West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-04-28

! ably ten cents 10 each isX-Dsyrr Tao or
! der ~ the = Iurt is tn It on Sa'ur lay, IN.
I 20 h OF May, the v)ters OF X IEvr, a
| District a. 10 vote for or agajnsr q gu
/ script N Of @25. 900 If its s n r. g M
| b n,is 10 hr handed over TO the Ena,g1oi
| IA iway & mpany In exch4ng" fora like
/ "m0Crt at par of the stock of tn. Com
I pany, the delivery 60 he made al in,erv.ls
~ each mike Ot the rDAd-bed lie Cisnpleip1
50 tnot before n cross-Iie or rail- il On the
gcound, or even purchased, tho dislrct's
! $2j,COO 10 bonds will have passed into thu
| treasury Of the Cpmpqny For The fist
tArce Years, 1888 4 5. the Interest only is
to be pad, which will be 1880 ve.r
aud "lt ihcreasc your present tax bilI1 "a
ceLts on each sl00 valuation eacl wear:
then there is 10 b. added u the annual
", beginning with 1886 81. 900 1T M,
princlp'i, tbus increasing the taxes So. 500
"a year. or 43 cents 90 each 800 valug-
ton. The annual tax levy will then de-
crease $50 year until tbs bonds are al
paid. Inc aggregate of principal nd in
, '"rrsi, nclut;ne cost or coliectiny g.,
0t he subscription viii be $4,000 And
upon a.valuatiou subst autialy as AZ pre.
ent viii require annual Ievies upsn the
properly Ot the district as follow fnr
The ti7st three years, IS cents on eac 500
Valuation, or an average of So 4S for
rAcn taxpayer; then IN inCresse 10 So 800
year or 10 cents on each 500 valu,
uoO, eqlal TO 80 80 for eacn tax-aly-r.
after Which it will rradnally decreate dur.
ing the remaining twenty four yesrs vet
th- average annual tax for the twenty
eight wears will be $iS So or 30 cents on
each 500 valuation, equal to$4 % csnts
Tor each Taxpayer, IN addition to all oth.r
taxes
In stating in last weeks ARGUS "t.sl ~
the taxable property IF the district, ,br..-
fiths "a in the Town OF Kiugwoa1. and
that only ten thousand OF the twent -Gvo
thousand dollars proposed To be aporopri
atof "lll fall 20 the share Of the district
Out-ide OF the town you were in error.
q 7 referring 10 the Assessors books for
last yea, YOU will tiud the total valu ition
OF property in the DISTRICT TO be $3.50 148,
ut which 12l0 SCI, representa- the v4lua-
ton ot the property Ia the Town If King
wood, and 1856 2Sj that Of tho propertv
IN the district ou,side the town; sn that
instesd OF tho town paying SIS 900 or
tnfef-htths OF the whulo, the property %
he district outside Of the town must pay
81 per cent, or more than $40. 900, whla
the property Of the town will get off with
less than $4,000 Now, as the bulk of
this tax must come off the farmers OF tho
district, let Us see how the railroad
would benefit them. The prices
Tor corn, wheat and oats, rs well
az bacon, are h'g or ia King wood
to-day than in New York, Baltimore.
Wheeling or Pittsburgh. and have been o.
nearly every year for more than twenty
five years aud for ali these years Except
possibly tor one or two years. we have
bought largely OF these farm products
from abroad. Il 10 presumed that thu
Railroad would be able To reduce tho
price Of iranspOrtipp freighfs from Inn
melton 10 Kingwood from 2j cts. the pres
ent price, TO 10 cents per 100 lbs. which
would be equal TO q reduction IN tho cyst
Of delivering q bUshel Of western corn or
wheat az KjngwJ BOD Of neaily nine cents.
. hus reducing the price ~ our home grown
grain 10 that extent. IA long a. we p-o-
duce less than We consume Of farm prod
ucis, 80 long is IL the interest Of our farm-
ers 10 keep ont western farm producta
80 you would be benefited 20 the extent
OF reduction n oyer 3 cents bushel in
the prices Of your grain Poor eOmpsu
sation for voting debt upon your fsrm
mat viii last over a quarter of n oentu 3
Wui this increase the price OF your
farms?
We are told that something must be
done r. 'devslop the mineral resources al
The district" Let those who want %
build furnaces and coke ovens buy tho
lands and build Railroads 90 them. or d.
velor the fsines already known 10 exit
along eide the y. & O u. r.. II thsss
cannot be- worked ~ profit. how can inc
same rei1s several milca from the 3 q.
D. r. X be probably mined b. incress
ing the cost of transporting ihe,r products
over the prosoaed Narrow Gauge9
You're, +. HERRNANs.
April q 1882. 90