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Aside from daily coaches running to Lawrence, the beautiful steamer " Light- foot, built and commanded by Thaddeus Hyatt, of New York, plied regularly or advertised and attempted so to do between Quindaro and Lawrence, but the failures proving more numerous than the successes the Lightfoot was taken to another place. One of the things promised for this boat was that she would run on a heavy dew.
The Chindowan, a weekly newspaper, was issued by the enterprising editor, John W. Walden. But the fading of Quindaro's glory was almost as sudden as its up-building, so that for years in the business portion of that once prosperous city there has not been a single habitation. In the vicinity back of the old town there are some of the finest fruit farms in the State of Kansas, also a store and post-office.
Miss Vinnie Ream, now Mrs. Hoxie, who designed the statue of Admiral Farragut, unveiled with so much ceremony at Washington, was a resident of Wyandott, Kan., for a number of years. Her father kept the first hotel in Wyandott in 1857, and the little Vinnie of those early days was one of the sparkling little jewels whose bright winning ways and charming smiles made the pioneer's hotel home so attractive. Who thought in those primitive days that the petite black-eyed, laughing beauty of Ream's hotel in Wyandott would so soon become immortal as the author of Lincoln and Farragut in enduring marble?
In the fall of 1858, V. J. Lane, G. W. Veale and Alfred Gray took the office of the Chindowan in Quindaro and published the Kansas Tribune during the fall and winter of 1858-9. George E. Buddington, James A. White and M. W. Bottum were also publishers of the Kansas Tribune. The Tribune was published for the benefit of the town company by the above named proprietors, Francis and
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Davis being the editors. Mr. Davis retired after three months' connection with the paper, and Mr. Francis continued the publication till the spring of 1861, when he removed the office to Olathe, where it has been used to print the Olathe Mirror.
The first survey for a railroad was made from Quindaro to Lawrence under the charter of the Missouri River & Rocky Mountain Railroad Company. The first grading for a railroad in Kansas was done at Wyandott on the Kansas Valley Railroad. This was about twenty feet higher than the present road bed of the Kansas Pacific (now the Union Pacific). The Kansas Pacific Railroad was put in operation in 1863, and the first locomotive was called the Wyandott. The Missouri Railroad was put in operation in 1866.
In 1867 the county built a fine bridge across the Kaw about two miles above the town of Armstrong at a cost $165,000. There is also a fine iron bridge across the Kaw connecting Wyandott with Kansas City, Kansas, which cost $62,500. A street railway from the center of Wyandott City to the State line of Missouri, a mile and a half long, was put in operation in 1873. The convention that framed the present state constitution met at Wyandotte July 29, 1859. The hall in which its meetings were 'held was afterward used as quarters for the first Kansas regi- ment raised for the late war. It was a four story building. The regiment moved out of it at half past ten on the morning of June 1, 1861; at twelve o'clock the same day the building tumbled into a heap of ruins. At the time it fell Captain James H. Harris was in it, with nineteen recruits, some of whom were so seriously injured that they afterward died, though none were killed outright.
For the last ten years the growth of the county has been a substantial one, and the improvements of the solid character needed by its rapidly increasing business. The population in 1860, 2,609; in 1870, 10, 015, increase in ten years 7,406; population in 1875, 12,362, increase in five years 2,347; population in 1878, 13, 161, increase in eighteen years 10,552 ; in 1880, 19, 152. The rural popula- tion is about 11, 500, and the population of Wyandott City 6, 500.
Timber abounds to a greater or less extent throughout the county. The entire county was formerly heavily timbered except the extreme northern limit. The varieties are cottonwood, walnut, oak, hickory, sycamore, pecan, hackberry, etc. Bottom land includes about 20 per cent. and upland the remaining 80 per cent., forest 25 per cent and prairie 75 per cent. The average width of bottoms one or two miles, and the general surface of the county is undulating and bluffy. The Missouri River forms the northeastern boundary of the county, flowing in an easterly and southeasterly direction. The Kansas (Kaw) river forms part of the southern boundary, then flows north and east into the Missouri at Wyandott ; each has numerous tributaries distributed through the county. The county abounds in splendid springs, good well water obtained at a depth of from 20 to 50 feet.
