The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-22
DID THEY
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THE N0NEY?


on the rental plan by all means.
AIR. F. r. Houghton wrote 1--WE
need this court house by all means"
5. y, Seely wrote: 1--WE need
new court house every badly, and
while | believe you will be charged
with extravaganza, believe you will
be honored eight years after the
building is erected
Mr Joe Norris, late chairman of the
Republican State Committee, wrote as
follows' Guthrie, Okla, July 10
1906. Il am In favor Of building a
court house for Logan county on the
rental plan to cost $t50,00O. | have to
state that think nothing would be OF
more benefit to the county and to the
people than such "A move and | am
heartily in favor of your plan being
adopted whereby we can secure a
court house that will be a great credit
to Logan county and the capital city.
Increase in taxes will be very slight
and as a rule the people do not object
to being taxed If they are getting
something in return for It. Yours
truly JOE NORRIS"
0. r. Fegan 1--WE need court house
by all means.N
w H. Dunlap Iangston wrote: 81
am heartily in favor OF your plan.
w A. Frasier wfote: "The county
certainly needs a new court house. ]
am In favor Of leaving the matter In
your Judgment feel that you are
thoroughly capable of handling this In
the most satisfactory manner"
]. j. Houston wrote: I'VE should
have a $l5O,0OO court house by all
means"
G. N. Perkins wrote: Your plan is
good. We should have new court
house at once
Judge Huston's Letter.
Judge A, II. Huston wrote as fol
lows:
i am In receipt Of your favor of the
llth inst. asking my opinion. rs a tax
payer Of a plan OF building court
house to cost $l50,OO0, TO be paid for
In installments of $4,000 each per
year ] have to say that this county
can procure the sum of $150,000 to use
In building a court house, and can pay
it all back in ten years by paying
$4,000 per year, am heartily in favor
of the plan. | would borrow that
amount of money myself on those
terms, If ! could But | know that
interest must be paid, and that you
either will not get $f50,OO0 to start
on, or that you must pay more thar
$4,000 per year to pay It back, But
! understand the plan, 1t is for some
one to build the court house to cost a
certain amount, the county TO ront
1t at so much for certain number of
years and at the end of that time to
own the court house. | am in favor
of plan Of that sort IL IL can be
carried out so as to give the county
its moneys worth. In the first place
would want to be sure that the sum
agreed to be expended In building the
house was actually put into 1t, and
that the house was actually worth the
money put in, and then the interest
rate should be reasonable and cal
culated on Cd correct basis II all
these points can be properly safe
guarded, so that tho people of the
county will be sure TO get the worth
of their money am in favor of build.
Ing as fine court house as there will
be in the state. Yours,
A. II. HUSTON.
Greer's Letter.
And last but not least is letter
from r. H. Greer under date of July
II, 1907. The letter is herewith given
in full:
]. d. Burke, City, Dear Sir Reply
ing to your letter of the 18th inst.
am in favor OF building a new large
court house for Logan county, pro-
yided this can be built on block of
ground and u the building and ground
cannot be had for sl50,OOO, that
enough be added to buy full block.
| see no reason why building
cannot be built on the rental plan
1t will probably coN more than $780,
900 If we get building and ground
that win do this county for all time.
And in this case would make the
payment extend 10 to 20 years.
The court house at Kingflsher. for
Kingfisher county, cost $4,000 in
bonds voted. These bonds run 80
years at per cent. which makes s45.-
900 interest, or total cost OF $4,000
for the court house In this case the
interest costs $4,000 more than the
building
The court house for Woodward
county only cost $4l O01, principal and
interest, on the rental plan, payable
in ten years, and has as much room
and Is fully as good and substantial
as the one at Kingfisher.
If the county cannot pay for full
block Of ground have the contractor
furnish both ground and building
This will add to the cost, but when
stretched over, say twenty years, VIII
not be burdensome.
TO put a 100000 building on less
than block OF land would be forever
disappointment This ground does
not have to be close In. II could be
several blocks out on some one Of
the car lines.
As a taxpayer of Logan county, am
in favor Of the rental plan. provided
you surround It with proper safe
guards for the county's interest The
State Capital newspaper viii advocate
this plan. ftl .sl