The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-05-23

Anyone who happened to casually
drop into the city offices i'm the Ma
sonic Temple Monday evening could
without very great stretch of the
Imagination, easily conclude that a
very warm session of the Bingville
town s'lectm'n was being held. But
IL wasn't Far be IT from such. Just
a little shirt-sleeve session of the. city
council, with about score of inter-
ested property-owners perched in va
rious attitudes on various pieces of
city furniture, waiting for a chance
TO be heard.
outside the railing were Just four
dusty chairs for the accommodation
of property-owners who desire to pro-
test against or insist upon the pass
age of various measures in which they
are directly Interested. IT seems to
be the general opinion that the new
quarters of the city council are very
poorly arranged.
City Clerk Longshore Is compelled
to talk directly into the face OF an
electric fan, which bounces his own
conversation back at him so rapidly
that 1t never has a chance to filter
through to the audience and only q
part of the members. That's why
Longshore may be seen wearing a
coal-oil rag around his neck the sec
ond and fourth Tuesdays of every
month. But still some business was
transacted--and Mayor Setter made
no speech
A resolution declaring II necessary
H.. ..N.s FV..s
Davids to IAtourette street was
adopted. Sandstone sidewalks will be
constructed on the west side of Self
ner avenue from Church street to the
first alley south of and parallel with
that street, and on the south side of
Hazen street from Main to State.
Would Pave Foster Lane.
Ordinances were adopted authoriz-
ing the paving of Olney avenue from
Bellefontaine avenue to Columbia
street. and the paving of Blaine ave-
nue. from Church, to Columbia street.
In this connection an ordinance was
also adopted dirtcting the property
owners along the line of the latter
improvement 10 but in sewer, wafer
and gas taps to oyhel lnner edge Of the
curb line, beforel tile paving is done.
A petition asked for a sanitary sew
er and cellar drain on Carhart street
from Wilson avenue to the north end
of the street II was referred to the
sanitary and sewer committee. A res
olution was given one reading, pro-
viding for a sanitary sewer from the
present terminus of the George street
sewer, east to Greenwood street and
north on Greenwood to Playground
street. .o-
Several different petitions looking
to the Improvement of Park boule-
ward, Mckinley street and some sort
of a path known as Foster lane, were
introduced. one wants Foster lane
paved with asphalt, one wants Nc
Klnley street paved from Olney ave-
nue. to Park boulevard, one wants
Park boulevard paved from the end
of the present paving to Mckinley
street and water mains are asked for
| on Mckinley street. Olney avenue,
Foster lane and Park boulevard.
These petitions were referred to the
proper committees.
An ordinance was adopted provid-
ing for the extension of water mains
to Indiana avenue.
Bonds for Fire Station.
one of the most important matters
Of the evening then came up In the
form of an ordinance TO issue $4,000
worth of bonds for the purpose of
purchasing a motor fire apparatus.
There was no discussion Of the matter
but when vote was taken on a
suspension of the rules to pass the
ordinance to second reading, Mr..
NAPLES voted against the proposition
and II will have to go over until the
next meeting for a second reading.
A petition for a gas or electric light
at state and Farming streets was re-
ferred to the proper committee.
And Marion is to have new fire
station. After much discussion during
the past few months, City Solicitor
Boyd has at last succeeded in getting
an ordinance drawn providing for the
issuance of $4,000 worth of bonds
for the purpose of building a central
fire station. The bonds are to bear
four per cent. interest, four of them
for $500 each, becoming due each
year. The last bond expires i'm March,
1924. This ordinance went through
the three readings and was adopted
in hurry The first bond is payable
in March, 1913.
An ordnance was adopted author
zing the issue of $1,48O in notes for
the purpose of paying for sidewalks
and sewers on certain streets These
notes are issued In anticipation of the
collection of assessments The money
is to be borrowed for four months
from the City National bank at six
per cent. interest. .
Durfee & Copeland's addition to
the city was accepted by ordinance.
a resolution providing for sani-
tary sewer and cellar drain on Monroe
street from Silver street to the end
of Monroe street was given a second
readin,-. Mr.. Randall said he under