West Texas Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1913 Page: 3 of 8
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If you had a good, substantial stone house, paid for and located
where you have every convenience, would you tear it down and
rebuild it on credit, on a coal mine, because some irresponsible
person said it was unsafe and that you had to do it anyway? Who
owns the court house? Who says you will have to do anything,
anyhow?
Did you know that $150,000 at 5 per cent compound interest
would amount to almost $400,000 in twenty years? Who says you
will have to spend this, anyhow? Who is going to give you value
received for your money? How could this possibly benefit you?
Who says you must bind your children for twenty or forty years
and make them pay for something they may not want when you
have to inconvenience and impoverish many of your friends and
countrymen and put money in the pockets of non-resident town
lot owners to do it? If the farmers of Young county owe $6,000,000
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Is it large enough? Entirely so.
on their homes, and the county already owes $64,000, why do you
want to add $300,000 or $400,000 more to the burden your children
will have to bear? Because it will make two or three men rich
doesn't answer it.
4. If four men started from the four corners of Young county and
traveled toward each other at their best speed, considering the
country, where would they likely meet? Isn’t this “center of the
county in hours of travel” the real center of this county? Isn’t
the “real center" of this county the proper place for the county
seat? Since Graham is the most convenient to everybody, isn’t it
the "real center" of the county? Isn’t it the best policy to “never
trouble trouble till trouble troubles you?"
Yours truly,
C. D. YANCEY.
none. In 1912? Largest
county seat permanently? No.
When can another election be held? In five years.
Can a majority move it then? Yes.
Why is it better not to move it now? So that, as the county grows
and becomes settled, the needs of the greatest number of citizens
can be considered and properly provided for.
Should it be moved to Newcastle, when could it Ik* removed? After
five years.
Would it require more than a majority vote to move it from New-
castle? Yes. it would take to move it more than 5 miles from
center a two-thirds majority.
Should Newcastle win now, and it lx* found desirable to moye it
from Newcastle in five years, would not the investment there
make such a removal impracticable? It would, as the county
would be heavily in debt and the new improvements would not
only be a loss, but the county probably could not raise the funds
to build more elsewhere.
I submit the.above questions, which are facts, together with
mv answers, and invite comments. Can you figure it out any
Where is the center of the county? On T. E. & L. Co. Sur. No. 443. '
How far from the center is Graham? 714 miles southeast.
How far from the center is Newcastle? 3 miles northwest.
Is all of Young County prairie _ land? No, the northwest half is
prairie, the southeast half is hilly postoak.
Would it take longer for a juror to go to the center of the, county
from the southeast corner of the county than it would from the
northwest corner of the county? It would.
Would it take a juror longer to go to Newcastle from the southeast
corner of the,county than it would take a juror to go to Graham
from the northwest corner of the county? It would.
In hours of travel, then, isn't Giraham nearer the center of the
county than Newcastle? It is.
Where is the-present center of population? About 4 miles east of
Newcastle, 7 miles northwest of Graham and 1 mile northeast of
the center of thecounty.
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Where is the future center of population likely to be? Noone knows.
Why not? liecause so many factors enter, such as natural advan-
tages. of water, fuel, railroad transportation, tillable and irrigable
land, enterprises, etc.
Is it a foregone conclusion that the center of population will move
toward the geographical center of the county? No; it may move
in any direction. Wichita Falls, county seat of Wichita county,
is 7 miles from the southeast corner and 32 miles from the north-
west corner of the county.
What would a new court house and jail cost at Newcastle? $100,000
to $150,000.
What would it take to cover interest and sinking fund on this
amount? $15,000 annually. . -
What would this amount to in 40 years? $600,000.
Would this be all the cost? No; new roads would have to be opened, as
the law requires a first-class cardinal’ road in each direction from
the county seat and many other necessary expenses.
Who owns the Newcastle townsite? A company owned principally
Where was the first county seat of Young County? At Belknap, 3
miles southwest of the center of the county. i
When was it removed? In 1874.
How? By regular election. Where? To Graham.
By what vote? Belknap 4. Center 24. Graham 101.
Was a bonus given for the removal in 1874? Yes, 320 acres of land
and 100 town lots in Graham were given on conditionthat Graham
be voted the permanent county seat.
Has there been an election since then to remove the county seat?
Yes. in 1884. Was it successful? No.
Was there a new court house built after the second election? Yes,
in 1884.
What did it cost in 1884? $32,937,00.
How was it paid for? 6 per cent 20-year bond issue for $28,000.00 •
and $4,937:00 cash.
What tax was levied to pay for it? 20 cents per $100.00.
When was the court house finally paid for? The last bond was
paid in 1904. the total cost to that date being $68,766.00.
Was it substantially built? Yes.
Is it safe now? Perfectly so.
Does it need repairs? No more than any other building of similiar
construction.
Is it large enough? Entirely so.
What kind of a jail has Young County? A substantial two-story
stone building.
How many prisoners were confined there in 1911? Largest number
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