Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-04-28
KENosHA, WISCONSIN, FRIDAY, APRIL 2S 1854.

apiece to complete the Road. If this
; could not be done, he should vote for the
Loar.
L. w. EVANS being generally called
for, came forward and made an extended
address. He said he had been surprised
to hear-as he had from few individu-
ais IN the County at other times and pla-
ces-disparaging remarks against the
Railroad. He had this to say, that if the
project was begotten in sin and conceived
IN iniquity, he was the father of it. and
woulu not deny the paternity. Yet he
thought it a legitimate child, and would
yet be credit to all. He said that from
Chicago to the Green Bay, there was no
slips of country west of any point on
Lake Michigan superior to the country
IN kenosha. Walworth. and Rock coun-
ties, lying west of kenosha, and very few
equal to it. He had been west from
Waukegan, Racine, Milwaukee, and else
where, and he had never seen a country
due west from any of those places equal
to the country west of Kenosha. Anoth-
er thing. The character of the people
for farming intelligence, spirit, and enter
PRISE, on the line of country due west of
henosha, was far superior to that of
! those west of other places mentioned
because the people west of Kenosha were
all genuine Yankees, whereas there were
many Norwegians. and other foreigners.
west of Waukegan, Racine and Milwau-
kee, and while he did not wish to dispa-
! rage foreigners in this home of America.
free to all the world, yet that the Yam
kee is ahead of them is not to be denied.
( The Railroad west from Chicago had put
to- shame the widest dreams of its pros
perity by those who started 1.-THE facts
SO far exceeded those dreams. The Rail-
road west of Milwaukee was doing a
great infinitely almoSt--better than
ITS founders anticipated. And therefore.
with better slip of country, settled by
better people, why not Railroad west
! from Kenosha do we'll? There was no
| reason. 1t lrould do well. 1t could not
help it. 1t behooyed all then to assist in
building it. \ few might talk as they
/ pleased, but the City was a help to the
Country. If it was entirely destroyed,
md farmers had to go to Waukegan and
! Racine, they would find the tax for extra
hauling severe. They would then find
the need of a City of Kenosha. And to
show what kenosha has done, he would
enumerate: 1t has raised thirfy-fre thou
1 sand dollars to build a Harbor. Its cit
izens have subscribed one hundred thou
/ sand dollars to the stock Of the Railroad
Company. The City has issued its bonds
for one hundred and fifty thousand more
for the Railroad Enterprise All these
/ Improvements are not for the City alone.
\ harbor, is. relatively. as beneficial to
the County as to the City. So is the Rail-
road. And further: the City pays orer
oRe-third of the entire County Tax.
And in addition to what it has already
done, it proposes to become responsible
/ for over one-third. or about Mirty-fre
thousand dollars, Of the proposed County
/ Loan Of one hundred thousand dollars
| With all these facts before Us, how does
the talk Of robbing the County by the
City sound2 If having done this, strain
ing every nerve and making every posi-
bic effort to carry out improvements de-
signed to benefit the whole country, the
Country shall fail to come up to the load
and help lift, it is the County and not the
+ City which will merit rebuke. and which
will force injury upon all interested. As
to the rrOng of the County Loan, he
wished to say he had property in various
Towns in the County, and was willing to
stand his part Besides, he every year
was forced" to pay School taxes in va
rious parts of the County, to a large
amount, and had nobody to send to
school He did not complain of this
he paid such taxes eheerfully-but was it
not as great a wrong in principle as the
proposed County Loan? lie wished all
to look at the matter candidlv Much
has been said about the wrong of the
City, but this was the first meeting in the
County. where individuals from the City
were allowed to be heard at all. He
was satisfied that a cool and disposition
ate examination would show that the
proposition was fair andhonorable one.
Mr.. Evans spoke very rapidly, and at
much length. and was listened to with
much attention. As soon as he ceased
he left the room.
: Mr.. Marsh said the gentleman who had
just left the room was good talker. He
represented himself as having property
in various parts of the County. 1t ought
to be understood that he was lawyer,
and got his property by casing. Gas
is not always good reason. For himself
he could not talk much, could not get a
living by gassing, buthe claimed to think
little common sense, and this told him
that the principle of the Loan was wrong.
HARVEY DCRKEE said this question
ought to be examined candidly. He did
not say the principle of the loan was
right. He left that question for others
to decide. The accusation that the City