Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-06-22
PLANK ROADS

We are gTatifled to know that these important
avenues of trade and travel are being pushed for
ward with considerable diligence. Meantime,
we copy from the Schenectady Cabinet an article
conc 9rning the profits of plank roads, which is
worth whole columns Of argument Push on
your roads, gentlemen = Mil. Sent.
"a few facts concerning their cost and pro-
ductiyeness:
The Waterville and Utica road, 10 miles
long, cost SAL 900, dividend just declared of lO
per cent, payable to the stockholders the LIST OF
May; 10 per cent. laid by for repairs, etc.
Utica and Bridgewater road, 30 miles long
cost SAC, 900, pays 25 per cent regularly.
There is one gratifying fact in reIatio to
plank roads, which cannot be said of railroads, or
canals, or steamboats,, or banks, as a never fail
ing thing. 1t is this; Those who have been in.
terested in plank roads and watched their prog
ress, have learned by experience that no plank
road has get been constructed chich has proved "a
be losing concern 10 The St0ckh0lderS-none of
which have not paid more than the LEGAL rate of
interest on the investment. Those also which
are acquainted with plank roads are now prepared
to say, is impossible to build one of those roads
through well settled country, at any reasonable
cost, which will not pay more than seven per
cent. Experience has shown that the people
0iH seek these roads, and lgiH use them; and, I'M
lihG INC Idli IOd, tilcy are enterprises mutually
beneficial to the stockhol ders and the public.
GPWe learn that the Hon. Caleb Cushing, of
Massachusetts, has arrived at Saltwater. Capt.
Paul r. George has also arrived, and has been at
st. Paul. Mr.. Taylor of Boston, who is now at
St Paul, has purchased a part of the town site
and mill interest at the Falls of ST. Anthony.-
We are also informed that Messrs. Gushing and
others, pToprietors of the mills at the Falls of st.
botro Hlad obo =
tanned an injunction upon the mill property, and
upon those who had the custody thereof by vir-
tue of the injunction sued out by Hungerford.
complainant in the bill. The cross bill and in
junction are now riding the bill and injunction
Il Minnesota Pioneer.
BROKE JAIL.-"Ira Haskins and A. p. Wads-
worth, under sentence to the penitentiary for
horse stealing escaped from the Fond du Lac
Jail on the 18th Of June Both men were ordi-
narily dressed, and the SherifIoffers one hundred
dollars reward for their apprehension.
LAKE 0STARIo-Matthew McNair, ESQ. late
Harbor Master at Oswego, has kept an accurate
guage showing the variations in heighth of the
lake. His measure shows the water to be 20
inches higher in the harbor on the Ist of June
inst than it was on the 23d of November last
Loaded vessels now float without difficulty in the
harbor.
The Durham Boat which we mentioned some
time ago, as repairing here by Mr.. Hotailing, is
growing up rapidly and assuming an entirely
different shape. 1t is to be rugged as a schooner
1t will have comfortable cabin, and will be a
respectable and convenient craft for sailing the
Lake.
The bridge here is progressing rapidly. 1t
will be finished in few weeks
Mr., James Harris has commenced the build
ing of a steamboat at this place Oshkosh Free
Democrat.
The Episcopal Convention for the Diocese of
Wisconsin, commenced its annual session in
Trinity Church, GAINESVILLE, on Wednesday last,
Bishop Kompcr presiding.
COMPLETE DEsTRUCTIoA oE THE New Or
LEANs.--We learn from the clerk of the steamer
A. ID. Patchen that the steamboat New Orleans
ran dpOn reef of rocks on Tuesday evening" the
18th inst, on Sugar Island in Thunder Bay, on
her passage up the Lakes with a large load of
passengers No lives were lost, but the boat
was total wreck. The passengers We're all ta-
ken off on fishcrmen's boats from Thunder Bay
and Sugar Island. They were off on Thunder
Bay and Sugar Island, about four miles apart
waiting for an opportunity to continue their voy-
age. The cargo was mostly saved without
much injury, The hull had sunk even with her
decks Chi Daily Trib.