The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-09-02
The new buildings should be built a,

The new buildings should be built at
Cavalier because it is central.
That the present buildings are SO out
OF repair and so generally deteriorated
that they will not last but year or two
longer and therefore new buildings
must be erected forthwith either at
Pembina or Cavalier.
That new buildings would not be
expensive to the taxpayers.
The Pioneer Express has shown by
undeniable statistics that it is exoep-
0ional to find county seats in the centers
of the counties. Twenty-seven of
eastern North Dakota counties have
only SIX central county seats, and in
Minnesota out of eighty-eight counties
only eighteen have central county seats
That the present county buildings are
in &rst class condition as to repair and
as to probability of permanence is so
we'll knownt ito hundreds of taxpayers of
the county that discussion is unneces-
sary. Furthermore the Rembina
,committeeinvite personal iuspection at
their expense of any one who doubt.
AS to whether the proposed new
buildings would cost the taxpayers
anything, is matter for their ,own judg.
mont. We hardly believe that the
Taxpayers of this county think they
can borrow even 100000 at 4 per cent
interest for twenty years without
materially adding to the burden of taxa
tion-and this is the lowest figure
Egwen outrby the Cavalier people who
are arguing that the new buildings can
| be built without cost.
/ AS matter of fact all the figures
gWen.b by the Cavalier people >corrobo-
rate thesfgures of cost thst we have
Ibeen running continuously for some
weeks. Those figures we're put there
as a challenge and they have never
been diaproven by the Cavalier people.
The only real argument that they have
advanced is that we have placed the
first cost.of a new court house too high.
We have.made it 100000. We have
|'based ,our estimate ON the cost of
l'similar buildings elsewhere, and we
have 'heratofore listed Il point large
number Of counties of the state showing
the cost Of now court houses, with the
|size of theeounties and the population
as comparisons. While the first cost is
perhaps largely matter Of opinion, yet
when we take the Cavalier Arguments
that we should have a court house
Suitable to the dignity and wealth Of
the county and "for the needs of
future generations to come then by
comparison with these other counties
the conclusion is inevitable that If we
bssild at all we should start with
100000 building.
The Cavalier people in order to make
the voters think it will not cost too
much land hereby acknowledge the fact
tnat the taxation will be high in any
eveat) start out witha building costing
10000; but such Q building will cost
the taxpayers ~ 600 when the interes.
is added, and If we add siO,Oo0 more
for fixtures etc. such as all new bnild-
ings must have, and add for Loss ON the
old buildings and expenses Of q bond
election. it will be seen that their oyn
estimates are not 70 very much below
those Of ours.
The only difference between the
Cavalier figures and those of this paper
are in the estimate of the first cost.
Otherwise with the due allowances
mentioned, their fgnres simply corrobo-
rate those Of the Pioneer Express.
There can be no dispute that fifty
thousand dollar building will cost half
az much as hundred thousand dollar
building.
But while there have been recently
built or are just now building half
dozen new court houses in this state, !
including Traill Co. elO8, ,OOO. Lamoure
Co. s75. 900, Pierce Co. s75O0O, Dickey
CO. ssoO00 Foster %. e6o. 200, the
Cavalier writers select the latter onlyI
as the proper example for the county
OF Pembina which Id shout
double the size ~ opulation of ellher
81 the above except TIaill md i three
times the sixe q F0s tsr Co but thsy
10 have q admis thst 49, \ ths IatterI
psiios means I 40 X ysls; M ees lliniy
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