, 1873-12-27

u'et 'et 70 t.pV!ato'1' ljeloro tl1e pania, nhd III
!easo tho Company projected ar extension Of Iii,
flno nortlwartl, through tho Mcnomonoo iron
~ Jss! oie.orosiis 81 liz Upper Y aeian Psn3 IL
nans,,, 1,,a; a1,t.,, Yhls project in not now %
they will hardly ho ayaitablo; for tl.e Oornpat1,
Wlll gchtcoly hazard n second limo, 2O0 mtos III
lcnh!i, through MI unsettled luriber-roKlon ca.
p.cit'iy M no lal,d-grant attaohos to tho I.nlse
ai1eiga'nml Inc. bcsldca, It Ia positively affirm,
qlAcofercd aicng tllo toun north OF Stevens
'oint, on tho Cotnpauy'e ln,ld. Mhctlor thlA
Turns htL to DO iGtios or mi, tho Company wil
ddubsloas rc"l'ze llalasome!y from
Tho ,ntl4colnpnnity Of OallkNsll md pon1 d,,
I.au hhye a!ro.eiy begun to look anxio,,Hly north.
ward for q supply of logs. Forinor abundant
uoureoh haze Elven but; md. Il tho WISCONSIN
ingly low rats, tlloy will doubtless bo given all
Tho :tuaincsa t|'uy cnn handle. Otherwise, the
tfhtlfc for considerable trno, ca1.lnt l,c 70.
tnnrkably hnagy. Dit, thon, the rond was not
built wholly Oh account Of itH buainess-
prospects. LII nsw country, they, alone,
would be. poor Incentives to e,tcll,ripo.
Largo. lana-grhutH arc Tho must stimulating.
THIS was tlio easo with Tho: Wincnnsin Centraf,
md It il no exception. Precisely how much hind
tle Company ,s'rulitcd to- III
MATTER OF sEn1hus DISPUTE.
Gnon ti,lh Question Gov. MnHhburn took 4 worry
stoctieti stand, III which llo was mot supported by
Attotuey-G Genoral Williams. Az tho caso PROM
ICES to 10 tho only exciting one boforo tho Wiz
cousin Legislature at tts rext session, ii may bo
worth while to glance Mt tho rarsiculals:
Tho ,grant claimed by tho Company cmbrnccs
about So3. 600 ncrou, being portion Of tito Con-
grcnHlonal donation Of 1866 to provide for II rail-
northcrly to tho stao lino aulol tito act of 1se}
FOR + road from pottuga City, berlin, Doty's
lHlnhl, or Faud tu Lhc, as tho Stato 1,ny deter
mine, III northwestern direction, to bayfield,,
and lhenco TO Superior" The uhjcago & North:
wentorn being tho frat railway ID ineet tic re-
auiFcments af tho net Of 1856, tim ln,ls pertatn-
ing to tho line FROM Fond i1u Lao north woro
diverted to TINT Company. Tho Phillips Com
pnny now claim
THE isEsT or TIE uEANr.
Illoy commenced building at Stevens: potnt,
anu. whom ~ miles Of tho road l,td boon CONF
rlAted. II 1871, Gov. Wnshurn was assol FOR
his ccrficats, hid Secretary Dclano for ,a:ents,
for go much Of tho land as was to ncc,tio npo
tho construction Of each 20 miles. Both olliuih1s
declined to comply with tho request. rhsy con-
hneincd NOT to hnro occurred to. tho Hallway
Oompanys attorneys. Tho Governor maintained
that, il order 10 obtain auy portion Of tho grant,
one q terminus Of tho road must 10 at Portage
that city md Stevens Point ,rna built,
ho nust Withhold his certificate. Secretary
Dela1lo. while sustaining this view Of tho cnae,
referred 1t to Attorney Williams. Mean
iE4t+ tAH NOupNllJ MH3 al BlFHlI0uGu GlrCu1I-
stances: It's very exi*tenco dopondod upon a
favorable decision. AL thu property, including
tho lalllgrn1t ustl tho timber thoreon, wus hold
for the hecnrity Of tho Oon,pany's bonds. So
binding III tho arrangement, tint tho timber Hos
well Us tito lands. cnl. only bo used to creato
ainkin!;-fn,ltl for tho ,Eayniont Of tho bonds or
their liquidation. Tieir obligations were fast
maturins. Tho roadH and, equipment ars
said to have cost s4,12o,oo md tho
nm
dntired from the carninea. For tho year ending
Doe. 81, 1879. Tho grusB enrnnga only amounted
to st3l, 793.19, mid tho net earnings to GG3-
777.9l. Tho Issue Mt stake s7:.s
suCuEes on RANRnuVTcY.'
nnd the Attorney General was to decide 1t. Un-
Haostionably the people sustained tho Governor.
Tho POPULAR impression throughout Wisconsin
WIS, that lis position WIS tho only tonablo oiio.
Consequently, thoy wore SURPRISED, to Hay tho
least, ,wlen Attorney General Williams announced
his opinion. 1t was given 80 soon arter tho one
lavorinE tho milwaukee, Il It, Paul Compa1,y's
briago location ut LnCrosse, against tho poopl0's
SELECTION, III to create n Hhl.unrly unpleasant
impression. lhls opinion polluted ont thai thp
.Winnebago j. Superior and the portage Il S1pe-
rior Railroad Companies, hccamo posHesAetl of
tho rights. powers, attd privileges conferred up,
III both; that tho chartar Of tho WinnebaEo
Conipatiy empowered 1t to con,nouco co1stric-
lion either at stetctls Point or Doty's Ialana,
but provided that lands should 10 awarded
to it only 4s construction should extond beyond
Stercns Point. Tho charter aAo authorized tue
Company to build the liuo north of stoyons
Point Jointly atd IN common with my other
chartered company lluyiug similar powers. Tho
tanned like provision. 1T ia evident, ;hcre-
fore" aaid the Attorney General, that tho li,to
Of road from stevcue Point to Lake Superior
was intended by tho Legislature as TO location,
co!1a1ructou, etc., to ho separate work entirely
from the lines Of tle road 10 neot Mt Stevens Point
from Tho ,adull." Tho claisn Of the people that,
because tho Portngo and Superior ctHrter proyil-
Cd for tho con'snencemont Of the road at Portage
City, n condition precedent was created, np0u
the fulii'llnent Of which only may lands bc pat
ented OH account OF construction north Of Ste-
yens Point, and that the consolidated Company
WI not 20 entitled to patents except by conl-
Attorney. General liHnlisHpa an
NOT WE'LL 0iouNpED,
Ho further urged that it was not thc intention
Of the Legislature to postpone tho construction
Of the limo beyond Steveis Point until tho conl-
Of it,; else clause would hayo boen inserted in
tho Winnebago Companys chatter, TINT, while
1t might colnmellce oither at Dotys Ielaud or
Stevens Point, it should, navertlioloss before
compilation Of tho Portage City blanch. Tho
consolidated Company having succeeded to
nll tile powers. rights, mid privileges OF the
two original companies, The Acknowledgement
affirmed 1t wus :. entitled to receive patents for
twenty miles duly certified To be completed nc
COZ ding to tho requirements Of The net Of Con-
gresa." 'Of col,r1,o," llo alltol, "the co,,soli-
dated Company is sntler obligations to construct
tho ron1 from Portage City to Stevens Point,
obligations ot goou fait!. reuuiro."
This elaborate opinion did not particularly i'll
tlnence Gov: Washhl,t1,. lie persistcntfy with
hold his full cartitscato. although about ITO