The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-18

out the reform wnicn was started al
lihe meeting of the finance commit
tee of the council, Thursday after
noon.
This committee, composed of j..
G.. Setter. b. f. NAPLES and w. j..
Cor ton, met in the council chamber
Thursday afternoon and II was very
Fortunate that tiie mercury was
dropping. The session was quite a
warm ore and II lasted during the
entire afternoon. The members
had their mhlchetes with them and
they slashcd salaries right and left
worse than native Cuban in a cane
field.
The committee took the Mayors
budget as n basis upon which to
work. IL found THAT, in order to
carry ont the recommendations In
that document, a tax levy OF tIhir-
teen mills would be required and
as the law allows only levy OF
ten mills, something has TO suffer
anG they did. At the conclusion OF
the meeting 1t was found that the
expenses of the city. for the year
1910, had been reduced td within
about 500. 90 of the ten mill tax
rate and the committee decided tc
take chances on that amount.
The ak fell first upon the neck o
the Sun Vapor Street Lighting com.
pany, of Canton, and that one stroke
severed 81 ,164 from the expense col
umn. 1t also removed all of the
gas street lights from the city.
The next lick took off $4,500 for
street oleaning. Hereafter and al
least until another levy is made
there will be no White Wings doine
duty in Marion. Each resident who
lives on a paved street will be given
his choice Of cleaning his own street
hiring someone to do it or allowinf
VI TO go dirty. 1t is pureiy optional
The only thing certain Is that the
'ty Is not going TO do the work.
The department of public service
was the next to be given attention
The Paine law, which becomes ef-
fective either August 1st or January
lst, (nobody seems ITO know just
which,) provides for a director o
public service instead of a board
This director who is to be named by
the mayor, will receive a salary O.
$9O0.00 year and will act as street
commissioner as well as director OF
! service.
The engineering department wa
cut down TO the engineer, and who
ever holds this important position
will be compelled to do his own
stake driving, carry his own chair
and act as rodman for himself. A
small appropriation was provided fol
| an assistant in rush times. 4.
The market master and park su
perintendent will have 10 get alone
during the coming year OH $40. OF
instead of SIS per month.
Deciding that that would be abou
all for the service department, the
committee turned its attention to
the safety Department. and there was
surely something doing then. Nh,
new director of public safety, who
pointed by the mayor, Will receive
$3.50 90 per year.
The police department. was cut
down to six men, including the chic
and captain, One of the patromer
| 1t was decreed, should act as healtf
officer and for his services in botf
Capacities he will receive $40. 90 pei
month. The salary of the chief wa
cut SIS. 90 per month and each pa.
tIolman will have ''V" extracted
without pain, from his monthly ay
envelope.
The amputaltion of salaries did no
stop there either. 1t tapped ovel
into the fire department and thu
chief suffered q cut OF Sis .0O while
the firemen had ''iver Topped OF
their monthly payments. About the
only thing overlooked was makine
one of the firemen the superlntend
ent of the sewage disposal plant.
The higher officials or the cit,
were given the same dose. only no
In quite such homeopathic doses
The mayor, was cut from $1,000 Il
100000; the auditor, FROM $l050.0 0,
to 5000 90; the solicitor from $500
To 1000 100 and eadh of the council
men from $4,000 to 10000.
III was decreed that during th'
coming year, there shall be no stree
naving and apparently, "No Nuth
in" 1T Is very evident that thi
city Is going to be a very quiet sor
of place during the next year. 81
far as any public improvements ar
concerned.
OF course there was to he dis
position upon the part of some OF TIL
people to place all of the blame 70
this condition on the loss OF th'
| Aiken tax, as result OF the elim