The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-01-20
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close of the appropriation year, March 81. for
the Institute for Deaf and Dumb and State
prison. | would recommend tuat appropria
tions to cover these deficits be made as early in
your session as practicable. The board makes
4 detailed statement OF their estimates
for the current expenses Of the several iustitu-
tions Under their charge for the next Year; and
which shows that there is to be supplied by
appropriation for The several institutions as
follows:
For Northern Hospital for Insane. Si,9as.SJ
For Industrial, School for Boys......... 32,9S7.97
For institution for Educa ION of Deaf and
For Inst tuition for Ed ucaton OF Blind. I7,85O0J
me State Board 0. Charities and Reform
now embrace q general supervision over all the
charitable, penal and reformatory institutions
In Wisconsin, both public and private, except
the six Stale Institutions. The Legislature of
last winter took away from this board their
general supervision over the State institutions,
and gave them increased WORK IN some other
directions, the chief of which is III relation TO
the c,re of the chronic insane by Counties,
under chapter 233 of the laws OF 1881. Under
this law the board has power to control the
treatment by counties of their chronic insane by
regulating the distribution OF the State appro-
priatloI, and by their power to take the INSANE
awayffom counties where they are not properly
cared for The board ask that the general pow
or of visiting and reporting upon the SIX State
Institutions be restored to them. | desire TO
Gall attention to the large increase In the num-
ber of iicufabIe insane. Our insane asylums
have been obliged to return many of this rln-
fortunate class to the counties whence they
came, to make room for other patients; and the
county authorities, being unable to suitably
provide for them are obliged TO keep them III
the peorhouses and jails The subject OF at
once providing for tins class, so they can re-
ceive proper care and treatment should engage
your earliest aud most careful attention.
I am pleased to be able to say to you that
The educational interests of the state are
quietly but steadily progressing, and, although
! the percentage of attendance Is somewhat less
than for the last year, yet The public schools
are IN a very sstlsfac o'y condition. The at
tendance has not been so large for the past
year dnaccouut OF the very nnfavorabie weather
and tie prevailing of contagious diseases ia
We, many localities. The percentage attend
ance OF children at all lie schools OF tue State
fer the year 1879 was Gg.97 for The year 1850,
Gg,04 and for the year 1881, 66.2. fhe NUM-
Der of children oil eehool age III the State
ia 1850 gaas 4s9, oas, 'elad in 1ee4 wa,
439 AZ, an increase OF 1881. The total
valuation Of school propsity III tile State, being
the school houses, scnUol house sites, apparatus
aud LIBRARIES, is $5,543, 1881. The tottI
amount expended for eeneol purposes in the
State durIug the year was %, aJ2 03S.34, Or
Sc 81 for each person attending school The
(, amount expended Tor each pupil IN 1880 was
/ s7.24. and IN 1879 was S7.44 The common
schools CT this State are surpassed by the
schools of but very fstT ates III the Union,
and this good condition is III great measure
lsgilse sathe commemorate and able maf,7er IN
! Which the SupeIlntendents of Public lnstruc-
ton and their coasslstants for many years
D. rforned their arduous and important
duties. Every superintendent OF Public ln-
struction for several years has recommended
/. that the adoption Of the township system OF
| school government be made compulsory Sec
ton Of article 10 of the State constitution
provides, among other things, that the clear
proceeds of all fines collected in the several
! counties for any breach OF the penal laws shall
! be set 5paft as o separate fund to be called
school fund, and section TIC Of the Revised
| Statutes prescrlbeS the manner OF Carrying THIS
| constitutional provision into effect. The County
/ Treasurers Of many OF the larger and more
4 popuious counties, for period of neuriy twenty
| years, lad neglected TO obey said provisions
of tue constitution and tins lgws enacted to
carry it ont. The Attorney General, during
tue past year, brought suit i'll tae Suptenle
! Court against one OF those delinquent County
Treasures to recover the lines c0lleC ed during
! the year 1880. That court ON the 4th OF June
| last fled its unanimous opinion sustaining the
| law above cited, aud required such Treasurer to
| pay. Since that decision most Of the counties
! have paid to the state Treasurer the fines col
| lected dttflng the year 1850. The am0untSo
paid to Jan. /, 1882, is $11 ,5S3.G7, being more
! than has been collected from the same source
for the ten years preceding. 1t Is estimated
that there is due from the several countless for
the years I'll winch they have neglected to obey
! the law, the sum OF 5i00;tt1. Your attention is
invited to this su jeet with view to ascertain
if any legislation If necessary to Insure an edt1lt
| able legal adjustment thereof. The several re
ports of the President and Secretary of the
Board of Regents and the President of the
/ University show that the institution is in
| thriving aud commendable condition. 1t
il ngw en institution of which the State
I should be proud, made SO by generous dona-
| ton of lands granted by Congress, by ocea-
! slonal aid of the Legislature. by the phllau-
thropy and Inunificence OF Gov. Wa5nburn,
and tine proVident caro- and management of
| the Presidents and Faculty. l suggest that
You make yourselves familiar with this institu-
! ton and kno,g its wants, aud heed them with
such prov.dent liberallty that it will soon adj
vance to that mertor,ous rank 20 justly COW
| eted.
