The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-12-04
GROUPING OF /
CITY FAMILY
In One Place Of Residence
| To Occur Soon
Council Deciding To Rent Old
POSt.OffiCe Room
ITO Serve For The Present As
! A City Hall Building
ia New Lighting Contract VIII
1 Be Entered Into Shortly
West End Dixie viii Be
Strengthened Materially

No longer will the public safety d.
rector have to journey down to the
auditors office, get warrant on the
city treasurer and then, In turn, 90 to
that officials office to collect the mon
ey. Or in case some dispute should
arise about the payment of the par
ticular sum of money, no longer will
the city treasurer have to travel over
to the city solicitors Office to get the
legal aspect Of the matter. Nor will
the solicitor have to chase across to
the mayors office to dispense legal
advise or prosecute cases.
Mt. Vernon Taxpayers decisively
defeated the proposition of city hall.
However, Mt. Vernon taxpayers are to
have an excellent substitute as the
result of the action of council Monday
night in acting favorably upon the
proposition of grouping all city offices
In the old post.office room of the Ma
sonic Temple. All Of these offices will
thus be conveniently located and the
inconveniences cited above will be
done away with. City officers will
now be able to confer with each other
by merely stepping through a door
OF down a hallway. And citizens of
Mt. Vernon will not be forced to visit
several business buildings to locate
various officials but will find them
grouped under one roof and In as con-
venient location as could be desired.
The leasing of the room from the
Masonic Temple Company was placed
In the hands of the service director,
William II. White, and 1t Is under
stood that the "city hall' will be oc-
cupied by or before the first of April,
1915.
The old lighting ordinance having
been found illegally drawn. 1t was vot
cd down by council on suspension OF
the rules, a new and regularly.drawu
ordinance introduced, carried to its
third reading and finally passed, the
rules again being suspended The new
ordinance directs the public service
director to advertise for bids and eli
ter into a contract for lighting tht
city for the next ten years. The light:
shall burn from dusk to dawn ever,
night, according to the contract, anC
shall burn on an average OF 4,O0'
hours per year. A question was raised
, over the meaning of the maintenance
, clause which was satisfactorily an
. swered by Mr.. A. j. Darrah, who wa
4 present.
A resolution, appointing Messrs
William A. Wander, George n, Clarl
! and William II. Adams as member
i Of an eQualizing board on the Coshot
} ton avenue special paving assess
ments, was laid OH the table, as tn
: resolution failed to specify the max
q mum length of time the members 0
y the board should serve.
9 Bonds in the sum of $1,000 Will b
issued by the city, the funds to be do
u voted to widening and srengthenin
> the west.end dixie from the b. & {
!, railroad to High street This was tn
!" recommendation of the public in
. proyement committee, to whom tn
matter was referred. Council adopte
It's recommendation.
q Assessing ordinances for santar
. sewers on Norton, Sandusky an
2 Chestnut streets and for the pawn
l. CT West Gambler street were passe
while an ordinance reducing the a
sessment for q sanitary sewer @
g Coshocton avenue and Greer street
: 6l cents per foot was also carried.
N It was recommended by Cou
h. Gilman DEEMS that the bill
q 7. !. Morford for an ele
0. t.on booth be allowed. The same WI
It done. after several members Of Il