The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-03-03
The BRIDGE Ojscussjop.

The Bridge 0iseussios.
EDITOR JOURNAL: Seeing in your
paper of the oath inst. o correspond
ence headed Liberty Items" allow
me the privilege Of asking Mr.. Lib.
erty" aquestion or two in regard to
the bridge question. am citizen OF
Liberty township. and in favor Of hay.
ing a bridge across the Smoky river.
He says that the Assarians, with
their subscription list at our election
on the sth of February, defeated the
bonds for bridge. Now, Mr.. Lib.
erty." put on your studying cap and
see if II was not about o'clock when
that list was brought to the polls, and
did not you and your friends give up
| that the bonds were defeated by I
o'clock? Therefore the list could not
have defeated the bonds. The truth
is, the proposition to vote the bonds
was killed by its own weight The
taxpayers do not want to vote %, OOO
to build q bridge when q, 900 will do as
well.
1t Is very nice to have some one to
lay the blame on when you are beat.
I suppose the Assarians are able to
stand 1t. He says that the taxpayers
would not locate bridge on the north
line Of the township. l can find more
taxpayers in favor of the Assaria line
for bridge than Mr.. Liberty" can
to build q bridge for him to cross over
to his cornfield.
Now, then, Mr.. Liberty" I will
make you u proposition. will give
as much towards building 0 bridge IS
you will, or 20 In and help vote s., 900
bonds; then pick three disinterested
men and let them locate the same.
He says that II Is not every one who
would cross the bridge here that wants
to 20 to whisky saloon, and that
some would like to 90 to Bridgeport to
mill. 1t seems that he wanted to go
pretty bad when he was working TO
vote 5000 on Liberty township when
5000 would answer the same purpose.
II the people want to 60 to bridgeport
to mill, il Ii Just as near and as good q
road on this side of the river. and
cross on the Bridgeport bridge, rs 1t Is
to cross any place else.
AS far rs the Wells and Barnett
bridge Is concerned, know but very
little about IL. But we are going to
have a bridge. Mr.. Liberty" and
don't you forget 1t.
IN. o. More +" wants to know what
they will do with their tinctures since
would recommend that he send Bro.
Liberty a boz OF two. The rest of
us ure able to get to II yet awhile when
the river ia nOf tOn ftlll Of ice
Yours, BRIDGE.
EDITOR JOURNAL: As you asked for
views pro and con, on the railroad
bond question, thought of Offering
my mite.
First. 10 there scribe In our county
who can write one sentence on railroad
bonded aid without having the name
Cutler first aud uppermost in his mind
In bitter recollection of that little steal !;
since which time taxes have been per
cent. and often more.
Second, o remembrance Of an an
nual sinking fund Of 5000. for thirty
years time, necessitated thereby,
which Is pretty legacy to bequeath
to our children.
Third, as to the matter of railroad
stock 10 counties or towns, why did
you choose Lyon county, Kansas, to
the exclusion of Usage county? Was
it because the record showed too dark
to suit your immigrants who are to
come when we build the T., s. 4 w.
Railroad? Usage county had railroad
aid bonds tn the A., T. 4 s.. F. to the
amount Of $115, 600 stolen in this way,
and here offer this az q warning to
all honest voters to beware: The A.,
T. & ST. Railroad Company furnished
at least 30 nOn-residents and carried
them from the gradein Shawnee coun-
ty to Burlingame, where the election
judges had been primed In advance to
allow the crime to pass unchallenged,
and those votes carried the county
bonds and after exchanging the bonds
for stock, per our T., s. & w. PROPOSE
ton, dollar for dollar, and when the
first coupons matured, the Commits
sioners gave the $4,000 for the first
interest coupons, or at least that was
all the record showed. Where are
the bonds Of Douglas county, on the
the L., l.. 4 g. Railroad to-day, Mr..
Editor, and others too numerous to
mention?
Fourth. You say should our taxes be
4 per cent, which they often are Oh,
no! stop or you will drive that inn
migration to the great northwest Red
River country, and those poor SHIFT
less Kansans too, who have the fool
hardness to think railroads should he
built, where the companies think they
see paying ore, rith0ut aid. And i
think Z" Railroad was . little Of
when he wanted to know where the
money was coming from, for II the T.
s. 4 w. gets all the aid It asks for
some of the old companies will see
them through, and pool and charge
the b0ndsmen full satisfaction.
LIBERATUs.