Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1869 — Review of the Railroad Appropriation Law. [ARTICLE]

Review of the Railroad Appropriation Law.

Tito railroad tax ol t 12,000, if voti ‘Wflie 17lh of the present month, aUxil as follows to thoVown->"-*»'iH* 1 lln *' * Hanging Grove, 92,966; Oillajn, Walker, 11,698; Wufkfoy, Mifrion, 110,575; Jordan, Mew ton, $2,800; Keener, ♦ • ,o*3; Kankakee, $1,250; WheatJfcld, jL267: Carpenter, $7,565; •Hl|<»y,j7s4; Vi# ijlhon, s*7Bs, llie tax will be leas than one dol-?jUr|ni9,kixfy-«iM ofcnpvto each one did lurk ' worth of taxable properly, for both years, or about fifthly cents on the hiuitj.r«d dollars rttk latffi yean. THe railtoUd now miming tlirough the county will pay live h'linlred.aud Itt»y : duHars of the tax in Carpenter township. ‘ if a majority ot the voters of the county Jto l«ay the lax, will be levied in June 1870, and will be collectible on nnd alter October 15, l BTOi The balance will \ 'be.levied in June, 1871, mid will be collectable on and After October 15th of that year. Of the money to be ixwrdtdhu Jt*sar<l of Commissioners pusiyt, under the law pay over to the railroad more than $21,000 until the iron is laid nnd the oars shall ..have passed otn" the entire length •of die road tlirowgh the county. Nor van the $21,000 be paid to the company until the road shall have been permanently located and work thereon i IttnlO Wild'payed for by the tompans to the amount ol $!2,000. And the Board of Commissioners cannot ) IfJcoUtpvHed' to p.ty- ths fond *oiie * cVm,Ttntn thte iron is laid and the tars ase ruimimjthrough the county,. TlteJawjsecurely guards the money raised sos railroad purnoses, and under the wise managemw of out* careful hnd prudent Hoard ol County Commissioners, we may he assured that every cent ol ,49kdJI0&iMi moody %IH be honestly applied to tho purpose lor which it is raised, anil not one cent donated * tlfrtll the completion bf the road is guaranteed beywwl a peradvciiturc. (j&yftbejinnityrid tax, tor this or any ijtLer railroad can W subscribed or the cvwaty tor two years. S&in mhJnirws'WO argument to show , tl»«* IV road wM pay. The increased price ot grain and the increased value of real estate will within otic year after tho completion of the nixtdk irnturp alt ftJie nionoy expend WiW interest at more rtfdii* two 1 'TfiiWffrfetl percent. It will increase uiu popiilalioii. give us better roadß, more mills and manufactories, more i •wwakh, more school-lioMses and more ehurclies, and make Jasper county what she ought to be, ouo of liie best counties in the stale. The objections urged against the soplpstcnep and (pubbles. JLlus strongest point is bliat it widl’ fill the country up so that there will *lw nib "range lor cattle that makes it would if be could, drive every one blit himsett'from tbe county, tear down their houses and fences, and turn their w heat mid cornfields »jflpryhitr ; ymmmne«. // 6 isfcfoaie -say. tliey don't like the principle of building railroads by appropriation. Why not railroads as well as other public improvements? What won hi be thought of leaving the making and Repairs of common highways, to private enterprise? Some would donate liberally to repair roads nnd build bridges, while others, Equally benefited, would dp. , nqilpUg. \\ onld this be right 2 RattK" roadsiwuelit ull. It their constrifction is left to private subscription,Mr. A. gives liberally, while Mr. 11 who is worth more tfrt»h A. and whose povl; els will be tilled wifcki morey by the making •£ the read, gets out of paying a cent by using! !^th‘V fy posture argument. How much •.lfyw.lt hot ll . P a y according 'tp their ability. This is justice, and it docj.sccin to mo that the taxation mode is the only correct principle >*t<w making a railroad. We now have an opportunity ol getting what wll recognize we want —a railroad. Wo can get it by vot sag tiro tax. We cannot get it wfilhonUlretnx. It does Mem that everyone should be alive to the importance of tW vote about to be taken, should hik.best to secure a majority .for the tax aud thereby secure the railroad. Fauukk.