Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-01-24
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Watertown brick, with trimmings of Cleveland
| stone. I.113
| The structure presents fine and imposing ap
pearance, and the work far appears to have been
substantially and faithfully done, and at a reasona
BILE expense.
The work now under contract will be completes
he lst of September.
aThe building committee have thus far discharged
heir duties with ZEAL judgment and fidelity
They recommend that the center building of tn
hospital be Immediately erected and [ coucur II
their view upon the subject. 1t is estimated tina
$9l 800 will be required for the erection of the cen
ter building and that it may be completed and read
for occupancy at the anne time as the portion nov
under contract.
When completed, it viii constitute perfect hos
ital to which The addition of the south wing MA,
be made whenever the public necessities require it
Until the center building is finished Consider
able portion of the north wing would be required
for the officers and attendants of the institution
thus occupying much of the room defivnated fo
the insane. J earnestly recommend that tht
| necessary appropriation be made for the cerel
building and Tor the purchase of the necessary fur
Diture for the institution; also u small ap roDria
tlon Tor the improvement of the grounds It is
advisable that the two hospitals should be put up
| on as even footing as possible, tn It the public
may fairly judge az to the relative merits in the
management of each
AS the wants of the state seem TO +. ouire very
largely Increased accommodations for the insane.
also recommend that appropriation be made
for the additional wings at Madison, at an early
! day.
The Soldiers Orphans Home, which thus far has
been cherished by the state with such kindly care,
will no doubt continue to receive your favorable
attention. No obligation resting upon the people
! of the state is more sacred than that owed tn he
i children of the defenders Of our cottntry in its
| great conflict foor existence. The number of Or
phans in attendance during the last year was 80
and the expense of their maintenance was 50 IS
each per week, There were discharged from the
Home dnrl9g M the year DC, number remaining Sep
iamber 80, al4 The amDunt estimated for current
expenses of 1872, is $5G,000
Under the existing law only orphan children of
Wisconsin soldiers can DC admitted to the institu-
ton recommend that the law be so amended as
to admit the orphan of any soldier who fought for
his country in the late war; who now resides within
the state, when it can be done without excluding
any orphan of Wisconsin soldier from its benefits.
STATE CAtrTGL.
The State Capitol is now finished at total cost
/ OF 500 900 For the same amount of money; am
sure that no state can show finer structure, one
better adapted to the purposes for which it was
intended
The grounds s,trrounding it, naturally so bea !.
titil, have received tle attention, aud the ten.
porarH fence will soon require to be replaced.
make no recommendation in regard to it, but
call 1t to your attention for such action as you
may think proper.
! STATE HISTORICAL sootETY.
The State Historical Society, under The able
management of the corresponding secretary, from
! the very smallest beginnings, has grown to large
proportions; and s great tretlit to THE STATE The
past ytsT has bsen prdspGrous one for the society
The additions to its library, bound and unbound.
! being 600 volumes and the total number of vol
umes IN the library now reaches Sc, $50. The ad-
-dltonS for the past year have been valuable and
! important, and some of them very rare, and the
library is regarded as the largest and best i'll the
western country
The visitors number ,,sny tlofsaids annually.
and 1t is hoped that it viii receive the same friendly
consideration hereafter from the Legislature as
| heretofore.
srATE LIBRARY
In 1866, The Legislature passed an act e1I1roprj-
ating 5000 year for two years for the purchase of
books for the State Library, and the act was re-
enacted
| 1t is recommended that the act be re-enacted.
EDUCAIIoN.
! The report of the Superintendent of Public In
struction will present very satisfactory condition
! of the schools of the state.
! The State tnifetsty Is in a mote tiourishing
prosperous and promising condition than at any
Ihet period Of its history and it is rapidly growing
| ill popular favor, The resources Of the institution
are fully shqwn by the REPORT qf tlie Regents and
ale not as aiiple as could 80 aesiiea.
The original grant of seventy-two sections made
by the General Government to the territory of Wis
consin in 1888, for the support of University,
and not for the erectionPf the buildings, and sim
liar grant in 1854, was for like purpose.
