Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-12-08
COUNCIL MEETING
West Elm Street Improvement


The Council met in regular session
Monday evening with all members
present and Mayor Oakley presiding.
The Clerk was instructed to write
a letter to the Gas Company at Ma
poleon asking them to reduce the
price of gas. Labor has come down
but gas has not.
A resolution was passed by the
Council to accept the plans and
specifications of the West Elm Street
improvement.
These plans and specifications are
for the Improvement of /. C. H. 297,
Sec. Wauseon, or known as West
Elm Street improvement. There are
3270 feet from the corporation line
to Fulton Street that is to come in
THIS Improvement.
! In considering this Improvement
the first consideration was the amount
/ OF traffic that would come over the
street. The street would be widen
ed to "a feet from corporation line
to the east line of Clinton Street,
from this line to alley back of
D1mke's store to be widened feet.
making it 40 feet and from alley to
Fulton Street to be 48 feet, 16 feet
wider for parking space.
When this street was improved
several years ago, water bound
base with gluetin top was used. It
was worn out several years before
it was paid for. ~
The State will give aid on the con-
struct1on of the new improvement
:, that is under consideration.
j The estimate on a reinforced con-
crete street is $32,70O based on the
prevailing price of material and labor
at $500 per day and teams at $500
per day.
Il The estimate on a in. compact
water bound stone base with a 8 in.
asphalt wearing surface is $35,30O.
The concrete estimate is $2.87 per
! SO. yd. and the asphalt $3.12 per so.
/ yd.
| The old material that is now on the
/ street will all be used. 1t will be-
: spread out and widened and rolled
down making good surface.
!, If the state pays so per cent of the
t cost, it will only cost the property
! owners $2.S5 per linel foot if it sells
) at the estimate.
l If the funds are not made use of
r at this time, they will probably be
= used elsewhere as other towns around
= us are taking advantage of state aid.
e A resolution was passed Sept. z,
1920 requesting the County Com
missioners to apply for state aid on
a this Improvement. On Oct. a, 1920
the Village Council gave its con-
sent to the improvement under the
supervision of the State Highway
Department. Application for aid
f was approved by State Highway De-
partment on Nov. goth, 1920 and or
der for survey was given County
Surveyor as resident engineer for the
! Highway Department. On Dec.
q 5th, 1921 resident engineer filed plans
= and specifications and estimate with
O the Village Council for their approx
al previous to submitting plans to
= Highway Department for their ap-
proval and setting aside state funds
O for their share of the improvement.
a The County Surveyor and County
. Commissioners left today for Column
n bus to arrange for the 1922 state
: road program and are including in it
the West Elm Street improvement.
f If the town wants this they have
. . to get busy as other towns are after
: it. Fayette has already voted bonds
to be used in their Improvement and
" Delta has their road completed. II
is not every day that the state helps
=. build street in a town.
"a If the plan goes through, the i'm.
# provement could not be sold unit
- next summer and work would not &C.
70 tually start before 1923. . The as
y sessment would not be made before
: December 1923.
If the State pays so per cent o.
the cost of improvement, it will alsC
be maintained by them.