The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-01-19


money making corporations, they pay no rev.
enue 10 the State. This is wrong, and the er-
TOT should be corrected by appropriate legis-
The Railroad Commissioner system in Wis
eonsln has been q su ccess, and while the COM
plants have not been numerous. they have al
Ways received prompt attention. 1 am in
formed that during a long term of years not q
single case of litigation has grown ont Of 4
complaint lodged with the Commissioners. b1t
IN every instance an amicable adjustment has
peen had, satisfactory to all parties concerned.
IL pas Deen found much easier and better to
adjust than to litigate, and in this way a better
spirit has been developed and maintained he
tween t. the people and the railroad corpora
nons. see no reason to doubt that the har-
mony now existing may continue uninterrupt.
ed for years to come.
AIR LINE LABORERS.
ndeE Chapter TO- Laws of 1882, the Chicago,
St Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Com
pany deposited with me the sum of $4,000
and gave such security as was required of
them 70 save harmless the State from any
liability 1t may have incurred in feeding the
laDore1S then thrown out of employment by
the failure of the Chicago, Portage & SUI
perior Railroad Company. There have been
paid to the laborers direct $50, 429 95: to the
purchasers of time checks $3.50 90 and there
was pro-rated to the sub-contractors, material
and supply men the sum of $33 0S7.07. The
work of finding the amounts due and dis
bursting the sums has been very large; numer-
Gus claims have been diSallOwed and many
have been cut down. The claims of the Off
GERS and engineer corps have been disallowed,
and the question litigated In the Supreme
Court, and the rejection of such claims fully
sustained by the court. The security exacted
from the company to which the grant was
made by Chapter 10 has been found ample to
protect the State against all liability incurred
In feeding laborers and otherwise.
FISHERIES.
The Commissioners of Fisheries, working
without pay, have merited appreciation for the
success OF their work. They have distributed
during the year nearly million of trout fry,
year, white fish and wall-eyed pike. 1t is sug-
gested that in many of the counties in the
state 1t would be very profitable, and is almost
necessary, that there be a Fish Warden, whose
duty it shall be to see that the laws for the
preservation and protection of fish are duly
executed. The expenditures made by the Fish
Commission for the last fiscal year were
$7,712.66, and they estimate that their expendf-
lures for the next two years will be 5000 a
year. This enterprise is one that is now fos-
tered by almost every State in the Union, and
wisconsin is not behind in the progress made.
IMMIGRATION.
BY reference to the tables of the report of
the Board of immigration, it will be seen that
of the B., 952 immigrants arriving in Milwaukee
during the calendar year, 3l.758 have found
homes in our State; and it is safe to say that
fully 10000 more have gone into Wisconsin di-
rect from Chicago without passing through
Milwaukee. The great majority of these new
corners have settled in the northern parts of
Lu0 CldlOs IuSy were Chiefly small FARMERS
and farm laborers from Germany and Norway
and Sweden, and will become important fac
tors in developing the agricultural and other
natural resources of northern Wisconsin. The
disbursements of the commission have been
$5,147SS.
ILLUMINATING OILS.
The State Supervisor of Inspectors of Illu-
minating Oils reports the workings of the in
spectors of oils throughout the State and the
names of the various inspectors appointed by
him. He reports that there have been only
two accidents reported to him that proved to
be lamp explosions and he suggests some
amendments to the law relating to illuminate
ing oils, and I commend his report to your
careful Consideration.
LEWISTON LEyEEI
The lewiston leVee, provided for by Chapter
13S, Laws of 1882, has been completed in a very
satisfactory manner, and the Commissioners
have drawn the amount appropriated by the
State therefor. The entire cost of the work
was $4,000, and the General Government has
ass ned the payment of $4,000, and the town
of Lewiston has agreed, by its board of super
viSOrs, to keep the levee in good condition and
repair for twenty years.
OVERFLOW OF FOX RIVER.
