The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-02-28
PnOGl.Ess yg WOOD COUNTY,

,PROGTsEsS pE WOOD COUNTY.
Our County Commissioners arc acting
wi,lvesmmerdable activity IN the County.
scat questiop. Wo learn from WAtrRR
DrpsoS, Esq, that they will have plan
Gf etNillings, with specifications and an
estimate Of cost, so as 10 present tue mat
ter Of costs, for the sanction of the people
ot tho ycnsuing spring election. IL is
highly important 10 the interests Of tie Re.
publican party, aud Of the people at large,
in this county, that this question, involving
Hs Il does, 40 much Of personal and sec.
tional bitterness, should speedily be set
tied. BY thus referring it TO The conslilu
cncy Of the county at large, the Commis
sioners will obtain unqucstionahlO author
ity to govern them in the matter By nty
othor process in which taxation may bc in.
Volved, il not thus referred 10 the people,
they will only make themselves bad namo.
or that, however, we do not entertain the
thought. The Commissioners individually
arc gunilemen well known as men Of honor
Otiulgment, and of foresight they will do
nothing from mere caprice, but will con.
siler we'll both tho present aud tho future
interests of our growing county. In the
matter Of new buildings oil will depend on
their decisions whether we sLall have
such as will comport with the necessities
of como advancing population aud wealth,
and the consequent increase Of business in
the several official departments.
1t is we'll known that one of the most 90.
gent reasons assigned Tor reno, al, when
t,king the vote on that question IN lSG6,was
the inadequate accommodation furnished
by the Perrysburg Courthouse. Whether
that argument was well taken or not we
do not pretend TO determine. BE HAT MS
it may, it wou uld be evidently impoli!ic
In erect new buildings without anticipa-
ting tho growing necessities of the future,
In tIlis matter the Commissioners are the
sole judges.
Tho style of architecture, its extent Of
accommodation and tho amount OF cost,
must bo determined by them. As subject
matter worthy ofnote in reaching their con
Clnsion in the case, the following statistics
uf increases in the voting population and
wealth of Wood County will be Of practi.
cal value.
Ia 1858, thcro was an aggregate of 2,295
ties cast for the candidates for Supreme
Judge. the vote indicating population of
over 1000 persons In 1867 there was an
aggregate of 1920 votes cast for the guber-
material candidates. This was 3ol votes
less than the number cast in 1866, for Sec.
retary of State, tho aggregate amount then
being 4,62l. II is therefore perfectly safe TO
assume that the total number Of votes in
Wood County by tho close of 1868, will Gc
hut fow short of 5000, exhibiting popu.
lation little short OF between twenty
sovcn and twenty-eight thousand. Within
the short period of ten years, we have MI
increase in the vote aud population OF
Wood County. of nearly l2o per cent. The
increase in value OF it's real and pcreona
wealth. has the following exhibit. Tho as
gregate valuo Of taxable property in Wood
Cauniy. in 1858, amounted 10 $2s10,73
In 1867, q period OF nino years, il has beor
advanced to- 81 AIS, ,l24, being an increase
Of over seisNSdpe per cent, in nine yedrs
These Alaisssics furnish u showing of on,
general DltKrests as they now stand. It
view of the. internal improvements mud,
in our county roads and bitches, thus bring
ing into cultivation of unsurpassed
richness. together with the prospective AS
surance that the watcr,powcr at Perrys
burg, 0iIead and possibly Mltonviile, vii,
lie made available for the Investment o.
capital in tho development Of manulactur
ing enterprises with such evidence il
the past to influence our opinions, il is rea
sonable to presume on populhtion o
10000 in 1880, aud an aggregate taxable
property Of ten or twelve millions of dol
lars. We have advcrtod to these matter,
from no sinister motives, aud without loca
prejudice. We have ever iormod hel
estimate of the luturo prosperity Of TIM
county, aud certainly desire to see it's roads
bitches, and public buildings-al all con
struoted on comprehensive basis 10 NEE
all exigences Tor many years in the futur .
In ,hcso efforts regardcg these matters
tho Commissioners will have tho cordia
aud earnest support Of this paper and tn,
taxpsying population al large.
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