The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-04-28

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relation to the matter, which is little more def
mite and a little more substantial than the pre-
vious rumors
"Ouite recently the KenOsha and Rockford
railroad has passed into the control OF the Chr
cago and Northwestern railway Company, and
w b. Ogden, ED III order to prevent any fur
Their pressure upon the elevators and coDvenien~
ces which serve the interests of the company in
| ChicagO has been endeavoring to inaugurate
NEW enterprise of considerable magnitude ms
lis nothing more nor less thal to purchase extern
,sive grounds adjoining the harbOr at kenosna
Wis erect elevators and institute shipping Ia
cilities at that place, which will as greatly ac-
. conmodate the farmers and produce dealers Of
, | Norihefn Illinois and Southern Wisconsin as
they will relieve the Northwestern Road from
the necessity of bringing all the produce along
lhe line Of the Kenosha and Rockford Road to
Chicago As we understand it, this enterprise
has NOT met with the encouragement that II sho
from our Kenosha friends for as soon as the de-
Isign of Mr.. Ogden was announced, some OF the
property holders in that vicinity advanced the
prices OF their real estate to an unfeasonaOle de
gree. Others, again, offered TO gre one-hait OF
their interests and dispose OF the other ball to the
company for fair remuneration. The harbor
at Kenosha is a good one. but at present OF no
particular value to the citizens and 1t strikes US
that they are literally cutting their own throats
by their rapacity, and by ignoring their best ms
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Kenosha should be so anxious to bite off his own
nose, as to advance the price of his harbor prop
erty to such an extent as TO endaDger such an en-.
terprise, or lay a straw in it's way. 1t seems to
US that it would be vastly to the advantage of
every property holder in Kenosha, to have the
Northwestern Railway company take old Of the
matter and carry out their intentions at the ear
Hest possible day. What we want is the intro~
duct1on of capital among us, in such way as to
create business. We have all the natural ad
vantages for the transaction, Of a large shipping
and manufacturing business, which if properly
developed and improved, would quaaruple the
value Of all the real estate in the city. We know
Of no probable anticipated enterprise that
)wo'd do more towards such development, than
that Of the Chicago 81 Northwestern Il. X. Co,
as set forth by the Journal We think as gem
eral thing, the property holders OF Kenosha ap>
preciat this fact, and would aid and encourage
the company to the extent of their ability. Still
there may be a few in posse ssion of harbor props
ery who would gladly act the part of the dog in
the manger. We hope they are few and their in
fuence and power limited. While we thus adj
nit the advantages we should reap from the car
rying out of these rumored intentions by the
Raj lroad Co, we can easily see that the advan-
tages to that company itself would be equally as
great. They have purchased the Kenosha and
Rockford Road, for almost nothing, for the rolo
ling stock on the road, was worth all they paid,l
which has been built mostly with the money furs
nished by the people Of this city and county,
The city has spent several thousand dollars in
dredging and improving the harbor, so that lis
comparatively ready to their hands. As ship
ping and receiving point, the company will cas-
lily save one buudred per cent, on the cost of
handling storing &c, by bringing freight here
inc.esd of taking it to Chicago. In addition they
will save time, wear and tear of rolling stock,
&C. as the distance from Harvard TO Kenosha is
but 45 miles, while from Harvard to Chicago it
Is over IS miles. These are of course but few
of the more prominent advantages, that would
accrue to the Railroad Company, but they are
enough TO show that the benefit would be mutu
al We hope thu new enterprise Of the NorthN
western Company viii be carried out, and that
the anticipated advantages both to the city and
the r. r. company may be more than realized
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s'KRemny-vvise a. ESOUmG-1OOiish."
That is what we call the policy of some of our
county officials, who, when they have small
Job OF printing to be done-say $50 to SOS worth
the cost of the white paper for which, at the
least, is one half that amount-go to Chicago and
Milwaukee, after getting our figures for doing it,
to see if they cannot induce some printer in one
or the other of til Csc cities to under bid the extrav
agant q demands Of their poorly supported print
er, at home Such officials may fatter themselves
that they are doing smart thing for the county,
but they are not: nor do we believe the people
will think 80 ~
We keep an office here to do such work, on
which we pay tax to the county treasury, Of
from S25 to $35 year, and we shall be taxed to
pay this Mil printer for doing this job. We are
obliged to have as much capital invested upon
which we have to pay taxes) to do $500 to $1,000
worth of job work, Chicago or Milwaukee
printer has to do $4,000 to Is 600 worth, and we
dor expect to compete with them on such jobs
Nevertheless if we had had the last bid, with the
bid of our competitors before US, we should prob
ably have uDderbid them if we bad not made
cent, rather than let the job go out of the county
The fact is, we are Iaboring constantly Tor the
promotion Of the interests of the county, without
hope or expectation of compensation, and the
small pittanee of profit a email job of printing
for the county, of right belongs to US, though
some Job printer in Chicago or Milwaukee may
be induced to do it a little cheaper than we can.
An officer may take his private printing to any
place he sees fit and we shall not complain or
object, but when he acts in an official capacity,
for us and with our money, in common with 9th
er tax payers, we have the right to protest
There is not a county in the State we care no t
how small or how poor it is, that does not furnish
twice the patronage to the printer that Kenosha
county does, even if we had the whole Of it. Nor
is that the worst phase of the transaction, The
same man who goes 70 Milwaukee to get little
| job of printing done for the county, because he
can get it done a few shilngs cheaper, viii bring
us columns of matter, in the course of year, in
the shape Of obituary notices, Church notices,
donation notices, Lecture notices, and kindred
advertising, which he expects to do and which
we do, without so much as thank you," for
our pains.
But there is no use in pursuing the natter
We have no wish to enter into a contest with the
acting clerk of the Board, but we enter our pro-
test against this course, on the part of an officer
of the county, unless the same rule is applied to
all other matters. We presume it would
be no difficult matter to fad men who
would perform the duties of the Clerk of the
Board, s., $40 or even $40 less than lie receives
from the county. And so of dozen other offices
in the county but the county does not act upon
that principle nor does it authorize its officers to
travel around the State, or out of it, to see who
will do small job Of printing at the nearest to
starvation rates.
The Eye and Ear.-DE. GARDNER, the
eminent and sklful Oculist and Aurist, will
again visit Racine, for three days on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, May the 10th, 18th and
18th. Office at Congress Hall: whore he can be
consulted daily, from A. NJ. TO | P. Nj, and
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