The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-04-25

If there's anything In environment
influencing the character of ones
work. the city council could not
reasonably have been expected TO do
things up in n neat and Workman
like manner at the last meeting held
in the old quarters. in the Huber
building Monday evening.
Carpets had been taken up. rail-
ings and partitions torn down and
even the lights caught the sloppy
spirit and sputtered nervously
throughout the meeting You see.
the council chamber is being moved
from the Huber building to the Ma
sonic Temple and the next meeting
will be held in the new quarters.
Wherefore. Monday night the room
looked about as cheerful and inspir-
ing as a country granary after the
Christmas dance decorations have
been taken down and the cobwebs
once more get on the job.
And II was short session too. At
the last meeting an ordinance was
adopted authorizing the placing Of an
electric light at state street and
Hecl<er avenue. This ordinance was
not signed by the mayor. or Presi-
dent Smart for the reason, as II was
explained, that It was understood
that Hecker avenue was outside OF
the corporation. City Engineer Mears
explained that an alley ten feet wide
had been taken In with the street
und as a consequence the street was
now just ten feet inside the corpora
tion line. Whereupon the ordinance
was signed.
Hope for "Muddcrs."
North-enders who have been fight
ing for "a paved alley between Mark
and Farming streets and whose petit
tion has been denied repeatedly. had
| not lost heart They went after the
Improvement in different manner.
A petition was presented asking that
Mark street be paved from Prospect
to State. The petition was referred to
the street and alley committee and
"a resolution declaring this improve
| ment. necessary was then given its
| first reading. member Brockett vot-
ting against a suspension o. the
rules
Then the alley proposition came
mp in a different form. The original
petition had asked for paying simply
between Mark and Farming streets
but this new petition carries the
paving from Mark to Mil streets
The petition was referred TO the
street and alley committee and tho
resolution accompanying IT, declaring
the Improvement necessary, was
adopted under suspension OF the
rules. And II begins TO look as
though the get-us- -out-of- the mud
movement in the north end Is sue
cecding.
A resolution was adopted declaring
1t necessary to pave st. James
street from State to Vine street. A
petition 10 extend Chase street from
It's present terminus west to Orchard
ana east to Pearl street was refer
red to the proper committee. Hanc
avenue residents want four-foot
sandstone sidewalk on the west side
OF the street between Church street
ana MI Vernon avenue. and the peti-
ton went To the street and alley
committee. The same action was
taken on petition TO pave the first
alley north of the Erie tracks be.
tween state and Main streets.
An ordinance accepting Copeland
a. Durfee's addition TO the city, con
sisting OF number of lots in Park
Boulevard addition was given one
reading as was also an ordinance
providing for the paving of Blaine
avenue between Church and Colum-
bia streets.
Petitions for water mains on Car
hart street from Center street To
Wilson avenue, and for sanitary
sewer and cellar drain to the sites
uf the two new school buildings at
Greenwood and Mark streets and on
Uncapher avenue near the ball park,
were referred to the proper commit
tees. A resolution asking for a sand
stone sidewalk on the south side Of
Wallace street between State and
Main, ana for sanitary and storm
silver to the north end of Monroe
were given "a first reading.
New WorkhOuse Contract.
Safety director Knapp reported
that he had received proposals for
feeding and working prisoners from
this city from Cleveland, Toledo
and Dayton. The Toledo price was
60 cents a day Cleveland so and Day
ton 40. A contract viii be made with
the Dayton officials and after May
II all city prisoners VIII be sent
there instead Of to Columbus. The
contract is for an indefinite time and
can be terminated upon 80 days no.
tice by either party.
Member Randall then started some
thing. but didn't get so very far
with II. He thought something should
be done to take care of the fire de
partment and TO that end moved that
the city solicitor draw up a bond or
dinance to be presented at the next
meeting authorizing the issue OF
$4,000 worth of bonds for the pur-
pose Of building a fire department. II
was suggested to Mr.. Randall that he
put his motion I'm the form of a
resolution and this win be done.