The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-03
TELLS OF CITY'S NEEDS
Sewer, Streets and Parks
Discussed by Engineer.
Vast Public Improvements Outing
Past Year-Service Board to
Lease Land-other Reports.

Iwhhh wall not be needed durlna
the coming year was discussed at
meeting Oh the puD.aC service
board Tuesday evening There are
n number of acres OF valuable
land in the region of Mckinley park
which have cuEtomarily been leas-
ed to various parties and this year
1t is apparent that there will be
! many seeking the land.
, Although the season is yet early
Ethe board members are i'm receipt
OF a number of applications for the
land and It Was decided that the
lboard should make definite arrange
ments at Its next meeting for leas-
ing the land. Written bids will
probably be required. The board
members sny that corn should be
raised on the land in order to keep
1t in condition until the time when
1t Is needed for park purposes.
The board of service members
collected early last evening and
much business was considered. The
bonds OF o. ]. Noble for the con-
ltruction of sidewalk on Herman
street was accepted
George Blum, as street and alley
superintendent, submlUted to the
iboard his annual invoice of the
Ematerihl now in the hands Of the
Iboard. The total valuation is
$G016.G0. Superintendent Blrnette,
of the garbage disposal plant made
his monthly report showing re-
Nceipts of $1452. This is neat i'm
provement over that of the same
month last year and with the de-
crease in the expense in operating
the plant 1t is proving the neces-
Isity of the repair work done there
some time ago
| George e. Dwyer, city engineer,
Pni1de his annual report of work
Fdone and made number OF re--
concentrations. The board mem-
pbers were pleased with the report
land each showed his appreciation
of the work of Mr.. Dwyer. In
his recommendations TO the board
Mr.. Dwyer says
II hereby recommend the resur-
failing Of all asphalt streets, where
they need repairing. We have spent
a good deal of money in patching
palid streets and the result has
been THAT the patch lasts but one
year and after that time the hole
in the street Is larger than before
Good authorities claim thllt If an
asphalt street Is resurfaced every
ten years 1t would cost the prop
erty four cents q day for n fifty
foot lot | do not recommend much
street Gushing. 1t is hard on the
brick payements and will in time,
ruin the drains. Flushing should
only be done after the street has
been swept and when the street Is
in gummy condition as in the
spring and fall Of the year
81 do not beieve that we shorulu
spent muih money on the parks. |
dhlnk the weeds and rubbish should
be kept down and the parks kept
clean ana lot it go at that for the
/ present" "
Il recommend that the founda-
lions for street paving should be
six inches concrete for brick and
four inches for asphalt with soft
Nhller for brick paving either tar or
asphalt prefer asphalt filler [
think that the sanitary sewers
should be cleaned in the hot dry
months and not in the spring ane
Idall and the storm sewers examiner
every six months by sending men
through them. The sand beds at the
disposal plant should have two
im1hes Of clean sand distributed ON
top OF said beds. Hoping that
these lew suggestions may not be
presumptuous | submit report of
work done in 1908"
In the report which follows are
hese interesting figures OF the eA.
pense for street paving Prospect
treet, $25947. .3S; Mill. 5000 II;
dary street $74S5.61; Main, $67SS.-
54; Mill, $3S9461; High, $lO56. 12:
Silver, $2O690S5; Total S7S.83222.
For sand stone sidewalks the re-
port reads:
Thompson street, $1O93.62; Lee,
$40; Mt. Vernon Avenue, $685.. 80,
Trey Avenue, $4S7Ol; Breen street,
Sls9.Sl Waterloo street, $697 so;
Patterson $136O27; Prospect,
S6333,5O Blaine Avenue. $971O6;
Main street, $1O2.30; Prospect, Stag
iodwards, $50O25; DARIUS, S31 Al;
DIX Avenue, $354.41; Main, $1224S;
Scranton Avenue, $577S5: Haine
Avenue, $10O.56; Barnhart street
S72.SO. Total 1902 feet with an
expense of s7S09.11.
Sewers were constructed on the
following streets: Bellevue Avenue
Chase and Pleasant street; High,
Mound, Leader, Herr, Mary, Dav-
ads' Cemetery ditch, Reed Avenue,
Alleys, High. sammit. Balm Avenue
and Playground streets Total num-
Der of feet 15461.2. costing Sl7S21.-
IN.
The report OF Market Master Balm
was recalYeh sihorplnr rn-einfa Of