Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1913-12-05
VILLAGE COUNCIL
Council Preparing for It's Demise
Will, Leave Wauseon Well Lighted
Three New Light Agreements
Acted On. Financial Status of the
Village.


There remains but one more regu-
lar meeting for the present council
and at the meeting last Monday even
ing there was evident in the actions
and conversation of the members the
fact that they were looking forward
to their final dissolution and their
departure to the indefnable "some-
where" where the spirits of depart
ed councils may be supposed to rest
-or roast.
The general subject of the meeting
Monday night might well have been
light" and the action taken by the
Council might well 1e summed up in
the mandate "Let there be light-in
Wauseon" After the usual routine
business Mr.. John HIATT presented an
agreement signed by property own
ers on North Fulton street, to nay the
difference in cost for boulevard lights,
the same as those already installed,
on North Fulton from jefferson street
north to Hickory street. The Coun-
ell accepted the agreement and or
dered the amount now paid for light
ing that section of Fulton street ap-
piled on the new system. This prac-
tically completes the lighting of our
main street entirely with the mod
ern Boulevard system and it will be
at night white Way" from South
Park, north to the Wabash railway
crossing.
No sooner was the Fulton street
lighting question disposed of, than an
other agreement signed by the prop
erty owners around South Park was
presented and accepted by the council.
This action means that South Park
will be surrounded by a system of
the boulevard posts and that part of
the town which has been anything
but "blaze of glory" at night, will
be brought from darkness into light.
but the end of the lighting question
was not yet. Mr.. Harry Gingrich
presented proposition to place the
iron posts on Beech street from Full
ton street to Shoop avenue; he said
that the t. & /. Railway company,
through the general manager had in
timated their desire to turn the cleo
trio current into a row of boulevard
lights on Beech street and do away
with the present overhead lights.
According to the terms of their
franchise, the T. & /. Ry. must furn-
ish light for Beech and Depot streets,
so that the only cost of the change to
Wauseon will be simply the first cost
of the posts. Mr.. Gingrich stated
that it would take about Is posts and
that citizens and business firms had
already guaranteed a number of
these, he also stated that there was
some 500 feet of the frontage on
that street that was public property
and stated that he would like to know
what the Council would do toward
furnishing posts. The Council after
consideration passed a motion to
fu.nish four posts Ind the light
committee were instructed to super
intend the installation of the posts.
The School Board vii. be asked to
furnish three posts. This will doubt
less end the progress in town light
ing for this season and it is certainly
a good record.
Permission was granted Messrs.
Fields and Nofzinger to change the
route of moving the Trondle black
smith shop from Ottokee street to
Fulton street; the building is to be
moved from its present location on
jefferson street to the extreme north
end of Fulton street.
1t may be interesting to note that
during its life of two years the pres
ent council has increased the bonded
indebtedness of the village, just ST.
200 and this covers the cost of inter-
sections ON the various street i'm
provements that have been put in;
this entire amount might have been
raised by next years taxes without
having exceeded the maximum rate.
The Mayor of Wauseon was men,
Der of the Budget Committee" who
determined the monies to be raised
by taxation for public use in the
year 1914 and from him we CLEAN the
information that the amount for
Wauseon village is $1,347 more than
last year and at the same time the
rate Is less than it has been for many
years, IL 80 mills; added to this is
5-10 mills levy for state roads which
is added by the state to all levies and
does not come within the maximum
rates. The total rate for 1914 will
be 13 80 mills or 2-10 mills lower
than it has been for many years. The
outlook for the new year and the
new council is, to, say the least, en-
couraging.