Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1858-10-12
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bers of the Tribune, has the writer been labor
Ing to convince the people OF Iowa county
that a removal Of the County Seat al the pres
eut time would be unadgisabie, uuwIse, fraught
with unnecessary expenses, arrl burdensome to
the Taxpayers. " hile it woaId BE- attended with
no cores onding advantages TO any MOI directly
interested il the sale Of town lots or building
contracts. During the same four weeks has lie
searched the columns of tho Iowa County i'd
eocgte for some sensible Argument in favor Of
such removal; but until the examination of the
last number, has been only able to discover rhe-
torical twaddie which would disgrace a school
boy and silly attempts TO soar on waxen wings
into the realms Of The infinite and impossible /;
but the atmosphere has proved too hot for is ce-
roUs pinions, which, like those Of IcanGs, have
melted, precpitatins their hero from his slddy
height into = dirty pool below But now
champion steps forward, haiIIng from Arena,
aud volunteers, in a gentlemanly and polished
style, to pick up the gauntlet froll which every
noisy brawler had recoiled. Having said thus
mach for his pluck, am sorry to be compelled
TO say that, for gun of 50 great caIibFe, the
charge Is altogether too small, and scatlers wide
from the mark Nearly two columns are con
sumed in attempt to prove that the farmers
would find better markets for their produce p
Arena, or Ayoca, than at Mineral Point. lie
does not assert that Dodgeyille, which IS the
point at issue, IS q better market, or that the
turner's could even make it for their interest. in
the way of business, To go there. And if he viii
refer again 10 my first article which he reviews,
he viii hnd that, IN speaking Of lumber and salt,
I asked the questions, =. Do farmers 60 Dodge
vile to buy lumber and salt. Or is Mine al
Point and the riper tosoaS preferable =
IaTprehend we have no controversy here
For if the best market for lumber were 10 be
selected for a County Seat, the choice would
fall on Avoca or Arena. and not On DodgeyilIe.
In what manner then, this fact should be inter-
preted in favor of DodgeylIe Is beyond my COM
preheuslon.
The only other point in the communication
requiring notice, Is that in relation to the value
! OF property and the number Of voters in the two
Assembly Districts In This statement Of facts,
the writer may be nearly correct but people
wiu draw very different conclusions. 1t does
not follow because there IS the most taxable
property in the Northern Assembly District
that therefore it would be for the interest Of the
taxpayers residing there to be taxed to erect
new county buildings and to pay two-thirds
of the whole amount necessary for that purpose.
In fact, think the citizens Of that portion viii
soon discover that, if they have some $5000o0
more taxable property than the remainder of the
county, they viii be obliged TO pay tie tar on
+ 5500,000 more, which viii amount 10 some SIX
4 or seven thousand dollars more than the South
en District would be required to raise. The
amount of tax apporiioued to each town. accord
ing to an estimate of the expense to the whole,
VIII be found in the last number OF the TaIBUyE,
and shows the people Of the Northern District
to what feast they are invited. Arena would
pay $3.50; Wyoming, SI,775 Clyde, $685. );
Pulaski. 81 905 Bdgeway. 55.2l0; Highland,
> 1850 and Dodgeville, $1,0s0 while in the
same proportion the southern District would
pay only $4,000 Facts and figures are dan
gerous weapons and should not be used ly un-
Skillful ha-,I=.
New. one word in relation TO the additional
. expense attending Tie travel 10 Mineral Point.
The greatest difference cannot he over eight
miles. while from Fran kim. Pulaski. ana some
parts Of Bidgeway, it Is not more than two
miles by the usual route. But calling It eight
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Grand jury. There are eighteen ia attendance
OF whom oue-lalf, we viii say, travel eight
miles out of the way. This, AT six cents mile,
winch the county pays, amounts to SL32. The
Petit jury being about as large again, would
cost SCI additional expense for one term of
Court or q grand total OF Ss35,92 cents per an
num- Add rs much more for witnesses and
4 We lave @51sl as the burden the county has to
bear for keeping the Court House in Mineral
Point, Is not thIS aIarmlug2 And vet ueare
tod thai All this expense can Ie saved by the
-anoral Of tie County Seat, Whata privilege
is offered fsr saving s5152 at an expense of
some $4,000! Would lot political economy,
tie laws q equity and common sense say let
uS move tie County Seat and save tie mileage =
L woulI require more than The skill of IN An
4. SAY or ,he l.g.c 81 4 Mills u make the ueo-
r'e accept such transparent Lumbueelng forpo-
.i,...l economy.
He.e.e -eavias tie s,bigct for tie present.
wish TO correct an error into which A Voice
From Arena has fallen. lie says o.. Ii is 4 we'll
known fact that goods can ~ transported in less
ame ana With less expense from Galcta to Min
eHl Point rs land than they can bv rail" and
Eastern cities by way Of Milwaukee to Arena
a1d thence by la.d TO Mineral Iclut in the
same t.me and al small saving ii exrense,
'haa Icy can n raiI trom Chicago 10 Mineral
Point"
it tae first is true, then it IS cheaper . haul
seeds ~ Dodgeyii,e by land from GaIeua, Tor
ttey have TO pass through Mineral Point If it
were true. 1 merchants would have their gccs.~
hauled by land and not by raiI, which IS net she
fact
III the second statement Is true. why do the
nod-sri,.e merchants send their goods to Min
era' Point BY rail. and then haul them by land
Z" laa=er.,e Whvdo they net send them ly
Arena. = small saving Of expense? The
reason is. tlae business men know their own H.
.ere<.- aad So nos lay out their nouev. for the /
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