The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-07-16
COUNCIL HOLDS
5.HOUR SESSION

Council sweat and groaned under a
weary load of care for five hours Tues
day night with the following results:
Decided to fence off the channel on
Fred Harding's farm north of town,
where flows the village sewage, as
soon as the mayor can ascertain the
specifications required by the Cleve-
land board of health before Harding
will be permitted to ship milk to the.
city. Harding has an action for dam
ages pending against the village on
account of the alleged contamination
of his pasture water by the village
sewage. but we understand is willing
to accept $500 in cash from the vii
lage and the latter is also to open
up water way in the path of the pres
ent sewage channel and fence same
off, and further to pay stipulated
rental for the land so fenced off, for
ever.
Clerk McNeal was instructed to col
lect $40 from each of the fifteen resi-
dents who it was discovered some
weeks ago had had sewer connections
made without permits, which sell at
$40 per.
The request of Fire Chief Wise for
authority to employ two additional
firemen was granted. There are %
firemen at the present time, but Chief
Wise explained that it was rarely that
all the fremen responded to call and
the two extra men would keep the.
number of active men at fire there
always should be.
Edward Rankin Of Cleveland was
present at the meeting for The puE-
pose of examining the wording of the
ten-year franchise granted him by
council Aug. %, 1911, for lighting the
village. Mr.. Rankin recently dis
posed of lighting plant in Mentor
and stated that, while he had no def
mite plans for the future, he might
decide to take advantage of the re-
naming six years of his Medina fran
chise.
The semi-annual appropriation or
dinance was passed and the following
appropriations for village expenses
from the funds known to be in the viii
lage treasury or estimated to come in
to it during the half year ending Dec.
l31 from the collection of taxes and
all other sources of revenue, were
made:
General Fund $644.69. Safety
Fund, $859.69. Service Fund, $2467.-
l13. Health Fund, $348.01. From
, these funds the following amounts
4 were appropriated for the purposes
designated: General Fund-Mayor,
$50; clerk, $40; treasurer, $40; coun-
Gil, $500; solicitor, $50; legal advertis-
ing and printing, $275; special cleo
tions, $14.00; contingent, $15.69; to-
tai, $644.69. Safety fund-Marshal,
$3.50; apparatus, $287.51; other fire de
partment expenses, $50; firemen, 5000;
contingent, $42.1S; total, $1O59.69. Ser
, vice Fund-Street repair, $640; street
cleaning, $780,. street lighting, $12OO
sewers and drainage, $50; sewers
;, $500; contingent, $71.04; total, $2567..
13. Health Fund-Health officer, $50;
quarantine, 500; other health ex.
penses, $3.50; contingent, $4S.01; to-
tai, $94S.O1.
It will be noted from the above fig
ures that the total appropriations
from the Safety Fund are in excess Of
the money available by 5000, and ir
the Service Fund there appears an ex
cess of $100. This was done to en-
+ able council to issue two certificate!
a of credit, one for 5000 with which tt
a pay the remainder of a fire hose bill
+ and $100 for road machinery.
< Mayor Randall, for the Brown Rea
: Estate Co. of Cleveland, asked coun
:. Gil if there would be any objection tt
S the company cutting road through
: the farm the mayor recently sold Il
e the Brown company for dwelling lots
|. to run from North Court street to neal
t the Pythian Sisters home, providing
n the company would lay walks on th'
d street as soon as cut througl.. TIL,
council offered no objection and will
: accept such street when it is made