For the object of testing the practicability of reaching coal at Wyandott, boring was commenced in 1875 under the direction of a company organized for that purpose. The diameter of the bore is 472 inches. At the depth of 250 feet gas was struck. A constant issue of gas has escaped since it was reached in May, 1875. It is estimated that 10,000 cubic feet of gas escaped hourly, affording 240, 000 feet every twenty-four hours; a sufficient quantity, it is estimated, to light a city of double the population of both Wyandotte and Kansas City. The boring has reached salt water, and the escaping gas forces up a constant stream of this water at a height of from 12 to 15 feet. The gas roars like the escape of steam from an engine, and when ignited, as it has been at night, a continual column of flame of several feet in diameter is seen shooting into the air to the height of from 30 to 40 feet. This gas has not been as yet utilized only in an experimental way. A wo inch pipe conducts a sufficient quantity of it to the house of a Mr. Wilderman, o supply all needed light and fuel.
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The engine which is used in the boring for coal is constantly run by a portion of the gas as its only fuel. The gas burns with a strong, clear, white flame, and is free from sulphurous smell. The salt water yields 414 ounces of salt per gal- lon of water, the salt being free from impurities. At the depth of 500 feet, coal had not been reached.
Fine quarries of white magnesian limestone extend for five miles along the Kansas River. It is similar to the Cottonwood Falls stone; also an excellent quality of blue limestone for building purposes. The abutments and piers of the Union Pacific Railway bridges near Wyandott, are constructed of this stone.
The Missouri Pacific Railroad follows the bank of the Missouri River under the bluff, and the principal stations in this county are Wyandott, Quindaro, Pomeroy, Barker's Tank and Connor. The Union Pacific Railroad crosses the Kansas River near Wyandott, and follows along the north bank of the same, on its course west. The principal stations in this county are Wyandott, Armstrong and Edwardsville.
In Wyandott county there are 97,920 acres of land, of which 50,000 are under cultivation.
THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.
The following is a copy of an invitation sent to Mr. V. J. Lane, now editor of the Wyandott Herald, to attend the celebration and excursion, starting from Wyandott, which, at that time, was the eastern terminus of the U. P. R. R.
THE LETTER OF INVITATION. "UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, EASTERN DIVISION, ST. LOUIS, July 1, 1864.
" Dear Sir :
"The Government of the United States, a little more than a year ago, with a wisdom looking far beyond the burdens and anxieties of the hour, provided aid for the construction of a railroad from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean. Stimulated by its liberality, and by the spirit of American enterprise, the work has been undertaken, and already the first section of forty miles is approaching completion. The opening of this section, giving earnest to the people of the country that within the time prescribed by law, the great highway will be built to San Francisco, bringing into closer union the States of the Atlantic and Pacific, and offering to the industrial enterprises of our people, the incalculable wealth of a continent, is an event worthy of commemoration by the leading men of Amer- ica.
" You are respectfully invited to attend the celebration, and will be received by the committee of arrangements at Weston, Missouri, on the 18th day of Au- gust next, on the arrival of the morning train from the east. Upon the receipt from you of an acceptance of this invitation, addressed to me, at 58 Beaver street, New York, you will be furnished with a free pass to Kansas and return, good over all the principal intermediate roads. Faithfully yours,
SAMUEL HALLETT."
COPY OF THE INVITATION CARD. "U. P. R'Y-E. D.
" San Francisco.
New York.
"The Union Pacific Railway Company, Eastern Division, invite you to be present, as per letter of Mr. Samuel Hallett, to celebrate the opening of the first section of forty miles of their road west from the Missouri River."
It is an interesting fact that before the Government built Fort Leavenworth, trees were felled and preparations made to build the fort near the mouth of the Kaw. Many stumps and trunks of trees for years after the founding of Wyan-
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dott, remained on the bottom where Kansas City, Kansas, now is, midway be tween the Kaw and Missouri Rivers, as witnesses of this fact.
EARLY ELECTION AT WYANDOTT.