In accordance with chal I'll of the geu-
eral laws Of 1881, Prot. W. q. Henry has made
experiments In amUer cane and the ensila9e or
/ odders aud has made full and complete re-
! port thereof to me. In bis report Prof. Henry
| estimates that strip Can be made at the rate of
! 1S0gaiions per acre, and when sugar is worked
ior itcan be had at the rate OF not less tan
! 1000 pounds per acre Of raw sugar, besides
/ eighty gallons of molasses. The analys s oil
/ the chemist shows that there are over 1900
pounds Of sugar in an acre of cane, and that
/ iialf is lost by the present imperfect
methods OF working. The report OF Prof.
Henry shows thai he has expended S3.t807
Of the appropriation, and there remains the
/ sum OF 1913 SO unexpenied. The raising of
cane is becoming one of the important agrlcult-
I ural interests of the State, aud. III my Judg-
ment, should be encouraged, and al view OF tue
! satisfactory result reached by the experiments
7 made, ard IN view OF their undoubted benefit
1 to tfle.manv producers OF cane. would recon-
/ mend the continuance of such an Appropriation
/ forthis purpose as in your wisdom would seem
b ST and, as there is no provision Tor printing
/ this report [ would recommend that sufficient
! appropriation lie made for its proper printing
/ and distribution.
I ~f-Wou9d Recommend to the Legislature that
they pr0fIde suitable building for the use Of
! the State Historical Society apart from the
CaEitol.. lis present quarters are entirely in
I ak3edusxe to its wants, ana the rooms it now
/ occupies are needed for the CONVENIENCE of the
! Legislature. Ia such a building suitable room
] shollld be provided for the Wisconsin Academy
7 of SCIENCES. Arts and Letters.
The tot4rmheage of the railroads of the
] State, az reported to the Railroad Commission
] er on June 30, 1881, was 8, 1919 miles. at
/ cost; including equipments, of Sl29, Gal, 4l90f,
being an average of SAL z58.04 per mIle The
! tosal earnings Of the railroads of the State for
the.year ending June 80, 1881, were S15,4 7o.-
3 1921, beng an average Of 81, 814.91 per mile
OF operated road. The operating expenses
were s9;G84, 370.S0, being S2,S26.2S per
mile The excess Of earnings over or
Grating expenses was S6.S92, 735.53 or VI,
: g38.63sper mule The passenger earning on all
/ Of the roads in the State were 50, 527, 47S.s9,
and The freight esrmngs s10,959.4i6. 81. The
whole number Of passengers carried during
the year in the stste O. 966. 965, Or az equiv
aIent OF 1l9, 599.S55 passengers carried one
mile. The whole number OF tons OF freight
carried was 5.407 297, or an equivalent OF the
carnage OF 657, 499, I5s tons one Inile. The
average rate OF all frelghts carried in the State
during thu year was 1.6S cents per ton per