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17it*Council Opens WayFor Plant ExpansionAt Milk Condensery• « I]JII'11r1Passing of three ordinances by| which four pieces of land changed hands was the major action taken by town council at a half-hour session i j Monday night.The village vacated Westwood .avenue from the Pennsylvania Railroad right-of-way to a point 177.6 feet noith and vacated an alley running 1 east and wes£ between Westwood avenue and Mohican avenue upon the petition of the Orrville Milk Condensing Company. The Condensery owns | all adjacent property and needs the I land for possible future expansion, although A. C. Beyer, plapt manager, said that no definite plans for theenlargement, have: been, made as yet.in^ exo^apge tor these concessions,the city was given a new alley site by the Condensery on the north edge of its property. The village ordinance reserved to the village the right to enter upon the vacated area to repair, relay, or remove water and sew-’ er system conduits.Another ordinance passed Monday night authorized the Clerk to accept a deed from Nora Kropf et al. for 6. 23 acres of land in between the disposal plant and the C. A. C. tracks and to issue a voucher for payment of $1200.A. D. Webster, superintendent of Municipal Utilities, suggested that the water and sewer committee consider adding a fire hydrant at the corner of feast Pine and South Wal-. ' nut streets.' A letter from the tax commission, citing a previous court case as a ba*o'sis for its action, advised the Clerk*k that the village would have to pay I, taxes for 1.937 on the land which it - purchased this summer at the south- | i- cast eo “her of Church and Main streets and is using as a parking lot.! r, Bought with an eye toward develop-ir ment as a site for a community een-! )f ter building, council put it to use as a packing lot to avoid payment of. 1 taxes; but the letter from the tax i_ commission stated that application e tor exemption during the current | year would ha vs to have been made gm in April to be effective.
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Orrville Courier Crescent
Orrville, Ohio, US
Thu, Oct 21, 1937
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