The following is a copy of the returns of the votes in the Wyandott Nation at an election held in 1852, from a manuscript copy contributed to the collections of the Kansas Historical Society by Mrs. Lydia B. Walker, one of the survivors of Wyandott immigration in 1843 :
" The following is the return of votes polled at the election held in the Wy- andott Nation, Nebraska Territory, October 12, 1852, for a delegate to represent the aforesaid Territory in the Thirty-second Congress of the United States: Abelard Guthrie was the only candidate and received all the votes. The following are the names of the voters: Charles B. Garrett, Isaac Baker, Jose Antonio Pieto, Henry C. Norton, Abelard Guthrie, Henry C. Long, Cyrus Garrett, Francis Cotter, Edward B. Hand, Francis A. Hicks, Russell Garrett, Samuel Rankin, Nicholas Cotter, Joel W. Garrett, Isaac Long, Thomas Coonhawk, James Garlow, William Walker, George I. Clark, Benjamin N. C. Andrews, Matthew R. Walker, Samuel Priestly, Henry Garrett, William Gibson, Presley Muir, Joel Walker, Isaac Brown, James Long, John Lynch, William Trowbridge, John W. Ladd, Daniel McNeal, Edward Fifer, Peter D. Clark, Henry W. Porter. Total number of votes given thirty-five.
To this return the following certificate is attached :
WYANDOTT, NEBRASKA TERRITORY, -
October 12, 1852.
We, the undersigned sworn clerks of the election, held in this place on this day, certify that Abelard Guthrie, of the Territory aforesaid, received thirty-five votes for delegate to the Thirty-second Congress of the United States. (Signed), WILLIAM WALKER, BENJAMIN N. C. ANDREWS, Clerks.
WYANDOTT, NEBRASKA TERRITORY, October 12, 1852.
We, the undersigned sworn judges of the election held in this place on this day, certify that Abelard Guthrie, of the Territory aforesaid, received thirty-five votes for delegate to the Thirty-second Congress of the United States.
(Signed),
GEORGE I. CLARK, SAMUEL PRIESTLY, MATTHEW R. WALKER, Judges of Election.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
A complete roster of each general election since the organization of the county will be found below.
FIRST ELECTION.
Jacques W. Johnson, Probate Judge. M. A. Garrett, Clerk.
V. J. Lane, Register of Deeds. S. E. Forsythe, Sheriff. W. L. McMath, Attorney. Robert Robitaille, Treasurer. C. L. Gorton, Surveyor. Dr. G. B. Wood, Coroner.
J. B. Welborn, Superintendent of Pub- lic Schools.
1859. W. L. McMath, Representive
B. Gray, Probate Judge.
V. J. Lane, Register of Deeds.
M. B. Newman, County Clerk.
L. H. Wood, Sheriff.
S. M. Emerson, Attorney.
D. C. Boggs, Surveyor.
R. Robitaille, Treasurer. P. Julian, Coroner.
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HISTORY OF WYANDOTT, KANSAS.
1860.
W. Y. Roberts, Representative. Barzillai Gray, Probate Judge.
Vincent J. Lane, Register of Deeds. L. H. Wood, Sheriff.
S. M. Emerson, Attorney.
D. C. Boggs, Surveyor.
M. B. Newman, County Clerk.
R. Robitaille, Treasurer.
Peter Julian, Coroner.
William McKay, John W. Dyer and Julius G. Fisk, Commissioners.
John B. Dexter, Assessor. 1861.
W. W. Dickinson and James Mc- Grew, Representatives.
L. H. Wood, Sheriff. James A. Cruise, Clerk.
Martin Stewart, Assessor.
John A. J. Chapman, Surveyor.
Charles Morasch, Coroner.
Francis Kessler, Richard Cook and Leonard Lake, Commissioners. 1862.
James McGrew, Senator. Isaac B. Sharp, Probate Judge.
James A. Cruise, Clerk of District Court.
Stephen Perkins, County Commis- . sioner. James M. Chinault, Assessor.
Frederick Speck, Superintendent of Schools.
1863.
W. W. Bottum, Representative. Pembroke S. Ferguson, Sheriff. James A. Cruise, Register of Deeds. Byron Judd, Treasurer. John A. J. Chapman, Surveyor. Eli McKee, Assessor.
William B. Bowman, Probate Judge. Benjamin F. Mudge, Superintendent Public Instruction. Stephen Perkins, Joseph Grindle and Francis Kessler, Commissioners. Thomas P. Fenlon, District Attorney: 1864.
