The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-06-23

IL this issue will be found tho Or.
dinansa cIthc County Court submitting
20 tic ?Otcrs Of TIC county the question
whether the county shal! tako an add.
tional Fifty Thousand Dollars CT stool.
in the Weston and Yves. Fork Rail.
.oad. Tho Fifty Thousand Dollars
heretofore subscribed by the county
with The six thousand dollars sub.
seribed BY the ,ogu CT Weston, and
about six thousand dollars BY pri7sto
individuals, will make tho bed If the
road trild the bridges and trcstling
ray tue Engineers expense, land dala.
eyes, rad other incidental expenses.
From the best information the Direc.
tors GfIho Company eau get, it is con.
flGnily believed tina, il the coua,y
subscribcs Fifty .Tnousarl Dollars
more, with tue Ten thousand Dollars
already subscribed BY Clarksburg, that
tho i've amounts will be suEIicicn. to
complete the road with good iron ~"
rail, and purchase sufficient rolling
stock to answer all tie demands Of
trade for several years.
II the county should refuse to make
further subscription, the Fifty Thou.
sand Dollars heretofore subscribed will
10 all probability be lost, aud We will
lave 70 Railroad. The Railroad will
be Of great benefit to every portion 0!
tho county, and every Taxpayer 10
tho county is interested in having ii
completed. The cost Of tue road will
not exceed Onc Hundred anil Twenty.
Two Thousand dollars, Ct which the
county will own OEe Hundred TEou.
sand Dollars. This amount Of stock
vii. easlle he county to control tue
road. Tia: tie read will pay hlal q.
somG dividends, no one one who has
Investigated its probable earnings
doubts. We confidently believe taat
in three years the coauiy's portion Of
the net. dividends will bn morc than
suliaicn; &c pay the interest Oh One
Hundred Thousand Dollars, ard create
a sufficient sinking fuad to pay Of tie
deb! Z! maturity. The time is mos.
favorable for tho completion Of the
road. The Directors have been offered
10y miles Of 80 ID "T' rail, Of the best
American manufacture, for So 4 ton,
which is but little over cuc.thivd ofths
price Of rails three or four years ago.
The low price Of iron, with tue low fix.
nrcs th, road bed, trestiiDg, &C., is
contracted at, will make this the
cheapest substantial road ever built.
We have heard that it is reported in
some portions Of the county that the
property holders Of Weston pay no por.
lion Of the Railroad tax. This is
mistake. The prOperty.holdors Of
Weston pay their full and Just proper
ticn Of the county taxes, railroad taxes,
and al! ctheS taxes paid BY the county
excepting road tax, aud 10 lieu Of the
road tax, they have to pay So cents on
the 800 for repairs, &c, &C., in the
town. The Constitution prohibits the
exemption Of any incorporated town
from county taxes, so the Legislature
could not, even il it was desired, make
an exemption Of this kind.
Asatax'Payer, and having common
interest with the Taxpayers Of tue
couuty, We candijlY believe that tue
best interest Of the county will be pro.
NOTED by making tho Subscription
asked for.
The Directors Of the Company will
10 shOyt time submit full statement
Of what has beCr done up to this time,
and their estimates a. to the amour
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