Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-03-11

II On the SUBJECT OF tne LAY 1OH 49,
South Eastern Narrow-Gauge Railroad,
and the action Of the Directors IN Ross
county. the Chillicothe Post of Friday last,
says :'Col. Hurlburt thinks $15o,000 will
be the figure. but our citizens can rest as
sured that if the county does its best and
comes anywhere near the mark, its sub
scription will be accepted and the read
Immediately built, via Frankfort and Chill
licothe. Those of our prominent citizens
interested in the Narrow-Gauge are salts
fed with Col. Hurlburt's explanation that
the idea in discussing the two routes at
Xenia was not to count out Chillicothe
but to prove to our representatives that
the other route had raised large sum of
money, was practicable, and would win
the prize if ChiIlicothe and Ross county
dallied by the way. The general feeling
now is in favor of having the Ross county
Directors withdraw the resigns lations which
they have sent in, and all hands join in a
grand effort which must be successful
Gentlemen, in all earnestness. let this be
DONE" We hope that the amount re-
| quired of Ross county for the D. & 8. E.
road will be definitely fixed, and that the
people of Chillicothe will take hold of it
in good earnest and raise the stock re-
| quired of them. Let there be no child's
play about it, but proceed at once to bus
| mess, and the road can and will be built
| through Chillicothe. But, if they do not
do so; if they lie still and do nothing, they
must expect that the company will look to
other sections, where the people are ready
and willing to do all that is required Of
them, to secure a road to the coal and iron
fields. -
The dilapidated appearance and the
uncomfortable condition of that ancient
Temple of Justice, on the corner of Main
and Conrt streets, is by no means fair
indication of the good taste and energetic
spirit of the people of our county; that is
better exhibitedin the superior system and
construction Of cur public roads. Butthe
old Court House is not to be dispised, by
any means; old-fashioned and uneomforta-
BILE as it and the public Offices are, they
have done good service in their time when
our county was not in a condition, fnan-
cially, to erect better buildings, and when
in fact owing to the small population Of
our county, we did not require as exten-
sive court and Office quarters as we dc
now. The truth is, our population and
our necessities have outgrown the capaci-
ty and style of our public buildings, thai
fifty years ago affored ample room for oul
business and safety of cur archieves, and
was then just the style of the times. Bu
Since then, everything but our public
buildings has changed, and what we wan
now is public buildings that, in style o
architecture, are even with this day ant
generation. We want offices where ou
records can be safely and conveniently
kept.
A new Building and Loan Association
know as the Homestead Building and Loal
Association of Washington, G. H, O., il
being organized. T. d. McElwain hai
charge of the organization, and viii be glac
to explain the plan ard character Of tn
same to all interested parties who may b.
pleased to call at his office.
= George Bybee will offer his persona
property, consisting of stock, grain, farm
implements, household goods, etc at pub
lie sale on Friday, March 10Th, at his res
idence.
The snow which fell last Sunday has
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