The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-03-29
busy DAYS FOR
CITY FATHERS
Reservoir Pike, Sewerage, Market
and Other Questions Come
Before Them.

lest sessions since the wrangles over the
paving of Main street six years ago.
For over three hours matters of interest
to the town and its people we're discuss
ed, and when tee clock pointed its hands
to the hour of eleven, Mayor Miller ask
ed that the body adjourn, and with con-
siderable unfinished business the dads
adjourned until last night.
After the usual opening routine Tues
day evening, Councilman Lennartz, of
the Committee on Resolutions, to which
had been referred the market proposition
and the Wilkin addition plat, stated that,
in the matter of the market the commit
ee were UNANIMOUSLY in favor of estab-
fishing it. In regard to the Wilkin plat
he said the committee, after conference
with the solicitor, were of the opinion
that several changes should be made in
the plat before it was accepted. Mr..
Wilkin signifed his willingness to make
the suggested changes, and council
thereupon moved that Mr.. Willlin make
the plat over to confirm the suggested
changes and then present it to council
for acceptance.
The matter of Strengthening out a side
walk tangle on West Logan street was
brought up by the submission of the
Wilkin plat, and the street committee
was empowered to employ an engineer
to establish a property line on the south
side of said street, west of the Cincinnati
Northern railroad.
Solicitor Johnson took up the public
market proposition and said that he had
found upon looking up the law for the
establishment of the market that it
would be necessary for the council to fix
upon what street the market will be held
and secure the permission of the proper
ty owners along the street before an or
dinance cyuld be properly drawn.
The council thereupon selected d. c.
Freeman, an interested party, as a COM
mittee of one to see the County Commits
sioners and get their permit to use Mar
ket street on the south side of the court
house park for this purpose, and if he
could not get permission to use that part
of the street, then to get permission to
use some other street, and report his
success to council at his earliest conven-
ience.
w. H. Anthony, Attorney J.W. Loree,
Walter Mersmrn and othet business men
i'll attendance at the meeting, and Coun-
cilmen Lennartz and Meyer spoke at
length on the proposition of improving
the Reservoir Bank road and the means
of getting the balSy township strustees
to act favorably in the matter.
Solicitor Johnson and Mayor Miller
spoke of the improvement and the former |
gave some interesting statistics to show
why the township trustees should heed |
the call of the people of the town in this |
matter. He referred to the fact that, |
although Celina had no semblance of
bridge within its corporate limits, yet it |
paid one-eleventh of the bridge tax of |
the county, and that under the present |
valuation of the town 1856, ,23o-the
corporation paid three-ffths of the taxes
of Jefferson township. Mayor Miller
said the action of the trustees was abb
surd, and that he was ready to entertain
any motion council desired to bring the
to a realization of their duty in
matter
Mayor Miller, Solicitor Johnson and
Messrs. ]. w. Loree and A. w. Fish
baugh were selected as a committee to
get together fifty or a hundred towns
people and swoop down on the trustees
while they are in session tomorrow
afternoon and tell them who is who.
Marshal Pumphrey joined in the mat
ter by signifying his willingness to carry
a petition to the people of the town ask
ing them to sign their names if they de-
tired the improvement, and this will also
be carried into the meeting tomorrow.
Up to last night Marshal Pumphrey had
over four hundred names to the petition.
Meyer, of the Claims Committee, re-
ported that the committee was divided |
as to the amrunt to be appropriated for
band concerts this season, but when the
matter was voted on by council to make
the appropriation $500 it carried without
a dissenting voice.
The matter of sewering the town then
opened up, and until adjournment was
pro and con. Solicitor John
son prepared and submitted to council |
two different resolutions, but neither sat
isfed the body, who seemed decided that
the only question to be submitted to the
people must be a complete sewerage
system
The solicitor was then instructed to
prepare such resolution for bond |
issue, provided he found the town could |
be bonded in an amount sufficient to
cover the entire cost of complete sys-
tenn. Council thea adjourned until
Thursday evening t. further take UP the
matter. \