The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-13
Citizens will Vote on Ques-
tion, November 8.
LOUD WHISTl|NG TO CEASE
Anti Smoke Ordinance fails
to Pass.
Council Attends to u Grist of Regular
Business During two Hours
Session Monday Evening.

The city council last evening de-
termined that the citizens of Marion
should be given the opportunity to
vote upon the proposition of issuing
bond for the erection of a new public
hall and office building and that the
vote shall be taken at the coming fall
election. THE amount of the pro-
posed bond issue Is 100000. This
being i'm excess of the amount coun-
ell can authorize without the consent
Of the people an ordinance author
izing the mayor to issue n proclama.
ton and the city clerk to notify the
board of deputy state supervisors of
elections of the proposed special elec-
tion was adopted. There was una
nimity in the council when the vote
on the ordinance was taken, not
dissenting voice being heard
Council also passed an ordinance
doing away with all unnecessary
whistling by locomotives and shop
Whistles Employees of railways will
hereafter be allowed to blow the
whistle on their locomotives only in
case of imminent danger but the
shops may use their whistles IN APP
prising employees of the time for go-
ing to and quitting work. 4 maxi
of the ordinance.
Three of the city fathers baked
when II came to abating the smoke
nuisance in the city. Upon the petit
ton of a number of West Side resi-
dents. headed by John Jacoby. an or
dinance was prepared and presented
to the council making It mlsde-
meanor punishable by a fine of from
$40 to 800 for any one To permit the
issuance of dense black or gray smoke
from anything but a private dwelling
house but when the roll was called
on the adoption Of the ordinance, Ul-
lOm, Rudolph and Bryant voted i'm
the negative and the ordinance was
lost, 1t requiring a thrce-fourths vote
TO adopt. Late in the evening Mr..
Jacoby told the three councllmen hia
opinion of them in no uncertain
terms and asked that the vote be
rcconsidered. The ordinance carried
with 1t a clause creating the office of
city smoke inspector at salary Of
500 per year ana 1t was probably
this more than any other thing that
ueteattu the ordinance.
Council assemblGa on time and
started into tho business of the even
ing by reading Jrcsolution to pave
Blaine avenue from, Church street 10
Columbia street. o
An ordinance accepting the De-
Wolfe first addition to the city was
passed to the second and third read
ngs and adopted. This addition COM
priscs the old DeWolfe property on
east Center street.
A rcmonstrance against the paving
of Pearl street from Church street 10
Prospect street was read and referred
to the street and alley committee. The
rcmOnstrance was signed by r.. J,
Wcodcock, johanna Woodcock Eliza
beth Ruhrman, Sarah j. Bonner,
Louise Muntsingcr, Oscar w. thinner
man, Emma KowallSe, A. p. Riden.
baugh, ]. G. Kochler. j. G. Bender,
Jane Ringer, Jane A. Leffler, Mrs.
Louise Wanner, John A. Key, II. II
Ridcnbaugh, John Vestal, Dewitt,
Vestal George Meiley, Elsie Allmcn-
Ginger, J, j. Weber, Mary y, ObOrn,
Erfie Kessler, j, ]. Schoenlaub. Sarah
j. CUTLERY, Louise Barner, Patrick
WiXstcad, David Frank. Lena Ko-
Wake, f. and G. Emery, Jacob Ga,
blcs. G, A. Stifrler, J. G. Ringer. W
u. Fetter. Harry A. Leffler, Mrs. Min
mic Ritzhaupt, Cynthia Il. Moore,
Christine Kinslcr, Frank Mitchell, w.
Il. Pickercl, j. G. Monroe, w. S
Ramcr, Augustc Hunekc. Dichclminc
Precs, j. S. Rayle, II. e. Parish, Mrs.
j. W. Bloomingdale, Mrs. Mary A,
Oborn. Mrs. Effie Kinsler Heldman
and Frederick Drollinger
A resolution to construct a sand
stone sidewalk on the south side of
Fairview street from Main to Bryant
street was passed to the second and
third readings and adopted
An ordinance levying special az.
sessments on the properties for the
construction Of sidewalks on Belle
fontalne avenue, Washington street
Wallace street and Neil avenue was
passed to the second and third read