Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-05-12
The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Democrat

raj addresses OF 1857, 1898, and 1894 and
the fact that the predictions there made
have not been realized, is stated to be the
ground of the unfavorable illusions of the
Democrat, and the reason why the peo-
pie feel sore, and justly, on the subject
Without stopping to inquire whether the
people really do feel sore" or by what
process the editor finds
three successive seasons from April
1852. the date of my first address. to April
1894, the date of my last, shall at once
proceed to give simple statement of facts
which will show very plainly the cause of
the : disappointments referred to.
My first statement was that with the
expenditure in 1852 of S6,l3I the piers
could be extended 100 feet and raised to
a sufficient heighth topreyent the washing
over of sand, the dredge repaired and put
in operation and sufficient amount of
dredging done to admit of the ingress
and egress of vessels and boats of ordinary
draft" This was given as the opinion Of
$ practical men" who had been consulted.
And had the sum specified been expended
in the manner indicated. there can be no
donbt that the result predicted would
have been realized. But less than $4,000
1n1 hn i f,, I 4
as | stated in my subsequent address,
" the only work done was to add so feet
of sheet-piling to the north pier.with about
so feet of plank fence, and 43 cords Of
stone placed in the cribs" Not par
ticle was done in the way Of extending
and elevating the piers, or in the work OF
dredging! And for the want of this, the
commencement of the next season. from
the additional accumulations of sand, and
the injury suffered in the want of proper
protection to the work already done, found
us as far from the enjoyment of harbor
advantages as ever. | do not mean by
this that the Harbor Agent was in any
way derelict in the discharge of his duty
His efficiency and Judgment am not dis
posed to question. The difficulty was
with the City Council, in negleeting to
raise the amount Of means by tax for the
prosecution of the improvement which
the people had voted in favor of. The
additional sum of $1,000" was NOT sac
cordingly raised that summer" the Dem
ocrat to the contrary notwithstanding,
ana here is the main cause of the failure
in tie accomplishment of the work spcci-
fed. and in the realization of the result
predicted.
My second statement, that Of 1853, was
that judicious application of the Gov
eminent and City means on hand and in
prospect for the object, will secure to Us
harbor advantages equal to any now ex-
isting on the western shore Of the lake.
We may therefore, expect to be in the
enjoyment Of these advantages before the
close of another year"
This expectation" was based upon the
~judicious expenditure" ofsome $4,000
the amount Of funds which it was reason
able to presume would be available du-
ring the season. The amount expended
directly on the work by the City was
s. 1902 and by the Government SO. 800,
making in ~ about ST. 900 for the year.
Hal the Government operations on the
harbor been commenced in May, instead
Of October, and the money expended, in
conjunction with the means provided by
the City on some common basis or plan
with view to specific results, as should
have been the case, and as it was not I'M
reasonable to presume would be the case
no one can doubt as to the full realization
of the expectations entertained. That a
miscellaneous expenditure of ST. ,000
should not accomplish the result which
was predicted from judicious expendi-
ture of $40, 600, on some specific basis Of
operation, certainly furnishes no ground
for disappointment or encouragement, OF
for reflection upon the city authorities OF
harbor agent, who could have no infu-
ence or control over the movements oil
the Government on the subject. As ii
was at the close of the last season. We
had channel Of sufficient width and OF
s t, 10 feet in depth within and the whole
length of the harbor piers.
The statement of the present year is
sustained by the report and estimates oi
a competent Engineer, who says that the
expenditure of s. 900, according to the
plan recommended. will give good
safe, channel for loaded vessels of the lar
gest class, and render this harbor more
accessible than any other on this shore OF
the Lake" This comes $1,000 within the
former estimate of $4,000. That the
now necessary work" to accomplish this
result, is estimated at a greater sum than
the Mayor estimated such cost in 1852. ,
is simply a mistake, arising doubtless
from misapprehension of my meaning
| certainly did not mean to convey the
idea that permanent harbor advantages
could be secured for the small sum stated
and | think such an inference hardly fail
from the language used.
pretend to but little practical knowl
edge on subjects of this character. The
estimates and opinions presented wer,