The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-03-25

.udy, 1dhc, lOI dll CAdliplOj VllO OuV"I o
for public buildings. AS soon as the eff
fects of the commercial crisis Of 1857 be-
gan to be felt, Congress cut down its ap-
preparations for buildings to the lowest
point, and all work of structures not yet
commenced was indefinitely postponed
by the Executive branch of the Govern
ment. The following table, showing the
amount disbursed on public buildings 70 !.
the ten years ended June 20, 1860, will
show the course of these expenditures:
Year. Amount Year Amount
1S51....S 1896 Ga 1S56..,.".......S2 2l3,396 81
lS52...,,"". 572l2 81 lS57"."..".." 3,25O429 90
1S53............ 6j0929 20 l8 S,m"".... 29020A II
18j4..,....... 1293QO7 Il lS59"".""." l,S7l,3l6 81
1S55.a,.,....,. 20ilAO2 90 lS6O"......" SSOl3S 65
The expenditures for public buildings,
including vaults safes, locks, plans,
furniture, heating apparatus, repairs and
architects office for the last two fiscal
2 years, havebeeh' as follows; IiiV q"
Year ended. ijii.UHi, I Amount
June 80 SS4S5t5S ts % %
June 3U loI4".". oOlI4l0 w
mi lf-3 34..r.,,... ,
7he aooVsla9sLesNse9 liaye peell com,
opuSea lIoil l. vie u foI1lPT9 70 anu
eXpenulIureS III vne iegvII u Vile hegis-
Ter OF Ihe treasury, Snas Dellg. Dy lar
the luilestN sqhiIhtry III expenditures IG
gwen 10 1nS Puplic S.,' VI !laEe years IN
iortunaIely utlis laole y y so'itacleq m p!lly
IN tne lasU DWo tePoIts, 4siu iillUI VI, iaEioll "
1or former ysaIs - waitlng' ,li Inc lnrsC
session Vi tielu i','el eo Slte ed1 Fio f
OF 1901 aaPPEqlilaIveu Snly PIoo'Voy lor
Puphc puiiHlIiSS siiav u the year 6ca ioii4M 3
ing ohly 9t9S,Yll, anu Suas vi Aooo UuC
aPoO,44o ~ lne CoVal Vi Vne "Ppioprla-
olUns nnade lasS year py Cle congress
Whlch ls-how 9eilDe[AYlrg Oh an increase
OF taxes was s9G9,o2o,Jzo' AHe supervising
archltecC mao 81 @ te peginlIg . 4 aon Goo Vi 'l!s
nScal year no ioo' U."li %iN'ooo,GoI a' lil9
coinniaLlo !ol VllJ PloaeooOion VI iii' GA
perlmehtS III arcliitecVule.
In our researches lliVo Viie llialice re-
ports OF slAteeh years aSo' VIC nave olS-
covered among tile euliceS auIlloliAeu !l'e
to be constructed JuSC before IlIe panic oI
1891 court mouse anu p0sC ounce aC IVA,
lelgh, NorIh OaI9llnt' rliGy Iilousahu
dollars was considered III tloSe u;lys as
large sum as ouSnC W Oe eAPenueu loV
pupllC pullelis ~ SUN Cl'y' vi a ac-
count OF the nhailclal crlSls' however, tne
posi- ONCE WaS my oonltilonCou, an anu W t,le
war OF secession Vegiallllhs III i9oli che
heaplhg up oi plie VI granny aC halelSh
was reserves lor She ALIiiu SohgresS
and Mr.. MulieV' FROM Vapie willcll aP-
pears IN al tle lllalico rePorts9 rom 1000
down TO 1901 IL appears VLlaC Ilere never
was any goou reason l1l Duiluilg glth9r
a post once OF couiC nouse a. at hslelgh.
The net income Vi Cne poSU oiIiUe ndS6 lCr Ile
tlscal year 1907 was eAacSly Ia! POO 70 ahG
in the calendar year 1000 tne onlted
States Courts were IN seSSioll S III ClaI Town
precisely eight DAYS Inc WaSteiul @ De-
mocracy OF Buchdhah Cihle 'houGIC S0O,-
900 enough to lay out ON post once
when dlu gross business 90 vi aoouC
$1,000 year, ana rooms ior court
which was IN session on,y eight days IN
the year. But court mouse ana post
office Raleigh was as desIlneu 10 nave, and
the sum OF SlOO,OOO was appropriated TO
build 1t shortly before Ghe election OF
1872. But the great MulleIt was ABOVE
wasting his genius SO on peICy structures
costing only SiOO,OoO, ana so he gave
Congress to understand IN MS annual re-
port of December, lo12:,
No action has been taken IN regard to
the court house and post Office at Raleigh,
North Carolina, the cost OF the structure
being limited to the sum OF 100000,
which is an amount entirely inadequate
for the construction OF suitable Dulid-
ing. 1t should be borne in mind that the
cost Of building is greater IN such loca-
tions than in the principal cities OF the
Eastern and Western States, recon-