIDEWALK
WILL Be LAID
Remonstrances Came in Too
Late.
OBJECTS TO THE EXPENSE
j. G. Anthony Opposed to
Further Improvement.
Asphalt Pavings VIII be Surfaced
With an Asphalt Liquid Binder---
improvements at the Garbage Dis
posal Plant.

That Marion has too many side
walks and too much paving already
without further work being done, is
! the opinion of j. c. Anthony, mem
ber of the board of public service
The board was about to direct the
city clerk TO advertise for bids for
sixteen hundred feet of sidewalk on
Bellefontaine avenue and Mr.. An
thony was unable to see the object of
constructing so much walk.
II can't see why the city can build
so much walk away out there when
we are walking around up town here
in the mud and dust We have got
too much paving and too much side
walk. now.''
A remonstrance was received by
the board last evening at regular
meeting in which number of the
citizens. residing along the south side
of Bellefontaine avenue, where n
walk was petitioned for, stated that
the walk was unnecessary and that
the need of such walk did not
warrant the expense. Attorney III. Ed
mund Hin was present at the meeting
in the interest of those residents
along the south side of the street who
opposed the walk and he explained
to the board that the improvement
was uncalled for and that travel was
not sufficiently great to construct the
walk He said that the object ap.
parently was To reach the street car
lincsat Davids trcet and in this case
over q hundred feet would be gained
by constructing the walk on the north
side.
representatives of the residents on
the south side, who favored the walk,
were present and stated that unless
the residents on this side of the street
constructed the walk it would not be /
tuilt. These residents were willing
to construct a part of the walk on one |
side of the street and allow the others |
on the other side to construct the |
same length of walk.
The matter grew into an argument |
between the two parties in which
some of the statements of those fa-
voring the walk were refuted by At
torney Hill. President Issleib of the
board declared that nothing could be |
done by the board in the matter as the |
parties should have appeared before |
the Council as il was in their hands
to grant the sidewalk and this pro-
ceedlng was accomplished some time |
ago. In turn Mr.. Hill stated that the
residents had certain legal rights
which they wished to protect and 50
were a little late in getting their re-
in shape. Those signing
the remonstrance were c. II. and NJ.
j. Felty, Adam Bngle, Henry Ack
erman and c. ID. Schaffner.
Clerk Tobin was authorized to ad
vertise for bids for the walk which
is to be five foot sandstone walk
from the end of the pres
ent sidewalk on the south side to the |
limits Bids will be OPP
ened at noon on October 10.
A contract was entered into with |
the Indian Refining company of Cleve-
land for supplying thirty barrels of
liquid asphalt binder for resurfacing |
the asphalt paving which has been |
An expert will be sent |
here by the company TO look after
the work The agreement called for
S19S and the liquid will cover one
thousand yards. The work will be
begun before the winter sets in.
The report of II. A. Burnette, su-
perlntendent of the garbage disposal
plant, for the month of September
was received and accepted. 1t shows
q collection of $31.25. this being