The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-02-11
Communicated.
High Taxes, &c.

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extravaganza Of our very economical
Board Of County Commissioners. A
kind friend Of theirs, in the Adrsrti-
ser Of last week, attempts a justiaca
ton Of their course, and the eIpendi.
ture Of the money upon and for the
items designated. II is q curious de-
feuso; it don't exactly approve Of the
expenditure, but says 10 plain terms,
that as the Commissioners, in their
concentrated wisdom, have seen Ct to
involve the county In this expense,
wo Democrats must cover IL up,
smooth il over, hide il in some way
because wc will rob ourselves Of one
Of our greatest hobbies If this be-
comes known. The fact is conceded
In the quasi editorial, that a bridge
has been contracted for at only So
900. 400 perch Of stono--dOes any
man claim that no more stone will be
required aud that this amount will
fully complete the job. zoo feet Of
wood works that ALI Will this
kind friend OF theirs please answer
whether the sum Of SO 800 will finish
the bridge and make it passable2 II
that Is all, you will have TO climb up
to the South end with ladder. But
his assertion proves the truth Of what
l said before. Ifonly two items bring
II up to about SO, 9,OOO-and these two
items far less than It will require for
each ono-the whole complete will
cost s20,000,-only $4,000 |
Let that correspondent take tho
map of our County and follow the
road on tho east side Of Sandusky
river northward, aud sec If 1t does
not pass through the farm Of one of
our Commissioners, aud whether IL is
not the best way to get the produce
of Spicer Greek Bottoms to Fremont !;
aud whilo you have the map before
you, you will dis cover also that this
is the second bridge within three
miles Of the north line of Seneca
county, while there is only three 9TH
er bridges, including the two in Tifin,
in tho county. Is this bridge built
in the interest Of Seneca or Sandusky
county. If tho latter, then let their
tax payers foot the bill. aud We waive
all objection; but if this county is to
pay the expense, We protest against
the use Of our money to benefit an
other county.
A few more strokes Of such master
ly inefiicicncy viii drain our Treas =
ury and make us tho laughing stock
OF adjoining counties.
But upon the other item he not
only justi6os but blamos tho Commis.
sioners for not fixing tho compensa-
ton for indcxing the records at S5,-
600; for, ho says, tho Commissioners
are backed by tho law, which we
grant-furthor, he says tho work is
worth $4,000 Why, thcn. if tho
work is worth that amount do they
expect to have 1t done for half price2
Is it because they expect to have the
work only half done2 But he alleges
that there is a bill before the present
legislature to compel the indexing of
tho records. We don't wonder at
thSt-that body is Democratic, and
we need only point to the visible ad.
mixture law aud tho law to deprive
crippled soldiers aud students from
voting, to find in II a capacity TO do
any unnecessary, useless or foolish
thing. It's equal to any omergen.
cy.
As to our ability to properly in.
dex the records, lot our qualifca-
tions be tested when we make the
application for the job; but we should
very much doubt our ability or our
honesty It he agrees to do this labor
for $500, when it was worth $4,000.
One thug at time, pray. We
are now looking at our homo interest
and do not wish and do not intend
that our attention shall be attracted
to Washington or anywhere else, by
your claims of fraud aud high taxes
there. We don't intend you shall
poiu. to somo distant place with your
left hand, while with your right you
are heapiug up taxos for farmers to
pay.
A correspondent in the same pa.
per partly approves Of :he statements
made in our former article. Here is
the the last line Of his commuuica-
tion, which is strange doctrine to
appear in the same paper, AID that,
too, about Democratic officials. "But
will any body say that they (Commis-
sioners) have so husbanded our tax
cs, in these close times, as 10 meet
the appreciation of the Taxpayers Of
Seneca County" What say. you ed.
itorial correspondent, upon this sub.
jeetg They will never put him on a
committee to examine the annual
proceedings of the Commissioner
It would not be wholesome.
But since this gentleman has be-
come so pugnacious, we might as
well air few other things.
Has any ono seon tho detailed re-
port Of the official proceedings Of tho
Commissioners for the year ending
June 1868, advertised in any of our
pa9ors9 Has such a report been
made to the Common Pleas2 Has
committee been appointed to exam
ino ii Ifso what have the board
charged for personal services and