The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-01-20

mile. The total number of miles of road
built IN the Sta during the year ending Dec.
81, 1881, was $40, against 23o % m les fOr the
year 1880. The total mileage of The railroads
of the State Jan. /. 1882, was 8, 1888 miles.
The present indications are that = much
larger amount of road wtll be built III 1882 han
was butt IN 1881. unless some unlool1ed-for
financial revolution shall cut short work Already
under coniemplat on. No href summary OF
the report OF the Commissioners can doit justice
or present IN proper form the INTERESTING sta
tissues and the va3u1bie information therein
given. The questions discussed and the sug-
gestions made III regard 10 changes in the laws
should be studied, and any defects in tine ex-
istlng law should be remedied by appropriate
legislation. Tie report will be laii before YOU
in q few days, and commend to your s 1eeial
consideration those portions OF tue re-
port referring to the reports of the
State Treasurer and Commissioner, The license
fees of railroads and determinations. aud trust
that in your wisdom YOU will be enabled to per-
feet all the LAWS relating to the working OF TIE
railroad department in the interest of justice
snd an equal distribution of the burdens upon
| the producer aud the carrier alike. The prov
lnce of the State, through its Legislature, 20
pass such laws in regard 10 transportation as
shall be deemed for the interests of all tue
people has become settled fact rough the
decision of toe highest trlbuual Of
the land, and is accepted as wise
policy by the great corporations themselves
1t becomes, therefore, TIE highest duty
of tie Legislature to give duo thou, ht 10 all
railroad legislation, and to act wilh such Wis.,
don t0at while 1t shall not be unduiy rigorous
in the res tTictions it imposes by law, it should
not for moment forget any proper and health
full protection to the producing classes. bat
give to the whole people such ensctments as
shall bestow justice and an equality OF rights
with an impartial hand and, IN the further
snce and perfection of this principle of regula-
ton, / do not think it unreasonable 10 hope
that the time is not far distant when tae init t
State commerce of the country will be rsgua-
ted by national statute IN such harmonious
adjustment as will meet the requirements of
the producing and consuming porlon of society.
Under the management Of the State Board of
Fish Commissioners,
TIE ARTIFICIAL PROPAGATION OF FISH
is no longer an experiment, and Dr means
thereof our streams aud lakes are annually he
coming better stocked with FISH to wncu these
waters are adapted. There is no room t. doubt
the desirablliiv of continuing the commission.
For the current year an appropriation
of 80 QUO Is asked During the
past year there has been dis ributes
i: ON tue hatcheries 3,u58 brook trout aud l62
carp. There are eggs nov IN Matching pro-
cess IS follows: Brook trout. /. 800 lake trout,
1000, 600; whtetsh, 5: 7Jg. The m 1ney at lhs
command Of lbs commission Tor lac year was
including ST, 900 appropriated by tae Leg sla-
ture; 50, 24L60. The expenditures, including
$500 outstanding Indebtedness, Jan. |,
amounted 10 %, 6S9.G7, leaving Il tel balance
III their hands at that date OF 6p493.
The Board of Immigr ton nave expended
during tue year 1881 55,514 Al. Forty-seyeE
thousand nile hundred ami tv-slX Immigrants
arrived in Milwaukee, of which nunlt'ei 53.7
per cent. Remained and settled IN T. Is ). ateS
whereas, in 1889 the percentage of thoso
settling IN this State was only 1904 aud i'll
1879 was ony 37.7 There were &. 564 who ar
rived in Chicago and made Wisconsin their
home, but d not pass through AilN aukee,
Of the whole number of Immigrants aTrlvlng
iii Milwaukee, q, 769 were destined for WissOn~
sffi and of these IA, 119 were from Germany.
g. $40 from Norway .55S from Sweden. ,030
from Denmark, 1911 from England. l73 from
ireland. 16 from Scotland, % from Franc, 237
from Holland, 951 from Bohemia. 1924 from
Poland and 262 from ether countries.
The report of the Adjutant General shows g
force OF thTty-twc companies of infantry and
two of cavalry now organized, numbering lis
officers and 2,31S enlisted mer, q total of z, 333
Four battalons are fully organized The COM
panIes, with the exception of two recently
formed, are fully uniformed. and armed with
the best arms in use.
OTHER MATTERS.
Inc expenditures Illdue 1EOn luo dppEupIt-
atoms OF the last Legislature for the inuuertil
School for girls foo up "a 927.12. These were
made for sperial purposes designated by the
law, and were mostly for permanent inprov~-
mems.
Tue people atthe late election having ratified
ths constitutional amendment providing for
biennial sessions of the Legislature, and the
same having become part OF tue constitution,
/, therefore, recommend the passage of the
scond amendment nov pending and lis submis-
sion to tue people, in order that our elections
may be uniform and less frequent.
The population of the State, as shown by the
United States census Of 1880 il 1915 46J, an i'll
crease OF 24.6 per cent. siIce 1877
call your attention to the apportionment Of
tao STATE into senate aud Assem- DIV dlstfiot''y
and also the Congressional districts when Con-
gress shall n4Yo passed the necessary legisla-
| ton In doing this you should take INTO con-
stderati3n the population, community OF inter
ests and c0mpactne3s Of territory, SO far as it
can be done. without special regard TO the pc
htlcal sentiment of the various localities.
I have thus briefly called your attention to
such matters as seem IN my Judgment to be
for the Welfare of the State. The people ex-
pect economy in expenditures, and will hold all
public officers to a strict accountability for all
their transat tlous. JEFEsuAH M. RUsK.
Executive CHAMBER. MADISON, Wis.,. January.
1882.