The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1861-02-14
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY Il, 1861.
The public Works.

The Public Works.
Dispatches from Columbus indicate that a
sharp contest is going GA between different
parties for the sale or lease of the public works
the Ohio Statesman and locofocos generally
favoring the scheme Of lea,ing. They are
undoubtedly anxious 70 tecure the public
works for political purposes during the com
ing campaign. By corrupt system OF ger
rymanderng, and the still greater corruption
OF making il constitutional division OF the
State, for Senatorial and Representative pur-
poses. the Republicans must have a
very lwge majority Of the votes Of the
people before they can secure an equal mum
b,r OF representatives in the Legislature. 1t
is a well known fact that the counties border
ing on the canals are the cont, sted counties
ina csmpaigu. The Iocofocos, by long man
agemeht Of The public works for II iaan
purposes, have, until within few years, con-
troiled those counties and it is doubtless well
remembered that they have had the legisla-
lnture by means of this canal influence, when
the Stale gave q large Republican majority.
Itis evident that the object Of these old willy
politicians is TO get this Republican legislature
TO lease the canals that they mny fall into To-
cofoco hands, hoping thereby TO secure 10.
coloco Legislature next fall. What if thcy do
pay a round price for their leases will not
the Legislature which they will thereby have
secured giant them al needed relief and open
The vaults Of the State treasury to them -
From all precedent and n thorough knowledge
of locofoco political management we do not
hesitate to affirm that such, undoubt.
edly is their policy and such will be the
result in the event that our Legislature opens
The door to these old wi,e pul,rs Mr. Mar
has replied to some of the positions and ar
guments Of tie leasing political managers,
and clearly shows that il is II game at which
Backus has been at work ever since tn p,o
pie gave him notice to quit. Mr. NJ. confines
himself TO facts and figures, and don't leave
a loop.hole for the escape of the corruption.
lists. After showing that the Statesmen mis-.
represented facts to the tune Of over $lOO, 900
Mr., Martin says:
Should the board report in answer to nr, Scots rcso-
hutton in the way you seem u have settled that they will
do t-wit that the canals can under State manrcnicnt
hc made scltSustainng they will have far at least
any crcdcucc is given TO their opinions proven that the
many millions of cnnn property OF the STATE is worth nj
least small amount, while YOU, or the benefit of private
speculation, have established he fact that they are really
ttn worthless to the Amount or $500 900 per year
am FREQ to admit that, in my opinion, the public works
will for the noXt ycur aud hope for series ot Years
make net revenue 10 the State. Proper economy in
thoir arrangement aud freedom irom extraordinary dis
nstcrs by flood, viii, am wen persuaded, prove tue
truth Of tho assertion.
The western div ison last year paid very handsome
net rrvcwc, and the extraordinary repairs appears
fran the report ot the yuni onors ON divisions ono aud
two amounted 10 within tcw thousand domrsot the en-
tire deficit for the fiscal ven 1850 the eastern division
The last years deficits are chargcahlc to the northern
and southern divisions of the Ohio oanal the Wnlhmdng
canal, the Mnskngdom improvements and the Western
Reserve and MNunec road.
On Ihis subject we subjoin the following
from the Ohio State Journal
The whole expenditures ON Mr.. hclu,s' division of the
Ohio canal were SlO1 QG5 of which Sl50Gl were for
extraordinary repairs. Dcductng the latter amount the
ordinary repairs the largest, per mile, Mr. RS
division of tho Ohio canal, of any portion OF the Public
Works 20 wit S1e Q0325 for lSt mcSor SJO per miles.
On the southern division or the Ohio canal Mr. Gro
gorys- the whole amount expended including time
Total sxpeptiurps, including extraordinary
repairs, SGS!Sl ~ g?
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Total for ordinary repairs S'......'' Stl,6G5 "a
Th ,,r,, Of ,h;s li,;i . ,7I r,il,s ,xr,,l;,,,,,,
Gas ubqvel Sil 655,1l or S2S7 per mile.
tins division aos miles in length the ] expenditures We're
si2@SSoSs average o. StS per ml1 , which NEW @
year The Northern portion of this canal was iron, the
HIf mmtGsl included in Mr.. pncEas' ai,isiSm. Dur %
mg thal time t9eM wG.r eSgGd tor Snp'rnsmIyngg'