Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-10-08
Reply OF NiF. prOSs.
KELLY TowSsHrr, Sept. 2s, 1858.

vote lulcluEcuIV.
o. y. WORDEN, for the Go. Committee.
Reply OF VII. PrOss.
NELLY TuwSsHIP, Sept. 2s, SIS.
o. y. WoppEN, Chairman OF the Standing
Committee of Union County.
SIu-Yours Of the 9Th is received, in
which you ask me whether I Will exert my
influence, If elected County Commissioner, To
have County Bridge constructed across
Buif4loe Creek, al or near the borough oI
Lewisburs, and whether | will if elected
Commissioner favor the building Of the Court
Houss steps, al the expense of the county.
In reply 20 all your inquiries, | will say
that | never was spoken to by any person or
parsons r-i"iv ".y "s.'.t'.,..s'.. rrqu"eted
since 10 favor the construction of the Bridge
spoken Of, or of the Court House steps. And
in the present embarrassed condition Of The
finances of the county, deem 1t imPrudent
for thr county 10 build any bridge or bridges,
or exreud auy more money Tor bridge purp0-
ses. except TO keep them in repair tha, are
already built. Ia regard 10 the Court House
steps, think their construction part of the
building itself, and consequently the expense
must be borne by the building committee of
ihaSe who signed the bends. and moi by The
county.
II the people Of the county should see prop
e. To- favor me with their votes sufficient 10
elect me, should do what is in my power to
retrench aud reduce the county expenses as
much as practicable. JAMES PROSS.
THE BRIDGE.
We are authorized by Col Slifer, VIM.
Frick, and others who are supposed to be
interested in the Bridge, to say, that they
never had any understanding with Mr.
PrOss, before or since the nomination,
about the Bridge, aud have not and do not
expect or hope to secure It's erection at the
County expense.
rGl. Look at it-Jacob Hummel, Esq ,
present County Commissioner, lives on the
direct road whore the Bridge is spoken Of,
aud would use it much more, and his pro
periy would be more benefited by it, than
Mr.. Pross, whose place is not so directly
Oh the road. whose property is much less,
and who does not come to town as often.
Mr. PROSs nominated Esq. iluNMEL for
Commissioner in convention at VI filnburg
three years ago, and worked and voted for
E,q. lIummel and 50 did Messrs Frick,
Siier, Moore, Sheller, SchreyeE, and all
the gentlemen who are now "suspici0ned"
because they are also friends Of Mr. Pross
No one then circulated the absurd story
that Esq. llummel was "got up by Pross,
Frick, Slifer y Co, on purpose to get
bridge there: ard yet, Esq Ilummel
might then have been charged with il just
as properly, and with just as much truth
and plausibility, as Mr.. Pross now is. The
truth is, neither Mr.. Pross, Esq Hummel,
or any other man expects a County Bridge
there, and Mr.. Pross would no more pros
titute his Office to that end than did his
neighbor, Esq Hummel. Even if he
should desire it, he can only petition for
it; whether Commissioner OF not. The
Grand Jury first orier Bridge built
then the Court confirm it-aDd the Com.
missioners hare 10 LpiH it, whether they
desire it or not. Whether Pross, Mover,
or Weidensaul is elected Commissioner,
therefore, will not affect the building Of
the bridge an iota. The Commissioners
all opposed the building Of the late bridge
TO accommodate dozen families in Hart
ley but they had to build it, against their
own convictions of right and expedicncy.
THE STEPS.
The last LocofOco humbug to divide the
Wings is, that the "BOndhoders now want
to saddle the building of ru,-stonc or mar
bic steps to the Court House, at an ex-
Pense of thousands of dollars, on the Coun
ty." We believe this charge also to be
wholly false-a base lie,-got up for poll.
teal effect We have never heard of any
such plan. We conversed with several of
the most prominent and influential Of the
gentlemen signing the bond, all of whom
declare they have no wish or desire to avoid
that last act in Finishing" the work as the
bond and the law require We are author
lied by Esq LINCOLN to say for himself
and We believe also for Commissioner
RULE-that they are iunexibly opposed to
any such burden being rolled upon the
county. Mr.. PRoss comedies in their
view so that our Commissioners are call
right on the Steps question"
Esq. Hummel, the retiring Commits
sioner, is himself one Of the Bond Hold. /
ers, and, if an enemy were jealous and
stubborn enough, he might have accused
him, when running, Of desire to shift |
that Court House cost--be it less or
mOre-from himself upon the county
But we do not believe Esq. Hummel de-
sired to do, or would do, any such thing
he would live up to his word to "inish"
the Court House /; and SO would the 9TH
er gentlemen, his associates on the obli- /
CATION. He would do just as Mr.. Pross
pledges himself TO do; aud every one who
knows Mr.. Pross knows him to be an up-
right, fair, and as firm man as Esq.
Iiummel