The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-09-30
MUCH TALK, BUT
LITTLE DOING
At Session of City Fathers Tues
day Night-Gas Company
Issues Ultimatum.

Council met In regular session last
Tuesday night, with all members pres
ent but Councilman LeBlond, who was
out of the city. In the absence of May
or Kenney the chair was filled by Pres
ident pro tenn. Lennartz, who called
the meeting together at o'clock.
Following the usual opening routine
s. s. Scranton addressed council In re-
gard to the resolution changing the
Main street assessment on the old
Miller property on south Main. In the
absence of Solicitor Johnson to coun-
sci them in the matter, the resolution
was laid on the table until the next
regular meeting.
The report of the finance committee
relative to the sale of the $4,000 city
refunding bonds to the Davis Bertram
Co., Of Cincinnati, at their bid Of par
and accrued interest, was read as a
part of the minutes of meetings and ac-
cepted.
The much -talked-of gas ordinance,
giving the Celina Gas Co. renewal of
their franchise to operate in this city,
was discussed, but the third reading
was laid on the table until the ad-
journed meeting Thursday night, when
IL is to be taken up and finally dispos-
ed by its passage or rejection.
w. w. Yingling, the local manager
of the gas company, was in attendance
at the meeting and stated that the gas
to this city would be shut off at mid
night, October 6, unless this renewal
was granted.
The matter of the kind of tile to be
placed under the @. II. d d. tracks
was brought up by Councilman Meyer
on behalf of the street committee. The
committee was instructed to order the
railroad company to put in sewer tile.
Councilman Meyer also called atten-
ton to the almost impossible condition
of the alley running north and south
between Main and Ash streets, from
Market to Fayette. A motion was put
TO empower the street committee to fix
up the alley and also repair chuck
holes on improved streets. The mo-
ton carried, Councilman John Beiers-
dorfer voting no. He claimed there
was no money to make such improve
ments.
Councilman Meyer then stated that
he had been requested by Arch d.
Wagner, who had purchased the
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to Manager ]. n. Houser, to ask coun-
Gil whether they would rent him the
Opera-house during 1911. Council au-
thorized Mr.. Meyer to say that his bid
would be the first, when it came to
renting the hall for the ensuing year.
The Clerk was again instructed to
notify Western Ohio officials that they
must keep the half square of Market,
east of Main, which they use as freight
yard, in more cleanly and sanitary
condition; also that they must clean
their tracks in the prescribed territory
at least twice a week.
Council adjourned following heat
ed argument between Meyer and
Beiersdorfer, members of the street
committee, in regard to the grade for
sidewalks on Lisle street, in the Citi-
zens' addition. The other members of
council could not determining how to
proceed in the premises and laid the
matter over until the special meeting
Thursday night, and the clerk was in
structed to notify the city engineer to
attend that meeting and lend his as
sistance in unwindIng the tangle.