The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-02-11
The County Seat Question

III reniOvai OF the SoUu'y oea' tf''ss'
Green Dell has been sgitaied f"r
tho pasi year and ,aore. That il is
extremely desirable that a charge
lie effected a, tho earliest possible
moment. none Can well deny. The
county Offices are At present l"cat-
ell at ChasS; and with what con-
venithces! The building used rs
''c,'urt-lsonse" and by county "fi-
cials, il MT in any way appropriate;
and ut tive last scssisn Of Circuit
Court, the ''court room" was aban.
doned, and court held in a store
building, at q Gust Of something
like a Or IS Ter day extra, to The
county. Another small item Ui ex.
trs rxpcnse was occasioned at the
session IT the Board Of Supervisors,
when u room tit for the meeting 1T
a Committee was necessary. While
we j" not advocate any expcndit-
urc not consistent with sound policy
and reasonable economy, yet, We
do contend that Lake County j. to-
day in u position where il should
have q suitable h"mc for ito 20, ern,
,ncnt. What-cirixrn is there, VIII"
takes pride in tho growth and pi"-
rrcss Of our county, Int wants to
sec suitable quarters provided for
ear "fficial.2 Not one. And. when
The question "f erecting county
buildings has been settled iE the
Primitive, the matter at locality
Comes up. On this point, and this
alone, the whole trouble hangs. IL
lie, 1T course, to be expected that
there will be a division 1T feeling;
tor it ia natural that each locality
should prefer its siIc T." all others.
If all were to look at it merely it,
The light of personal interest, then
would tho question remain unset
lied for some time Ia come. lf,ho
question bo settled speedily, and I"
the satisfaction "f II maj '.rity I The
people in the county, then should
all l""k :" the general Interests
aud ignore Ia ~ certain extent pei
s"nal aims and drsirea.
The point designated by the
Board If Supervisor, to he voted
upon "txt April, 's, H. all are aware
Baldwin. The acin OF the
Board was nearly ar quite unani
NOUS, ns all cxrcp' two voted in Ia
vor # designating Baldwin, and
these two declined to vote ut all.
This ought I" he pretty g"M in
dcx of The feeling in the county
towards Baldwin. Whether 1t il
ar not remains to lie seea. W.
have alrcady-in previous issues oi
The STAR Spoken at the advan-
ragcs to be derived by l"cating til.
seat of connty governmrnt here.
In the first place, it affords MI OK
rcllcnt diiect railroad c,inmurica
non with the outside worli, with !
're sprcis of a lditional facilities in
this Inc, IN tine near future, by the
up of road 10 Manisice
ami Ne ,ayy". baldwin also pos
scrscs The convcnirnccs If dali, |
mail, telegraph Mc". railway d. pot,
express flee, besides being the
leading town aud having more
wealth than any other in the conn
~. Last, bni perhaps greatest #
all in the mi,.,ls of the taxpayers.
is the fact that 81, 900 in money
has been i cured us IL donation &.
he ctun'r, besides tho handsome
. fl II Ii II. VIM l.. WebI,cr, "t
East Saginaw, promising a "hl"ck'
1T land, valued NJ 81 zoe, upon
which IT, cree, c"Inty buildings
thus makirg $4,000 in Ill to bc CIV
en- to the county, pro, lied the
County Seat be l.1ated here Ivy The
people. Is not that al object I"
every TAX payer residing outside the
"f Pleasant Plains and
W cbbcri
1t is SAID that some y voters will
vote against Baldwin, in hopes I'll
securing the geographical centre
rs the County s. at, at u time IL
The future. This pr"lmsit,on seems
:" u. little short 1T folly, and would
only rcsult in pr"l"nying the pres
cnt undesirable state Ut thugs. ],
must be plain to every nnprj"-
diced nitd that sIthMsh I'll" p"nn
l,c The exact ceu're 1T the county.
lii, The f~ci Of iis being 80 inacccs
sil.le rcnd"rs il far more intUnven
lent fr The n"jrity of citizcn-,
than i~'iui Oh I. q railroad. b.
Much more might be said in re-
gard :" tins important issne tor @
I"ng tune before the people II The
c,anty, hui we will defer further