American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1856-01-17
Thulsday MOrnlng.Ian n, Is5O

An sdditl ~nai levy Of less than three fourths
OF a mi Tot each Oi the three yeats 10 enSue
would have iiq-ldated this Indebtedness, ana
there would have begn no d,tic lty in meeting
the loans Subsequently TO become due My
we on tins subject have undergone no
change; on the contrary, the reflection / have
since given this question has only tended Ia
strengthen the convection that the payment Of
the public debt, as il natures, should he terar
ded as the established policy II the Stare
Any proposition, however Specious II may be,
which tends to prolong the period OF its exiIn
gulshment, will be looked upon with extTt ne
suspicion, and Ohio shCulu never again ent.I
the money or stock matkst OF the county, ex-
cept impeiied by some pressing necessity
Whtther such ne exists at present in
respect Of the loan due January, 1857, IS a
question which | sJbMi; 10 The wisdom u the
General Assembl but candor oompels me 10
state, Tat The payments on account OF that
loan since the recommen datIon referred to, have
been S9SS,a22 80, leaving S2,5tS s, zee 70, stlI
90 be paid, many by the leyics Of a single year.
What would have been comparatively a lIshl
burden II spread over lht ewes OF Il lee Years,
becomes oneroas if imposed upon one. IN
yielding, very reluctantly, tie opinion thai The
losn of January |, 1857, should / I pnil in full
at maturity, the same Lessons which int,u
enced my former recommendation leuuire that
as great a sum as can he levied, without i'm
posing unreasonable burdens on the people,
should be raised by taxation, and thai ali
the other means N the possession of the Stale
should be made available 10 this purpose.
The State OWNS stock on The following Turn
pixies, Railroads andICanols, 10 the amount nom
inally indicated:
TuRNPIKEs.
Batavia Turnpike and Miami Bridge. $50, $50 oC
Cincinnati, Montgomery. IIopkinsVille
Rochester ard ClaTket viile......... So, 400 OF
Cincinnati and Harrison ........... e6 U5U "
Cincinnati aud Hamilton ........... 4I.SJO On
Cincinnati, Columbus and WOOSTER. 1880 u
Cincinnati mud XenIa . 80. .... lie. $50 IN
Circl.viile aud Washington, .......... 1875 "
Cciefain, Oxford und Brook Vile ...... IS 775 4
Dayton and Springfield. ........... 55,45O q
Dayton and Cosington ......''.t.IlI 81 1880 N
Dayton, Centreviilc aud Lebanon ..... $3.50 O
Dayton GO so "
Great 81. 1874 o.
UUshen, Wilmington 1nd Columbus. lO2. RS U
Hamilton, Springfield aud Car,hnge... $3.50 U
Hamilton, hossviile, Dnrr,own, Oxford
aud FuiIhaven.:......"""..... 9,742 CT
Hamilton, KOssVille SOmervillo, New
comb and Eaton .....'''..,.... 1925 "
J~cflrson, south Charleston and Xenia AZ. 300 OIL
Manetia and Newport. .t.......... li,OOO N
Milford und Chilllcolhc. ....... ......l62 $40 g.
Ohio lurnpikr... -. .I.....I.. 500 N
Portsmouth and Columbus. .......... Il. 500 b
III ley and HilsburOugh., see. $50. 50.575 "
Steubenv lie, Cad z ana Cambridge.... 1864 p
uIbana, Troy and Urcenville a.. $50. %, rs 81
Total nm't # Turnpike Stocks 81 ,sS7 463 Il
CANALS.
Cincinnati and Whl,ew alter ...... $780, 600 o.
Pennsylvania and Lhio............ AN. OOU q
Total amount oil Canal Stock -. S57O, o0U o.
Rail. ROADS.
Little Miami RailroHd Stock. $3.50. 1921, 2OO o.
Mad River and Erie Railroad Stock. 395. sOO u
&" Dividend Buuds 1900 81
Mansfield and Sandusky City tailroaI
stock Observation-Disclosures. 80, 1913 o.
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Total amount of RaiIrold Stocks
and Dividend Bonds. S691, 800 o.