The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-08-01
GRANGER.MEDINA ROAD
WILL Be BUILT
BUT 1T WON'T BE
DONE THIS YEAR
Scanlan Votes "NO" On Proposition
and Threatens To Get Out
Injunction.

The Granger-Medina road, officially
called "Section B, Medina Granger
burg Road, County Road No. 21," will
be built-sometime.
This much was settled by the
county commissioners Monday when
after viewing the proposed improve
ment, a resolution was passed favor
ing the proposition. The vote stood
2 to /. The cost will be apportioned
Al 2-3% to abutting property owners,
25@o to the township and 33 1870 to
the county.
AS stated last week a petition
bearing the names of IA of the 20
abutting property owners was pre-
sented to the commissioners asking
that they approve the proposition.
Twice before the question had been
brought up for discussion but each
time Commissioner Scanlan voted
against the proposition and in the
absence of a petition the unanimous
vote Of this body is necessary in road
legislation. Hence the formal filing
of the petition, which makes out q
majority vote necessary to go ahead
with the work.
After viewing the road Monday
Scanlan made motion that the pc
tition for improvement be rejected
Here the funny part comes in for Al
bert seconded the motion and then
voted no on the question, as die
Baughman, the two votes killing it
Then Albert Immediately turned
around and made motion that the
proposed improvement be approved
which was seconded by Baughman. A
roll call showed Albert and Baughmar
were in favor of the new road while
Scanlan voted no.
Having been thus made harmless
Scanlan is reported to have threaten
ed getting out an injunction on the
ground that the road is not a neces
sity. Whether the injunction will b.
applied for remains to be seen, bu'
legal advice is that it will avail moth
ing.
Another question which arose wa
the action of the township trustees
who sometime ago voted in favor o
the improvement, as required by law
Those not in favor of building TIL
road claim that this action Of th
i trustees is null and void in that
| preceded the filing Of the propert.
owners petition and the only genuin
action of the commissioners, Will
4 the other side contends that the on
ratification by the trustees is suffici
ent for all times.
Information as to when the i'm
provement will be started develop
the fact that it won't be done thi
year and maybe not next as there j
! a feeling against having two detour
over parallel roads, at the same time
One detour will be necessary on &C
count of the tearing up Of the Me
dina road and it is felt that tn
Granger proposition can wait unit
this strip is finished.
i A slight hitch also occurred thi
week in the legislation on the Akron
Medina improvement. The Clevelan
firm which bought the bonds objecte'
to taking them on the ground tina
the time between sale of bonds an
letting of contract was not sufficient
They finally backed water on thi
score but discovered in the notice o
sale clerical error which gave tn
hour of sale as p. m. instead Of a. m
This technicality requires a new pub
lication.
II The contract for the work wa
awarded to the Mellert- Weidner Co
on July Z, which ON account of tn
j technical error was before the bond
were really sold. This last phase o
4 the matter can be legally adjusted