The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-03-18
For the Journal.
Wood County D1tchimg.

Water is one OF the necessary elements OF life
but too much in place is nuisance That Wood
county has been amply supplied, in wet season
especially upon the surface, no one will deny. The
current in those bitches that are completed gives
evidence that the county can be draiDed. While
some townships are favored with natural outlets
within their own borders, and consequently easily
drained, those townships at distance from such
outlets must be dependant for the outlets upon
the neighborng towns that are thus favored.
Where two or more townships are interested,
there should be county officers who are dsinterest-
ed TO place the ditch in the proper place and make
the apportionmens for the interested PARTIES
Clodhopper's suggestion is good one, to have
ditch commissioners appointed or elected where
more than one township is interested, He is mis-
taken IN snpposing Washington does not want
the water from Weston to pass through her bor-
ders and sees thousand reasons why 10 should
not" Washington" does, however, see the pro-
priety Of having the water from Weston and 9th
err townships conveyed in its proper channels and
bear the proportion of expenses in making the out
lets according the course usually adopted She
" sees" few "reasons why course contem
plated should not be pursued A tax was laid up
on Washington with other interested towns TO
build a turnpike. A part of this tax was made
use of to make what is called the Newton out
let that diverted some of the water from its nat
ural channel which largely increased the amount
of water on the lands of some taxpayers below
There has been ditch dug some one hundred
rods west of the line of section 23 starting from
tho " Newton out-le and emptying its water in
to the Sugar Creek outlet. The Newton out
let was extended eastwardly to the east line o
the SAID section TO the Town Line outlet" which
was jointly made by Weston, Plain, and Washing
ton. This outlet has a strong current, but ha:
not that depth it should have, consequently does
not take off the surplus water as fast as it might
from the Newton outlet" Certain persons il
Weston ra ther than bear their proportion of ex.
pense with Plain and Washington to deepen it
notified the holders of some two thousand acres o
land tn Weston that on application would be made
to the trustees of the township, to commence {
ditch at the Newton outlet" eighty rods wes
OF the town fine ditch" running northwardly
one and one half mile to the north line o
Weston, leaving the holders of some four hundred
acres of land, in Washington, to dig large out
let one mile and three quarters in length, at an ex
pense which would nearly equal half of the worth
of some of the land, notwithstanding the lands or
each side were taxed to make the Sugar Greek
OF town line outlet" one outlet on the east the
other on the west side of the section. While the
inhabitants in Weston, through whose lands th
contemplated ditch is laid, do earnestly object t.
it, and had it laid aside ths town line ditcl
In the bottom is twenty feet wide. Sugar Greek
sixteen feet, being Of sufficient width if deepeneC
to take off oil the water that should empty into il
Thess outlets being the first made in this direc
!, tion, consequently the water has been diverted
from its natural course, in some cases. and directed
into these drains. 1t is apparent that disntereste
men of judgment and experience should be ap
pointed to oversee the interests of ali concerned
JUsTlcE.