Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-02-11
CURB CUTTING
FOR STORE IRKS
CITY COUNCIL
Ferry Company Asks Council
To Help Pay Bill For
Spile Driving

ing here jammed the City Hall
council chamber Tuesday evening
when diversified problems, rang
ing from Payne Addition annexa-
tion to who's to pay for spile-
driving at the jefferson street
dock last fall?" were discussed
by the councilmen.
A few spectators remained un-
til the meeting was adjourned
after midnight and were on hand
when the fireworks exploded after
Councilman Eugene Collins had
continued his verbal attack of the
police department.
The meeting opened peaceful
ly when Miss May Hesselbart,
curator of the local museum,
presented her annual report of the
Ottawa County Historical So
ciety. Mayor Becker accepted
Miss Hesselbart's excellent report
and praised her for outstanding
work.
AS soon as Miss Hesselbart left
the room, the peaceful atmosphere
became charged with cigar
smoke and tension. AS the eve
ming progressed and one argument
led to another, the air was COL
ored with strong winds and heat
ed by high blood pressure and hot
tempers.
First big argument of the eve
ming concerned Harry Stensen's
new building for the Kroger
super-market at jefferson and
Perry. Mayor Carl Becker and
Councilman Harold Nielsen charg-
ed that Stensen has disobeyed
the mayors order prohibiting
cutting of the curb along Perry
street.
Mr.. Schutt, a representative of
the Kroger real estate office in
Toledo, and Mr.. Stensen, appear
ed before council to explain the
situation and claimed it was due
to a misunderstanding.
Mr.. Stensen and the Kroger Of
ficials said that the building per-
nit had been approved by City
Clerk William L. Zeis and that
City Engineer Kent Wedekind had
approved the curb cuts on Perry
and on Jefferson.
They argued that any change in
the curbing cuts now would re-
duce the proposed parking lot by
SO per cent and that traffic haz-
ards would not be eased by the
change.
Mr.. Schutt stated that Kroger
would pay Mr.. Stensen to provide
a wider entrance on Perry if coun-
Gil demanded such action. He
asked that the present entrance or
Perry and exit on Jefferson be
given a six-month trial, and that
if during that period many mis-
haps occurred, Kroger would be
only too willing to remedy the
situation.
After a lengthy discussion, the
council backed Zeis and Wedekinc
in approving the permits, but
"council would not approve of the
driveway being it." Mr.. Schutt ex
pressed his appreciation for coun
cil's action and reiterated his
promise that Kroger will be glae
to make alterations whenever de-
sired. He added that the new
modern store is an addition to the
city's civic beauty.
Council especially objected tt
the curb cut for the parking en-
trance as they felt it would be in
ducive towards increasing acci
dents at this busy intersection.
Who's To Pay?
Otto Heineman and Postmaster
A. w. Kalb tossed a $567 sour ap
pie into the councils lap Tuesda!
night when they stated that Davic
Jeremy had not been paid tha
sum for placing new spiling at tht
jefferson street dock and that HI
holds the city responsible, and no
the Erie Isle Ferry Company.
According to Mr.. Heineman, Jer
emy thinks he was hired by tht
village of Port Clinton and not b!
the ferry company. None of the
councilmen or city officials coult
throw much light on the subject
which was tabled until Jerem!
can be questioned.
Heineman added that the Erie
Isle Ferry Company, at it's recen
meeting, had budgeted 5000 t.
"help" pay this bill. He said tha
the ferry company argues that thu
original spiling was faulty ant
that the city should pay for th'
repairs.
Zoning Meeting
City Solicitor George Slaughte,
ard Atty. Oliver True will NEE
with the council Friday night
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