The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-12

meeting OF the CITY COUNCIL Mohu"N
might. But the movement was "A
Ishort-lived affair for city Solicitor
Fred w. Warner put nm end to IL with
la bit bf legal advice, concerning which
the service director ana one or two
lcouncilmen apparently We're ignorant
Using the words OF the service di-
lrcctor as he remembered them and
lspeaking for hmse:r, Councilman
Smith said:
MIR. Anthony thinks ana / want to
hear some expression from the mem
bers of council that we are going too
fast In the way of allowing street
paving and improvements. Every
Injecting night we a;iow new paving
and improvements when we haven't
sufficient money to care for and re-
pair the streets and sewers which have
already been constructed.
"If I recall the words Of the SER
vice director. he said Council better 60
lsiow and not take ON any new work
until I has cleaned up the old. You
are a fine set of fellows and you are
doing things but you better use a
little discretion in expending money.
That's one reason why | have not
prepared some Of the petitions which
lhave been handed to me-" Smith said,
speaking as chairman Of the street
and alley committee Where are we
going to call a haltc Are we going
ahead and clean up the work which
has been started or are we going 10
ALLOW other work anG then stop. |
want to hear what others have to say
On the subject"
Councilman Joseph SneclSenberger
! replied by saying that the city had
always needed money for repair work.
He also added that II wouldn't have
! money as long as council paid large
r water rent and electric light bills.
For at least part OF his assertion,
the councilman had in nina the
municipal ownership or the water
3 works system. m
4 city solicitor Warnc: brought an
end to the discussion with the in
, Formation that the service department
. would not have any more money In
! ita Golfers II council ordered a cessa
tion in paving streets and making
other improvements or If council con-
tinued to allow the passage Of reso-
lutions authorizing such work.
4 WRONG IMPRESSION
"rhere seems TO be wrong impress
sion as to how the streets are paid
for" he said ITS a legal necessity
that the city turn "A certain amount
of money into the sinking fund each
year and that amount Is to be used
lin improvements. Mr.. Anthony would
not have one cent more for his depart.
ment II the city did $40 more paving,
aside from the fact that there would
be few more streets 10 sweep and
keep In repair. This would be an adj
d.tlonal expense To the department but
a small one"
Councilman Smith explained that he
had held up a number of petitions in
the street and alley committee, pend
ing some expression from council and
I further investigation.
Determined that the paving of
streets should not be stopped and that
the citizens should be granted street
improvements where council deemed
them necessary, an ordinance was
passed, authorizing the city solicitor
to draft resolutions for all outstanding
/
, scented to the contemporary council.
Council then set about undoing un-
| satisfactory work whicn mad been ac-
complished at previous meetings. Al
ordinance was passel last night re-
= Ipealing an ordinance which prevented
the blowing Of whistles OF steam loco
7 motives within the corporate limits ol
z the city the members acqulescinB n
the statements Of Councilman r. j
Clary and Mayor G. ID. Walters thai
the prevention of the blowing of loco
motive whistles jeopardzed the Liver
OF the citizens. These two men cited
several Instances where citizens have
had narrow escapes from being hit b.
trains because Of the non-whistlinl
ordinance. which was passed by coun
ell September 8, 1917.
THE MILL STREET SIDEWALK,
BY resembling motion, which wa
passed at the last meeting, TO the eff
feet that the service director shoul'
reject all bids for the construction o
"A sandstone sidewalk on the nOrtl
side Of Mill street between Main AM
Prospect streets, council brought leg
islation back 10 the resolution pro
viding for the construction Of tn
sidewalk and the service director vii
be compelled to readyertize for bid
on the work.
The object Of passing the motion a
the last meeting was TO prevent tn
construction Of the sidewalk as Il wa
Understood at that time that the prop
erty owners We're averse to its con
struction Since then, AN investigation
was made and II was learned that th
majority OF the people In the yicinit
OF Min street desired the walk. i
the meantime. the service director ha
rejected the bids but the work wi
be readyertised.
A resolution for the paving Of IN
lhhst alley north OF the Erie iailroa
Tracks running east and west betwee
Main and state streets vas read fo