The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-04
COUNCIL.
RECEIVES NUMEROUS
PROTESTS
Servers Send Caustic
Letter
Damage Claims May Pre-
vent East Fourth Inn
.provements-East Ohio
Asked To Modernize
Map OF Their Mains.

Smith, who own the farm land facing
West Tuscarawas street, between Har-
rison avenue and st. Joseph's Catho-
lie church, are doing everything in
their power to prevent the paving OF
that portion of the street. They have
had hearings before the streets and
alleys committee of the council and
entered protests for various reasons,
but as yet these have had no seeming
effect on the stern councilmen who
are pushing the improvement. Mon
day night another communication was
received from them. They want the
streets on the north side of the pro-
posed improvement to conform with
those on the south side and have
other grievances. They desire to be
allowed to put down temporary side
walks. The communication went to
the committee on streets and alleys
In a communication from A. Casteel
he asked that the sanitary sewer be
continued on Newport street, far
enough to allow the connecting of his
property. Referred to the commit
tee on sewers.
Some of the property holders on
Hiram street want 25-foot driveway
constructed there and that the side
walks be made four feet wide instead
of FIVE Some of the residents on the
same street, between Spring street and
Shriver's run, are objecting to the
grade that has been established and
the whole matter will be taken care
of by the committee on streets and
alleys.
C. N. Carpenter, John Frey and G.
w. Butler asked for the vacation of
an alley with a dead end" lying
between lots 400S and 1920, located on
Scott avenue, saying that the same
will not be detriment to any of the
properties in the locality. The streets
and alleys committee will investigate.
The board of public service sent a
caustic letter to the council. BY res
olution the council had instructed the
board to have plank crossing placed
over Maple avenue by the Wheeling
& Lake Erie railroad. The company
was notified, but before the work was
done the members of the board said
that one councilman had told the
railroad people that a cinder walk
would suffice. The board wanted to
know what kind of business this was.
Councilman Joliat explained II all,
by saying that he was the man who
ordered the work done in this way.
He said that the railroad company
asked permission to build a switch
over Maple avenue and if he had al
lowed the plank to be placed there
that it would be necessary to tear them
up again and explained that the Gin
ders were to be only temporary
Since the sewer committee of the
council recommended that a sewer as
sessment be cancelled against an East
Seventh street property because it was
unimproved and the owner paid as
sessments on the Tuscarawas street
end of the lot, other claims of a
similar nature are coming up. George
H. Leggett owns property on North
Cherry street that runs through to
Rex street. He has a house on either
end of the lot. Some years ago the
board of health ordered the rear
house to be connected with the Cherry
street sewer and this was done at
considerable expense. Now Rex street
has sewer and Leggett has been as
sessed there also He thinks this un-
Just and asks for an investigation
The committee on sewers will look into
the case.
If remonstrances and damage claims
continue to come in there will be no
improvements on East Fourth street
east of the bridge, which Councilman
Sanders has been striving for. Jacob
Hoffman demonstrated Monday night
and placed his damages at 5000. Chair
man Williams, of the law committee,
to whom the matter went, asks that
all the property holders of this Sec
ton of the street meet in the engi-
neeT's Office with the committee and
the solicitor Friday evening at 1880
age claims already in amount to about
$4,000
Councilman Shorb asked that the
o'clock for a conference. The dam
East Ohio Gas company be asked to
bring the map in the city engineers
Office up to date. This map is supposed
to show where the companys gas
mains are laid and is kept for the con-
venienee of the engineer and the water
department. Shorb's resolution was
adopted.
r. E. Rebb, of the Carnahan Stamp
ing & Enameling company, owners of
lots 8617 and S633, asked for the Vaca-
tion of an alley running between
them, stating that my doing this that
none of the property holders In that
vicinity would be disconnected. In
return the company would give enough
ground from one of the other lots
owned by it for 14-foot alley. The
streets and alleys committee will look
after this
Engineer Starrett reported that the
council finance committee in making
their appropriations, had failed to
provide funds for putting in the sewer
connections on North Mckinley ave
nue. and West South street before
the paving is commenced. Williams
admitted that mistakes were bound
to occur but he wanted some provi-
sion made to get the money and a re-
quest was sent to the solicitor to de-
wise some means of getting the case,
Chairman Folk of the finance commit
tee, saying that there were no avail
able funds to do the work When he
noticed that the matter was to go TO
the solicitor for solution he quickly
remembered that there was still money
in the councils contingent fund that
could be used In such cases, and the
cash will be forthcoming 1t is thought.
RESOLUTIONS.
BY Joliat-Thst the B. p. S. be in
structed to place g plank crossing
n