William Weer, Senator. Charles S. Glick, Representative. James A. Cruise, District Clerk. Isaac B. Sharp, Probate Judge. Moses B. Newman, County Attorney.
Michael Hummer, Superintendent Public Instruction. David Pierson, Assessor. John A. J. Chapman, Surveyor.
1865.
Isaiah Walker, Representative. Pembroke S. Ferguson, Sheriff. Charles N. H. Moore, Coroner.
Moses B. Newman, County Clerk. John M. Funk, Treasurer.
James A. Cruise, Register of Deeds.
David Pearson, Assessor.
Benjamin F. Mudge, Superintendent of Schools. William Cook, Martin Stewart and Francis Kessler, Commissioners.
1866.
Isaac B. Sharp, Senator.
Thomas J. Barker, Representative.
Daniel Killen, Representative.
William B. Bowman, Probate Judge.
James A. Cruise, District Clerk.
Rynear Morgan, Surveyor.
Charles S. Glick, County Attorney.
1867.
Richard Hewitt, Representative. Vincent J. Lane, Representative. James A. Cruise, Register of Deed. Jesse J. Keplinger, County Clerk. Thomas W. Noland, Coroner.
Silas Armstrong, Sheriff.
Samuel Parsons, Surveyor.
William Cook, Patrick Reedy and Hiram Malott, County Commission- ers.
1868,
Charles S. Glick, Senator.
Henry W. Cook, Representative. Thomas Feeny, Representative.
Isaac B: Sharp, Probate Judge.
John B. Scroggs, County Attorney. James A. Cruise, Clerk of the District .Court. Emanuel F. Heisler, Superintendent of Public Schools.
1869.
Vincent J. Lane, Representative. John T. Mckay, Representative. Joseph C. Welsh, Treasurer. James A. Cruise, Register of Deeds. Edward Riter, Sheriff.
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Patrick Kelly, Clerk. Samuel F. Bigham, Surveyor.
George B. Wood, Riley M. English and H. F. Reed, Commissioners. 1870.
George P. Nelson, Senator.
Rufus E. Cable, Representative.
Isaac B. Sharp, Probate Judge.
Joseph K. Hudson, Representative. Henry W. Cook, County Attorney. Emanuel F. Heisler, Superintendent of Public Instruction.
James A. Cruise, Clerk of District Court.
Harvey Hortsman, Sheriff. 1871.
Stephen A. Cobb, Representative. Hiram Malot, Representative.
Andrew B. Hovey, County Clerk.
Nicholas McAlpine, Treasurer. James A. Cruise, Register of Deeds. Edward S. Drought, Sheriff. Robert E. Ella, County Surveyor. Bryant Grafton, Coroner.
William P. Overton, Commissioner to fill vacancy.
Robert P. Clark, Samuel Beatty and William Richart, Commissioners for full term.
1872.
Byron Judd, Senator. William J. Buchan, Representative. William S. Tough, Representative. Henry L. Alden, County Attorney. James A. Cruise, Clerk of District Court. William W. Dickinson, Superintend- ent of Public Instruction.
1873.
Richard B. Taylor, Representative. Sanford Haff, Representative. G. W. Betts, Clerk of the District Court to fill vacancy. Edward S. Drought, Sheriff. David R. Churchill, Probate Judge to fill vacancy. Alison Crockett, Register of Deeds. Andrew B. Hovey, County Clerk. Nicholas McAlpine, Treasurer. David W. McCabe, Coroner. Francis House, Surveyor.
Charles Hains, Samuel Beattie and Richard P. Clark, Commissioners.
1 874.
Byron Judd, Senator.
Sanford Haff, Representative. William J. Buchan, Representative. George W. Betts, Clerk of District Court. Henry L. Alden, County Attorney. David R. Churchill, Probate Judge. William W. Dickinson, Superintend- ent of Public Instruction.
1875.
Sanford Haff, Representative.
Henry W. Cook, Representative. Edward S. W. Drought, Treasurer.
William H. Ryus, Sheriff.
Alison Crockett, Register. David R. Emmons, County Clerk.
Samuel T. Bigham, Surveyor.
William G. Scott, Coroner. Richard P. Clark, William Jacks and Theodore Schultz, Commissioners.
I876.
Hiram Stevens, District Judge. Byron Judd, Senator.
