The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-01-10
Findlay and Arlington rurnp.ke.

Findlay and Arlington Turnpike.
EDS. JEFFERsoNIAN.-I see in you
) paper of the 9th ult., that some per
son calling himself Liberty" takes
exceptions to what I said about i'm
lproving the Bellefontaine road. H,
i, intimates that dishonorable means
were used, and that we deceived the
people to get them to sign the peti
ton for macadamizing said road, and
that they afterwards wished theil
names taken off / take the respons
ibility of telling "Liberty" that his
accusation is not true, and that NO
one was dissatisfied until those who
were opposed to improving this road
did misrepresent the law and the
cost to build it. They told the peo-
pie that the road we wished to build
would cost from 81, 900 to $4,000 per
mile; which is not true az win find
good responsible men who win build
the road for $4,000 per mile, and
when the road is sold out in small
sections, it will be built for less mon
ey. 80. '.'' - .',i.',.',,.s :, ~
"Liberty" is either ignorant of the
law or wilfully misrepresents it, He
holds out the idea that all the land
within two miles Of said road
will be taxed equally, which is not
the case. n Thelaw provides that the
land shall be taxed according to the
benefits derived from such improve
ment; and, therefore. those lands most
remote from the road will be taxed
but very little, and we ON the road
expect to bear the principal share Of
the expense to improve it, and I still
think it will pay all. three fold. Glib
erty' seems to think that l am a
most selfish man. lis it selfish to use,
or enforce a law which ourlegislature
passed for the benefit Of the whole
people? Let US see who is the most
selfish. we who want this road built,
or they who oppose it. We want
this road improved tor the benefit of
everybody who may wish to travel
on 1t, and are willing to be taxed
heavily for it, They are opposed to
it because they will be taxed little.
There are four men who travel the
Lima road, who. are opposed to the
Improvement of our road and T think
Liberty" is one of them. Those
men are wealthy bat no part of any
of their farms upon 1ohieh they Toe
come within the limits of'the Belle
fontane road. They have bought all
the land they could adjoining them,
and then 1branched out and bought
some land, for the purpose of spscula-
ting, that does lie within the limits of
our road /; and this is the land they
do not want taxed. Is not this self
ish in the superlative degree2 They
have bought those lands within q
short time, and as the property has
only doubled in value Since. they
cannot afford to have them taxed,
not only not for the iml rovement of
roads, but they would not have them
taxed even for the building of school
houses if they could avoid it. liss
am willing to let the people judge
who is the most selfish. We are
working for the benefit Of the peo-
pie and the food of the county,
and they are opposing both. / have
little sympathy for nonresident land
holders, and think that they should
be taxed for any, Improvement the
residents may require, without con.
sulting their wishes in the least.
"Liberty" also thinks I am a poor
calculator. 1t may be SO, but he has
not disproved any of my figuring. I
figured ON the Findiay and Arlington
turnpike. not on the Lima, Kalida, or
any other road. His calculations are
certainly very erroneous, for he has
figured the tax at 81 90 per acre for
each of the four roads, VIXEN it would
not cost moro than one-haif that
amount, and possibly still. less, ex-
cept, perhaps, the Lima road, aud i
hope he wouldn't obJectto paying a
pretty good tax to. have that road
improved. II they will pike that
road five miles, and fail to reach me
by taxation, l will donate literally
to further the project; or il they will
do it by way Of 4 joint stock eompa-
[py. 4 will take stock, and if they viii
take stock in euriroad We Hi4lnot re-
tquifsrtbsn topey tAxon th5ir lands,
taway,ffomn homie. If .LiBerty" q in
such close proS SiniF f. % many
roads, and they should III be piked,
it would certainly euhancs ther value
of his lands very mueh,g fwhethess my
figuring is correct or not: ps.I onons I1T
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