The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-04-28
PLENTY OF ARGUMENT
TO SHOW WHY THE WORKHoUse
SHOULD BE LOCATED IN CANTON.

The Canton Board of Trade Committee
Present the Case to the Commissioners--
Taxation and Criminal Statistics.
The committee from the Canton Board
OF Trade which was appointed to confer
with the county commissioners with ref
erence to the location Of the workhouse in
Canton, appeared before them yesterday
afternoon and presented the case. The
committee was composed Of ]. j. Clark,
WA, Lynch and w. j. Piero, aud they SUBJ
mtted facts and arguments of such weight
as would tend to prove to all the superb
ority OF Canton as the place for the new
county institution.
With reference TO the matter of xation
and to show which OF the three cities Can
ton, Massillon or Alliance would be COM
PEELED to bear the greater share of the ex-
pense of erecting the, structure the follow
ing figures we're submitted:
Tax list valuation of Canton city and
township for the year 1891:
Canton tp. value Of real estate for
Canton tp value Of personal PROPERTY '|0sSO 70
1891. ...."...........,.......... 7i9.e9O 90
Total for township. 1,976, $40 90
Canton city, value Of real estate for
Canton city, value Of personal prop. w
cry oSl''.''''''.''............... S3O6,b30 90
Total for Canton city. sl0 SEA s7O O0
Grand total value OF tax list for tp
anu 1929 $50 90
canton city alone. siO, ,5eI, 80 90
Massillon and tp.".,...s 81, ,0s1 1888 90
Alliance and tp,....... 34lS $50 90
Tetal. ."......................... ss,bolalO 90
Excess over l,.,.....,.........,... . 2083,l 90
Add Canton TOWNSHIP. ..,....,,,,,,,,,, lB75 SO 90
Total excess. ess."........,.......,...e9 ,73S $40 90
The grand duplicate OF Stark county
s3S sSS el0 90
Tax valuation OF Perry township and
Massillon city for year 1891:
Perry tp value real estate for 1891. ...s s5o2lo 90
Perry Up. value Of personal property
lOr '''.''''''..'''....'........ 622,OSO 90
Total for Perry township. l. 472 Gao 90
Masslllon city, value OF real estate for
Massillon city, value Of personal prop
erty Tor the year 1881. l........-... 1875, $50 co
Total for Masslon Clty.............s soiO, $50 90
Grand total OF tax list for township
anu b,OS2S3O 90
Tax list valuation of Lexington town
ship and Alliance city for year 1891:
Lexington tp value real estate for 1891 ll4,siO 90
Lexington tp value personal property
lor 4bS,79O 90
toIah lOE LeAluStOu lOWubnlp...s...g bSib6V W
Alliance city, valuation OF real estate
Alliance city, valuation Of personal
property .'..'.,...,,,.,,............ 1s2,5iO 90
Total Alliance clty.."...........s 2 b9s, $50 90
Grand total for township and city,. 94lS9sO 90
1t will be seen from the above that Cam
ton would pay for the erection and main
tenance OF the workhouse three times as
much as Massillon, and more than five
times as much as Alliance, and taking the
townships in which the cities are located,
the taxable property OF Canton township
exceeds that of both Perry and Lexington
by nearly four million dollars.
Again they argued, and justly so, that
the work house should be located in that
portion OF the county where the bulk OF
the commitments are made as il would
thus save hundreds of dollars to the
county in transportation charges. A list
of commitments for the year ending
March 81, 1891 was presented as follows:
From Canton 1873 prisoners for 355 days.
From Massillon 10 prisoners for Ill days.
From Alliance 25 prisoners for days.
The Jail commitments for the following
year of 1892 we're:
canton
MasSlllOu ~
Alliance IL
Total for the two years:
canton
Massilon AZ
10
Approximate number of persons whose
crimes were such as to cause a WorkhouEe
sentence in the years 1891 90:
canton
MaSslllOh "a
''''''''''''' 10
No better evidence is needed to show
that Canton is the only practical place for
the workhouse. The idea of locating the
institution at Alliance or Massillon and
of .being compelled to take 134 prisoners
from Canton to it rather than locating it
here and bringing less than thirty from
both the other two cities is absurd.
The committee also showed the many
other advantages OF this city for the loca.
ton and the commissioners will undoubt.
| edly decide that the county seat is the
1 place. A site is wanted near a railroad
where stone can be hauled in easily and
| Canton has plenty of them. With rail-
roads running in seven directions there
will be no difficulty in this regard. The
commissioners should settle upon Canton
at once and proceed with further planning
/ LOT tu5 eTeCuOu Ol tue sTuCtures w ueu
the location is settled an architect will
probably be secured and trips made to
warehouses; at different points for the
purpose of getting ideas as to the best
means of construction. Cleveland, ALLIE
gheny and other points will probably be
visited.
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