Sanford Haff and H. W. Cook, Rep- resentatives.
D. R. Emmons, County Clerk.
D. R. Churchill, Probate Judge.
G. W. Betts, District Clerk.
H. L. Alden, County Attorney.
N. McAlpine, Treasurer.
W. H. Ryus, Sheriff. Alison Crockett, Register of Deeds.
Samuel F. Bigham, Surveyor. Dr. W. G. Scott, Coroner.
W. W. Dickinson, Superintendent In- struction.
R. P. Clark, William Jacks and Theo- dore Schultz, Commissioners.
1877.
W. J. Buchan, Senator.
H. L. Alden, Representative.
L. E. James, Representative.
G. W. Greever, Representative.
D. R. Churchill, Probate Judge.
J. S. Gibson, County Attorney. G. W. Betts, Clerk District Court. J. S. Clark, Register Deeds.
L. C. Trickey, Superintendent of Schools.
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1878.
E. S. W. Drought, Treasurer.
W. H. Ryus, Sheriff.
D. R. Emmons, Clerk. J. S. Clark, Register of Deeds. Francis House, Surveyor.
L. T. Holland, Coroner. 1879.
W. J. Buchan, Senator.
R. B. Armstrong, Representative.
L. E. James, Representative.
G. W. Greever, Representative.
R. E. Cable, Probate Judge.
G. W. Betts, Clerk District Court.
H. C. Whitlock, Superintendent of Schools.
J. S. Gibson, County Attorney.
Perley Pike, County Commissioner. 1880.
T. B. Bowling, Sheriff.
Wm. Albright, Treasurer.
D. R. Emmons, Clerk.
J. S. Clark, Register Deeds. Walter Hale, Surveyor. G. W. Nevill, Coroner. Jas. T. Johnson, County Cominis- sioner.
1881.
W. J. Buchan, Senator.
E. S. W. Drought, Representative.
T. J. Barber, Representative.
B. L. Stine, Representative.
J. S. Gibson, County Attorney. R. E. Cable, Probate Judge.
Geo. W. Betts, Clerk District Court. D. B. Hiatt, Superintendent Schools. Hiram Malott, Perley Pike and James T. Johnson, County Commissioners. D. R. Emmons, County Clerk.
Jas. S. Clark, Register Deeds.
Walter Hale, Surveyor.
G. W. Nevill, Coroner.
T. B. Bowling, Sheriff.
Wm. Albright, Treasurer.
STATISTICAL.
According to the United States census returns for the year 1880, the State of Kansas has a population of 995,666 of whom 952,056 are white and 43,096 are colored ; 886, 261 native born and 109, 705 of foreign birth; 536, 725 are males and. 459,241 are females. The cities containing over 10,000 inhabitants are as follows: Leavenworth, 16,556 ; Topeka, 15,451 and Atchison, 15,106. The population of the county is 21, 342.
Quindaro Township 2,123
Prairie Township 1,15I
Wyandott Township 3,100
Delaware Township 1,168
Shawnee Township 2,800
City of Wyandott .
7,000
Kansas City, Kansas
4,000
21,342
Below we give a comparative table showing the population of the city on the first day of March, 1880, as shown by the report of the City Assessor, and the population on the first day of June, 1880, as shown by the government enumer- ators :
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Ward.
Population
M'ch I, '80.
'Population
June 1, '80.
Increase.
Houses.
Families.
Deaths.
First
1,26I
1,535
244
256
319
I6
Second
1,664
1,815
15I
352
390
60
Third.
1,076
1,234
158
276
297
57
Fourth ..
1,360
1,566
206
241
275
22
Totals.
5,39I
6,150
759
1,125
1,281
155
From this it will be seen that the population has increased 759 in the past three months-a rapid growth indeed. The figures in this table reveal the fact that the city has 156 more families than houses, and that there is an average of nearly 572 persons to the house, including both dwelling and business houses. The death rate for the past year has been about twenty-six persons to the thou- sand. In the First and Fourth Wards the percentage of deaths is only about one-third that of the Second and Third Wards. The population north of Ne- braska avenue is 3,049 ; south of it, 3, 101. The deaths on the north side of that avenue have been 117 ; on the south side of it, 38. The increase of population in the three months from March Ist to June Ist on the north side has been 309; on the south side, 450.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
The following is the report of Wyandott county, Kansas, of receipts from October 15th, 1879, to October 12th, 1880, and expenditures for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1880 :
ASYLUM FUND EXPENDITURES.
