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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1925
Page
7
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The council unanimously instructed the service director to enforce an ordinance requiring utilities to place wires underground along 2nd street NW and adjacent avenues. Officials from Bell Telephone and Ohio Power said plans were limited, predicting higher costs and that some lines would remain overhead outside business districts.
The council tabled a resolution instructing police to enforce new traffic laws and referred it to the traffic committee Monday night. Councilman Harter, whose retired resolution was involved, moved that it be referred to the traffic committee for action.
Edmund Vance Cooke, poet and lecturer from Cleveland, will give the commencement address to about 500 McKinley High School graduates in the City Auditorium on Wednesday evening. He will speak on In Nineteen Hundred and Now, weaving several acclaimed poems into his talk. Plans include stage decorations and seating arrangements by the board of education, with carpenters finishing setup for the record class.
The traffic committee was ordered Monday night to study 4th Street NW between Market and McKinley Avenues NW to decide on repealing the one way westbound layout and restoring two way traffic. A second resolution also directs review of adding Gibbs Avenue NE between Tuscarawas Street E and Lawrence Road NE as a through street.
The board of education let contracts for Wells School and Fairmount Park School. Melbourn Construction Co. won the Wells general contract and The R. T. Wither's Sons Plumbing Co. the plumbing. State Electric Co. and Walters Electric Co. received the wiring. R. H. Evans Construction Co. got the Fairmount Park general contract. Chapman Plumbing and Supply Co. took the plumbing, while A. C. Eynon Plumbing and Supply Co. won heating and ventilating.
The News invites all county public and parochial school teachers to a large free picnic at the lake. Courtesies and a hotel dinner will be provided. Uniformed Boy Scouts will ensure child safety while teachers enjoy activities such as steamer rides and a merry go round.
The article urges students to attend a planned school picnic schedule across regions next week. It details daily participation by geographic areas including northwest, northeast, three southeast and southwest zones, parochial schools, and McKinley High. The Daily News will publish daily programs and in-classroom notices guiding students to bring identification cards.
Canton council tabled a motor bus licensing ordinance. It sets a 25 dollar fee per bus, matching the prior city fee now superseded by the Ohio Public Utilities Commission. The measure requires heavy bus insurance in line with state requirements and will be discussed at the next meeting.
D B E Walker of 2814 Rosewood Ave NW reports his touring car was taken Monday afternoon from a parking spot on 3rd St NW between Court Ave NW and Market Ave NW.
Service Director Syler asked council on Monday night for authorization to buy extra garbage cans and hire a second assistant clerk in the garbage department. The increased use of garbage services was cited as the reason. The request was referred to the judiciary and finance committees.
Two automobiles were reported stolen Monday by officials of the Looker Freer Co in Alliance. The incident details and any suspects or missing items were not disclosed in the brief report.
Three resolutions passed Monday night authorize street improvements and a sanitary sewer. Plans include paving Superior at NE from 13th to 19th streets, paving 9th at SW from Haur tison SW to Bellflower Ave SW, and constructing a warm water sewer in Anderson Pl and Clarendon Ave SW.
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