Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-04-11
wANrED-FACTs s. FIGURES.


Ed. JoUnSAL: The Sentinel and others
who are vninly trying to cover up official
msmanngcmcnt Hcm determined not 10
meet 6yUps aud Eicts They constantly
avoid this by attacking certain lawyers
who are supposed to he at the bottom Of
the agitation kept up by the correspond.
cnis IN the JOURNAL. Now your corrcs.
pondenis from this place DO not know nor
care whether the lawyers referred to en-
dorse or even approre Of the communications
sent from Troy twp. and published in the
Journal. Neither the editor Of the
JOURNAL nor said attorney, probably paid
any assessments on Road Is which Mr.
Evers tells us he knows something about
and which he now admits twas botched
aud nlisernbly managed" &c, &c. Nor
does it make any difference 10 your cores
pondents here how road and ditch matters
are managed in the vicinilics OF Center
Shot" (?) al. j. T." and others Of their
class. Your correspondents of this place
speak only Of such matters as they know
something about, and they have a perfect
right to draw their own nferences until
otherwise convinced through figures and
facts.
II your correspondent Farmer" (in
the JOURNAL March 2S)-who seems to
have easy access to the books in the Aud.
iror's Office and who Processes to be np ex.
pert IN such matters-would select Il single
Road or Ditch complained Of and show up
the figures and 6tcts in dctaH it would have
incomparabIy more effect than such vague.
indefinite and unsatisfactory statements
as appeared in the JOURNAL by " Farmer"
The substance of that article had often
been repeated by others through the Senti.
mel. The conceited Center Shot " (?) in
last weeks Scntin.i, pretends that The
whole gist of this business, so far as the
communications are concerned, SINNERS
down to few very plain propositions.
But his very first proposition is an evasion
OF the question Ms il really ought to be
stated. The question is not whether "the
people OF Wood county need ditches," Ia
| proposition which no one denies) but
whether the majority Of the people TO be
beneftted) have asked for all the bitches,
&c, nor under course Of construction aud
whethcr they are able 10 p,y for them. The
answer -emphdticahy- NO. The reply
to his 81 question Is-Lst those pay for
bitches who ,C,tnt them and ask for them, and
not people tVho don't need them or such as
cannot pay for them. But Mr.. Pierce SAYS
those who cannot pay their ditch assess.
ments uugh to sell out aud leave the
| county to make room for others who can
and will pay them.
The Sentinel plainly admits that the
people are not in condition to pay heavy
assessments ut this time, and thinks that
the moneyed man who could to day come
into Wood county aud loan out $4,000
at low rate OF interest on long time,
would be public benelactor," &c. This,
doubtless, would lie II capital thing for
somebody, could it only be made to work.
| But the over burdened Taxpayer finds it
very diiicult to sell ont Just now aud
mOneyed outsiders are nOt easily persuad-
ed to come into Wood county and invest
| for some time to come. As y gentleman
from Stndu.kv county remarked the other
day, people outside are afraid TO come
into Wood county to buy land just now,
and would rather wait till the ditch or
| ~
Since it is claimed by some that our
present Board Of Commissioners discharge
their duties honestly, faithfully and i'm
partially, and to the hest Of their ability,
there is no reason TO think that other and
previous Boards did not do the same.
Certainly not. Let us see now how differ-
ent Boards agree in their estimates and
calculations. The ditch hitherto known
70 fSr VIfl VILE nj r r. Wa L. WaGa 1o Troy t%T
was commissioner. But his term Of office
expired before the apportinnment on said
ditch was made. The subsequent Board,
however, thinking Mr.. Wood, on account
Of his experience in such matters, together
with his thorough knowledge Of the lands
through which the ditch (No. 81 extended,
was better fitted to make just apportiun
ment uf expenses than any Of the then
acting Board, appointed him to do the
work. In fact no one could question Mr..
Woods ability in such matters. IIemade
the apportionment, which, after the most
critical examination by the parties inter.
ested, was found to be correct aud general
ly very satisfactory. To Illustrate matters
l will select two tracts of land apportion.
ell by Mr. Wood on Ditch 8 and compare
his figures with those approved and con.
tirmed by MesSrs Pierce, Holes and New.
ton ON the same tracts as assessed on the
so-called improvement ditch 2G4, OF which
ditch No. s il TO torn n part: 100 acres
Of Road tract No. 90 was put by Mr.. Wood
ton ditch 81 at $3.50, or 81 so per acre
Another piece in Road tract 81 was put
ut from 15 to so cents tths | think /,
..,veI, "Iu'v the true ngures) per acre
about one-half the former. The relation,
OF the figures per ncre ON the 2 respecliv,
tracts OF land are almost exactly reverse,
on Ditch 264. That is the piece in Roa,
tract 54 when appOrtioned on 264 ditcI
stood about double per acre to that in RoaC
tract 60, making II relative change in Mr.
Woods figures per acre on the same piece
. of land OF from 200 To 800 per cent. Tht
thing is ridiculous. | understand though
that 20 acres of Road tract 80 (norlh part
were sold off the 100 acres after ditch
: was established. Now putting the 20 acre
sod at So, (the very highest figure pc
ac .'Iany 20 acres assessed on ditch 8
!, aud the remainder, 50 acres, would Ia
81 per acre as at first apportioned, so tha
the npporti0nment per acre on ditch 26.
would still vary from Mr.. Woods on dtcl
nearly 200 per cent. on the same tw
tracts Of land. Four acres Of n. +. corme
OF r. L. "a (now owned by G.. Moron) wa
: PIT by Mr.. w. Il the outside not over 80 %
! 40 cts on ditch 8. On ditch 264 il was pm
at 50 per acre. The acres referred to i
all high, stony ground snd cannot ia an
way he benefited by ditch 2G4. Me,sr,
2 Pioroo, Hailos aud NewtoM Sero told a
this on the day of hearing exceptions T.
{ the Hpportionment They admitted the
! did not know the facts as stated (the
a afterwards made few alteralions-hu
not very materially. But the law require
(and simple justice demands) the commits
J sioners shall app0rIion the expense OF an
= such improvement upon actual view of th
y premises, &c. S0me requested the commis
! sioners to have these lands viewed by
u disinerestcd committee. But they pai
. no attention to the request. Hence we ca
\ see low different Bnards Of commissioned