Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1910-03-25
DRAINING SUSSEX LANDS.

The matter Of drainage is receiv-
y much consideration at the pres
II Institutes, and it IS to be hon /
81 that some method will be suo-
gested that will meet with the aD-
Proval of the people of this County
mat will result in the drainage of
lle low lands of this County
There can be no difference of oDin-
son upon the advisabilitv of their
drainage, but it is entirely possible
and probable that men will differ
upon the best ways and means of
bringing about the drainage Of
these lands Certainly the land
owner who Is directly interested .
because his low land is now until =
able and almost valueless. will he y,
willing to bear his proportionate
share OF the burden of taxation
necessary to drain his lands. In
Tact, some may believe that the -.
man who reaps the immediate hen ~
@nti the man whose land is drained y,
should pay all the cost of DRAINAGE A,
and therefore the cost would fallou
-hat body OF land owners who own n
-le lands drained This is the ef-
,ect OF our present law. except each Bo
taxable whose lands is drained Is a
Taxed according to the number If SIR
acres, not OF his farm. but of low iyi
and on his farm which are drained ne
1y the ditch for the maintenance of e srl'
Which he is taxed. Bnt in consid. ~ ~
ring the question of drainage as a
county proposition, it must be re-
rendered, that the land owner r
whose land IS drained is not the csu
'uiy one benefited. It is true that clar
ow or swamp land now worth saw of
NO dollars all acre, if properlv butte
aimed would be worth twenty uae'
ollars an acre, and that the owner d q'
mat swamp Won reap the hen. as as
lt OF such an increase becarsa
Is land would be worth ten times
much. but other farmers. or land Tbou
Fners, whose lands are high and 'hVu
ell drained would be assessed at
Il times their present value and
y ten times as much County tan ~,
hey now do, and this should re uate -.
zee the County tax on other lands
lich are now bearing the burden u
taxation. nv y
here IS a widespread sentiment VA
favor OF bonding the County for ~
hundred thousand dollars 70 ri
lin these low lands. and if il can IN
conclusively demonstrated that y
increased revenue from the re- the bac
nation ofthese lands, from taxes the kid
lid pay or very nearly paw the ana me-
: " ~ manage IN thirty or more Their
rs, there is no reason WHY the often
PIE Of the County should not be Swamp
ing to assume the burden l lllnlIs
pose for instance. that one iiv ce-'i hi
bred thousand dollars would do passage
work and this amount couId and seal
orrowed at four per cent. The s snects I
'ly or annual interest would be cessitv y, ,
lis rate, four thousand dollars through
DIVISION for a sinking fund. out times edu
hich the bonds should be paid s .,,ll,,eI l
aturity, Of four thousand dol cause Of, !;
more raised each year, would health re
'tf this indebtedness in twenty critics.
Years. Therefore, this would have Tuit I'M
the raising of eight thousand druggist.
3 more each year than we now and one
by County taxes. Now, if the 1 You, mi
Ised revenue for County p1r- hSm lii1rr'
or tax, from these swamo. remembel
when drained would amount koot, an