The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-26
STATE
Officials Lend Encouragement
to Reservoir Boosters
Belief Good Old Summer Time
Will See Work of Beantify-
Ing Commenced.

The st. Marys Evening Leader
speaking of the get together meeting
on the Grand Reservoir Improvement
held last week at the Idlewild Club
house, near ST. Marys, says that the
State officials present gave their be-
lief that something would be doing
around the big pond in the future.
Senator Johnson of this city, was one
OF the speakers at the meeting. The
Leader says:
Guests were present from Column
bus, Sidney, Celina, Wapakoneta,
New Bremen, and other places,
among them being representatives of
the Department of Public Works. f.
II. Fauver, Superintendent of Public
Works, favored the meeting with a
few remarks, giving assurance that
improvements on Lake st. Marys will
not be lost sight of by his department
and that a dredge will be placed on
the lake next summer. Howard r.
Kippinger, Engineer of the Pub
lie Works department, congratulated
the club and citizens of the commun-
ity for the interest being shown in
improving and beautifying the lake
and predicted that its Importance as
resort would increase rapidly If the
interest in the undertaking contin-
ues.
e. e. Booton, State Canal and Ag-
ent, predicted great things for the
Lake if the proper interest is shown
by the people of the communities
surrounding it. 1t was his opinion
that the people were slow to real
ize the extent of opportunities furn-
ished by the lake, which if taken ad-
vantage of, would be the means of
attracting thousands of summer res
idents to it's shores. The Public
Works Department will do it's part
in preparing suitable locations for
summer homes and already over one
hundred lots have been plotted on
the east bank and will be leased to
desirable applicants Mr.. Booton
that a concerted ef-
fort be put forth by the citizens of
the community to beautify and i'm
prove the lake The removal of the
stumps from the water he believed !
to be the most essential at this time,
This would open the way for motor
boats in time after the stumps are re-
moved there will be 500 motor
boats and two thousand row boats |
on the lake and that the summer pop
ulation will be from 5000 to 10000 |
people. This will mean an increas-
ed business for the towns of the lake
and is worthy of an effort to pro-
cure it.
Ex-senator ). D. Johnson, of Ce-
lima, gave a very interesting address
on the subject of beautifying and i'm
proving the lake. He stated that
in twenty-five years the state had re-
ceived in revenues from the reser-
voir, $225,000 and this money had
been expended on other reservoirs,
that until the last few years it had
been impossible to have the reser-
voir favorably considered, the change
in sentiment coming when the appro-
priations were received for the re-
gertment walls on the east and west
banks, new waste weir on the west
bank, ect., and now comes the prom
Sc of a dredge which will prove an
important factor in making the i'm
along the shores. Mr..
Johnson favored united effort on the
part of all the people of the COM
nunities surrounding the reservoir
With the hope that it will soon be-
,ome one of the noted fishing and
summer resorts of the country.
other speakers at the meeting
we're G. A. Graham, of Sidney; S. w.
Wapakoneta; julius
3oesel, New Bremen ,and ]. A. Erns-
berger, Celina.