Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-01-11

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Deduc. decrease in school districts ( Z iss,42s oa
Leaving net increase as above. NJ si,6a225o ~
II The local, Indebtedness of the several
counties, townships; cities. villages and
school districts may not, with q few ex,
ceptions, be q serious burden to the tax
/, payers charged with il, but the constant
and certain Increase OF this class Of in.
debtrsiness must be looked upon with re-
gret and alarm, 81 . ~ 800 t,oi
Anysfnrther authorization, Of its in,
crease should be granted only after most
Thorough scrutiny had disclosed an i'm.
perative necessity for,such grant OF au-
thority. s5ss bgsas Eiaat i8tg
salR PUBLIC WORKS. auoe8 n
4 The report Of the Board OF Public
Works discloses the fact that the revenue
were not sufficient to provide, for their
ordinary care. and to repair the damages
TO them, occasioned by the floods of the
past season. st
The subject of the future relation of
the State to the Public Works is one that
. must soon, be seriously considered, and
its policy definitely declared. ~
We cannot cldse our eyes to the inevit-
able result Of thel successful efforts that
have been made In the past, and the eff
forts that are now being made, and will
be made in the future to get possession
ct the Public Works by legislative author
ity,, without due consideration, and
thus, by degrees. working out their final
destruction. s5t.f.,
Tie confidence Of the public has been
4 sxrt En "a
of the State to continue their maintain
snce. that IT is probable that the building
az new boats is not even contemplated
while there may be portions Of the Pub
Jic Works that are useless, and ought to
be abandoned, yet ~ would BEL q serious
mistake to permit them. as whole, to
suffer any further deterioration. It is
clearly good policy, all Of the interests Of
the people considered, TO so provide for
their maintainance as to restore public
confidence in the purpose Of the State to
forever preserve her valuable water ways
qaa o meansl OF cheap transportation. sJ
Il Portions OIL the Public lWofks, worth
millions Of dollars, have been given away
By legislative enactments, under various
pretexts. This valuable property has
mainly, Ia tbe gnf fallen into the hand
al railroad corp0ratiOnst thus, practically,
4 The State has given sway itB property,
Which belonged I'd all the people, 70 the
lew who are the fortunate owners Of the
TeilroadB that were the favored recipi-
Cuts Of the bounty Of the State. In one
ok these grants IT, has been discovered
That the title of the State covers property
I, e great value, not used for the Public
Worksof the Statei properly upon which
urivate parties have built valuable struc-
tnres, and weFe resting in the belief that
their title to the same was good. Tho
records Of the Board Of Public Works
are imperfect, and from them il will be
found Impossible to ascertain the boun-
Aaries OF itsypropertys or obtain even q
!, complete record, showing what property
6 belongs III ethe State. Measures should
be taken without delay to perfect these
records.
Should it become the policy Of the
Slate TO dispose Of all, or any portion Of
fhe Public works, then would urge the
ascertainment OF what the State owns,
pertaining to the portion proposed to be
\ narted with, aycareful valuation made by
competent authority, and when the prop
efty is accurately described, and its value
determined. The sale 10 be made to the
highest bidder, but at not less than the
appraised value II 3ss aiisis 3sis 4s.
~ PENIrRNTIARY.s Vi w H5
q The management of this institution
continues to be satifactory. aefg st
Excellent discipline has been secured,
business methods prevail, economy, and
care have been observed and the re-
ceipts exceed the expenditures In the sum
N &t( 5n7 06 with the promise Of an in