Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-01-26
Kirkwood Township Locals.

ED. ED.CHRONICLE.-A you solicit local
correspondence and as several town.
ships have responded, 1 send a few
items from Kirkwood; and as we are
but little known to the outside world,
L will givea geographical sketch of our
whereabouts. Kirkwood is in the
northwestern part of the County,
bounded on the East by Union town.
ship, south by Warren, north by Flush
ing, west by Guernsey county, being
an original township of 36 sections. or
22,971 acres valued at SSO0,OS5 and
buildings at SIS, 1899; average value of
land per acre s9s.S7. School property
is valued at 81 $40, church property at
s12, $50, making grand total s93S, ,O96, as
returned by cur district assessor.
Our post-off1ce in Hendrysburgh
which accommodates about three-fourths
of the township -Sewellsville the bal
about 100 letters daily
and distributes 251 weekly papers be-
sides periodicals and transient matter.
Our rmills, factories, stores, workshops,
&C., with our moral, social and religious
status will receive attention hereafter.
What we need most is information re-
specting the working of the machinery
of our County government. Noticing
from reports of the State departments
that county expenses and local taxes
have increased much more rapidly than
State taxes, and as some think that our
county may not be an exception to the
general rule, we would request through
your columns statement of the County
Expenditures. We claim right to
know the facts if they are to bekn ,wn,
as we although isolated are notne. iect-
ed when taxes are to be collected. III
Do not understand us as charging
fraud in the management of our County
affairs; we would more likely be led to
the opposite conclusion, as our access to
the public crib has been scrupulously
guarded with the appearance, at least
of rigid economy. When we, at the
distance of 16 miles, are summoned to
the capitol to tell the truth, or to decide
ON the yeraeity of others, to appear at
8 O'Clock, A. NJ. under penalty of the
law, and after spending a week, and
are then discharged without being used
owing to disability or sickness of the
court or for some otherjust cause, we
find that we are minus some SSOr $40,
besides the loss of time and exposure to
meet the 8 o'clock requirements of the
court. We would be pleased to know
if this unprecedented economy is OBJ
served in all departments, and if SO,
why our local taxes are so increased
We are aware of some extra charges in
our treasury which Will legitimately
add to our burdens hereafter; one item
is the reappraising of the realty Of oul
County.
Can you not give US tabular state,
ment of said appraisement? Many oi
your readers doubtless would like tC
know the value, number of acres, value
.tper acre and cost to the county of the
assessment by townships as returned
fby the district assessors, and what
changes were made by the county
board, if any, and the average value
&C., as returned by said County board
to the State Board of Equalization, buf
lest 1 shall be thought tedious l vii
desist and patiently await information
through correspondents or other chan
nels. More anon. Tom. PHox.
Hendrysburgh, Jan. 20, 1871.