The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-01-25
A sure Thing
Seems to be the Proposition to Pave
Main Street OF our Town.

public spirited people is about tt
be realized in the paving Of Mair
Street in our little city. 1t has been
hoped for ani prayed for, for many
years, but never did the thing seem
ripe for fulfilment of fond ureams
and hopes until now. The recent
soft weather has so demonstrated
the inadequacy of our mud streets
that the people aud property own
ers on Main have rose up with but
few exceptions, and signed at pc.
tition to our council asking that
the abuting property be assessed
and the corporation pay 4 and
pave the street.
Hundreds of dollars have been
spent every year hauling mud on
and of Of Main Street and never
la 1t hardly fit for travel, espec.
tally in winter. This winter it has
been simply terrible. Every farm
er that comes in says Main street
Is worse than the country roads.
AS a citizen we felt chagrined in.
deed on last Saturday to see some
boys floating toy boats in the mid
die of our Main street in the mud.
1t brought back to our mind the
prOphesy made by n fellow citizen
who left Logan about ten years ago
to move into another town. We
asked him why he was about to
leave this Queen City of the Val
ley, and he reIiied because Logan
is not progressive. Said he, "Thp
citizens here are 80 stupid that dog
fennel will grow on Main street in
summer, and boats will float in the
mud in winter" We tried to tell
him that his prophesy was hut Il
Jealous boast, but alas, it stung us
deep to see it come true this win
ter.
All the towns about US like Mel.
sonville, Lancaster, Athens and
Middleport of our size, have paved
streets, and even Murray City is
advising strongly to that end, and
poor old Logan, always behind the
times, is dragging along here in
her hog wallOws. No longer is che
the boasted Queen City of the Val
ley, but now the sewer-sl0pe of
Goose Creek. 1t Is discouraging,
chagrining and disgusting. We
send out glowing advertisements
Of our boasted paving brick, and
then must point to our mud streets
and break down our argument by
not using the brick ourselves.
Our citizens are determined to
rise up and root odt the rut that
we have fallen into, and again
claim our place among the attract
i've county seats of Ohio. The fol.
owing petition was circulated in
he past few days among the prop
'rty owners on Main street by Liv-
ryman w. l.. Gage and the ap.
pended sisnitutes received:
To the Honorable Council of the
Village of Logan, Ohio: Gentlemen
The undersigned represent that
it is necessary to improve Main
street in this village from Culver
street west to Gallagher Avenue
by paving the same, and being
owners of more than two-thirds OF
the feet front, abounding and abut-
ting on said improvement, we here
by petition for said mprovement,
requesting the same to be speedily
constructed, aud that a part Of the
costs and expenses of the same be
levied and assessed upon The abut-
ting, adjacent, contiguo and bene.
fitted lands in the corporation, as
your honorable body may deter.
mine, not more than one-t third of
the cost of said improvement to b.
paid by the property owner. Sign.
ed-N. j. Weiland. Jesse Van
Horn, w. r. Bowlby, Ed Price, L.
Warner, F. Brown, J. HI. Dye, John
Schempp, Logan Mfg. Co., j. F.
White, Ester A. White, Darius
White, Rochester Sons, G. e. Bow
en-, Chas Rose, VIM Waner, w. j.
Frasch. Thos. Shotwell, J. r Smith,
Rosa Frash, Ellen Schempp, A. X.
Smith, j. III. James, Daniel Ackers,
Mrs, s. E. Mcbride, Chas. Arm
strong, Mrs. d. r. Bishop, Ella
Weitzell, Elmer o. Petit, o. w. III.
Wright, Chas Frasch, j. N. Slater
and Mrs. Mary E. Smith.
These persons represent about
1000 feet or one half the frontage
of the 1000 feet between points
named In the petition, and several
others, it is we'll know will sign
as soon as they can be seen, and
they representing the other 600
feet required to make the two
thirds, renders it an almost sure
thing of go this time. Onr brick
men and laborers are delighted
with the prospects of good sum-
mers work before them, and our
citizens joyed at the coming of a
new era in the history of our pleas
ant city.
There are few property owners on
Main Street that are we'll able to
meet the expense of Improvement
and yet are kicking against it. How
business man, with his home here
and his property and future here,
and has the ready means TO stand
the expense OF Improvement, should
protest against 1t, 10 not apparent to
us. 1t is evident that they are not
public spirited persons or they would
rejoice in such improvement in our
town. The proposition Is that the
paving Will not cost more than about
$1.O0 per foot front and ten years
time to pay it in, Very near every
property owner on Main Street can
stand such a proposition as that
We have heard 1t said that it would
cost from 50 to SO per foot front to
pave one-third of our street. We
wish to Dull these flpures nm those