Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-03-11
LIST OF LETTERS
TOWN AND COUNTY.

OhAo' liAhlMANi NJ.
TOWN AND COUNTY.
COUNTY FINANCES. - AS stated last
week, the County Officials who stepped
down and out on Monday last, as also
those who had been reelected, have
served in their respective positions for
four years past, and comparison of the
condition of county finances, at the be-
ginning ard end of their terms, will give
the people a better ground on which to
base an opinion of their official acts than
would any words of tulsome praise which
we might bcstow. For the brief and
comprehensive statement given below, we
are indebted to Mr.. Jas. q. Trotter, late
County Clerk and Auditor, to whom, as
well as other outgoing officials, we ac-
knowledge our Indebtedness for many
avors extended during their tenure OF
office. Here is the statement:
March J. IS72-old Debt and 5000 4 4
1, 100 " " " 3SJTl 60
81
March !, lS72-New Debt. ,s1 Al
l, loI2- ................... 800 Ii
....".........................$ 81, ~ y
March !, lsz2-Total Debt Gen. F'l So, ,So7 IS
/, 1876 " I7.02j 76
Decrease ...................... s0,H7l u
March l. Hospital Dsebt..-~'.~ss,$oi 9!
!, lH'0- ............ s, 1i 5j
Decrease $3.50 0S
From the above it will be seen that the
old interest bearing debt has been de-
creased Sl4, ,46S while the increase on the
new debt, during four years, has been
only 4,407, leaving net gain on the Cen
eral Fund Debt of S9,97l, or nearly 81, 800
rer year. In the paying off of this old
Indebtedness, the interest paid has fully
equalled and latterly exceeded the prin-
cipai, but it has been steadily decreased
and each year leaves us with lesser debt
on which to pay interest in the future
Now that the General Fund Indebtedness
has been brought below $50 ,000, aud the
interest account is being annually lesscncd
the ultimate settlement of the entire debt
seems to be a matter Of not great many
years, whereas it was ut one time thought
the county would never be free from in
dcbtedness.
To the efficient measures taken by the
Assessor and Tax Collector in the assess
ment of property and the collection of
taxes, as well as the commendable spirit
OF economy ovinced by our past officials
in the management of county affairs, is
this improved condition of county finances
attributable, and to them we are convinc-
I'd will be given due praise for the honor
able and careful manner in which all
matters pertaining to the county gov
crnment have been conducted by them.
SALIvATED.-Thc quicksilver mining
company in Trinity Valley has shut down
on working any more clnnabar thi, win
ter, being unable to procure hands, as
several have been saivated, owing to the
mortar used in the brick retorts, having
The furnaces will have to be all rebuilt,
with mortar made of different sand than
cinnabar tailings, in order to get men to
work the reto:tS. The contracts for lime
and other supplies from Scott Valley,
however, continue the same, and will be
fulfilled as contracted. When new retorts
are built, the work of retorting will go on
again with still greater Success Yrekd
JOHr7tnt.
We are inclined to think the above a
hoax" as no word has ever been re-
ceived here of men being salivated at the
cinnaoar mines. Work has been suspen-
dcd, rs we are informed, on account of
the immense snowfall in that section.
learn that up to February 20th thirty
feet of snow had fallen at Cinnabar and
that it had laid to the depth of nine feet.
IL men had been salivated at the quick
silver mines, some word of it would GER
lainly have been received here.
AND THE END Is Nor YET.-The stcr-
eotyped heading, More Storm" has be-
come monotonous, which is our only ex
c'si for adopting a new one. Passing
over the expressions of commendation
which we have so often used during the
iast Winter, we will give the measure
nent of snow and rain since our last issue
and leave our readers to fill in the praises
u the Clerk of the Weather rs may best
suit his individual tastes Snow, past
week, IN inches previously reported,
~ total fall to date 941a inches.-
Kan, past week 4.24 inches previously
reputed, 1882; total fall to date, 1906
inches.
AT WORK The Buckeye Water and
Hydraulic Mining Company have COM
meEced operations on Bolts Hill. Su-
perlntendent Atkins informs us that the
Cunningham ditch affords 200 inches of
Water-Worc than ever before known-and
mat with this they are doing good work.
1he immense snow fall has prevented