Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1889-02-01


"Aloud the driving tempest roare,
Congealed impetuous showers descend,
Haste. close the Windows, bar the doors,
Let me enjoy my social FRIEND"
Is 1T ALL RIGHT?
I have made up the following computn-
iion from the Judgments, mostly, Of those
who know more Of the mAtters referred 10
than myself; but some have thought my
figures too low. Aud what Ia trne of To-
le'io ia true of every community, In proper
tinn.
The annual expenses Of running Tnle,io's
sixty churcleR, including missionary fundp.
Sabbrth pchools, church improvements,
music socialE, ETC., etc, are $500, 900: and
yet lees than one.tifh IL the entire popu-
lation ever zee the inside Of q meeting
houae The year round. Tbeaters. circnres.
and other idle amrsements, $3.50 600; eS-
cursions on lakes and railroads, $500, 900 ;
balls, billiards and rinks, $50, 900 other
wasteful and needless expenditures, mak-
ing the aggregate total OF $3.50, 900; and n,
The same time two-thirds Of the whole
people have hard battle for life. Be-
yond this there 10 commendable voiun-
tary charity to the needy Of, say, $50, 900
year. But none Of this has anything to
do with the support Of free asylums, hos
pitals, homes for friendless women, and
the like. Is all this right, or the bess
that can be done?
And then there comes on top OF these
figures the living, the absolute require
ments Of life, for 100000 people; and
then the interest on "a, ,OO0, 900 Of bonded
debt which Toledo owes, and which is se-
cured by mortgage on every foot Of ground
within the corporation. Is Il a wonder
that nearly everybody is pressed, and that
credit is destroyed7
CONTINUALLY CASTING UP MTRE.
Two suits have just been entered in the
common pleas, by Horace 8. WalbrIdge, q
wealthy real estate citizen OF Toledo, fol
the recovery Of the canal bed, abandoned
for canal purposes years since. The cana
bed tracks through the city about foul
miles, embracing two-thirds Of court house
park, all of the memorial building grounds
all of the library building grounds, all o.
Jefferson engine house, several factories
and numerous private residences, beside,
a mile Of the road bed OF the Wheeling
and Lake Erie r. r. Eminent counse
have taken up the case, and pending the
suit, which may run through years, this
energies OF Toledo cannot fail to be para
lized, more or lees. There are million,
involved.
Then again the f,atttal gas question il
on the eve oil serious possible muddle
There are kickers, not a few, who ar,
pressing the citizens pipe enterprise. II
the meanwhile, and because OF this agita-
tion, ostensibly 10 procure cheap gas, th,
gas companies are entertsining a prorosi
tion to withdraw their plant from Toledo
and remove il to Detroit. Detroit ha
without interference of the city, will
prices to consumers. A damaging phas'
OF the situation is, that the STANDARD Oi
Company has secured, by purchase, all th'
, gas fields embraced within the belt, anc
not otherwise owned by Findlay, Lin;
and other interests. This must, on III,
one hand, force Toledo into disadvantage
ous terms, or, on the other, in the event o
removal, squelch her prosperity for al
indefinite number OF years.