The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-08-24
The County-sent QuestlOn.
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qualheu 70 enhghten the people on tne suuJecS
by anything can write, as am entirely unused
to writing communications for newspapers. But
as several articles have appeared in your paper
pro and con, and as you have invited the friends
of both sides to discuss the question in your paper
shall avail myself Of your liberal offer and en-
deavor 10 give some views on the subject.
In the tirst place, I think the law providing for
vote to be taken on the county seat removal, Is
unfair and is not calculated to give fair express
sion OF the views Of the people Of the county Per-
rysburg and Bowling Green are the only places
named in the Law just as if the question was
already determined that the county-seat must be
at one or the other Of these places. There are
many who think that Tontogany is proper place
for the county seat. Some favor Weston. Many
in favor Of Portage, while others believe that
some points on the McCutchenville Road, say at
IIousebolders, would be the best place. Yet the
friends Of all these places are powerless to express
their views on the subject at the coming election.
But, as it now too late to remedy this error
before the election, we must do the best we can
with the question, as it is. II the vote should re-
suit iu favor of the county y-seat remaining at Per-
rysburg, at the next session Of the Legislature,
new law may be passed, providing for another
vote, so as to embrace some all of the places
named, provided public sentiment should not be
satisfied with its remaining at Perrysburg.
The county of Wood is now pretty well settled,
! and is fast developing its resources; aud when
ever new county buildings are erected they should
be Of a frst-class character, to correspond with
| other counties and meet the wants of the people
for century to come. take it for granted that
| IL the people Of the county decide to remove the
| connty-seat, tAey intend its location shall be
permanent, and that the buildings to be erected
will be of frst-class order. Now, Bowling
Green is the only place named in the law in CON-
petition with Perrysburg for the seat of Justice
As the county seat has been at Perrysburg since
the organization of tie county, we know by ex-
perience what its claims are. We know the
facilities for getting there, and we know also the
inconveniences. The great point that will de-
tsrmin the minds of the people where they will have
the county is the convenience and facility Of
getting to and from, to attcad to the business re-
quired to be done there.
II is true, geographically speaking, Bowling
Green is nearer the center than Perrysburg, but
can majority of the people OF the county get to
and FRI m that place easier than they can get to
and from Perry sburg2
The construction of railroads are in some re-
spects annihilating time and space. The fact that
the distance ON one place to another is greater
is no evidence that is more expensive or difficult
to get to the place the greatest distance off, because
the facilities of railroads may make it much
cheaper and easier to 60 by rail greater distance
than less distance by team.
Bowling Green possesses no natural advantage
for town. There no facitis to get to it. The
roads leading to it are all very bad, without much
prospect of their being made better very soon 1t
is no place Of business, nor can il be made one 1t
is off the line, where it is probable railroad will
be built If il should be made, the county-seat
would be like Virginia county -seat-a place
simply to go to do county bust ness and nothing
else.
We know that before many years a railroad will
be constructed from Fremont or Fostoria in a west
terly direction, through not far from Defiance
to connect the system Of roads running east and
west through Indiana aud Michigan, and the
roads now sbuilt in Ohio. Look at the map of
Ohio and examine the course of roads now built
and see the roundabout way it now tIke. tn get
from portions of Ohio into Indiana and Michigan
The intermediate country needs a road for its
local accommodation and the public requires it
for crosscut to get from road to another with
out going seventy five one hundred miles to get
twenty five miles. As soon rs the country be-
comes little more developed, move will be made
10 effect it, and it will surely succeed 1t vii pass
centrally through this county, and not Ear from
Portage and Weston.
point upon that road will be the proper place
for the county A town will grow up at
some point, with great rapidity and become the
principal market town of the county. 1t will be
central for such as wish to use their own con-
veyance to get lit, and convenient for such as
wish to go by rail, as the D. and NJ. Road will
accommodate the northern portion of the county to
get TO this road.
If the county seat should now be located at
Bowling Green and expensive county buildings
put up, it would then be difficult to make change
although great majority of the people might
desire it.
What sensible farmer, who has a house upon
an old road, that there is very great prospect
will be changed to run differently through the
farm, and is desirous to build new house. but
can live som, years yet in the old one as well as
he has done, will not exercise reasonable fore
thought and see how the change of the road will
affect him, before building? A little ndiscreet
haste in building before the agitation OF change in
the road is settled, may result in finding that he
has built his hoase where he would by no means
have placed it, if he had known the road wonld
have been changed. He would have lived little
longer in the old house, that was quite comfortable
for the sake of putting the new one where he
wanted it,
II the county-seat should now be located at
Bowling Green and expensive county buildings
erected, the probabilities are, that the people of
the county will rue it when too late. It will be
better to have il remain swlere it is ana use the
old buildings until such tims as the location can be
nioFe satisfactorily made.
If We vote it to remain at Perrysburg we incur
no expense Of putting up county buildings, and
leave the question to be agitated at any time to
change it to such place as will be satisfactory.
law to take vote can be passed at any time when
the people see fit to pet tion the Legislature for
that purpose. It my interest to have the county.
seat remtved further south than Bowling Green If
removed at all. believe that in ten years, a rail
road will be constructed through the county eact
and west, that will render some other point more
suitable for the comfy seat than Bowling Green.
The county-sea ought TO be a market town,
where the people dispose Of their farm products
and buy goods, and therefore should have rail
road facilities.
A TERRIBLE food has taken place in wen
County, KY. Some farmers'an others have
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