BITS AND PIECES: When Bloomington was a Wooster suburb
Ann Gasbarre
There probably weren’t more than 30 families within its boundaries when a tiny little segment of real estate north of Wooster became the town of Bloomington on June 16, 1911.
The residents of the new little town had all of the essential governmental offices they needed. There was a mayor, a village council, a health commissioner, a treasurer, a street commissioner, and a legal advisor. There was a board of education . but no school.
A sort of suburban Wooster, the town spent $242.40 during its first month with nearly half of that amount going to pay for sewer pipe. The mayor, treasurer and street commissioner were each paid the huge sum of $5 per year, but the village marshal got a badge and a whopping annual salary of $60.
Wayne County road projects
The Wayne County Engineer’s Office will service over 135 miles of county roads this year. It also plans to replace nine large culverts. Projects currently disrupting traffic are on Dalton Fox Lake Road and South Elyria Road.
Dalton Fox Lake Road (County Road 32) between Church Road and Burkhard Road
Project: Culvert replacement
Time frame: 30 days
Detour: Traveling on Church Road, turn north onto state Route 94 then east onto Burton City Road. Reverse the directions for the opposite route of travel.
South Elyria Road (County Road 149) between state Routes 226 and 3
Project: Culvert replacement
Time frame: 14 days
Detour: Traveling on state Route 226, turn north onto North Main Street, which turns into Jefferson Road, then turn west onto Millbrook Road. Traveling on state Route 3, turn onto South Elyria Road then turn east onto Millbrook Road. Next, turn south onto Jefferson Road, which turns into North Main Street in Shreve, then turn south onto
Wooster set to remove brick crosswalks on Beall Avenue
Exit of walkways part of 2022 repaving plan
WOOSTER The streetscape on Beall Avenue soon will feature a few fewer bricks.
City Council approved a resolution to move forward with the removal of the crosswalks on Beall Avenue between Bloomington Drive and Bowman Street. The removal will include the crosswalks both parallel and perpendicular to Beall.
The removal process comes in anticipation of the repaving project on Beall Avenue scheduled for 2022. The crosswalks will be filled with asphalt and white lines will be painted to designate where pedestrians can safely cross.
A total of 28 crosswalks that have deteriorated over time will be removed. The city will try to salvage any unbroken bricks at the city garage. The project will lower operation and maintenance costs.
⢠Two more names were added to the growing list of grade crossing victims here.
Joseph T. Morris and Glen Steinmetz died as the result of an accident at the Quinby Avenue crossing of the Erie.
Passenger Train No. 6, speeding from Cleveland and due here at 3:43 p.m., crashed into a Ford truck owned by Morris, instantly killing the driver and Steinmetz, who was his brother-in-law.
The story of the accident, told by a man believed to be the only eyewitness to the fatal crash, was related by A. P. Carter, watchman on duty at the Tod Avenue crossing.
“Suddenly a truck appeared, coming from West Market on Quinby. It seemed to dart right onto the track, directly in the path of the engine,” Carter said. “The pilot of the locomotive struck the truck when the front auto wheels were about in the middle of the track. Parts of the truck were hurled into the air.”