The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-08-11

matters OF local interest, Is not just III the
shape Or tone we should haze preferred but
as the writer is an active, enterprisiiig and
substantial citizen, we do not withhold the
article on account of its not rejecting our
own particular views. The object of news
paper is to disseminate intelligence, and the
thoughts and opinions it contains are often
adverse to those Of its conductor; the gene
raj tenor alone conforming to his ideas. Lo
cal matters are of more interest to our read
ers than general, as they are to those Of any
other county paper, hence we are not very
particular about the shape they assume, so
that we get the &" items We are always
anxious to discuss local questions, and pub
lish local news.
For the Journal.
What will become of IL!
Much inquiry is made, what has become
of the bridge fund In former years, the
people of Wood county were accustomed to
meet the commissioners at their June session
and see distribution Of that fund by the
board together, in the shape Of appropria-
tons for the building Of particular bridges,
or otherwise laid cut as determined BY the
1Chole board. But at the last session, after
disposing of about s275 Of that fund for
different specified purposes, as Of old, 1898
was divided between the commissioners
equally, that is to say, each commissioner
takes into his own hands $270 to expend as
he thinks proper. Now the inquiry arises,
what will become of it? Is the eouRty of
Wood divided into three grand road districts
supervisors, amenable to nobody but them
I rb IF H5cDOlp n
ey is The anxious inquiry.
OF that fund now in the treasury, Perrys-
burg town and township have been assessed
ss29l.9l. The tax-ridden people on Grassy
Creek and other localities in Perrysburg, are
anxiously inquiring how long it will take
Mai. Wood (in whose road district they are)
so make up his mind what he will do with
the Ss275 in his hands. They are anxious to
know whether they can get their share OF
shat money to build ard repair bridges, SO
much needed, or whether they must do as
they have done, do without bridges or build
them on their own hook.
Then there is the McCutchensville road
fund in the treasury, amounting to about
S73l. That too has been placed in Major
Woods hands, as the supervisor OF the Per
rysburg district Of the three grand divisions
OF road districts in Wood county. Not a
uOllar Oh IL mas yet Deen expended Oh Tile
road, as we can learn, although the summer
is far spent and the road in Perrysburg town
and township iR bad condition.
1t is said that the Major claims the pre-,
rogative of ordinary township district super
vSors, (that is, to work just about their own
doors) before looking over the district gene
rally. That is to say, he wants to see how
much he can do in Webster and Freedom
townships first, before looking over the road
in Ferrysburg town and township. AS ordi
nary supervisors acknowledge no power over
them, except the God that created them, SC
the Major in his capacity as supervisor over
the McCutchensvile road fund, fances thai
he can supervise the 1871 Il la superuisor.- -
But he is in error. There is not exactly q
parallelism in the two grades of supervisors
There is yet statute in force, whose justice
or constitutionality has never been called in