The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-03-28
offices to be Located in
Masonic Temple.
MAYOR SETTER FIXED OUT
Will Move From the Con.
demned City Building.
Years Lease of The Room Former
~ Occupied by the Post Onicc and
The Change VIII he Made as Soon
As Possible.

within a very short time the cit!
officials and members of the cit.
council will have fine new home OF
the ground floor Of the Masonic temple
I'm the old pustofficc room. This mat
ter was finally decided at Monda,
evenings meeting of the city council
after considerable "joshing" of Mayor
Setter. who was present
Two propositions were submitted
The first was by the trustees Of the
Huber estate. who offered the present
quarters on the NTH noor of the Hu.
Der building at a rental of $50 pei
month, with contract for one, two
three or five years. But there was q
string to this proposition in the form
of condition that the mayors cour
was not to be held In the building
which is to say that the mayors office
would not be located there.
The Masonic Temple company sub.
mittcd II proposition Offering tn,
pcstofficc room. the cellar beneath
and the room west, to furnish heat
at rental of 500 per month. Some
discussion was indulgcd I'm regarding
the matter of making the proper alter.
atjous, what the extra expense would
he for iantor service and Tor light
Secretary Knapp. of the Temple com
pany. had conferred with some mem.
bcrs of council and agreed to max,
alterations, put In partitions and re-
decorate according to'plans prepared
by the city engineer. The PROPOSE
ton also carried a condition under
which the postoffice room alone woult
be rented for $50 month.
About this time Mayor Setter bob
bed up serenely to say "a few words
as per schedule, The mayor related
that matters had reached "A poln
where something had to be done. Hc
told narrowing tale of lodging Tho
little drops Of water that dripped evei
and anon through the roof of his Of
ice, thereby running the books of hi
Office, 10 say nothing Of his temper
and he wanted 1t understood that th'
building had been condemned. Up tC
this time there had been nothing OF
record showing that the old city build
ing had been condemned.
Mr.. Waples thought If the presiden
of council had communication oi
that sort from the state inspector. /
should be spread upon the minutes
lie said there were any number o.
people In Marion who didn't know tn,
old building was unsafe, and he want
ed the order to vacato spread upoi
the minutes. This was finally don'
aud council got back to the origina
proposition of renting quarters for tn
city offices. .
Mr.. Randall wasn't especially op
posed to the proposition but he die
think that council should do something
at once. His idea was to do ava!
with this eternal renting of quarters
by putting up a suitable structure oI
the east end of the lot now occupie,
by the city hall This was simply Z
suggestion, however.
Mr., Straycr then moved that coun
ell enter into contract with the Ma
sonic Temple company for periot
of three years on the 500 PROPOSE
tlOn. II couldn't be done by motion
but an ordinance was introduced au
thorizing the service director to max,
such contract and under a suspen
sion of the rules. the ordinance wa
adopted.
Wherefore. Marion's city official
will soon have new quarters. II 4
probable that the mayors court will
be held In the city council cham Jcr
The change will he made as soon n
possible