The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-12-30
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FLOW ORATORY
Featured Meeting of Dads Tues
day Night and War Spirit
Was Rampant.
Mercelina Park People Offer the
Town Land for Boule-
ward Purposes.

N9A0 VI RO9Nos
IL was a rather noisy affair-the reg
ular meeting of the city dads last
Tuesday night-with threats by cou-
pie members of council TO Overstep
tho law and put one over the Lake
Erie and Western Railroad company
by laying the city water mains into
MercelinR Park, and loud and very
personal remarks by Village Treasurer
Geo. Kistler, directed at the represen-
tative Of The Democrat in attendance
at the meeting.
The meeting was called to order by
Mayor p. Il. Kenney, with all council
men at their accustomed desks with
the exception of Mr.. LeBlond.
After the usual opening routine
Treasurer Geo. Kistler, very hot under
the collar at The Democrat, read to
council portion of this papers report
OF the meeting of council on the 18th
inst, which quoted council as hand
ling the Treasurer rather roughly and
instructing him to deposit his moneys
in the city depositaries in a lump sum
and not as separate funds, and by con-
descenslon Of the presiding officer of
the meeting, for better than a quarter
Of an hour, was permitted to vent his
spleen upon The Democrats represen-
tative instead of addressing council
upon the question that seemed to irri-
tate him.
After digesting the article in The
Democrat reporting the councilmanic
doinRs referred to, Mr.. Kistler read
from an ancient report OF one Of the
State examiners, commencing him
upon the manner in which he kept his
books and funds. He followed this
by telling council he was willing to
pay back the money the banks got and
the village was out as the result of the
methods in his Office permitting inter-
est to the banks on the overdrawn
funds, IL council thought II was right
and proper he should do so.
The only stir, however, was a call
from the outside for the Marshal.
Council, instead of telling Mr.. Kist-
Ter then, as they had instructed him to
be informed at the previous meeting
lat which he was not present), that he
must keep the fund accounts himself
and deposit the money in the village
depositaries in a lump sum, backed
water, and said he should refuse to ac-
cept or honor any orders when there
was not sufficient money in that par
ticular fund to pay the bill. That
is a plain business method that should
have been followed by the Treasurer in
first place, putting it up to council to
see that the funds were replenished or
nothing doing, and the stink that has
Just been fumigated would never have
hod nnnnrtnnifu n rise
CounciLn1en Have Blood
in Their Eyes
J. e. Hamburger, of the Celina real
ty Co., then spoke about the water
works extension into Mercelina Park
and the order recently granted the
Lake Erie and Western railroad, re-
straining the town from making the
extension.
Here the visitors were again enter
tanned by foolhardy suggestions on the
part of Councilmen Meyer and Schunck
that the people Of the town should take
the matter in hand and some night or
Sunday dig the ditch across the Lake
Erie tracks and lay the water line be-
fore the railroad officials knew what
had transpired.
Solicitor Johnson and Mayor Kenney
argued for some time against such pro-
cedure and finally succeeded in hav-
ing a motion passed rendering the Lake
Erie one hundred dollars as recon-
pense for any damage the road might
sustain in extending the water line
beneath it's tracks.
The solicitor was then instructed to
have the street crossing into Mercellna |
Park condemned If the company refused |
to accept the hundred dollars.
Street Commissioner CAST
, Re-emPIoYed
The Clerk read two applications for
the job of Street Commissioner -one |
from Street Commissioners Barney |
Cast and the other from Frank Arnett. |
The dads after short secret session |
on the applications recommended Mr..
CAST for reappointment, and he was
then appointed for one year by Mayor
Kenney at S75 per month. He had
asked for extra pay for Sunday work,
but this was refused.
Clerk Winter was then empowered
to appoint an assistant clerk for the
ensuing year at same salary as hereto
fore allowed, Councilman Schunck
voting no on the motion.
MerceIina Park People Seek
Street Extension
Messts. Brands and Boosz of the Ce-
lima Realty Co. were present at the
meeting in behalf of the Mercelina
Park company, asking council to ac-
cept plat deciding a street to the town
along the north side of the park, from
Cherry to Buckeye streets, to give them
an additional exit from the park. This
would make a nice driveway and do
away with the congestion of people
and vehicles at the main entrance dur
ing the Chautauqua season. 1t will
mean the extension of Warren and
Buckeye streets across the Lake Erie
tracks and necessitate the putting in
of two crossings by the railroad.
Council was not ready to take up
the matter, for the reason that the So
licitor had not thoroughly investigated
the matter, and the meeting adjourned
until tonight, when the matter will be
taken up and finally threshed out.
Vernon Vining left last Sunday
for Kansas City, Mo-, to attend a ma
tional meeting Of college fraternity.
Mrs. Walter Pfeferle and children,
NJ DunkfrIr q ara hare for aavaral