New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1866-01-19

arc now paying nm annual '"'e'es' 81
So 900 upon our bonded debt ami
he most Of this gees into the pockets.
If the sonlesiAcnt holders. By adopt
,.g the plan here suggested We could
within a reasonable time, l:quia'te our
rr,ire Indebtedness. hy transferring it
to ourselves. paving the schools o: the
state Instead If Strangers, the interest
@accruins thereon; and at the same t'.ne
make a safe and permanent investment
Of this sacred fund."
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
He urges tie completion Of the Ag
ricul.ural College and says:
LAS required by the last session, the
hoard Of trustees, after careful and due
examination, adopted plan and spec
lica,ions for college builiIng In nd
di,ion to this the hoard secured sworn
estimates by architects and master
workmen of the COS, Of the building az
cortlins to the plan submitted. The
proof 80 furnished s,tisRc,f the board
aud myself that the structure thus des-
,gned could he completed within the
limits prescribed by the ,ct.
THE work was bugun in the utmost
good faith; hut the estimate OF cxpen-
scs being based upon prices prevail
ING at the time, our calculations were,
to a great extent, frustrated, N coase'
9lcnce of the unexpected and eyorhi-
tant advance in the prices e materials
md mechanical labor. The foundation
is completed and ready for the walls,
ana a large portion Of the blick for the
entire building on the ground.
sA1.ARle
The governor thinks the salaries Of
district ard supreme judges entirely
too low, and rec Ell ends the payment
Of s. 600 year to the former, and s.
300 8 year to the supreme Judges, II.
recommends the siOption of toe prac-
,ice iraugora,cd by the last 1Iliuois
lie sisla;ion, If rsqu:::ag the judges t.
sasgcst notifications, alterations,
amen,lmen:e Or repeal cf existing lave,
or the enactment Of new ones, for which
they are 70 receive additional Compel
s,:ion.
RAILROADS.
Tie soyt!nor dila'es at considerable
length upon this important SUBJECT
lie says:
| tile Importance Of railway coz
nec:ion with St. Louis by which the
products Of the Des Molnes, Iowa and
Cedar valleys will fni cheaper and
reader exit to market, than eastern
lines arc able to afford, is beng dui:
co,nprehcndea in en.erprisiug Ind H.
tcEIig commercial circles. Experi-
cnce has already sufficiently ieEaouS,ra-
ted the iilcapaci,y Of existing liues Of
railroads for conveying our immense
agricultural productions to the cas:
ern ma, kets. And it is also equally
clear that whatever may be the ca,.c
ity Of these eastern lines, their imuot-
craze thirst for m,nopoliSiug the avei.-
ues Of l.ansporta.ion. and their .exorbi,-
ant cI!arges fJs carrying stock and
grain, render them formidable enemies
e cur ag'l- aitura! prosperity. For
his, the only permanent remedy is the
esta b!ishment Ct Competing lines. IT,
this question the farmers of Iowa are
deeply interested, and the time for
prompt aau decided measures upon
their part has arrived. The projected
railway connecting US directly with
81. Louis, and b. this means af.rdi;g
vs. the advantage Of navigation to the
ocean at all seasons, In spite of low
wa,es in summer and ice in winter
mus: he admitted as commercial al. d
agricultural necessity. Such road
leading up the Cedar valley, and to S..
Paul. would also bring in more direct
and certain connection with the pine
regions Of the north; enabling our rap
lily increasing demands for lumber to
be more readily and cheaply supplied.
But i; 8 not to the east alone that
We should look for our future CONNER