Fire equipment purchases questioned as council records vanish
Disappearance of data on city fire department equipment buys delays a welfare and police fire committee report. Officials promise new investigations and vault storage until a full council report is ready. A pumper for Station No 8 and bidding rules are under review after missing written findings.
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Safety Director
Council
Police and Fire Committee
H. H. Rost
Welfare Committee
John Burkhardt
Fire Committee
No. 8
Harry M. Kimbel
Seccombe
Board of Control
City Traffic Lights Bid Shakeup Prompts Court Action
A city committee found flaws in the Harrington Seaburg bid for traffic lights and endorsed injunction action. Paramount Fire Alarm Engineering proposed an installation with assurances of bond, surveys, and no payment until approval. The panel urged readvertisement and legal steps to halt the award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Safety Department
Paramount Fire Alarm Engineering Co
Cleveland
L. Steiner
Timken Roller Bearing Co
F. M. Kohr
Central Alloy Steel Corp
Paramount
City Board of Control
Harrington- Seaburg Co
Aid of Control
Board of Control
Ane
EB. W. Brown
James Lee
Karl Bauer
G. Mc
City Legal Department
Harrington-Seaburg Co
Henry W. Harff
Robbery reported at Tilton address by two youths
Tilton 1128 Homewood avy reported police headquarters that he was held up Tuesday morning by two youths aged 15 to 17 in the 1600 block Awy in Brya. They robbed him of money and dressing rooms of Emily Sibley Edith Fagan Sémnering eee AlMan Peters and C. A. Gordon at a local theater were ransacked Monday night by two boys said to be 19. They stole 77 in olde several fountain pens. Nick Gronette 617 Tuscarawas reported the theft of a tire from his automobile Monday night while parked in the 600
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Tuscarawas
Council Authorizes 5 Ton Gasoline Street Roller Purchase
Monday night the council authorized the service director to buy a 5 ton gaseline street roller paid from the gasoline tax fund. The body also addressed street improvements, sewer work, traffic signs, speed enforcement, licensing of poor rooms and bowling alleys, and bids for park equipment and land purchases.
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Holland P
Navarre Rd
17Th St
Hssig Ct
Sth
9Th Sts
Water Department
Henrietta
4Th St
Karl Bauer
Collins Et NW
Maryland Nv
Nimisila Park
Park Commission
Traffic Commission
Council
Lawrence Rd
Mapleav NE
Judiciary Committee
City Orders Immediate Sidewalk Repairs for 112 Properties
City council resolutions require owners of 112 properties to repair and rebuild sidewalks at once. If not completed in 30 days, city will perform the work and assess costs on the tax duplicate. About 300 more resolutions are planned from ward investigations, with personal notices to owners issued promptly.
Trotzky Applies to Enter Britain
The Daily Mail reports Leon Trotzky has asked Home Secretary J R Clynes for permission to enter Great Britain. It notes Clynes will likely consult PM Ramsay MacDonald before replying, and that official opinion favors refusing the request.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Leon Trotzky
J. R. Clynes
Home Affairs
Great Britain
Clynes
Ramsay MacDonald
Paving Plan Spurs City Council Debate on Costs
The finance committee recommends Harrison avenue paving with property owners bearing the expense and city paying no 2 percent concession. The street from Tuscarawas to Navarre will be paved this summer ahead of a Pennsylvania Railroad subway crossing, with city buying adjoining property and reviewing allowances.
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Council Finance Committee
Harrison Ov SW
Council
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Harrison Av
Tuscarawasst
Navarre Rd
Councilmen attack Curtis airport policy at Legion meeting
Councilmen E W Brown and C H Rost denounced city airport policy while backing the Harrisburg road site. They warned of political maneuvering and urged clarifying misunderstood issues as a July 4 5 6 7 aero show at the Harrisburg site was announced. Rost urged readiness for a vote on the proposed site despite objections. Rev G G Shurtz was named Legion post chaplain with a reception planned at his church.
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Sclons
Harrisburg Road
Rost
Brown
C. C. Curtis
State Supreme Court
William E. Kuhns
Chamber of Commerce Airport Committee
Canton
Arrisburg Road
Legion
G. G. Shurtz
First Congregational Church
Legion Post
Debates on Bus Substitution in Market and Cleveland Aves
City council discusses replacing traction cars with buses on Market Ave below Navarre Rd and Cleveland Ave NW. Residents on 18th to 28th St SW face 15 cent Dover bus fares downtown, vs 6 cents at 18th St end. A resolution to delay action pending traction company report is tabled for utilities committee review.
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Market Av
Navarre Rd
Cleveland
City Council
James Roberts
28Th St
Dover
18Th St
Council
Roberts
Utilities Committee of Council
Traction Company
Utilities Committee
Sewer vote to be held in full
A storm water sewer construction program planned for 1930 and 1981 will be placed before electors at the November election per city council finance committee resolution. The $540,933 bond funds sewers on Market av N, Tuscarawas E, Brown av NW, 23d st NW, Fulton rd NW, Fairmount Park NE, Navarre rd SW, and Laiblin pl NE.
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19Th St
Cleveland
Worley
15Th
Oxford
Fulton Rd
Arnold
Cottage
Norwood Pl
Louisiana Pl
Yale
19Th
City Board of Control
Harrison Av
Serpentine Rd
Bryan Av
Service Department
6Th St
Mahoning Rd
Fast Creek
Webster Av
Sth
Otto Pl
Lucas
Warner Rd
East Creek
7Th St NE
Gobel Av FE
Logan Av NW
14Th St NW
Harrisburg Rd
16Th
20Th Sts
Pennsylvania Railroad
Penn Pl
Ross Av
Belden Av
17Th Sts
12Th St SF
Cherry Av
Housel Av
11Th St
City Health Department
Ross Harford
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Co
Henry
12Th St NW
James Seccomhbe
Karl Bauer
E. W. Brown
John Burkhardt
C. H. H. Rost
Uture
City Legal Department
Market Av
Tuscarawasst E
Brown Av
23D St
Fairmount Park
Navarre Rd
Laiblin Pl
McKinley Airport Improves for Night Flying and Service
Improvements proceed at McKinley Airport with grading of 100 of 140 acres and levelling the entire field. A $40 000 expenditure funds the work, ground moved at 2000 yards daily, and a new hangar will boost housing for about 20 planes. Night illumination planned within six weeks after grading completes in three weeks. A service hangar already finished. Traffic on 12th Street at Serpentine Road has surged, prompting police traffic control until a signal is installed.
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McKinley Airport
12Th St
Serpentine Rd
Fulton Rd
Fulton Road Traffic Relief Sought at Intersection
A safety department demand urges placing a traffic officer at the Fulton road and 12th street NW intersection to ease congestion. The resolution calls for immediate action and clear safety measures.
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Fulton Rd
12Th St NW
Safety Department
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Mheuser - Busch
America
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ST. Louis
Budweiser
Ey Shaeffer- Brack Co
Ohio
Curtis
Harrisburg
American Legion Service Club
Rev. Shurtz
Swift
Swift & Company
Frankfurt
Swifts Premium
McKinley Field
Barbers
Attesied
Cogswell
the Economy Furniture CO
Court Ave
Canton’s Bargain Furniture House
Canton Daily News
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