The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-12
EXPECT TO LAND IT THIS WEEK
Subscription Committee For
Lot Appointed Last
Night.
Nine Members VIII Canvass Town.
All Other work Gives Way to This
For the Time Bcing--Ncccssary TO
Raise s2OOO--I,cport ON street
Lights Made.

The West End Progressive assoca-
tion is going after an armory for
Marion with all its force and from
now until the amount that Is needed
to buy the lot for the building Is
raised the members OF the association
will unite in working for the armory.
All other progressive matters i'm the
West End will rest until this one has
been settled one way or the other.
This was the sense of the meeting
held last night in the Gunder under
taking establishment.
IL was the opinion of the members
that the necessary amount of money
to buy a lot for the armory can be
raised in the course of weeks time.
About $1,000 has been raised and Il
was figured that about $1,000 more
will he needed to put the deal
through. The state will build the
armory If the city will donate a lot
which the state board will accept as
a location.
The state board will be in Marion
sometime next week to look at the
various locations If the West End
merchants have succeeded In making
a financial showing In that time. Sew
eral locations for the armory were
mentioned on the west side but II was
the general opinion that the Osborn
lots on Olney street just Off Center
would be the best site that could be
obtained The building to be erected
will be 60 by 140 feet, two stories
high. 1t will have hall seating 1000
or 5000 people and Hill be an IDEAL
spot for all conventions.
The association concluded the dis
cussion of the armory matter by ap-
pointing committee composed of DR..
Lower, Frank Wilhelm, John Jenner
Thomas Spragg, G. II. Lennon, w. j.
Mahaffey, w. w. Doughty, II. f. Good,
| Root to take subscriptions for the
armorylot. This committee Will work
hard for the next week and at the
next meeting of the association Tues-
day night it is hoped that the COM
mittee will be pble to report complete
success in its work. nh
| A constitution was adopted at the
meeting last night and a vice presi-
dent and treasurer elected. NJ. H.
| Gunder was elected vice president, and
| carl Mozier was chosen treasurer.
| Frank Closer of the lighting com
pany was present for the purpose oi
| telling the association about pro-
posed street lighting system Dr wes'
| Center which the business men are
considering putting in. He suggested
that five flaming arcs be installed anc
he gave price of $40 a month foi
each one. The lighting committee was
instructed to canvass the merchahu
and find out how many of them woull
subscribe to FUND to pay Tor th'
lights. The committee was also IN
structed to inquire into the cost o
gas lighting.
d. E. j. Brockett, Republican can
didate for mayor, was present ah'
he was called on for talk. He mau'
a very nice speech in which he brlell'
outlined his platform. He SAID III
was running on a strict enforcement
of the law platform. He favored pup
lIic ownership of those public utillue
for which the people are taxed. IL
promised to give a business admin
istration in which the people woul'
ret a dollars worth of product TO
every dollar expended. Mr., Brocket
said the present inability OF the CIT
to clean the streets is due to the rae
that the legislature put an END I
municipalities drawing on their futur
income. The past administration
spent the money the city should b
spending now and the present admin
istration cannot draw on the years :
come. II is a situation that VIII rlsh
itself in time but for the present
is rather hard TO bear.