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Newspaper
Lorain County Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1895
Page
4
A jumble of names cadences and political talk lists candidates for governor lieutenant governor auditor and other offices with local booster notes. It also references Elyria and Oberlin rail plans and civic debates over liquor taxation and home rule.
The Republican Central Committee promotes a major county meeting Saturday October 1 featuring ex Governor Foraker General Brabwell and Attorney General candidate Monnett. A bicycle parade of 500 wheels is planned along with a large industrial edition souvenir publication bound in magazine style.
City approves grant to a railroad to lay track within Elyria limits with street improvements. The grant requires track construction standards, safety measures, and restoration of streets, with city power to enforce compliance and impose costs on the railroad for delayed completion.
Lorain County commissioners grant James Wauldin and assigns the right to extend a railway into Elyria and construct operate and maintain an electric railroad along specified streets with conditions on street use and grade changes to be paid for by the grantee. The route includes Lake Street to the southern corporate limit and follows Main Street Ludlow and nearby avenues with standards for crossings paving and water drainage to be maintained. The ordinance requires improvements at project costs and sets plans to be approved by the city council.
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