Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-10-02
Madison Correspondence.
MADISON. Sent. 27. 1856.


Two bills of local interest to our city
have been passed. One so amending
the law providing for erecting new School
houses in the city, as to permit the ap-
iplication of portion of the funds to pay
for repairs of the old building; another
to provide for the election in November
next and thereafter at the spring cleo
ton, of II. II. Commissioner for the
city of Kenosha.
The Apportionment mot appointment
as you had it last week. bill has passed
both houses and only awaits the sigma
ture of the Governor, to become law.
Kenosha county retains her present rep
resentation under it. Ninety-fve mem.
bers of the Assembly and thirty of the
Senate are provided for by it.
Mills bill to make the counties the
repositories of the School Fund, has
passed the Assembly. | doubt wheth-
er such measure would prove to be OF
good policy. incline to think that to
scatter the fund in the various counties,
would make more expense in its care and
occasion more danger of loss in its use,
than is now experienced.
The bill adopting the New York code
of practice, has also passed the Assem-.
bly,.
A bill in relation to the Fox River
Improvement, has also passed the As
sembly.
The Land Grant r. r. measures are
gradually assuming shape. The com
mittee appointed by the Legislature,
failed entirely to agree in the matter,
and "bust up" without getting so far as
to make areport. Bills, however, were
reported by Senator Taylor who was
chairman of the committee, which are
now being printed, and will soon be up
for consideration. The main difficulty
seemed to be to agree upon who should
constitute the board of directors.
The bill for the northwestern grant
contains the following names as direct.
ors: L. J. Farwell, Alexander Mitchell
Marshall Nj. Strong, L. w. Dimick, A.
Johnson, Vandercook, Messmore, Hun.
gerford, Rockwell of aukesha; Hack
EFT, Wakely, Lander, Rountree, Fair
child, Arnold, Wilson, and provides fol-
the appointment of three more by the
Governor. These names, / understand
were brought forward and agreed upon
at a caucus of the Republican members
of the Legislature. Half the names are
Democrats. / don't know but it may
be a part of the mission of the Republi-
can party to build rail roads, but l have
not so understood it; and if it is, why
they consent to let the Democrats share
in the work, don't understand. These
names, however, are those of very good
men, and aside from what | conceive to
be the unfortunate political bias thus
given in the start to what is not, and
can in no sense properly be political,
will do very well.
There was also board agreed upon
for the northeastern road, but / have
forgotten the names. The northeastern
grant is not considered so good spec
ulation by the knowing ones as the
northwestern, and hence eXcites less
attention.
Senator Hadley introduced bill prov
viding for comforting the northwestern
grant upon the present Milwaukee and
La Crosse company. The bill provides
for commencing and building the road
at both Madison and Columbus, inter-
secting at Portage city, and continuing
thence north according to the terms of
the grant-to pay per cent of the gross
earnings of the road to the state, and to
finish the whole in three years. This
bill proposes to do all the work that any
bill proposes--to pay a larger per cent
to the State than any other bill propo-
ses-to finish the road sooner than is
elsewhere proposed-and presents also
the advantage of a strong, able, well-or-
ganized company with an abundant ma
chinery and abundant credit to push the
work at once to successful operation
If the bill contains no Objectionable fea-
lures, think it presents the most IA
vorable proposition which has yet been
before the Legislature. What, howev-
er, will be the ultimate result, no man
can tell, and l have no disposition to
guess. Z. J.. >.