Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-03
ORANGE COuNTY.
what Will BE the Expense of Gov.
eFment.

What Will BE the Expense of Cow
erment.
| The HERALD is in receipt of a very
courteous letter from an intelligent citi-
zen of Santa Ana in reference to the
estimates made by the Board of Super
visors, as to the expenses and consequent
taxation in case the county of Orange be-
comes fact. The writer assails the po-
sition of the HERALD and of the Super
visors on these points. 1t would be
pleasure to print SO courteous commui-
cation as this. were there room to do so
in the present crowded state OF
the HERALD's S columns. The point is easily
stated in brief. The figures given by
this journal on it's own account were
taken in all cases from the county gov
ernment bill. and therefore cannot be
successfully assailed. The estimates of
the Supervisors are given as theirs. There
is no good reason to allege that these
gentlemen are aetuated by any sinister
motive. Their estimates are made on
knowledge resulting from long expert
ence. II is well known that there are
always enormous extra expenses in the
running OF a government which no
schedules will cover. The writer of this
letter refers to the HERALD's attack on
spending sos, 1000 on roads last year. This
is the very thing to be insisted on in the
expenses of the new county. The attack
of the HERALD did not make the sum
spent any lees, nor the taxes any lower.
It is not likely that there will be less
spent this year because OF this attack,
nor is it likely to reduce the tax levy.
| Officials will be extravagant. Those OF
Orange county will not be the exception
70 the rule. Let another item be taken
the cost'of making the abstracts of the
records. The Supervisors put it at $50 900,
The Santa Ana correspondent says there
ara people ready to do it for $25, 1000. One
of the most experienced searchers of this
city told HERALD reporter day or two
ago that it would cost all of $50, 900 to
do the work well. He stated that the
cost to the county before it was all done
with was very likely to be 100000. At
the same tirle, he said, there might be
people who would offer to do it for
$4,000. But these people would not be
able to give sufficient bonds to do
it yell, for the reason that
the cork will cost five times as much. 1t
is q very important matter, for if it is
act done correctly, there is no way to
remedy an evil which would be incalcul-
able in it's effects for generations to come.
There will be no direct way of getting
back of the records as they appear in the
archives of the new county, and it be-
hooves every taxpayer to insist that
the work is done we'll in the
outset. If this is not done, there
will be confusion worse confounded.
The HERALD can find no responsible and
experienced searchers in this city who
put the figure below $4,000, to insure
good work.
With these facts in view, there seems
no good reason at this stage TO revise or
materially modify the figures made by
, the HERALD or the Board of Supervisors.
Some who have undertaken to write
on the subject have appealed to some
of the thirty-ffth class mountain
counties as parallel to what
will be the experience in Orange.
This is not fair to so wealthy and popu-
lous county rs the new one will be. 1t
, will not be satisfied with the enforced
penurious policy of Alpine county. And
if Orange county is to be run on any such
beggarly scale, then that should be suf-
ficient reason for every sensible voter to
, give his voice against the division. That
will not do for the people of Santa Ana
or Anaheim. The expenses of Monterey,
or Santa Barbara, or Ventura counties
would be much nearer the truth as to
Orange with this added-the enormous
; cost OF setting the new government on its
feet, which some of the most expert
enced people have estimated at $3.50, 900
| for which bonds must be sold.
A Serious Affair: Clara-"Oh, mother
I, we had such fun at the party Young
Smith proposed that he and should &c
: through a mock marriage ceremony
! just in fun, you know and lt was tot
! funnv for ANYTHING. Afterward some o
) the older people who heard OF 1t SAID We
! were really married; but we're not, are
we?" Doting Mother-"Of course not
i Besides, Young Smith couldn't support 6
wife If he bad one." "Oh, it wasn'
: that Smith. 1t was the other Smith frcn
, Gold City, the one who owns a bonanzs
= mine. YOU know" "Eh? That Smith
! NV dear, a marriage like that before wit
!, nesses is binding. "-[New York Weekly
An apparently endless train, all the
/ cars Of which are filed with passengers
y leaves the Pennsylvania depot in Jerse,
q City. "Where are all those people go
inc ?" asks a stranger. "They are going
to Washington to enjoy the Inaugural
ceremonies" Just at this moment an
n other immense train loaded with passen
J, gers comes into the depot. who ar
these people?" ask the stranger. "Thes
are Washington people trying to escap
20 from the Inauguration nuisance.
) An item is going the rounds allegin
that the hustle is liable to explode an
should be marked thazardous." Bustle
: are as safe as coal-scuttles. Many
5, young man has held them on his la
without risk.