Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-05-28
Bad Faith or Bowling Green.

The ISsHtinel has said, more than once, W
think, that the citizens OF Bowling Green pal,
So, 900 for building the Court House and Jail
and that the county was taxed to pay the bal
enos-Gmouuting to about $23 ,Ooe. - Sentinel o
lat V~k.
The Sentinel has heretofore stated tha
the citizens Of B. g. subscribed S1s, 900 fol
erecting the public buildings, and per
formed labor, &c. not subscribed, to the
amount of $4,000, and in this way it OBJ.
tains its $4,000. We have said we did
not believe its statements and asked fol-
the proofs but receive only the unsupport.
cd assertions of that paper. We fear il
will again be compelled to respond" be-
fore We obtain satisfactory answer.
But let us look moment at it's state
msnts. 1t says $4,000 were subscribed
How many Of them were paid? That ia
the question. But, were $4,000 sub
scribsdi JOHN H. REID, the home attor.
ney OF B. G. IN the county seat contest
testified before the investigating commit.
tee: They had about $4,000 or $4,000
subscribed as was informed. / can't say
hew much they realized on the subscrip-
tion, but from what heard said, l sup
pose they realized perhaps Sl4 900 or Sl5,-
oO0." Mr.. REID would not be likely to
under rate either sum. Now, we do not
believe that B. G. paid the least sum
nsmed-the 14,O00-for the reason, that
the labor and material furnished by it
was not OF that value. We think $4,000
would fully cover all il did, and furnish
better done job than the county received
In addition to this, we are advised that
some OF the larger subscriptions were not
paid in Jactj as for instance, a party who
had subscribed 81 900 paid the amount by
experimenting the construction of tho
Court House, and hiS supeTintendency con-
sisted in occasionally walking up to the
work when he had nothing else to do.
That method Of payment was eminently
satisfactory to the subscribers under the
arrangement as testified to by Mr.. REID,
that, "The commissioner would build the
Jail themselves, and would add, if neces-
Sary, to the fund for the completion of the
Court House in case the fund subscribed At
b. @. should be insufficient"
But again. Mr.. ST.. JOHN testified that
II was estimated the Court House would
cost S2s,2OO and the Jail $4,000. The
building Of the Jail was let to BoUeHroN
4 TKuRsrN for $ll, 500. 1t is conceded
that the county paid for public buildings
At b. g. $2S,O0o. Now what become of
the III, 500 difference between the amount
paid in BY the county and the cost of the
Jailf Ii was, evidently, appropriated to
the construction Of the Court House. And
II We deduct the $ll 500 from the esti-
mated cost Of $23, 200 we have a remain
der OF Sll 200 as paid by Bowling Green.
But we do not believe the Court House
cost S23, 2O0--we feel confident il did NOT.
II It. cost fell as far below the estimate as
on the Jail, proPortionately, then il re-
quired but Sl7,7S7 70 build il, and Sll 500
Aubtracted from that sum leaves S6,2s7 a,
paid BY B. q. The building was never
worth $l7,7S7 and we do not believe il IL
worth $4,000 to-day, No one would give
that sum for il.
We do not know the exact sum paid by
the citizens OF b. g. nor do We believe any
one can tell or ascertain it. But We do
know that the commissioners promised 10
furnish whatever sum they might fall
short, and in sneh q case we can readily in |
fer whence the money came. II was easier
10 draw the cash from the public treasury |
than wiring II from few individuals.
From the above, we obtain toIerably
correct notion OF the manner in which our |
sister village fulfilled the promise which |
u was bound in honor to perform.