The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-09-15
Is she Presence OF the. Dredges In. the
Bay B1e TO BlckiasOH's Eforts2

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{ : 1.-The Fremont Aesse,tgey! saws that
the presence. OF the government dred-
ges In our bay is due to the official eff
foFts Of E. T, Dickinson. The state
ment Is as near the truth as most of
the political statements made by the
Messenger, it being in fact a point
blank falsehOod.
On the sd Of June, 1866, through
the efforts Of General E6alph p. Buck
land, the Republican representative of
the Ninth District, the sum of SS8 $50
vas appropriated to the Improvement
OF sandusky harbor. On the second
Of March, 1867, the sum of so, 600 was
appropriated, through General Buck
lauo'E tndueuce, % the improvement
o. sanduslIy river from Fremont to
lake Erie This was the condition of
appropriations at the time Dickinson
entered Congress. The latter sum.
Sz1Uo was used on SandEsky river,
ana with It's use Z. r Dickinson had
no more to do than the editor Of
the Messenger. OF the former sum,
without any intervention on the
part OF e. !, Dickinson, twenty
eight thousand d0llaTs were used
on the outer bar of Sanduszy Ray.
leaving ON hand of all, appropriation
on the lst Of August, 1869, about ten
thousapd dollars. Through the infiu-
erce Of Captain John YOungs, Collee-
sOr OF tie Fort OF Sandusky, the late
Q. i. Boalts and Major Walter AIcFar-
iandl the ofl1cer in charge Ofimprove-
ments IN this district, the work of
dredging the channel of the harbor
was let, the advertisements for bids
being paIhlished IA the daily edition
% t1e 1teester over a year apO. and
before .. +, Dickinson had taken anv
practical patt in the d0ines of Con-
gFess. The work was let by Major
Mcfarland according to the terms of
that advertisement. e. +. Diekinson
knowing nc more about it andhayipg
no more to do with it than the man
in the moon. At the time the com
tract was made for the work. All the
money at Major McFarlandis disDOssl
was the nnexpended balance of the.
appropriation Of June sd. 1SeG an
appropriation made at-the instance az
General Buckland, and At 4 fine
when q nomination to- CONGRESS was
not even thought q by the great dis
tTlhuter Of naturalization papers-
Inc presence OF the dredges in
me bay Is cue to. Captain John
Houngs, Q. i. BOalt, Major MeFar-
land, Gen. r. p Buekland. and the
unexpended baiaaee Of tie aDT4opria-
ton OF 1895. We do not believe the
late accomplished Probate OF Eanehls-
Ky county, knew Of their presence ia
tne eay Until he SAX hinlself pEetitei
t1efeWlth in the eofEDns Of the Mes
seIlgeE Certain Il Is that fbecifize,,s
ot eandas4Sy, incluiing the GENTLE
men AaGled5 Ia all their efforts 10
have that balance expended. never
once thought OF calling upon Dickiu.
son Tor help knowing perfectly weil
that he had no influence In ConzTess
or out of it which could proesirs tba
Accomplishment Of the work. So nlucl,
for that election eering fAlsehopd. ~
the Messenger tell one more false
hood, We VIII STATE one more fact
which covers the whole question of
barber and river Improvements, 50
far as SanduslEY and Fremont are
directly Interested. Before the con-
tract was made by Mayor Nc
Farland for the work now being done,
which contract was made over a year
aga Mayor Mcfarland drew HB a ire,-
port 70 Gen. Humphreys, at Wash
ingtonf setting forth that the uAexe
pended bAlAnee would not be enORgh
70 do what ought to be done on the
har0or of Sanduslzy, and requesting
Ten. Humphreys 70 secure ten theu-
sand dollars more. General II. rec
ommended such additi0nal sppsosEia-
tol, and Il Is "a Mayor afefarIand's
leesett which was written at the in
stance q JantaiR RoRAgs, that we
ate lnQeot5d Tor tbs appropriation Of
Se1 tiiollSano dollars, made a few dsvs
oeiofe tne close Of The last session Of
congress. OF this LAST approprIafion
not one dollar has been used Is Vet
nor viii be except foT work not veii
decided upon by the engineer, When
the bids for the work now being done
ny the dfedges were opened, It was