Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-03-15
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WYOMING COUNTY.

E,roN. Aug. II, 1854.
Dan SIR| received yours Of the 7th, and
take pleasure in answering your questions
according 10 the best information have upon
the subjects Of inquiry
l. The cost of our County Buildings. when
first occupied. was about Si,50o, Cour thcn-
sand five hundred dollars.) paid prime pa!y
Nv subscriptions. They have been sufficient
for all useful purposes there has been some
complain, about the Jail,bu it is well enough
when well attended.
= The Taxes Of Wyoming county, are
higher than when set off from Iuzernr the
ratio of taxation has advanced from 10 8
mills on the dollar.
2. know of no desire in the people Of
Wyoming 10 be re-annexed 10 Luzerne they
would as soon think of being re-anneIed TO
Great Britain.
A. The people Of Wyoming have undoubt.
edly been benefited by the separation. II has
infused energy, and concentrated action, ava
kened an independent spirit of inquiry and
improvement, both pecuniary and moral,
greater than would have been, had they re-
mained frontier townships of Lnzerne.
Luzernc, think, has lost nothing by the
change il relieved her somewhat of an over
turihen of legal business, which is said 10 be
still too great.
lbelievc have answered your questions
10 brief, which you can use as 10 you may
seem proper.
And believe me yours sincerely.
JESSE HARDING.
Mr.. o. N. WonpEH.
REMARKS.
Wyoming county was formed about ten
years ago, with less than ten thousand in-
habitants and its Valuation, even now,
is under One Million of Dollars. Its
Court House and Offices are in one build
ing, commodious, and even elegant; its Jail
is of brick, with stone foundation, and
stone yard upon one side. The division
has proved beneficial in every respect, for
It's Increase of taxes, three mills on the dol
lar, is made up by gains in other respects,
thrice over. ES Each portion Of Union
county, if divided, would be near double
the population of Wyoming, when orga-
nized and each would contain THREE
TINES the amount of taxable property.
Wyoming has no regrets for her separa-
tion, small as she is in wealth and num-
bers. Our correspondent is a respectable
and intelligent Farmer and Justice of the
Peace, no way interested in the County
Seat.
CARBON COUNTY,
MAUcH CHUNE, Aug. Is. 1854.
DEAR SIR.-As came 10 the county Of Car |
bon soon after It's separation from Northamp- |
ton, | thought 1t proper, before answering your |
inquiries, 10 submit them TO older residents, \
and those having held offices, both before and |
since the Division. Having consulted the
presen, Sheriff, ProlhonotaTy. Register, and |
others, now reply according to the best infor- |
Inaiion can obtain.
!. When the county Of Carbon was set OF
from Northampton Ns430 the Lehigh Compa-
ny gave a large stone store. in this Borough,
with the land, free the cost Of fitting II up for
a Court House, building County Jail, &c, I
have not been able 10 ascertain. This was
destroyed BY fire in 1919. and a new Court
House. Jail, Jail Yard, Jailor's House, and
County Offices, erected on the same site. COM
pie'ed IN 1851, at a cost of about g s. 900. The
expenses have all been paid bv Tax, excep, I
tnink the Legislature eXoneTated the County of
her quota OF State Tax one year, on account, of
the destructive Fire. They are entirely .sufi;.
cient for the wants OF the county," and will be
for years To como.
!. The County Taxes are now q mills on
'he dollar about tae same they were general
ly before the Di~.,on; bu. while the people