The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-11-02
TO ISSUE BONDS
County will issue $4,000 10 Meet Extra
ordinary Expenses

missioners last Saturday a resolu-
ton was adopted for the issuing of
county bonds in the sum Of $24, 900,
to pay for extraordinary exueuses
caused by the floods, and to enable
the board to conduct the business
of the county without increasing
the tax rate, which is now 4 per
cent. The following statement
from the MorHiRg Press shows
some of the work the present board
has done.
When the present board went
into Office January I, 1903, the
bonds, coupons and orders of the
county amounted to SG95,743.
That was almost three years ago.
The present board has built ten
bridges and paid for two contracted
for by the old board-the Bap-
tist church bridge in Madison
township and the Hartman bridge
in Benton township. They paid
out 81, ESQ for planking the Blooms
burg river bridge and $500 for re-
pairs for damages caused by the
ice gorge to the bridge.
Including the contemplated bond
issue of S24, 900 the bonded indebt-
edness of the county will not eX-
ceed SI94, 900 on the first of Janu-
airy 1906, notwithstanding the ex-
traordinary expenses of the flood,
which in addition has caused the
county to pay out about $40. 900 i'll
addition to the other extraordinary
items and the usual items of ex-
pense for which tax is imposed.
Then, too, there is a very big
chance that with some boards of
Commissioners which the county
has had the Rose bill would never
have been thought of, and the
county would have had the burden
on its shoulders of rebuilding the
Mifhinville bridge, the cost of
which would have been appalling.
According to the statements given
out in the Commissioners Office
Saturday the bonded Indebtedness
of the county will be about 81 700
less on January I, 1906, and the
extraordinary expense items will
have been provided for.
The resolution passed by the
Board Saturday is as follows:
Whereas, the disastrous floods of
1904 caused great destruction Of
bridges in the County OF Columbia
and has caused an enormous outlay
in their rebuilding, and
Whereas, Although the general
laws require the rebuilding Of
bridges over navigable streams by
the state, yet these general laws
also impose upon the county the
duty of paying the fees and ex-
penses of viewers, and the proper
charge for the preparation of the
plans and specifications of such
bridges and the experimenting of
construction of the same, the cost
of advertising, cost OF all legal pro-
ceedings and all other costs and
expenses, whatsoever, the amount
of said fees and expenses to be
fixed by the Court, and
Whereas, The cost to the state
for rebuilding of such bridges as
ascertained aud estimated amounts
to sum not less than four hundred
and sixty thousand dollars and has
imposed on the county an extraor-
dinary burtheu of over forty thous-
and dollars, including efforts to
temporarily maintain travel at nee
essary points, and
Whereas, The Commissioners by
careful and rigid management of
the finances have been able to meet
a portion of such extra burthen in
addition to the usual and ordinary
expenses and the provision for in.
terest and bonds coming due on
account of the previous indebted
ness Of the county without increas-
Ing the previous rate of taxation;
and