Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-09
AVAILABILITY OF OUR COUNTY
AEAT.

AVAILABILITY OF OUR COUNTY
SEAT.
We have no occ lsion to inform our
rea Iers, for all O. them are well advis d
Of the fact, that our roals during sev>r
weeks past have been, and still are, most
horrible-that 1t has been almost impos-
sible to get to or from our c)untyseat.
But says our cGsemp0rary, 1t is no further
for a Perrysburg man to wallow through |
the mud to Bowling Green than 1t would
bs for a Bowling Green man to wallow
through the mud to Perrysburg. True,
and if there were precisely the same mum
Der Of inhabitants in each town, having |
business to transact at the county seat, |
then the proposition sought to be estab
lished would be correct, in SO far as the
two towns are concerned. But as Per-
rysburg contains twice the number of in
habit ants that B. e. does, the presump
ton Is, that we do twice as much wallow-
ing through the mud as q. G. would hav-
to do were the seat of justice here.
And when we consider the further fact
that B. G.. does or can do but little bust
ness, while Perrysburg can and does do
much more, and "a more or less of busi-
ness transactions require visits to the
county offices and court room, we at once
see that the diSproportion Of miles which
Perrysburg has to travel through the
mud, is greatly increased. TLu3 We dis
cover that the burthen upon Perrysburg
Is about three times as great as 1t would
be upon B. G. Such Is the state of the
account between the two towns-but these
are only fraction of the county. Let us
look farther.
With the county-seat at B. G.. every man
IN the county wishing to do business at the
Court House, with the exception of very
few at and near the center, must trauel
through the mud to do it. Were the county
seat at Perrysburg, the citizens of the
townships of Perry, Bloom, Jackson, Mil
ton, Weston, Washington, Middleton,
Perrysourg, Lake, and portions of Troy,
Plain and Liberty, including the inhabit-
ants Of the villages of e Elgleville, New
Baltimore, Cu5tar, Milton Center, Yves
ton, Ton:ogany, Haskins, Hull Prairie,
Roachton, Perrysburg and Millbury,
would be substantially relieved from wal
lowing through the mud in going to and
from the seat Of justice, as they could
travel by rail. From this we see that the
burthen is still more largely increased by
having the county-seat at B. G.
But let us look still farther. When the
railroads now located through our county
and in process of construction, shall b
completed, and two ofthem probably will
be within year and the other within two
years, then will the citizens of Liberty
Portage, Montgomery, Freedom, Troy
the north part Of Bloom, the east part o.
Perry, the east part of Webster, with the
Inhabitants of the villages of Jerry City
West Millgrove, Freeport and Penn
berville be added to the number who
would be enabled to reach the cou lty seal
at Perrysburg without dragging through
the mud. Again the disproportion Il
vastly more increased.
But oace more. Every year, thousand
of persons residing outside OF our county
are called, by their business, to Wait ou
county-seat. Every one of these mus
wallow through the mud, spring, autumn
the seat of justice at Perrysburg, this ter
rible tax upon their time, purses and goo
nature would be avoided.
From all these the conviction is inevita
BILE that the proposition of our cotempor
airy is not sound. The question is no
whether it Is farther from Perrysburg t
B. G., than from B. G., to Perrysburg, bu
whether hundred, or hundred and fift
persons shall be constrained to leave tn
great lines of public and comm odious tray
ell, or be debarred their use altogether an
forced to 60 ont into the country, no
over but Through intolerable roads, t
transact their business 80 as to relieve on
citizen of tn center from the like burthen
Whether hundred or hundred and fiji
ty persons shall be forced to walloy
through the mud that one may be reliev
ed from doing so.
The citizens of Bowling Green and Cf
small area Immediately surrounding II
are better accommodated in the pay men
OF their taxes and in attendance upo
court, than they woald be were the coun
ty-seat here. But with our present rail
road facilities a vastly greater numbe
would be better accommodated here. anC
when the other roads are completed, tn
number will be greatly increased. Shal
the many suffer to promote the ease an,
convenience Of the fewp
Our neighbor has one argument ant
one only In favor of retaining tn county
seat there, and that is, 1t is the geograph
ical center OF the county, and with many
who are not accustom to reflection up
on subjects Of this character, that Is suf
hcie7t to satisfy their minds. Before tn
Introduction of railroads there was mucl
force In tho Argument when applied to In
terror counties, but it never had force o.
application, even before the introduction
Of railroads, In counties bordering or
navigable waters. The crits.ia alwavi
have been, except In this county In 1866
accessibility, convenience, aceommoda
ton. Railroads now furnish what nayi
gable waters did. Even without railroad
or water Communication the Reograhica
center Is not ALWAYS the most accessibl,
and convenient. Were II so, every flrme
would place his buildings at the cel tpl
OF his farm, but this Is rarely done. HI
places them where they will best subserv,
his purposes, whether at the center, side
end or corner, and as county may b,
iIkened to q farm, 1t should place itl
buildings VIII are all, having occasion I;
visit them for the transaction of business
Including those residing without. will
those residing within its limits--wlll b.
best accommodated.