For conveyance of paupers to asylum.
$ 88.50
Board and care of sick destitute, outside asylum
120.75
Groceries and aid for destitute outside asylum .
159.53
Railroad tickets.
48.00
Overseers of poor, township and city
64.50
Salaries of county physicians.
279.40
Salary of superintendent county asylum.
300.00
Repairs and extra work county asylum
264.94
Groceries, dry goods, etc., for asylum
734.95
Team of horses for county asylum . .
139.00
Coffins and expenses in burial of paupers
485.00
Total expenditures for superintendent poor 2,684.57
GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES.
For Bailiff's fees district court.
166.50
Costs in State cases
610.85
Sheriff's fees. .
201.85
Board of prisoners and insane .
1,379.80
Guard at jail . 590.60
Miscellaneous expenses at jail
89.40
Attendance and mileage jurors district court.
777.25
Expenses in cases of requisition .
387.55
Drawing jurors
18.00
Meals for jurors .
17.55
Attorneys
100 00
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Costs in civil cases and judgments
479.92
Index clerk district court 175.00
Brief case, Young vs. Rhinaker
18.75
Fees clerk district court.
12.90
Three copies Kansas Digest.
24.00
Services county commissioners including services as board of equal- ization and board of canvassers . 562.40
Quarterly examination of county treasury
92.00
Stationery, blank books, etc. . 743.70
Salaries of county officials.
5,112.79
Rent of county offices, court room and jail.
1,079 98
Township and city assessors .
1, 100.00
Clothing for prisoners and insane
119.46
Fuel .
150.00
Expenses in location of roads
305.00
Damages in location of roads
605.00
County surveyor's fees .
252.00
Services of bridge commissioners
148.75
Repairs of bridges,
1,686 69
New bridges
2,040.00
Furniture .
60.00
Repairs.
59.10
County printing. .
191.70
Adv. delinquent tax list
160.30
Adv. notice to contractors, etc.
75.85
Stamps and expressage .
14.63
Expenses coroner's inquests.
130.05
Expenses post mortem examinations 50.00
Insurance on jail (5 year policy). 204.00
Expenses of insanity cases including conveyance to asylum. 575.90
Appropriation to Normal Institute 100.00
Taxes refunded on void tax sales.
750.58
Services in examination of teachers.
39.00
Horse killed
25.00
Miscellaneous expenses.
94.50
Total expenditures general fund . 21,578.30
Receipts from Oct. 15th, 1879 to Oct. 12th, 1880.
General fund .
. $24,792.59
Asylum 3,070.94
595.69
Cost of rebuilding Southern Bridge less amount
received for old superstructure . 14,931.70
Cost of jail :
Contract for stone, brick and wood work 7,647.00
Iron work .
3,485.00
Architect and superintendent 200.00
Cost of grounds .
625.00
Total cost of jail . $11,957.00
One-half the cost or the bridge will be paid out of the levy of 1880 and one- half in 1881.
This indebtedness is in the shape of certificates bearing interest at the rate of 7 per cent per annum. One-quarter of these become due January Ist, 1881, and
Judgment .
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one-quarter July Ist, 188r, and the balance in January and July, 1882. The funds are now in the treasury for the payment of those due January rst, 1881.
The jail will be wholly paid for the present year. One-half the cost of build- ing being due January Ist, 1881, and one-half July Ist, 1881. This indebtedness is also certificates and bears the same interest, 7 per cent per annum. There will be some additional expense in building fences, outbuildings, etc., which will be paid out of the general fund.
There are now outstanding bonds to the amount of $170,000, of which amount $120,000 are funding bonds ; of these $5,000 become due July Ist, 1882, and an increasing amount each year thereafter for ten years until all are paid. $50,000 are for building the iron bridge across the Kansas River, these all become due in 1885. For the purpose of providing for the redemption of these, it would be well to levy a sinking fund of two mills each year until they become due. $5,000 in bonds, known as asylum bonds, were redeemed the past year.
Warrants on the general and other funds are promptly paid on presentation.
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