Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-01-19

pelng an average OF 81, zoe. U4 per mile
The total earnings of the railroads of
the state for the year ending June 80,
1881, were S15,17S, 172.6l, being an
average of S4,S1491 per mile of operat-
ed road. The operating expenses were
S9,0s5, 4370S, being S2.s26.ae per mile;
| the excess of earnings over operating
expenses was Sc, 1872, 735. SO, or 81, 1888. IS
per mile. The passenger earnings on
all of the roads in the state were
S3.527, 47S.89, and the freight earn
ings $40, 979, 1861 The whole num-
Der of passengers carried during the
year in the state was 1906, 900, or an
equivalent of 1l9.599,S55 passengers
carried one mile. The whole number
of tons of freight carried was 5,4O7, 297,
or an equivalent of the carriage of 657,-
499, l56 tons one mile. The average
rate of all freights carried in the state
during the year was LES cents per ton
per mile.
The total number of miles of road
built in the state during the year end
ing December 81, 1881, was 800, against
23S.22 miles for the year 1880. The
total mileage of the railroads of the state
on the first day of January, 1882, was
3,433S6 miles. The present indications
are that a much larger amount of road
will be built in 1882 than was built in
1881, unless some unlocked for financial
revulsion shall cut short work already
under contemplation.
The commissioner reports the crafty
ing fact that not single passenger has
been killed upon the railroads of Wis
consin during the year, with very few
casualties of any nature to the travelling
public. This shows a commendable
care for the protection of human life,
on the part of the management, and of
those having charge of the running of
trains.
No brief summary of the report of
the commissioner can do it Justice or
present in proper form the interesting
statistics and the valuable information
therein given. The questions discussed
and the suggestions made in regard to
changes in the laws should be studied,
and any defects in the existing law
should be remedied by appropriate legis-
lation. The report will be laid before
you in few days, and l commend to
your special consideration those por-
tions of the report referring to: ere
ports to State Treasurer and Commits
sioner,n License Fees Of Railroads"
and Determinations" and trust that
in your wisdom you win be enabled to
perfect all the laws relating to the
working of the railroad department, in
the interest of Justice, and an equal dis
tribution of the burdens and the gains
upon the producer and the carrier alike.
The province of the state through its
legislature, to pass such laws in regard
to transportation as shall be deemed for
the interests of all the people, has be-
come a settled fact through the deci-
sion of the highest tribunal of the land;
and is accepted as wise policy by the
corporations themselves. 1t becomes.
therefore, the highest duty of the legis-
lature to give due thought TO all railroad
legislation, and to act with such Wis
dom, that while it shall not be unduly
rigorous in the restriction it imposes by
law, it should not for moment forget
any proper and healthful protection to
the producing classes, but give to the
whole people such enactments as shall
bestow justice and equality of rights
an impartial hand. And in the furthe-
rance and perfection of this principle of
regulation, do not think it nnreasona-
bic tohope that the time is not far dis
tant when the interstate commerce of
the country will be regulated by nation
al statute in such an harmonious adj
iustment as will meet the requirements
of the producing and consuming por-
ton of society.
INSURANCE.
ha Il Is
ues to be of great service to the people
of the state in the protection afforded
them against fraudulent insurance,
which has become q serious grievance
in many states. The commissioner s
certificate of authority to company
has come to be regarded as almost a
guaranty of its soundness. To his
recommendation invite your attention
as worthy of consideration.
FISH CULTURE.
Under the management of the State
Board of Fish Commissioners, the arti-
fetal propagation of fish is no longer an
experiment, and by means thereof our
streams and lakes are annually becom-
ing better stocked with fish to which
these waters are adapted. There is no
room to doubt the desirability of contin-
uing the commission. For the current
year an appropriation of $4,000 is asked.
During the past year there have been
distributed from the hatcheries as fol-
lows:
Brook trout ..........,-.......... 3,05s, 900
Carp. ,.......... acknowledgements. 1862
There are eggs now in Matching pro-
cess as follows:
Brook trout ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 500 OOO
Lake trout Observation-Disclosures. 100000
White fish ......................... $500, 900
The money at the command of the
commission for the year was, including
$1,000 appropriation by the legislature
50, 243,60. The expenditures, including
$4,000 outstanding Indebtedness on
January LIST, amounted to So, 639, 81,
leaving a net balance in their hands at
that date of S604,93.
IMMIGRATION
The Board of immigration have ex-
pended, as will appear by their report,
during the year 1881, S5,514.41, and
that 1886 immigrants have arrived in
Milwaukee during the year. and that
53.7 per cent. of them remained and
settled in this state whereas in 1880
the percentage of those settling in this
state was only 1904. and in 1879 was
only 37.7 and that there were 1866
who arrived in Chicago and made Wis
consin their home, but did not pass
through Milwaukee. OF the whole
number of immigrants arrived at Mil
waukee, 25,769 were destined for Wis
consin, and of which 14,I19 were from
Germany, $50 from Norway ,55S from
Sweden, 1,030 from Denmark, 12l from
| England, 173 from ireland, Is from
Scotland, % from France, 237 from
Holland, 881 from Bohemia, 1924 from
Poland, and 262 from other countries.
The work of the board has been very
beneficial TO the state, and the immi-
! grants have BEEN of the best agricul-
tural and industrial classes, and have
made material additions to our
capital and wealth.
THE WISCONSIN NATIONAL GUARD.
| The military organization of the state
is in very creditable condition OF eff
ficiency. The increased aid given to the
companies by recent legislation has re-
suited in marked improvement in the
service, and has fully indicated the
wisdom of the appropriation. The re-
port of the adjutant general shows a
force of thirty-two companies of infant
ry and two of cavalry now organized,
number lis officers and 2,3l6 enlisted
men, total of 2,433 Four batillions
! a,.a rnyx f,rrrapizad The no,,,,o,1as