Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-05-23

, GWenueIn or one 1orCleth OF that
amount, as in the apportionment on
the jamestown road, or else we are
forced to the other conclusion, "that
some one has blundered" in theil
calculations of the amount OF bene-
fit derived from that road for, to
ordinary business men, there is
nothing more evident than the prop
osition that three or four warehous-
es or stores, and one mill property
alone, are benefited to a greater
amount than Sl,212 rs in the course
Of five or six years by that improve
ment; for if such properties will
not realize that much benefit by
such a road, tits high time to quit
talking about any property being
benefited by q turnpike.
All the real estate Of Washington
was listed and designated by the
first viewers as being benefited by
the Jamestown road, and it ought
to have been assessed to the full
extent Of that beneft, irrespective
Of any other road, as being so
much territory at the beginning
or terminus of a road. And since
the large majority Of the people of
Washington had petitioned for the
roads, the question Of whether the
people of Washington could stand
it or not, should not be an element
in the calculation, any more than it
was on the property of West Ian
caster or Jeffersonyille, or ON the
homestead of some Soldiers widow |
along the road. The whole question
is, to what amount is it benefited by |
the improvement, and what prop
osition Of the estimated cost ought
it to bearH Regarding it so much
territory at the beginning or termin-
us; and for the purpose of proving
the utter righteousness and injus-
tice of the apportionment on Wash
ington, for the benefit of the James
town and other roads, let us regard
it as so much land only, and assess
it by the acre. It is claimed by
some of its citizens that it is equiv
alent to Il miles square, that equals
|, ,13S acres, at So per acre equals
82.276, and there are thousands of
acres along the Jetfersonville and {
jamestown roads assessed at that
rate, which are not so conveniently
to reap the benefits OF these !
'oads as Washington is, or five as t
less it to the average amount of the
ands along the roads, it would be !
It $l.5O per acre, equal to S1.707, ]
'eing less than the amount that the n
illages of Greenfield and Hills g
'orough have repeatedly offered as =
n inducement to the people in the d
ountry to improve their roads, but 1
'as not deemed enough by the peo- 9
lie in the country. In that case it +
,ould be SO 90 per acre for six Ii
Dads, which would be a less rate o.
er cent. Of actual valuation for all Il
tx roads, than the land in the coun- !; y
ry pay for one road. Il
If the land in the corporation of er
Washington is valued at $500 per Ii
Gre, present cash value, and the e
arms in the country are valued at
80 per acre, then Washington pays o.
lree per cent. on the cash value of Q
ne lands only, for the benefit de- y
we'd from six roads, while the al
Ountry at the same distance from nj
ne roads pay four and a half per II
entage on their cash value =
" the benefit derived from one "
)ad and when we consider that pc
he lands in the corporation can't to
. bought for 5000 per acre. How a. ~
reat the disparity; how inslgniR- ca @
Intly diminutive the tax on the au
'wn, compared with the country. th
Washington was taxed half Of IF
e average per- centage Of the dn
nds along the road, and deduct in
erefrom the cost of building half Gu
two thirds of a mile of road in a. an
e corporation, would not that be "6 al
lsonably low for the benefit de-
red from each road1