Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-12-03
THE EBY FARM QUESTION.

THE EBY FARM QUESTION.
NEVADA, Nov. Both, 1869.
EDITOR REPUBLICAN Your Carey
correspondent treats the pending ques-
tion of the purchase of the Eby farm,
for a County Inirmary, in manner
calculated to amuse rather than aid in
correct solution of this difficult ques-
tion. By the laws of the State and the
action of the people of the county in
pursuance thereof, authority has
been conferred upon the Commission
ers to select and purchase farm for
the purpose of erecting suitable build
ings for the accommodation of the pau
pers of the county. A number of farms
were offered, in quantity and price
ranging from 16O to 400 acres; and
from 50 to 20 dollars per acre. The
Commissioners, after careful exami-
nation of all the farms offered, and act
ing, as have no doubt, in good faith,
decided in favor of the Eby farm. At
first this decision of the Commissioners
was mainly opposed by those having
farms to sell, and who were unable to
convince the Commissioners that their
farms were the cheapest and best loca-
ted for the purpose. The question of
the number of acres necessary for the
purpose, did not trouble them so much
while their own bids were being con-
sidered, as it did after the choice had
been made. The number of acres nee
essary for the purpose with proper To-
cation and price, were all left with the
Commissioners for decision, and it
seems to me that these persons who Of
fered their farms containing from 100
to 400 acres, are stopped from objecting
to quantity at least, and from the ex-
aminations of the bids, fixing the price
per acre, and from my knowledge ofthe
lands offered, have no hesitation in
saying that they are also fairly commit
ted to the price per acre. The location
as to health, beauty and public conve-
nience, is not surpassed by any in the
county. Located nearly midway be-
tween the county seat, and the impor-
tant and prosperous city of Carey, and
on one of the best public roads in the
county, affording facilities for competi-
ton In the purchase of articles required
for the maintenance of the inmales of
this institution. including medical SER
vices for the sick and infirm, which is
no small item during the year, have
no doubt that all these things were
carefully considered by the commits
sioners In determining their choice.
Your correspondent tries to be witty
at the expense of some of the views of
the friends of the purchase as expressed
in the hearing of the taxpayer from
Carey. (His taxes, would infer from
the number of persons seen and con-
versed with on the subject of the Poor
house during his short stay in town,
were small and soon paid.) One man
claimed that the farm was well adap-
to fruit, another to hogs. another to
milk and butter, another to garden
products &c. Now in all candor, and
with due respect to the judgment and
standing of your tax-paying correspon-
dent, is not this all true to the letter
| Now let us consider as a Taxpayer
from Nevada, (having also recently
visited our county seat for like pur-
pose) some of the views and opinions as
expressed in our hearing by some OF
the leading and most influential citi-
Zens opposed to this purchase, and in
doing so, I will not expose them by
giving their names. One claimed that
ten acres in some obscure and remote
part Of the county, where land is cheap
would be sufficient. Another. 40 acres
with plain, cheap, aoooden buildings for
superintendent and inmates, and not
on any public highway, was all that
was Necessary. Another little more
liberal and humane, ashamed of the mar
row contracted views of his friends,
favored so acres, land and buildings not
to cost over $4,000, and as to location.
he did not care a d-n for that, as
the persons requiring aid were not OF
much account anyhow. And still
another, a .ffnaneier, a sickly location
and thus speedily rid ourselves of the
expense and trouble of keeping the
paupers-would be the most desirable
and practicable scheme. Compare
these views, as entertained and ex-
pressed by the citizens of Upper San
dusky, with the light of reason and hui
manity, and let your readers judge
which commend themselves most to a
favorable consideration. 1t may be
true as a financial measure, that the
Commissioners have erred in the guam
tity of land purchased, yet they have
many precedents in other and adjoin-
ing counties, for their action in this
regard. A work of benevolence and o1
humanity like this, should enlist every
heart that is capable of being touched
with feelings of human misfortune and
inflrmity. We hope the Commission.
ers will discharge their duty fearlessly
yet firmly, taking into consideration
the interests of the taxpayers, as well
as the comfort and convenience of that
unfortunate class for whose benefit the
Expenditure is sought to be made.
NEVADA TAXPAYER.
| We regret to state that the recov.