Section of Article 10 of the constitution provides
that the proceeds of all lands that have been OF
hereafter be granted by the Tinted States to the
STATE fot the support Of university shs'l be and
remain perpetual fund to be called the University
Fund, the interest of which shall be appropriated to
the support of the State University"
To obtain the means with which to erect the col
! ege buildings the most valuable lands sold at
a very low price. 1t safely be said that had
! they been held until this time, they would have
brought nearly ten-fold the sum that realized
for them, sum sufficient TO put the University on
an edusi footing with the best endowed institutions
| In the Gotntty. Pitt HAT has been done, Cannot
be recalled and 1t remsins for the state to
rect its it best can. Wisconsin ought to be
able to educate her young men at home, and her
/ University, am sure, may be made the equal OF
any in the country.
opening of it to women marks Favorable era ~ its
history A. y bscoIneB better known, and the peo-
pie OF the state avail themselves of the advan-
agcs of cheap and thorough education it Affords it
will become object of universal favor, and your
friendly consideration OF it is invited.
The Normal School Fund now amounts to S6Tl =
S025p being increase ur'pv the +ert of $50, Jus IS
Tic Increase for the year ending September /, 1871
was S51 !5G As added to balance hand September
1, 1910, of 81, ,5S609, made available increase to
September ], 1871, $6S,73S.54- Disbursements
S33 1863. As leaving balance hand of s34. 90
The est'msis FOR ruhting the three schools now in
existence at Platteve, Whitewater and Oshkosh for
one year is $4,000.
The number of students is about 400 and the
schools meeting the just expectations of the peo
pie Of the State.
INrEMrEKAsCE,
The tntenperate Use Of Intoxicating liquors is al
evil GREATLY to be depfecated and is cnfned to nc
state or nation TO devise means to most efectqaly
abate it, has taxed the wisdom of Christians, philau
thfopists and Legislators, Tor ntary years: Begisla
tive action III snie of the states has r1itigated; bq
not eradicated the evil and it is very questionable
whether any law can he enacted, that VIII afford
complete remedy; but deem it my duty 70 call the
subject to your attention. IN the hope that you may
frame law that will te5t lie public Judgment, and
diminish, if not end, the wrongs and sufern9s that
result from intemperance.
RIVER IMPROVEMENTS.
The subject of water communication between the
Mississippi river aud the seaboard is attracting
much attention throughout the country. The nc
cessity of cheap transportation is everywhere felt
througho The Mississippi Valley
! The late National Commercial Convention which
assptttttlpd mt aiTiiorp fully recognised ttS
cessjtv and bassed fJstjlttidGs faVoring a libefa
policy on HE paft OF the government i'll improving
our great national highways.
The line which of all others nature has pointed
out as the best line of communication between the
Mississippi and the lakes is by the Fox and Wiscon-
sin rivers
progressed favoaably under tue supervision of the
Unsd States engineers. | am informed that tht
results of the experiments made the past year have
been such to give the greatest satisfaction, ano
have fully convinced all interested of the entire prac
icabity of rendering that stream navgable for boat
of light draft at comparatively small outlay o
money.
The arbitration authorized by Congress ut its
last session to determine the which, in justice
ought to be paid to the Green Bay u MISSISSIPPI
Canal Company Tor their rights ana franchlses u
the Fox river has been had during the past year
The sum which, as am informed, has been award
ed by the arbitrators, to the company. Is as tol
lows:
Value of locks, dams, franchises &c. &S6S,o10 "
Value oi personal proper ty. ........i. 10000 y
Total ......$ 81. .o4S, go 0
From which deduct product from lands 1928, 0
baldnCc fo<H','p" "
This being the deliberate opinion of three hghi.
honorable aud competent gentlcmep, who tuily ex
amiued the whole question, there is every rcas"
tp believe that the award is Just, and 1t Is nope
that Congress will accept the same The compan
is in honor and in law bound to abide he award.
The importance of this Improvement II lul'
understood by the people cast and west It's liz
tioual tmportanCr is acknowledged on all hands.
therefore recommend that you take such step
as will lay the question in all its bearings betor
r Congress- There ought to be no hesitation on tn
part of the General Government to promptly acceI
the award and continue the work until the line c
water communication between the great lakes an
the Mississippi is so improved as to answer all tn
demands of commerce.
RAILROADS.
Among the causes which have led to the rapid de
velopment of the material interests of the state, raj
roads may be regarded as the most important, an
= the past year has witnessed the construction OF
greater number of miles of railway than any prev
Gus year.
The completion of the Western Wisconsin raj
road to Hudson has opened out region OF countr
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