The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-01-17

INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Foreign insurance companies doing business in |
this state are required To report annually to the |
ecretary Of State and home companies to report to
the Governor. TL1 law should be 80 amended as |
to require all to report TO the Secretary thus giving
sole controi OF insurance business to one depart
ment
There were twenty foreign fire. Lille and accident
insurance companies doing business within this
state during the past year.
With an aggregate capital of $31 lis, 615 90
1otal amodnt received for premiums in
this state in 1865 .......... ....... 1.012712 81
Total losses paid in the State in 1865 233,g21 66
State tax for 1866 ................... 35403 SO
The law requiring insurance companies TO deposit
State other bonds with the State Treasurer as Sc
curity TO policy holders, having been repealed last
winter there have been withdrawn from his custody
there still remains with the treasurer S1SI COO sub
ject to the order ofthe owners.
EOThRlEs PUBLIC AND COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS.
again recommend that the notaries public to be
ppointed be limited by law to a certain number in
each town and city, and that their omclal bonds be
pprOved by the County Judge OF the county in
which the appontee resides and that reasonable
zee b. Oh Tged by the stale for each commission.
The law authorizing the appointment of commits
ioners OF deeds TO reside in other States, does not
provide for the payment OF fee to the State for com
missions II should be so amended as to authorize
charge ofat least five dollars for each.
have assumed authority 10 make such charge
on commissions issued during portion OF the past as
year, and have received on that account SoO.OC,
which have been paid into the State Treasury.
INDUSTRIAL.
Agriculture is the chief industrial pursuit of our
SAFE and consequently forms the main foundation
OF our wealth and such Is entitled to the atten-
ZION of those TO whom the law making power is
trust, L. No satisfactory plan has yet been adopted
The collection Of reliable agricultural statistics
for he information OF those interested The Score,
'aTy Of state in his report, offers valuable sugges-
tions upon this subject
The mining numbering and manufacturing inter-
ests OF the state are second in Importance to agrcul
oil Of pla cd
pursuits, controlled by class OF our citizens among
the most entcrprisiHg and industrious. To them
all the State should extend every possible encoar-
The State and County Agricultural Societies are
rendering themselves Of great usefulness to every
branch OF or industry and should be aided by lib
eral legislation.
BY far the greater portion of our fellow-citizens
are compelled to rely for the support of themselves
and their families upon the labor of their hands each
day, and they are anHiousy seeking reIef from the
burdens which press upon them. They contend
that the labor which capital requires ct them Is too
much, ana complain that after spending theii lives
in accommodating wealth Tor Others, they must, pre-
maturey exhausted uy excessive labor, leave their
lamiIies helpless and unadcd, to meet penury and
suffer rs hardslips TO ameliorate this condition
somewhat, they ask that eight hours be declareda
| .egai day = work,
Capt.a without labor is powerless means with
out the power to employ it, and here, ifanywhere
the earth where the dignity uf labor is conceded
Dy all. ard where the law makes no inyidous dis
tinCiiHn between the rich and the poor, such COM
paints should not &c warranted. To the men Of the
West most Of whom have at some time been iborlng
men, surely no argument is needed to show that
those who create the wealth of the country should
be afforded every possible facility for participating
in its endowment and that the nom-DroduCers should
not enjoy all the lnXucies ofhe, while to the pro-
duCers awarded only It's burdens. / mention
THE snli"Ct with all confidence that you will listen
to the Voice Of the working and will search dill
gcuuy Tor the means to accomplish the end sought.
LANDS.
BY an act Of Congress. approved April 10, 49,
SH 10 General Government 1nna cd n This
State 100000 acres of land to aid in the con-
strGctiCn of a brcakwater, harbor and ship ca
nal at the head Of Sturgeon Bay, in the coun-
ty of Door, to connect the waters of Green
Bay with Lake Michigan.
