The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-12-22
COUNCIL HAS
BUSY MEETING
Receives Many New Petitions
for Paving and
Sewer
GAS co. sUPT.
DIDN'T SHOW UP
No Action Taken on New Rate,
But Council Members
Express Personal
Disappr0val
GAS co. SUIT.
DIDN'T SHOW UP

The village council neiQ ltS regular
session Tuesday night, many
items Of business receiving attention.
The session lasted to rather late
hour because OF the lateness OF arrival
OF three Of the members--R. ]. Hyde,
F. r. Bagley and ]. E. Thatcher. The
time of the meetings is set Tor z
o'clock. 1t was after 8 o'clock Tues
day night before there was a quorum.
Petit ons were received and read
from majority of the abutting prop
erty owners on the following streets,
praying that the streets be paved and
otherwise improved: East Friendship
between North Broadway and East
street; Elmwood between Friendship
and North Streets. West Liberty be-
tween west brick pavement and West
corporation line; East Liberty be-
tween Harmony and Spring Grove
streets. The petitions were all re-
ferred to the Street committee to be
taken up with the engineer.
An ordinance was passed to levy
special assessments on the abutting
property owners for the paving of
South Broadway from the south line
of Smith road to the south line OF
Grant street, the estimated cost of
which is $2l.306.18.
Through an error made by the engl-
neer in defining the front footage on
certain lots on East North street be-
tween North Broadway and East
street, in an assessment ordnance
passed some time ago and published,
1t became necessary to pass a new
ordinance embracing the corrections.
This was done at Tuesday nights
meeting and the new ordinance viii
be published next week.
A prov sion of the General Code OF
Ohio laws permits municipality to
sell its bonds to meet current expens.
es ard indebtedness. AS Medina is
in debt on its running expenses to the
amount of several thousands of dol
lars, resolution was passed Tuesday
night to issue bonds in the sum oi
5000 for this purpose. \.
Supt. Ewing of the Medina Gas &
Fuel Co., who was to have met with
Council Tuesday night in an effort to
have that body pass an ordinance
changing the gas, company's present
agreement with the village, failed to
show up. Instead, however, he left
sample ordinance with Mayor Hart
zog some days ago with the statement
that a similar one passed by the Me.
dina council woald fbcs satisfactory to
his cOmDany...A I'll ~. gi w. se
The new schedule. asked by the gas
company would 'placea fiat rate Of 81
cents per 1000 cubic feet regardless oi
amount used, with a reduction of S
cents Il bill js.paid before the 10Th oi
the month; also what. is termed, a
ready-to-serve charge OF 50 cents. II
lis this latter feature that is chiefly
objectionable, particularly to the
small consumer, as it wonld mean that
much more than he is now paying for
gas during most Of the summer
months. The. council took no official
action in the matter, tho the members
personally expressed themselves al
opposed to the idea.
a committee consisting of Council.
man Thatcher, Hyde and Fem was ap.
pointed to investigate complaint by
I'll e. Bradway that he is being un.
fairly disseminated against in the
matter of assessment for paving.