The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1882-06-15

EDITOR JOURNAL We have
seen several articles, one published
In the JOURNAL, and the other in the
Cxisen, criticising our county COM
misisoners, and the editor Of the
JOURNAL on the appropriation to
help build bridge In Cambria town.
ship. Now, we citizens of Cambria
township are very quiet and of good
dispositions, and do not wish to med.
die with anything outside of our own
business, and had not thought at first
to make any reply to the remarks of
the notable gentlemen; but As we
just have . leisure moment, and
they seem 30 much annoyed at this
action Of the commissioners, we
thought it perhaps not ont of place
to inform them that they have made
some assertions that they know to he
untrue, or they are laboring under
great mistake. First, one says. lit ap-
pears that the sole business of the
commissioners is to spend the funds
Of the county when he looks at the
appropriation to build . bridge"
Now the notable gent certainly knows
that the bridge referred to, is to be
built across the Saline river, OH the
public highway near the railroad
bridge. And this road was one of
the first laid out roads in the county
and Ii also the route the mail was
carried over, and the stages took to
explore our great Western country,
before We had any railroad. The
bridge 10 be built Ii on q spot 40 nat
ural for travel, that In an early day
. Mr.. Woodward saw the necessity
Of some way TO cross the river at this
point, and he built ferry boat and II
was used for many years. 1t has ever
since been the direct route for all
the emigration from east to west, and
II Is the only direct line of travel
from Cambria to Salina, the county
seat. We saw The necessity of this
bridge, and the bonds were voted
without any hesitation but the nota-
BILE gent goes ON to say something
about . bridge one-fourth of mile
from this. Now, how this notable's
conscience could permit him to assert
such . mistake. we cannot compre
bend; for he knows as well as hun
drsds Of Others, that he cannot reach
that bridge from the present location,
in less than . mile and q half, and at
this writing. II he were travelling
the road, he would think 1t all Of
five miles, and perhaps could then not
reach 1t without swimming through
river-beds and wading mud holes;
and q the weary traveller meets the
passer-by, he inquiries ut once how
this bridge came to be located where
1t Is, and the reply always comes,
that It was . very selfish act. Far
mer," In winding up his article i'm
the JOURNAL, finds faul. with the
present board Of county commissioners
and says that two Of them were in
fluenced by the other one; just rs
though those men were not men of
mind and character. Now we know
and believe with every citizen of
Saline county that We have as worthy
and respectable q board of county COM
misei0ners. who are as careful with the
funds Of the county, as can he found
any where and would defy the wri-
ter to find fault in their proceedings,
but what the citizens Of Saline county
will endorse with them. Now the
article In the Citizen, signed "Put-S-
o." impresses US as written by the
same pen a. that of the JOURNAL,
signed Farmer" for he takes as
text, "the more bridges the better"
and Il ought to be coming from such
. wise bald head, so he wants to rid
cule the JOURNAL man, as he simply
says he could see nothing wrong in
the action Of the commissioners. All
we want to say to "Put-S-O' is, that
mere mockery, and without founda-
ton. II he cannot produce anything
better, he had best keep quiet. II he
will remember that the many places
he refers to Of pasture lots, ETC., ly-
ing across rivers, are no public high.
ways. and our present commissioners
are only building bridges on high
ways, and for the benefit Of the pub
lie; and II "Put-SO" would think il
proper to build bridges ~ he suggests,
he had better not be q candidate for
commissioner himself for he will he
beat again sure. Come again, Put
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