Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-01-24

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suhins the people Of The Couney. q ne same
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Il L sos : question Of ordinary repairs. II
nov comes before you IN tbs Hight Of two de.
si . and n lsss The SSs
containing the vaults ON its preeent sits. or ne
bslldiss Of IN entire new set Ut buildings on :
TAs issss has s.firsiy changed sises .ssy Of
osr pscris sigsed iIs rs.sssirsses which viii an.
doubtealy b presented 20 you. Then the only
question raised wzs the condition OF the JAIL !ne
expense Of repairing tho same and the question
Of The change Of location including ne e. Oh
when the rsmonssrancr was signed In buch.
nchi, n not with the direct assurance tns. me
pvtext for removal and bs'ldins new euisinss
with The full unders,sndlnE thai the fecoris and
property Of the County were well protected IRON
,les(ruction by IRE.
This latter question was not then raieed ana
understood IS presume al understand u " the
without giving any advice. Is one tar. payer, ]
can only gay that favor the submission OF ,ne
whole question 20 the people. have great falth
In their and u Que .ss z, 70
pas& upon itf
In tie meantime the people would expect you.
n their agents or as the eustodians OF theirp!op
eity, 70 employ such as-istance - you might
deem necessary, and make such plane for ouch
repairs on the jail and the remodeiin. ana &c
building Of the County Offices ~ wouh seem W
you 10 adoni good protection 20 oil county nc
oris, with estimates OF coss, &C. snu sso s
fore they were calle.t upon ~ vote ON the ques.
tion Of change OF location In orier that they
could act lntelligently on the subject.
GEORGE u. BisREE.
Tread this letter as bearing upon tho
question Of the safety OF the records OF
this county and the necesslty-the press
Ing necessity II may 30 term it-that
sonnet hing should be done whereby. the
safety OF our records may be secured.
will now read one further communi-
cation which has been addressed to me.
II IL from Addison T.. IIcrrick, Eco, OF
Bethel. In writing to me from Augusta,
under date Of January 18th, he says:
Br.tber wi,.ou-It will he impossible for me
Ia lie al paris Thurs.lay. have committee work
which cannot neglect ut this time. NV positisn
ON the county buildings question IL wen known'
and you will nnd my name on 1.-THE the R siiIltaiSn
shouli lie built at once for our rccoris, ami that
our Jail IL In no manner suited 70 purposes Tor
which Il Was built. the matter OF location u en-
tit ell 10 great prominence.
from any personal feeling or prejufice, as j
have always found Pals illl and lie people plel-
sant, but from considerations OF convenience
10 my section Of the county AMI from
psIs sssSs Of sssnlnt Che pr.eu, To-
cation. shall still advocate having such new
builiing. as are needed and such Ne the great
county Of oxford ought to have anu can WEI"
aGorl.
Yours fraternally,
A. Il. HERRiCK."
So much In regard to the matter OF
our records. presume that any state
ments that might make personally In
regard to the question, that any state
ment that might be made by. witnesses
who might be called upon aud who have
made personal examination OF the mat
ter, would amount to but very little,
because you three gentlemen are PROB.
ably In possession OF ordinary good
sense. You are able to sec for your
selves the true condition OF things.
a close and careful scrutiny and exani-
inatlon Of the buildings Will disclose 10
you their present condition Just as well
as II I were to Introduce thousand wit
nesses to testify In regard to It.
The next allegation In the petition u,
"rhat We have no suitable room In
which to hold probate court"
To that presume the answer Will be
made that the room has been suitable
for previous generations, and conse-
quently, II should be suitable for this
do not propose to say
much In regard to 1t, because am CALI
ell upon to occupy II officially, and do
not ere to be considered mt all as COM
Of the quarters for an office to
which desired TO be elected; but will
say this much, that, In my Judgment,
the probate court room, as at present
Ia not such court room as the
citizens of Oxford County have right
to expect and the right to desire,
and such as they would desire
were they couversant with all the facts
with It. Being without yen-
and low and small, when ladies
are introduced there, II must always be
done with an apology accompanying
their Introduction. In the settlement OF
estates I'm the probate court the attend.
ance Of ladies Is very common occur
renee. That matter | leave entirely
with you. You can easily see from
an inspection the situation there and
what Is necessary aud proper for the
needs Of the county.
II L. unnecessary for me to say any
thing In regard to our jail. The allegation
IL, "rhat our jail has been condemned
by the Jail Commissioners OF the State.
do not think that fact IL controverted
or denied. At least I saw little squib,
or u statement rather, In the report OF
the Jail Commissioners which would
seem to indicate that II should be con-
,lemned, the statement being that we
had no jsil In this county worthy OF the
name, and certain other statements
which YOU doubtless read and upon
which there Il no need to comment here.
The only allegation Ia the petition Is
that the jail has been condemned by the
jail Commissioners of the State. Now,
that being the fact, OF course there are
certain things which must be done to
make the jail suitable and proper for It's
do not propose to comment
upon how much is necessary to be done
or what Is necessary to be done
but simply to call to the attention OF your
IIonors, In connection with the matter
Of tho records, the fact that repairs and
quite extensive improvements have got
to be made upon the jail II II isto con-
tinue In Its present location.
We now come to quito an Important
point In the petition, namely, "Thst the
present location of the buildings renders
them inconvenient OF access by the great
msIority OF tho citizens OF the county"
Now, II you are satisfied from AN In
spection, aud from the evidence which
L. presented to you, that the two first
In the petition, that Is, TINT
the records OF the county are not safe
and that large improvements have got to
be made upon the JAIL, are true, then the
question arises, what shall be done, or
where shall those improvements be
made? I thiuk I shall not he making an
assertion which the Judgment OF your
Honors aud of the citizens Of the County
Of Oxford will not bear me out In II
venture the assertion that II entirely new
were to be erected at the pres
ent time, they would not be erected In
IN pre.ent location. The demands or the
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