Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-25
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The people of this Township arc soc N
| To vote upon the question of raising by
tlNation, uiucty-iivc Thousand dollars,
I'm aid of the proposed Columbus & To-
ledo II. L., and tho question Is frequent
| ly asked. Is this amount of ulvney tn DC
in fact Il DOnaisoa' Our coniuion sense
| view of the matter S. that such is by no
| means the intention OF the law. The
| EucSel Law as il is called, under which
authority is dcriycd foY vCtiug not To
exceed live per ccut inf aid of any pro-
posed X. L. that may pass through the
| town, township Ur county Interested. .
had its origin, we think. in the f;,ct That
| frequently important public enterprises,
| depending Upon voluntary local aid,
are crippled ard ultimately killed, be-
cause OF the opposition Of men. of whom
! --because of their eirtupstances. iiber-
al aid Is expected. Hence tho eiisct-
mcnt of the BOescl Law, which IL In
tended, by election, to- tlielr abilItY and
possessions. The law, then, provides
| simply Il novel plaIl of raising the ne
cessary amount, but In no sense docs it
| l,,n,,,,,,..h..t+ L. .,,,,. ho . ao,,,;
or gif. Tits is our view Of the matter.
Iu this connection VIC CYL astsbalgp-ts
the following editorial, which ye re-
produce from the Ohio State Journal.
| OF last week:
| ->o" '"a' '"o PiohiH''"'s s"i'es "'e "iui's'
e'o % i"i "' ''o he"' "oiA is s'"oe'nc"'
| III" INC ch'ih'cis arc "oout toohtef upo" Ill.
I Woik OF computing Ii!e cost Oh CONSTRUCTION ol
| each line, 1t becomes matter oi moment u
| those who live Aion% the two proposed routes,
| to know precisely what they can do toward Sc
| curing the ROAD.
Inc theory oi 'hts law iS' thae the towns.
! townships anu Counties through which any
rairoad-may be Projected, shall buiid 1t them
| selves. Whatever they do build they will OWL
| as eGe5tual as any other species OF property
| which they may lease OF sell when duuc IN
such a WAY as they please. Hence. it Is In nd
| wise gilt when tic people vote .his tax, Is
| sometimes represented, but thing for which
| the people arc to receive an equivalent in mon
ey IL they see proper to do So. In Short 1t s:an
| advancement for the time being, FOR which the
\ taxpayers will not only receiye and enjoy O
| very grcat public advantage. but In due time
be substantially reimbursed In their outlay.
| That the outlay on the part of the people viii
iustlfy The above conclusions, We think is abund
| an:ly verified 10y some oi the railroads now ter
| miuatiug ut Columbus For instance there is
| The Little Miami, Columbus and Nuuia railroad,
| Mliich PAYS :: dividcn Of ten ler cent. upon its
caaitai OF six millions Thcu there is the Cleye.
| land, Cslunlbus and Cincinnati railroad, oriyi-
naIIy I3S miles long. AMI costing probably three
| niEl,cns of dollars, but now owning and con
| trolling. a thousand miles of railway, an,,
| worth nu, less than fifteen or twenty millions
| OF collars, has always pait 4 divilen scmian-
| nual!y u Stz per cchtnln icsi,Ies speuciug hun
| drc.ls of thousands ct d,llart yearly in other
railway enterprises THE Baltimore and Ohio
\ railroad pays it, dividends of u. pcr ccntun,
| semi -aunu:IIIy. and ut the same time il cou-
| stanty .csftcppring -und leagtbcnins itself out
until this road is now recognized one of titC
| great ,'aiiro2d powers. and YOU. can harily sc
| anywhere witfou, meeting with some line ol
railway under its control; and then there /,
| the Columbus aHd Hooking Vuli.y railroad, II
embryo as 1t we've, recently declaring dfvider
| in'stock ot20pcr ccntun, and now within q
| few days declaring, = Gcmi-Iuual dtvtteu 'ct b
| per ccnium Of much more than the hfgircs
lawful Interest allowed in Ohio upon money
| loaucj. This road I, between eighty and nine