The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-02-28
/" MoNToURv COUNTY.

WE give this week the proceedings of
meetings in The new county district agains:
this destructive project They are spirited
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merit than this one of Senator Best, or that
would operate more injuriousiy upon all
concerned. Il makes two POOR anu small
counties out of one OF but moderate size,
without any cause whatever to justify it.
The citizens of Danville are Interested in the
measure of coufse, and The Senator from the
district is also deeply interested in its sue
cess. But to all others, whether in the new
county or the old. it is measure franght
with certain mischief and injury.
Finally, the division would double the
county taxes upon those included in the new
county, and increase onehalf those left in
the old county, beside the extraordinary ex-
penditures upon citizens of the new county
necessarily ari sing from the organization of
,he county and the rebuilding of the Pub
lie Buildings. As far back as 1897 an attempt
was made TO erect new fire proof buildings
at Danyille bui il failed, although two Grand
Juries made recommendations to that effect.
AS they were not successive ones as required
by the act of Assembly, new ones were not
erected, and the desire Of a large majority
of the people to remove the County Seat
prevented the project from beng aflerward
carried into effect. Since 1887 the old bull
dings have grown more dillapilate and unfit
for use. There are no fiie proofs to secure
public documents from destruction. The
Court house is brick erection near 40 years
old The Sherif's house is unfit for use and
the Jail is Indifferent as regards arrangement
safety and comfort. 1t is evident that larger
outlays must be made in connection with
the Public Property in case of the erection
OF the new county.
The citizens of our county outside OF the
bounds of the division, are, all of them,
warmly opposed TO the project. This is tho
position of four thousand taxables who ask
the Legislature to avert from them the evil
which faithless Senator would force upon
them. Nor do they stand alone. In the
New County district, decided majority of
Franklin township are opposed The cit
izens Of Roaring Creek, Montour and Hem
lock ask that their townships shall not be
cut up and destroyed as the bill proposes !;
and large part of The persons in these Town.
ships cut into "Montodr" county, remon-s
strate against it. A large majority of Mad-
ison are opposed to division, and what
names1 ere got there for it, wese obtained
by using improperly local feeling in the
township. The voice of Anthony is heard
in the proceedings of the meeting we pub
lsh to-day, and in the remonsrances signed
there, and large part of Limestone, the
township tarthest from Boomsburg, have al
so demonstrated. This leaves but what was
old Mahoning townshig (includirg Danville)
the township of Liberty, and the small tp.,
Of Derry, decidedly in favor of the New
County!
The whole case stands upon this ground
the town of Danvlle desires tributary
territory, and Senator Best desires 10 carry
the bill in order 10 save himself from utter
prostration at home. The new county stands
upon these grounds, and upon none oher.:
II has no merits Of its own.
The measure, we learn, is however waged
upon the ground of injustice and unfairness
toward the new county section. This IS
most baseless and flimsy pretext. A ma
jority Of our public officers are in that ssec-
tion--twenty two county bridges are located
there-the full proportion of jurors have been
drawn uniformly from that quarter-and no
fact whatever exirts upon which charge of
unfsirness can rest. II is said that the coun-
ty has paid fer Improvements upon the pub
lie property at this place. Very troe but
for none thai were not necessary and prop
er. But it is said that citizens here were
bound 10 make these ouilays. This is per-
version Of tho facts. By the Removal law
Of lS45 our citizens were bound 10 erect the
Court House, Jail and SherifT's House and
furnish one acre of ground. This was done.
Tho ground was furnished aud about twelve
thousand dollars subscribed and paid by in
dividuals and the buildings above mentioned
erected by Them. The County his since
PAID Tor Improvements upon the property
but never one dollar to the Buildings requir-
cd by the Removal law to be put up by In
dividuals. Nor has the county paid as much
as would have been paid out at Danville if
the Removal had not taken place, as new
buildings would undoubtedly have been put
up there atpublic expense before this time.
Senator Best has vehemintly complained
that the Legislature authorized at the session
1877 an apprapriation of s25oO the county
to pay for fire ptoSIzaRnd extra work and
for furnishing cou9 Hopse. He thinks this
violation Of the pledges our people made
in accepting the Rsn l1kect; and the yio-
la'ion Of . pledge always hooks him inn