The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-16
all of the first quality.

LIZ is land grant rallrOad, with the eX'
ceptions OF that PORTION of The line yin (
between Lake Winnie bago and Seytns
Point. This company having cnm,,leted
twenty miles of continuous rad north
west OF Stephens Point applied to me in
July last to examine it auI determine II
Is was constructed in accnTdan-e with
the act OF Congress- making the grant. |
examined the road on the 24 Il nay OF
July. and found twenty mi les ol road con-
structcd IN q satisfactory mhnnrr, tut on
being applied tn certify hat fact t" the
Secretary Of the Interior, | ,irctlued to d
SO for the reasons stated by me in u COM
mun'catl0n % the V;cr Pre~'drntd II Vie
road, dated August 10, 1879 Il copy ot
which Will be laid hetnrc YOU. BrfUr,.
arriving at that determination, able a'tur-
neys for the road were heard IN SApport
or the app:Icatl0n,and equally able against
it.
At Subsequent day. on the 2Oth day
III ''vembrr, en- consolidation with The
Attorney Generh Il, gave y certificate 10
ne Secretary OF the lnttri"r, that invent y
miles Ilad been cons ructtd, and that un
del Char'pr from this stt:" - the WIN
ne0ago and Lake Superior r abroad Com
pany, the WISCONSIN Central Company
was entitled to r. Gel &c an unnIVided ouc-
half OF the lari~ granted along said
twenty miles s. constructed A copy oi
that certificate w'il be iali before y"u.
AS lawyers diff 80 w,dei, IN OPINION
AS TO what the rights of Conflicting pat-
ties are nnd'r tie law, | STALL WI nhuld
any further csrr iticate untll the legislature
Can instruct me on the subj CT, "r the
Supreme Court shall give an opinion d.
TO my DUTY In he premises
The West Wisconsin Il Irnad = M
pany, within the last sky days,h,s taken
upa potion If is line al railway rack
from Tnmah to War;" S M,lIs, II Il s,auc,.
OF abont twelve miles, ami changed IT.
line OF roac, greatly To he dlss 'lstacti
ot large number Of persons, wh haVk
asked ne t" bring the subj oct t" y"nr ~.
tentl"n, for such action as IN your jad.
mtDt the case i mands.
These petitions will be Iald before you.
and | bespeuk for ghem your candl1 CON
siderAtlon. If "a wrong has been done,
which Is IN your power TO Correct, you
VIII no dOcbt do 90.
In MY lasC annual message, [ gave my
views at length upon the general sujcct
OF railroads and their management. II use
views are unchanged, "ni d. not deem
1t necessary t" here repeat them.
But desire thus tn ne borne IN mind,
that under our state c 'nstifu IOu tue lJeu-
pie are the absolute III .sters %; every rail.
Way III the state, ant II is HItiIin the
power ct the Legislature tn alter or repeat
any charter within the state. 1t raliWay>
become oppressive, The l. lSla' urr VIII
he III fault If II doe It app y ,h.- p:nnc,
correction, AMI prlm .rlly the people who
elect the legislature.
IT Cannot be denied that the many Vast
and overshsdowing cnrpnratI"ns in the
United States arr justly source Of alarm.
The legiSl ture caun t 4can too closely
every measure that sh Ill cIme before It,
winch Proposes tn give a1d!tIunt} rights
and privileges to the railways ct the stare
The innumerable vast f5rtu les IN the
country ranging from five to fly ml'll,n~
and upwards, nearly AL are due to our
r~llway system, and represent In grea
part sums drawn from the mssses OF the
people in excess OF fair dividend ON the
capital employed. Whether tile railroads.
ot this state are managed LARRY and ju,t.y
or not, IS fDr you TO decide, and you VII
Il ways tind me ready To CO operate with
you In such measures as II y b necessary
TOR the protection OF the public In my
hrst annual message, [ rec ,mmenird tue
OF It "B ,ard of r abroad Com
MISS oners. with power tn inquire into al
complain and abuses, and - exercise Il
general supervision over the operating II
tue several railroads within the state, and
to recommend such legislation as may
seem to them expedient, aud report anna-
ally To tn G pveinor" That recommen-
cation here rep .at.
RAILRrAD PASSES
The system of granting passes by rail-
road computes I Sta,e off nlS is one al
more than doubtful prnprIety, yet the
.rhctice ia so universal that few can say
Il am holier than thou" Passes are nnt
granted from pure spirit of benevOlenca.
but because r~tnrn is expected III some
form. Non Of us will admit thac .,ur
puhi1c action can he influenced 0y So
trivial consideration IS Il Railway pass,
''ut 10 avoId even the suspicion Of being
improperly influenced in the discharge OF
public duties, recommend tn It. the grant,
ing OF passes the c.ass Of State officials
who, through their public office, have
power fe cOufer or withhold b usfits to a
railroad company nr prohibit ed
THE ST CRoIx LAND GRANT.
In 1906 Congress granted to he State
of Wise 'nsin alternate sections of land for
SIX mIIes IN width up n each side of the
l!ne, {" AID III tue construction Of q rail-
read from Madison TO Co umous to the ST..
Cr"ix river or lake, ami thence To Supe~
rlor and to Bay frId. In 1864, an extern
sion of the time for five yeats for the
completion OF said road was granted, an !
the limits were Increased tn width of
ten miles A RI / Toad hDA b.a, ronS trnot