The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-09-08

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condition to work for some time.
There is one more special plea tina must
notice, as he introduces it with flourish Of
trumpets as though it would triumphanuy
sustain him and knock me into BlackSwamp,
He says that he has made a proposition to
the owners of lands on Grassy Creek, that if
they will do SO and so, he will do so and so,
and with his trumpeters at their posts, asks
that if he living ten miles from Perrysburg
can do SO much for Grassy Creek, 1uhat will
Esq. Way as director in the plank road do
Gracious Heavens Is he about to kill the
good people on Grassy Creek with his liberal
ity, provided they furnish him the means to
do it? Major, will accept your challenge
on the following conditions. And as we
both profess to be governed by that code of
honor known to militia officers, trust there
will be no backing out. The conditions are
these: If the directors in the plank road COM
pany think proper to divide the funds on
hand between themselves for expenditure,
will put my share to deepening the outlet
drain on the Skinner farm, and extend it far
enough into Crane Creek to clear the water
from the plank road at that point. will
also deepen and extend the Devils Hole out
! let far enough to clear the water from the
road at that point, so that the water in the
road bitches shall be discharged as near as
practicable into the natural streams where
the water by nature is wont to flow. By
doing so, can help the people on Grassy
Creek in the most effectual way. Now you
make the side drain al South Boundary street,
and extend sufficiently the outlet ditch into
Crane Creek, and we shall obviate the neces-
sity of doing anything on our part in our re-
spective official capacities towards clearing
out the main Grassy Creek. These improve
ments would be what 60 Black Swamp" calls
running water down hill according to law,
1vetting the creeks and drying the roads and
lands. If you please, Just stick pin there"
AS to the bridge fund, l have never claim
, ed but what the commissioners can spend it
anywhere in the county they please. But l
do claim that the interests of those who pay
the taxes ought to be consulted in the expen-
, diture. If one township pays more taxes
than another, its interests and wants are
probably greater and therefore should be con-
sidered. There may however be cases, and
, they frequently occur, where ii is right and
, proper to expend all the bridge fund collect
, ed in several townships to build large bridge
r in one township. In such cases, ii is sup
, posed that all the townships have an inter
, est in that bridge. But where the bridges to
be constructed are small and on local roads,
the case is different. There is rule for these
expenditures founded in reason and Justice
, The law creating the bridge fund and placing
/ it at the disposal of the county commission
; ers, contemplates they will be governed by
reason and justice. Perhaps Major Wood is
, influenced by these considerations in expend-
ing the amount in his hands. If so, as he
9 has appropriated but 1875 in Perrysburg, he
t ought to be able to account for the balance
r satisfactorily. AS Perrysburg township has
been assessed 1921. .94 on the bridge fund for
2 expenditure in 1855, if she can have but 1875
S out of it, some account ought to be given to
her tax payers for the balance, whether ex-
t pended on local or public objects. Unless
some better explanation is given of the use
, of this money than is contained in the Ma
! ior's statement of last week, he ought not to
: complain Of publications like the one head
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