The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-01-14

report and recommendation in respect to
future operations. The United States Gov
eminent annually appropriates cons1dera-
ole sums OF money IN procuring spaWns
of fish, which are gratuitiously donated
to States provided with similar Commits
slOners. Thirteen States are SO provided,
and their respective reports exhibit the
most gratifying success in preserving and
increasing the supply of this most whole
some food. The extent of waters adapted
to fisheries in this State is immense, and
with trltiing expenditure, the quantity
and value of this product can be very
largely increased. | accordingly recon-
mend suitable appropriation to enable
the Commissioners to successfully carry
out the plans presented Id their report.
PROTECTION OF RAILWAY EMPLOYEES.
call your attention to the propriety of
passing some proper statute which shall
enable employees o. railway companies
to recover from their employers damages
for injuries sustained in the line of their
duty, caused by the negligence of co-em-
ploYees, and for which the parties injured
are not in fault. Such statute would
tend to secure the employment Of more
N1u"AOUo 11IN lC14dOlC 1uOLIs tbLAu GAOS anu u
greater security to the travelling public.
And for liabilities thus increased, the
companies should receive increased COM
penSatlOn.
WISCONSIN CENTRAL LAND GRANT.
Early last year, application was made
to me by the Wisconsin Central Railway
Company for an official certifcatiOn that
certain sections of road belonging TO that
company had been completed IN the man
ner prescribed by the act of Congress
granting aid for the construction Of this
important line. [ believed my duty in
this case simply ministerial, and to call
for no action except as to facts, which
facts were not disputed. In this view |
was supported by the Attorney General
and multiplicity of other able counsel
L therefore decline to assume any respOn-
sibility as to the disposition of the lands
by oficiously deciding questions of law
Clearly belonging to cabinet officer of
the united States. After proper investi-
CATION, certificates were accordingly is
sued declaring the completion Of the sec
tlons OF road referred to, but accompan.
led by further statement from me for
the information of the Secretary of the
Interior, to the effect that no part of the
line from Portage to Stevens Point had
been constructed.
DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH LAKE sU-
PERIOR,
No reasonable doubt is entertained but
that this important portion of the Central
road will be built at an early day, pro-
vided the company is permitted those
notifications of its chartered line between
Portage City and Stevens Point, which
seem to be required by the common in
terests of the public and the company
l am assured and believe that favorable
legislation in therespect suggested, would
also enable the company to sooner COM
plete its line from Stevens Point to Ash
land, only about fifty miles Of which now
remain unbuilt, and thus render immedi-
ately and fully available the whole line,
including more than 400 miles of new
road. The interest of the public in this
result should not be underestimated. [
am Informed upon intelligent authority,
that one OF the immediate results would
be to establish regular lines of communi-
cation, by steamers, with Silver Isle, Isle
Royal, and other valuable mining dis
trlctS III and about Lake Superior, thus
ensurlng valuable and constantly increas
Ing contributions to our general trade and
commerce. The completion of the pro-
posed line from Stevens Point Portage
City would especially tend to promote the
prosperity OF portions of the State now
most in want of adequate facilities for a
mutual exchange of natural products. 1t
would open a new and valuable market
for, the agricultural productions of the cen
tral and southern counties of the State
and also furnish new and better market
for the hard and soft lumber of our north
ern forests. The timber lands belonging
to the Central Company would thus be
largely enhanced in value both to the
company and to actual settlers; the de
velOpment of the vast mineral wealth of
the north would be encouraged and more
amply rewarded, and new impulse given
to the prosperity of the prairie districts
OF Wisconsin,, whose progress in both
manufacturing and agricultural industry
is now largely impeded for the want Of
cheaper building and manufacturing ma
terials, cheaper fuel and a diminished
cost of transporting its surplus products
to distant markets.
THE DEMAND FOR CHEAPER FUEL.
The natural and probable extension OF
the Central road southwark from Madison
would also afford the central and south
ern portions of our State the advantages
of direct connection with the extensive
coal beds of Illinois. The rapid advance
ment OF our manufacturing interests dur
ing the past few years, the preference
manifested for the use of steam as a mo-
tive power, and the increasing demand for
cheaper fuel, particularly in the sparsely
timbered portions of the State, render the
encouragement Of increased facilities in
this respect question of great practical
consequence to large proportion of our
most enterprising population. The num-
Der of tons of coal imported into Wiscon-
sin by rail the past year, as shown by re-
ports of railroad companies, nearly
equaled one-th ird the weight of all our
merchandise by rail, and represented
productive force beyond the possibility of
even an approximate estimate. Any legit-
innate action on your part to cheaper this
valuable product, and encourage the fur
Their development of our manufacturing
industry cannot fail to command the gen.
eral appreciation of the people Roads
that will add so much to the convenience,
the comfort, and to the materi al prosperi-
ty of our State are entitled to great encour-
agement your hands.
ADJUDICATION OF EXECUTIVE DUTIES
In the administration of the executive
department of the government, legal ques-
tons of a grave character frequently arise,
demanding prompt and final decision.
The Issuance Of certificates to the Wis
consin Central railway company last
year, and recent demand for patents of
lands by the North Wisconsin company,
strongly contested by other parties, are
examples of the legal problems which the
executive is often called upon to deter
mine under circumstances which invest
an erroneous or dilatory conclusion with