Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-07-22
Report OF the Com nm issioncrs
OF wood County Ohio,
For the YO'r Ending September Q, 1859.
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PERRYsBuRe, September 0, 1859. !
To he Hon. Jome. Pillars, Jndyc. Court of Com-
mon Pleas, 4h Sab Div, Sd Jadieisi D'sfrieti
The Commissioners of Wood county pfesent
this their annual report u their official trnnsac-
tiOns during the year ending September g. 1859.
During the year embraced in our report We
have established and ordered the opening Of sew
en- county roads, the aggregate length Of which
is fourteen and one-half miles four roads have
been allowed and one vacated, all without extra
cost other than for surveyor, viewers, chaiumcn
aud mnrkers. Our report of orders issued shows
fourteen and ten hundrudtls dollars for damages
in opening county roads, but that was ordered
and included In our last years report, but was
not called for by the parties to whom il was awar-
jrd.
rnder the law passed March 20, 1887, author
izing county commissioners to construct roads
on petition Of majority Of the resident land
owners along and adjacent to the line Of said
road,' and the amendments thereto, we have Or
dered the improvement Of four "A roads, tO-wit:
No's l5, 10, IL and ls, by clearing out, ditcbing
and grading, the length Of which Is seventeen
miles, ut an estimated cost Of thirteen thousand
nine hundred and sixty dollars. The greater
portion Of the work on these roads Is done. Sew
eral other rOads are in process Of construction.
The excessive amount of rain that fell during
the earlier part Of the season very much retarded
the work OF improving the roads and rendered a
large amount Of work thereon necessary. The
law referred to furnishes the opportunity for
small farmers and land owners Of limited means
to obtain good roads and drainage nj the same
time, while the burtheu of taxatiun therefor is
not as oppressive as u the drainage had been
obtained under the ditch law of March 27, 1861.
We have paid for the building and repairing
Of bridges during the year, five thousand seven
hundred and six and tive hundredths dollars,
which has been expended on one hundred and
cnr lrtd irtv nn of yvh hu va
each fifty dollars and over. We have twenty
seven others under contract, the aggregate cost
Of which is about two Thousand one hundred aud
fifty dollars.
We hayc located and established twenty eight
bitches, the aggregate length Of which is about
eighty 80 miles Owing to the unusual amunnt
Of rain during the months Of May, June and Ju-
lv, but a small amount Of the work will be d me
this year. The wet season has demonstrated tO
MS the fact that our people do not fully compre-
bend the magnitude Of the system necessary TO
drain the low level lands Of the county so as to
make them available as farming lands in seasons
like this. The natural outlets should be made
both deeper and larger, so as TO obviate the ne
cessity Of 50 often deepening and enlarging the
same ditch as the country Is cleared up and i'm
proved furth from the ditch.
Two villages, Haskins and Milton Center, have
become incorporated within the year.
Our county inGrmary has not been self-sup-
porting this year, owing to the fact that large
outlay was necessary Tor farming utensils, and
materials for furnishing the building and for
provisions.
The amount Of orders outstanding against the
county issued since September 8, 1857, is four
thousand two hundred aud eighty six and thirty
four huDdredths dollars, the balance in the coun-
ty Treasury of Current Expense Fund as
shown bv the settlement 0f the Auditor with the
Treasurer is two Thousand six hundred eighty
two and fifty-eight hundrcdths dollars, leaving
Al. 4 A.
hundred and three and seventy-six hundredths
dollars for orders outstanding.
The following are the levies made for the year
1869 for the purposes here stated to-wit: