Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-08
COUNCIL MEETING
Sidewalk Committee Report Walks
That Need Looking After-Brunell
Street Dilemma-Marshal Cantel-
berry Reports Guests Lodged in
City Hotel.

One absentee in the membership OF
the council last Monday night but the
business moved along in the usual or
der. The minutes of the last regular
meeting were 4 read and approved;
the mayor reported that arrange
ments had been made with the Wa
bash Railroad Company whereby that
company agrees to guard the Fulton
street crossing when trains are pass
ing or when there is switching in pro-
cess on the tracks at that point.
The Finance Committee examined
bills presented and claim ordinance
was passed by the council authorizing
payment Of bills passed by the com
mittee. Mr.. Bulger presented the
report of the sidewalk committee af-
ter having made a tour of inspec-
ton. The first recommendation
made by the committee was the cause
for a rather prolonged discussion, it
was that the sidewalks on Brunell
street be left where they now are in
stead of moving them out to the new
street line; the reasons given for this
recommendation were, that if the side
walks be moved it will bring them
directly over a sewer; that the pres
ent sidewalks are in good condition,
that to move them would entail great
expense on the property owners as
practically all walks would have to
be built new and that the consensus
of opinion on the part of the property
owners was that they should prefer
to have the walks remain where they
are. Councilman Dimke called at
tention to the fact that the ordinance
narrowing the street and vacatlng
the land, on which the sidewalks are
now located was passed by the coun-
Gil after having received petition
and agreement signed by all of the
uropertv owners on Brunell street,
in which it was specifically agreed
that the sidewalks should be moved
out to the new street line and that
the present building line should be
maintained. It was suggested that
the property owners might petition
to have the street widened and an or
dinance passed to that effect; the
present location of the walks places
them on private property and out OF
the control of the council. Under
the present state of affairs there IS
nothing to do but to move the walks
out. Other recommendations of the
committee were the building of new
walk in front of four properties
on the West side of Third street north
of Hickory, on Ottokee street West
side. Franklin street East side, South
Of Oak Jefferson street, North Bru-
nell, and Oak street West of Brunell,
it was recommended by the committee
that the city engineer be instructed
to furnish the grades for these walks.
Gross walks that needed repairing or
renewing were reported at Monroe
and West Oak, Ottokee street and
Clinton and Oak. Walks that are
i'm need of repairs were reported in
front of the Bloomer property on
Jefferson street and the Lyon pro-
perty on Monroe street. The report
was accepted and the clerk instruct
ed to notify property owners where
walks were to be repaired or built
new and the street commissioner in
strneted to see to the building of the
crosswalks. A number of property
owners from East Leggett street were
present to protest against the loca-
ton of portable saw and feed mill
at East Leggett street and Shoop
avenue, and to ask the council to take
action to prevent the location of such
saw mill at the point named claiming