The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-23
MARION NEEDS
new CITY HALL
This is the Decision of May
or Setter.
POLICE FORCE IS TOO SMALL
At Least three more officers
are Needed.
Council Holds n Regular Meeting
and Attends to Some Business
Mark Street will not be Improved.

Mayor ]. G.. Setter has determined
that the city Of Marion is sorely I'm
need of n new city building and he
expressed his convictions upon this
point to the council at the meeting
last evening He also decided that
seven policemen. including the chief
and captain are not enough to pro-
perly patrol the city and that This
force should be Increased at least by
three. The mayor referred to tho
recent tragedy which was enacted in
the west part of the city and asked
that the council consider the matter
and provide for n greater number Of
policemen. He also spoke of the
very meager salary which Is paid to
the policemen and asked that the
amount paid be increased so that
more efficient officers could be Sc
cured.
In speaking of the new city hall pro-
position, Mayor Setter referred to the
fact that the present ramshackle old
building has been condemned and
that the city offices are scattered so
that the city governmcnt ~ more ex-
pensive. He asked the council to
take up the matter and endeavor to
provide for submitting the question
of a bond issue to the voters of the
city at the coming fall election when
the election could he held with n very
little cost to the city.
None of the counclmen expressed
na, a1 10 nd
1t cannot be stated how the matter
was received by them, though the
suggestion of q smile was noticeable
upon the countenances of some of the
city solons.
Mayor Setter also requested that
the office of the clerk of the board
of control be moved to the city build
ing so that there would be someone
in the city building at all times to
answer telephone calls.
Mr.. John Jacoby presented to the
council a petition signed by between
three and four hundred persons, ask
ing that council pass an ordinance re-
quring the use of smoke consumers
on all locomotives and by all fac
tories in order to rid the city of the
smoke nuisance. Mr.. Jacoby's re-
quest also provided for an anti
whistling ordinance. The petition was
referred to the judiciary committee.
Mr.. Jacoby also submitted to the city
solicitor copies of the smoke ordin-
ances of other cities.
Council assembled, Monday even
ing promptly on time, and immedi-
ately got down TO business.
A resolution of sidewalk on the
east side of Reed avenue from the
north lire of lot No 1924 to Mt
Vernon avenue and on the north side
of Patten street from Main to State
street was presented and under
suspension of the rules was adopted.
A resolution to pave Pearl street
from Church street to Prospect street
was given its first reading.
resolution to construct a sanitary
sewer and storm water sewer on
Grand avenue from n point 1856 feet
north of Mark street to Farming there
to terminate in an extension of the
George street ditch was given it's first
reading.
The resolution to construct n san
itary sewer and cellar drain on Trey
avenue from Superior street to the
first alley south of Walnut street and
in that alley to Prospect street was
read the third time and the motion to
adopt was lost, for the reason that
the city would have to pay the whole
cost in the alley, the property on
either side having been assessed for
a sewer. Randall was the only coun-
Gilman voting for the resolution.
ran m ~ I'm OF ha
ing of Olney avenue from Church
street to Bellefontaine avenue was
read and referred to the street and
alley committee.
The resolution to improve Mark
street from Prospect street to state
street and the first alley west of
State street from Mark street to the
first alley by paving with tar maca-
dam was read the third time and
number of the residents OF the street
raue remarks against the improve
ment Council determined that the
Improvement should not be made.
Those voting against the improvement
were Ullom, Strayer, Brocket and
BiSont.
II was moved and adopted that a
committee of three should be ap-
pointed by the chair to draft suitable
resolutions upon the death of Police
man jerome Hostetter.
A belated petition for n sanitary
sewer and cellar drain on Mama
street from point 100 feet north OF
Bellefontaine avenue to Mckinley
street, to the Boulevard and on the
Boulevard to Darius street was refer
red to the sanitary and sewer COM
mittee.