The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-02-28
No More Hilarity on the
Glorious Independence Day.
NO LICENSE FOR SHOWS
Lee Street Residents Want
To Pave the Thoroughfare.
City Council Holds a Regular Meet
ing and TransaCts Quite an Amount
OF Busincss-Test Wei Ordinance
Is Held up.

The city council held rather long
drawn out meeting Monday evening
during which quite an amount of bust
ness was transacted and more was
started through the hopper.
a petition asking that the twelve
foot alley in the rear of lots 59O3,
1904 and j9O5 and the alley between
these lots and lot 1902 and the sixteen
foot alley on the west end of lot
59O2 in The Stoltz-Scofeld Land COM
pany's second addition to the city
be vacated was read and referred to
the street ana alley committee.
\ petition for a stone walk on the
west side of Carhars street from Cen
ter to Wilson avenue was referred to
the street and alley committee
An ordinance to proceed with the
Improvement of the alley Just south
of the federal building was present
ed and adopted.
The ordinance to proceed with the
Improvement of north Vine street by
paving was digged from the vaults.
read the second and third
times and adopted.
The city engineer was instructed to
report to the council the properties
on Blaine avenue which will be bene
fitted by the Improvement Of that
street.
The county auditor and county
treasurer were authorized to accept
the balance of the assessments
against lot 1879 on Park Boulevard.
owned BY ID. o. Brown.
IA. .F I
ed a petition to the council asking
that that street be paved from Silver
street to the Garden City pike. The
petition was referred to the street and
alley committee.
An ordinance to appropriate $1,000
to be used in putting down test wells
to determine the best water supply
| for the city was presented and an
| attempt was made to push 1t to the
| second reading. The motion to sus-
pend the rules was lost. NAPLES
Bryant and Rudolph voting against
| IT, This was considered a prepatory
move to the solution Of the water
works problem which just now con-
fronts the city. II is the plan to sink
some test wells to determine wheth-
| cr sufficient water supply
| can be had from wells near the city
| The ordinance prohibiting the sale
of Fireworks or their explosion within
the city came up for the final read
| ing and It was adopted without dis
/ senting voice. This means that here
| after Marion is to have a safe and
/ sane Independence day.
| The ordinance providing license
| for all shows. including moving pic
| ture shows. opera houses, play houses
and In fact every sort of place of
| amusements whore an admission fee
is charged was presented for final
action and the vote showed lack
| of votes to make the measure a law.
| there was no excuse for taxing by
| licensing the poor mans theatre.
| The ban was placed on the mcchani
cal pianos which are played in front
Of the moving picture shows. Neither
can phonograph be used by the pro-
| prietors to attract the attention of
| passersby and induce them To part
| with the much coveted nickel. Tho
| ordinance declaring all such contri-
| vances, nuisances. was passed and
| will become effective at the earliest
/ period allowed by law.
| The city solicitor was instructed -
| draft and present to the council an
| ordinance instructing the mayor to
petition the county commissioners
for a three foot storm sewer on BEN
nett street from Davids street to
| Rock Swale ditch.