Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-02

her borders. Within few years, five of |
these lines of roa have been established.
Two f them are in operation, another !
will b. in few mOnths, and the balance |
in from one to two years. With the Day
ton & Michigan Road running through |
Perrysburg, these now lines Of road will
give Perrysburg Rlih oad connection
with Like, Troy, Freedom, Montgomery,
Perry, Bloom, Portage, Henry, Liberty.
J 4ckson, Milton, Weston, Plain, Wash
ington, and Middleton townships, leav-
ing but two to oRnships. asl le from Ter
rysLurg, wi hout such rsilroal connec-
uIn. These are Center and Webster
townships, aud he most thickly popIla-
ted portion Of Webster will be within four
or five miles f "A Railroad station, with a
gooi road lcadi x thereto, the Railroad
goi z within few o Is Of the township
line. Tnu@, in reality, the only to rnship
ia the ,unty not easily reached by rail,
IS Ceuter, tho township In which the
Court House, is now located. let the
weather AMI dirt roads be never so bad,
stventccn townships outside of p, rrys-
OurG, can reach our place by rail, trans
act their bu ness, and return homI ), not
losing more than one day, and perhaps
not more than ha'fa day. Instead of Sc
lrCting such wca' htr as woull he fsvora-
bic for work upon thcir farms in which
to visit the coun;y-seat, "a Is now nccues-
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.hey could not wprs at hOmaaui thereby
save i ne and money. lf called to the
/ county-seat Ia guol weather, as jurors
witnesses, or for ANY other pup Sc, the
| residents of those sixteen townships will
/ not b. compelled to take q horse, or
! horses with TN IN to be- fti at a hot Il du
1 ring their stay, but their teams can
/ be LEFT at home and worked dufilg
/ their absence By the boys or thc.hireI
| man. In this way, the bu,iness Cf
! the frmeris nat step ped when the owner
] goes to he couuiy-scat. lie goes more
/ comfortably than ny travelling Ner dirt
roads; he goes much quicker; ne goes
/ much cheaper, all things consid re | /; and
! hl- interest and cn.vonence are alike
promoted by having the c5u ty seat
/ where lie eau I, Gch il by railroad.
We have tlus briefly al.ud Il to few
poin's which should be- considered ty the
! people Of Wood couHty in locating Their
/ county seat, l,.av ng rhe reader 10 trace
ont the supporting f,c.s and argum MS
! suggested 10y what we lave sail. NJ on,:
! can reason on this subi"c5 without coming
| to tine conclusion that distance Is not the
only question tn he considered, and that,
| ia the ease of Rul ing Green, it is scarcely
worthy OF though. l. is shIt out from
/ the world by b-iug remote from railroa is,
/ by having no system of well improved
dirt roads, aud by possessing no mar
ket fltiiti 3 wha.eyer. Ninc-tcnths of
the people Of the couR:y have no bcsincss
at Bowling Gre II.
Everything else must be left behind
! the time sacrificed, and money lost when
they go to thar pace. Not so with Per-
rysburg. Here we have market facilities.
We are on the river and the railroad.
Farmers coming here, can cnme by r.ii.
many of them pa sing through Toledo,
and Others wanting to visit the city fIr
pleasure or business, can have ride Oh
the water or on the railroad. Peirysburg
Is destined at an ca " day to become an
! important manufacturing point and q
! mu.h ectcT market place than it is now.
Toledo is already turning her attention
towards tie immcLsc waller power aio: d.
ed by the eighteen miles of rapids termin-
ating at this place, and the belief Is gen.
cral that here must be concentrated the
chief manufacturing iI'ei est OF that city
whc is destined 10 be second to nc
pla, c IN the CCni neat. The location o
the co Inty-seat here, can neither make
nor uuniake Perry=burg. 1t is only asked
as u matter f gtn RI convt nience tor th'
people If the county, and for the good
} name OF the county. The intelligence O
he p ople tf the county is seriously
qnestioned " hen they locate their seat o
justire at an mace 's'ible point, where nc
general business is transacted, and where
every other reason, except that suggested
by mere distance, protests against such
10 ,ation. The people of a school dis
trict would be thought insane were they
to locate rhtir school house in q swamp
where it uld not be r, ached except with
great difficulty during portions OF III,
year, mCr.iy b cause the swamp hap
, D ned to be in the gee graphical center o
tie district; aud yet how nu III better OF
are the poople of Wo d county to-day
with their seat of justice at Bowling
Green, than would bt the resid nts # h,
scho district with their school house il
tn swamp?
1t really seems unnecCs ssary to argu,
these points to the people of Woo
county, who are intel gent, and have hu(
experience touching the facts which ar,
here sought TO BE- Impressed upon the
minds. The thoughts which we have pre-
sented are all plain, pract ii, and address
them selves to the common sense OF every
person, aud no one capable If reasoning
upon the su'jrct, n tOf a moment doub
, but the cOnveniCce of nine-tenths of th'
voters OF Wood county demands the r
mOvEl of the county-seIt from Bowling
Green to Perrysburg.
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