Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1890-03-07
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sious ,rcoin natitc.i our court business in the
i.tlmlest ia OF our county, who time Is
betoIe the political Acknowledgement of the ne
o.; he du.s Mt reuei er doubtless, that the
negro's lnves'Ilure with the rights ct cltlzen
sGIp althu not indicating any Accession of
pros,'eri y, would seen l., ctll Tor larger Ill
IN n>i',ns in our court nodse B,It Mts, mere
d Tue WAY.
Lairr on, in dcnouncing the judi Imcni Of
ilius Who lam ma the new rt,nri Il1il>e can
re completed Il an expenditure 81 SIS, 900. he
rather incuusisienlly st.s II sc hun d i new
court house. IT siIuutd not ar apHreiabi,
smaller or inferior TO thai OF Marla0ro' -
y ny notY especially il our present one is lai "
enough.
With IN assumption Of knpwleise, entirely
tt Variance It'll ne Already ascrr LtIncd facts
u The case he asst Ills that ''wltE The test econ
umy, "a court house could not tie urlt Tor less
lnan $50 100 rhls Is too Dtre-fa, ed, espe.
ci,lly in view of the fact that ,retul rsIimairs
nave ueeu maize aud tie limit has neen fixed -
the remOv., OF the ltil being PROV led for along
with the cree ion OF the new court mouse
aud already, contractors are waiting ,gerl,
aud eXpeCIanty To make their bids Tor all tnlS,
Within the Si5, 900 limit.
Then again, the astute editor, remarks more
tersell AN truthtuliy the focal center Of ht
public roads wOad have 10 b- changed from
Port Tobacco to La Plata, when has any one
who knows the topography Of the county can
lestify, the focal center is, aud has been, since
lime lmmemorlal justa at La Plata; the old road
from the Potomac to the Patuxent est and
west and the one from Washiugto ton 10 the PO-
tQmae. nas.,,S and south, cross, as il is natural
me- s'fSe'e the geographical center OF
the county; so the great but imaginary ex-
peuse to be incurred IA opening new roads, is
disposed of, simply, by tracing on the map,
with one s finger the course OF these roads.
In this connection, We may say the removal
of the court house TO La Plata, IN he one mat
ter of enabling citizens to utilize the railroad
in attending court, will be of the greatest
practical ald material benefit to the county.
An additional advantage will be realized 10
the increased attendance at our courts, OF law
ers and business men from outside who will
attend our courts, when they can do SO by an
all rail route.
As to the hnanciering Of those who claim
Justly that the court house can be removed aud
completed at a cost OF $40, 900, it may be bad,
but il ism improved br stating il unfairly, ny
changing its bases and by suppresslng its most
necessary and Important feature, VIZ: that of
providing each year not only for the interest,
but for the sinking fund, which is to discharge
the whole bonded Oebt OF SIS 900, at the rate |
of 81 900, to be retired each year. The imam |
ciering may be bad, but the error, il there Is |
one IS of the head, not Of the heart which |
alasl cannot be said OF the bad logic and worse
ethics Of our neighber Of the Times
In the grave reflections, he max 5, By i'm
ulieation. on the characters of our discussing
officers. he has over reached himself, and pub
ne sentiment recoils trustAnd Disguised from
he application olsuch words as ''detdlcation"
and .uad accounting" 10 our discussing
Ulcers.
m regard to the motives Of those who advo
,,Ie the removal OF the court house, this much
NAV be said in spite OF insinuatiOns and
anuendoes; that the GREATEST GOOD OF THE
GREATEST NUMBER, will, some day, justify these
motives TO the world, which certainly cannot
" said of the motives of those, who for the
axe of interests located in broken and de-
,,yed borough, are willing to retarI and ob-
iruct the srop III AID prosperil, o; the y bole
.ouuty. Taxpayer.