Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-01-10


RACINE MISSISSIPPI r. R-The Adoocate, of
Racine, gives the following information concerning
thepresent condition of things the Railroad, which
is aiready doing much for that thriving city, and
is pushing westward. The Directors entitled TO
a great deal of credit for the energy and persever
ance with which they have carried the enterprise:
For the satisfaction of the friends of the enterprise
we may say that the Road is now i'll operation from
Racine to Springfield 34 miles, and two daily trains
each way run Regularly The track lie laid TO point
within miles of Elkhorn. The grading IS compile,
ted to Daavan t46 miles, and the track is being laid
down at the rate of half mile per day. The road
will be opened for business to Ekhorn next week on
Saturday, and to Delavan within two weeks there
after, with favorable weather. Conrmodious depots
are erected at Racine, Union Grove, Dover, Burling
ton, Lyons and Springfield with side tracks, engine
houses, turn tables, water tanks, &c, complete -
Large aud convenient dcpots are also gong up at
lkhorn and Delavan, and every part OF the work Is
pushed right forward without regard to the season
or weather
The Company have an equipment of between so
and 80 freight cars elegant passenger cars, way
ears, y locomotives, und hand cars. The freight
cars are OF their cOnstruo on and they have one
hundred more in process of construction at their
shops, with all the necessary materials on hand.
Since the opening of the road 10 Fox River, II has
been doing fair business it has been
through the dulles season of the wear Without go
ing into details at this time we may say that the
earnings of this road for the first two months of its
existence while running twenty Juveniles were more
than four times as much rs the Milwaukee 81 Mis-
sissippi Road averaged during the first ten months
Of its history, when running the same and even q
gre alter distance. The business of the road is
rapidly increasing, and its passenger business aston
ishes its most sangune friends. We have no motive
for discnssisg tc question of its being good pay
ing road, FOR no sensible man in this section has ev-
er doubted it, The benefits Of the road are already
realized in the City by the Improvement in the value
of real estate of full hundred per cent and vast
increase Of all kinds of business. The same may be
said of the property its line, and we believe we
are safe in saving that real estate ia the city OF a
cine has been enhanced in value by this road, al
ready over ono million of dollars, and real estate on
the line more than three million of dollars, and &C.
tive demand and sales at the Improvement IN rates
-e~--
SHARp-Lake Shore train from Buffalo stops at a
way station. Enter long legged Yankee, who finds
all the cars ehoek full
Yankee to Conductor-Sa, you, what Ia the name
of Wethersfeld onions be gyyine to du ! get
! a seat no how
Conductor arg yourself upon mill
YIN he Hanged if du.
C-Well, You might as well get used to hanging
first as last.
Y.--Sare enough; cos might be called on to hang
YOU some day.
/ C-Well cave and am willing TO drop the sub
jcct and stand treat at the next station.
I.-Wan I'm agreed, seein' as how it's purity
kRottS question.
I e.-Why, you are as sharp as a meat.axe. liant
been eating razors, have youl
Y-wall not exactly. But you the train |
cum deoun on cum into pile of grindstuns.
Conductor and his lantern 'eent oNt .s.
ES~ An.ominent artist, while;reeently 'landseep-
ing an inland county, was much annoyed by no
means polite pedder, VIII stationed himself near nc
canvass and while watching the progress of the
work, interrupted the details by iunumeraoe qnes-
tons Finally he inquired
Al say, Mister, what DO you ask to take my por-
trait
/ Can't do it," replied the artist, still brushing
away.
" And why can't YOU -
/ " i only paint vegetables not Gafn0ls," was the
reply.
Eg Marriage resembles pair OF shears, so joined
that they cannot he separated; often moving in OPP
posJe directions, yet always Furnishing any one who
4 comes between them-Ss6=sy Swak