Section two Of that act provides "that the
said lands hereby granted, shall be subject to
the disposal Of the legislature of said State, or
if the legislature thereof shall not be in session,
or shall adjourn within ten days after the pas
sage and approval of this act, then shall said
lands bu subject to The disposal of the Govern
OF and board Of commissioners of school, uni
Versiy and swamp lands of said state"
The legislature adjourning within ten days
after the approval of this act, the lands were
by The terms OF the grant, left within the con
troll of the officers above mentioned, but they
have made no disposition of them The whole
matter is referred to your honorable body for
such action as you may deem advisable. The
lands granted have been selected and with
drawn from market. The land office fees,
State, and lists have been forwarded to the
Land office at Washington for approval. Pat
ents will issue in due time.
The first thirty sections of the land granted
by act OF Congress, approved March 3, 1868, to
aid in the cOns ructiOn of military road from
Fort Howard to the Michigan State line, have
been patented to the State, and the school
land commissioners are authorized to put them
into market us the law prescribes.
1t is hoped that this road will be completed
ms rapidly rs possible, as it is very important
to the section through which it will pass.
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
The energy displayed by the people of this
State during the past few years in projecting
and carrying out successful enterprises of in
ternal improvement, notwithstanding the
heavy burdens and distractions of the war, is
truly wonderful, and will soon envelope the
whole State in a network of much needed rail
ways.
Among the most important now projected
and to he completed at an carly day, l may
mention the TOmah and Saint CroiX; Portage
and Superior, via Ripon, Berlin Stevens Point
and Bayfield,; Milwaukee and Fond du Lac,
thence to connect with the Portage and Supe-
rior; the ManitOwoc and Mississippi; the Osh-
kosh and Mississippi; the Sugar River Valley, |
from the State line via Madison 10 Portage II
the st. CrOiX and Superior, extension of the |
line from Sheboygan to Fond du Lac the lines |
from Green Bay to the. Mississippi Mineral |
Point to Dubuque Monroe southwest to the |
between OmrO and Oshkosh; from |
Madison northwest via BarabOO and MilWau- |
kee to West Bend.
The completion of the Northern Pacific rail |
road will develop the rich country north and |
west of Lake Superior, and consequently is OF |
great Importance, political and material, to
the nation. Aside from the benefit which will |
9nure to this State from such general develop
ment, the eastern terminus of the road being
within our borders, will offer to our railroads
peculiar advantages for connection with it,
thus making the route of great local interest |
TO Us. / recommend that you give to this I'M
dertaking, your earnest efficient support.
All Of these lines will traverse rich portions
Of this State, throwing open its remotest parts,
and should receive such encouragement as is /
due TO their great importance. The citizens
along The routes of many Of them, alive to
their utility, arc freely contributing large sums
of money, and urging them on by every posi-
BILE means, to speedy completion, with zeal
which will surely secure their success
The number of railroad companies making
reports TO this State Is nine, having total
length Of 1881 miles.
Capital actually subscribed .S14 099, 400 90 Il
Amt received for transportation,
1865 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1892, IA, SO
Amt received for passengers, 1865. 4311 .O65 81
Amount of State tax paid for 1865. 203, 296. 10
During the past year, officers detailed 10y the L
war 5eE 'rtDiant have made surveys Of a pOr-
ion of the Mississippi river, with view to the
emoyal of obstructons to its navigation, by Il
he improvement Of the Rock Island and Des- L
Holmes Rapids.
The III nois, Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin riv- n
rs have also been surveyed with reference to {
water communication between the Missis- t
ippi and he Great Lakes. Bolh projects are |
Onsidered entirely feasible +
1t is reported practicable to construct a line c
# navigation by Rock River to Lakes Horizon '
nd Nhnebago, with at least the capacity of e
he Erie canal, thereby furnishing to the peo- e
lie aiong its route facilities or the transport C
tiop Of heavy freight, which would be of in c
a!cuahle ad -aneage to them. 1t is deemed t
y the engineers III charge, that the Wisconsin c
an be rendered perfectly nayigable, 10y such c
Methods OF engineering as have been tried on t
lintiar streams elsewhere and found success N
al, or should his, III ,he end prove impracti- I
able, that a canal Of large capacity can be !
uilt along its valley at a cost so small as to i
variant The undertaking.
Lhe comnamN laNinn charoe of the Enzc LIN