Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-02-07
,Vhs public Wolks:and Mr. Commissioner MAR
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On e,3lst OF January We puolisneo an =.
ac,e in the S,s,ssmyn, referring to the PUBIC
Works, thsir revenues and expenditures which
We were moved to do, from the fact that peing
On .ha House on the day before. when Dr.. sooTT'
os Warren, was on the floor, submitting some re-
marks, w6ic we then thought and still think,
were not made in sincerity and good faitht and
with view to elicit information TO enlighten
the Judgment Of the Legislature 10 that ars'c'e
the following paragraph appears;
In tho report referred to-, Mr.. Martin and MIR.
Gregory ask Appropriations (including some
anexpended balances, which are claimed 70 ex'
istl Tor the support of their two divisions
amounting to the sum Of $4O9 ,Ssi 81; vTrv,,T
AT the end Of nearly one week, from the pub
licatiou of our article, Mr.. JoHN 4, SraHT'', 9.
the Board of Public Works, thought itincum-
ben. on him tsreply oit, and for that purpose
furnished US with the article which we published
on Tuesday iast. ma IA dEH8qgal 81 assIs9
Ii is Iiss ii isssr II .A A se facts to be ELECTED
and therefore mot necessaryito reply specially TO
his strictures on what he deems cur unfairnes, or
to his intimation that We desire to depreciate
the value Of the Public Works Z" foT tho benefit
Of individual specnlators." We are wilpng
to trust our conduct and motives Ia all that a we
uublished on the 3lst ultimo, as well IS all We
have eyer said on the subject, in the Siats's'sp'
to the jud gment Of such or our fellow citizens
ss have read the canal articles which We. from
time to time, have written and printed ~. 49, ~,
Mr.. MAErn takes issue with MS, and declares
that cur statement ia erroneous to the amount OF
sI64 Gal go; that he has only asked, as he now
saws, for appropriations on the Miami & Erie
Canal 20 the amount Of sl28, 600 (which our
types on Tuesday enormously made slSS,eoe)
for the three quarters Of the current fiscal year.
and the first quarter Of 1862; and that Mr.
Gnroaonr only asked for the same period Tor
his division of the Public Works, the sum OF
slI7,I5O. making the shole amount asked Tor
by both gentlemen, only sa4sl5O' and being
therefore, less than the sum stated by as (s4es''
ssl 9O) By this amount, viz: $l64.2si 70.
Following this statement, Mr.. MARTIN con-
cedes that appropriations were Recommended"
for the purchase Of land at the Lewistown and
the Mercer county Reservoirs, amounting to the
of sum $3s, 500. made necessary as he alleges
nv NAL democratic, legislation, but still declares
that the sum is not properly chargeable to e1-
uepditures for the maintenanee Of the canals;
but granting that It be charged, and still oar
statement, he says, is incorrect, to the amount
of sl25, ,74l 90 mr.. ssfAKTiE thea ssSa:. =
Again, and to include every item Of sappro-
p.iatIon recommended, not only for the the two
divisions of which you so elaborateiy treat. Du'
slso The contingent expenses Of the oihce OF the
Posrd of Public works, salaries Of members,
reaident engineers, land damages, attorneys'
fses. etc AMOUNTING to the Gum OF $lI ,sou,
and stil ycur eiphering contradicte the old sdage
"that figures can't lie" to the moderate extens
of over Sl09,00O. ~ ..s.-a -
In that portion of our article, OF the 5ist oi
January, to which Mr.. MARTIN takes exceptions
and wherein he denies the truth Of our figures
{, IA nroper to state, that we had no intention tt
p.-sde the estimates of Mr.. MARTIN and MIR
GREGORY before the world, for unkind criticism
but our object was to show how much the Report
of the Board asked for, to be appropriated and
expended, in the three quarters Of the present
and the frs. quarter Of the next fiscal year, in
connection with the management OF our Pubic
Works. -. ~, =, ,i--s ~. ~,
Mr.. B.Cxus had made no estimate for thu
amount required for the division in bis charge
and hence in speaking Of the appropriations ask
cd, and the moneys stated 10 be necessary 10
the suoerintendsnce, construction and repairs
the public w orks, for the thrse quarters OF this