The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-11-28
SUNDAY WORK ON
n. COURT Street
LITTLE CRITICISM MADE
BY MEDINA CITIZENS
Good Weather Till First of Year May
Make Possible Completion of
This Improvement

Work, Of tarring the pavement on
N. Court street was continued Sun
day, the day proving fairly good for
that work. Knowing that a heavy
storm would do considerable damage
unless the tar was first run in and
become hardened Contractor Kellogg
asked for volunteers and together
with his regular helpers large por-
tion of the street already bricked
was completed. If this weather con-
tinues for short time longer the
work can be finished as far south as
the railway switch, where the work
is held up because the new switch is
not on hand so that workmen may in
stall it.
The steam shovel has been at work
all week so far excavating for the
Southwestern tracks. Contractor
Kellogg promises to follow the shovel
with concrete so that track laying
may be done this week if this good
weather continues. So far the nights
have not been so cold as to stop con-
crete work, but at that no guarantee
is given this late in the season.
As soon as the railway tracks are
laid brick laying will be resumed. As
this will take but short time, in
case the Southwestern does it's part,
it will make a better job to lay across
the west half and the tracks in con-
junction rather than to go ahead and
| make the street in three strips-the
west side of the street, between the
tracks, and then later the east side of
Of street. -.
Contractor Kellogg will be pleased
to finish the west side of the street
and between the tracks before winter
stops the work. But he will not be
more greatly rejoiced than will the
! people of N. Court street. To have
one side Of the street open through
the winter will prove great boon,
not only to those who wish to use it
as thoroughfare but to the Medina
citizens as we'll. The whole city is
Inconvenience every day of the week
and with the street torn up it's a
sight to behold.
If we should have an open winter
up to Jan. 1 at least--it may be pos
sible to complete the whole improve
ment. Promise is made by the con-
tractors building the broken section
of the road to Cleveland that they
will work as late this fall as possi-
BILE, and while they do not expect to
complete the whole four miles, it is
said that all but about mile can be
finished and that when the weather
stops work on the road they will fix
the connections as best they can and
open the road to traffic. This will
make through road to Cleveland
with but a short strip. of mud road
bed.
Now that the company has been
stirred to action it looks as if the
officials were as anxious to complete
the whole street as is any one else.
The tar work will be completed as
soon as it is possible to concrete un-
der the tracks of the Southwestern,
then the brick laying will 60 forward,
and the hope is expressed THAT one
side of the street may be opened To
traffic within the next two weeks.
There was very little criticism for
the work done on the street Sunday.
Local pastors, knowing all the
hindrances that have delayed the
work, and understanding that many
people are inconvenienced while the
street is torn up, offered few criti-
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