The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1875-01-13
Exten.lan u ths feun Limits.

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FxsApplication has been made or will be
made b. the LegisIatafe for an extension
of the limits Of the town of Hillsboro.
We are one OF those whodo not see the
urgent need Of any. such enlargement,
and who can indeed see no reason for 1t,
uniesssuch reason As WOULD ,carried1out tpf
Its logical sequence. Take intlie whole
County Or Orange. For one or The reasons
given Is that isis hiptfair orjust chat those
Lying 50 near tile borders Of the town
should havelthe advantage Of the streets
without paying town tax. The same
argument would apply % tlsse upon
whom The towndepends FORTS dailyexs
istence, -
As we'll might q tax be levied uponl the
wagons which bring In the daily supplies
Of wood, and meat, and -four, ami tlsosel
who give the life Of traffic 70 the place by
their loads Of tobacco and the other pro-
ductioils Of the country, and by whom The,
streets are cut up, rs by those who. live
near the corporate limits--but notswitliiu.
alhem-zand whose use OF wheeled vehicles
isps infrequent AZ thoseos the townpro,
per- kasaaal 49, lssaasi - ssaess sasaae
lint are the town authorities In q posi-
.tion 10 makes such exactions? Las tl.eir
administration of tsMll affairs been 50.
faithful ~ tojnstify them in asking an en-
largcment Of jutisdictiop Pare the streets
no improved by them, that they are en-
titled to tlnstender regard for theirpres-.
.srvatien |? are the iinances s.ofthe tow. SO
faltlIfullyapplied, or judieiousiy and adj
yamtageously used as 10 make II fair or
honest To subject others 10 burdens now
horne, withoutfitting return, byth in-
habiants ofthe town? fe8f Ffftk IT.
On the contrary, Is ID not matter Of
uotoriety. that except In name. the town
has been without goyerument for years.
aud that ssIministrltion after ainliuistrE
ton has come and disappeared without
maxim any sensible sxpFessionof ~ e.
islence.
Is II nota fact that the streets llase been
neglected 81 long that SOME o. the leas.
fysquented are irnps-sabIe, scanned With
gnllies, rough with rocks; and thatin tbr
lmnst freqnente,l. while some liillelwork
has been done, the side wa.llSs arr neslect-
I'd, the bridges and crossings hiruin, and
highly dangerous. and The whole appear
auee iiscreditable toa place claiming 70
have 4 government? Is Il not fact. that
\ the finances q The towns have nat been
| faithfully applied, however rigIdly exact
cd, aud ..hatiarge sums wrung from tax
payers. have .noi found their wayantot the
ltown treasury2c.R rEn 80 R~eEsg
These are among some OF the reasons
why We DO not favor the scheme. We
have o,heps which are conclusive. We
are noe behlndany one inuur Interests IN
behalf of IIIil-boro. The columns of
paper will show thai we have been an
earnest aud ynssif,,,s r9rser for her nm
i.pr,vemcnt, But we do not think Iier
prosperity depends upon enlargement,
ON the contrary, a concentration aud con-
TRACTION would be he wiser policy, with q
s,ead!ev devotiontot the diminished area.
| we haze rom enough to hold philadel-
! phia. Our popuiAiion would hardly iiil
one 81 her squares.a ll1 1N1 9 sssassas
whenihedemapds'faT enlargementars
real and well founded We viii support