The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-20
ALI OPPOSITION
IS NOW DEAD
Scioto River Improvement
Not Hindered.
EVERYONE SEEMS SATISFIED
Time For Filing Bonds is
Now Past.
City Council Sets u the Pace When it
Refuses To. Es,ioIn the Collection Of
the City's Portion of the Cost

All opposition to the Little Scioto
river Improvement, which is one of
the most gigantic undertakings ever
proposed by the county, has disap-
peared and now It is q certainty that
the stream will be deepened, widened
and Strengthened, according to the
specifications which have been made
and that the sale of the work will be
made, Wednesday, August II.
When the county commissioners be-
gan the final hearing some weeks ago,
all kinds of opposition threatened to
be presented. Exceptions were taken
and notices of appeal to the probate
court were given. For time 1t look
ed as though 1t would be a long and
tedious job to straighten out the tam
giles and get down to the real busi-
ness of getting the work started. When
the last session of the final hearing
was held, ten days was allowed by
law for the filing of bonds in all cases
where exceptions were taken and no.
tees of appeal given. This time has
elapsed and not single bond has
been completed and 1t is now too late
for any person to set up his claim.
The city council can be given the
credit for having made the first de-
cided step toward removing all OBJ
stacles and allowing the improvement
to proceed without interruption. The
city was assessed about $2,S00 on the
streets and alleys and an ordinance
directing the city solicitor to enjoin
the payment of the amount was IN
troduced, but it met sudden death
when the councllmen got hold OF 1t.
Only two members, Messrs. Randall
and Brockett, voted in favor of the
ordinance.
1t was limited prior to this action by
council that number of the property
owners along the Scioto were only
waiting for the city to take action
and then they could fall in line with
out ncurring a great deal of costs IN
carrying the case to the probate court,
but when the city council determined
not to be an obstructionist, the other
opposition died out promptly, with the
result that there is to be no oppo-
sition upon the part of any one.
1T Is now conceded that the inn
provemcnt of the river as proposed
will be one of the most beneficial
things attempted by the county In
many years. Hundreds of acres Of
most excellent farm lands will be re-
claimed and In sections where crops
have been lost with great regularity,
the ground may be planted with cv-
cry assurance of Il good yield. For
long time the cit, has been dumping
its refuse upon the farms below the
mouth of the sewer system and not
a few damage suits have resulted, In
fact two such cases are now pending
I'm the common pleas court. The i'm
provement of the river will give the
city a better outlet for its sewers and
aooding the farm lands will be thing
of the past.
1t has been estimated that the crops
from the reclaimed lands will each
year pay for the cost of the improve
mcnt and that the city will recover in
one year in increased business, all of
the money which will be expended In
paying the citys portion of the cost.
1t Is matter for congratulation
that all of the people of the city and
all of the farmers along the line OF
the Improvement are satisfied and
willing to allow the improvement to
proceed and that there Will be no op-
position, but that the authorities VIII
be allowed to go ahead and complete
the work at the earliest possible mo-