In conformity to the request contained in
Joint Resolution No. 81, Senate, the Attorney
General and myself visited Washington to
confer with the proper officers of the Govern
ment as to the action which might and should
be taken to abate the overflow in the Fox Riv-
er and Lake Winnebago, and to prevent future
injury to property around said lake and along
said river. BY agreement with the Govern
ment officers, and through the efforts of our
delegation in the Senate and House, the fol-
lowing proyiso upon the subject was inserted
in the clause of the river and harbor bill max
ing appropriation for the Improvement of the
Fox and Wisconsin rivers:
Is ProUtCed, That the Secretary of War shall,
without delay, cause the channel of the Lower
Fox River, between Lake Winnebago and the
upper Government dam at Appleton, to be re-
stored to its natural width and capacity, and
shall cause such changes and alterationS to be
made in the dams at Menasha and Appleton,
not inconsistent with security 10 navigation,
as may be necessary to reduce 70 ana main
tain the waters of Lake Winnebago and Lit.
Tie Ruttes DIES Mortes, respectively at their
natural height: and sufficient amount of
said sum appropriated is made Immediately
available"
1t only remains now for the Secretary of
War, through the Engineer department., to
carry out the plan as agreed upon and author
lied by law. 1t is hoped that action will not
will afford adequate protection against injury
from overflow, and that, too, without detri-
ment to any other locality or property.
CAPITOL EXTENSION.
Under the provisions of a law enacted by
the last Legislature, the Supreme Court named
Hon. N. B. Van Slyke and Hon. John Winans,
and the State Historical Society named Hon.
E. w. Keys, as commissioners, with certain of
the State officers named therein, to contract
for the construction of capitol extension.
The board has erformed this duty with
much care and the extensions are being
erected in d thorough and substantial
manner and will be ready for occupancy with
in the present year. There has been expended
of the appropriation thus far the sum of S49,-
2l7 50 for work already completed, the State
retaining as guaranty for the fulfllmenG of
the contract 15per cent. of the estimated cost
of the work done.
AGRICULTURE.
This is the foremost interestin our State and
merits your most considerate attention. The
societies which have been organized for the
advancement of the various branches of agri-
culture should be literally sustained. The
time has arrived when means should be pro-
yided for gathering accurate monthly crop and
live stock reports during the growing season,
and complete labor statistics, and their prompt
circulation among the people. For this pur-
pose l would recommend that you provide for
State bureau of agricultural and labor sta
tistics.
THE STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
has been of material value to the farmers of
the State, yet its influence for good could be
largely increased if it received that encour-
agement which its importance demands. The
society is now embarrassed by Indebtedness
amounting to some $4,000, caused in measure
by clause in the act of last winter, appropri-
ating two thousand dollars upon certain condi-
tons which the society failed to comply with.
recommend that the conditions imposed by
the acts approprating aid to the State and
Northern Agricultural Societies be removed,
and sufficient amount appropriated to pay
the Indebtedness of the former.
DAIRY ING.
The dairy interest of our State has grown
with such wonderful rapidity that it stands to-
day second to none in the Union. Our dairy
products have now national reputation and
are eagerly sought in the markets The Wis
consin Dairymen's Association is accomplish
ing great good in educating farmers to better
methods and improved appliances, and should
be encouraged by liberal appropriation.
AMENDMENTS.
The people, at the last election, ratified the
constitutional amendments submitted by the
last Legislature, and which amendments have
now become part of the constitution OF the
State. There will be no general election until
1884, and this is the first of the biennial ses-
sions of the Legislature. This makes it neces-
sary that the appropriations for State purposes
tofore.
The Board of Pharmacy was organized I'M
der the act of the last Legislature by the
selection, from the ten names submitted by
the Pharmaceutical Society, of T. FL. Spence,
A. H. HOLSTER, f. Robinson, A. Conrath and
e. B. Heimstreet and they have entered upon
their work, and believe the law has operated
very satisfactorily to the druggists through
out the State.
SPECIAL LEGISLATION.
Since the adoption of the amendment which
stands as Article of the Constitution, prohib-
iting special legislation in the cases therein
enumerated, there has been persistent and
quite successful effort to evade it. The meth
cd most popular is to make grants of powers
and privileges to Individuals their associates
and assigns. A great many such grants of
very valuable and important franchises and
privileges have been made, and made in q
manner which, in my Judgment, is dangerous
to the public interests.
These grants were, before the adoption of
the constitutional amendment, usually con.
ferred upon corporations; when so conferred
they were subject to repeal or alteration I'M
der the preserved power contained in the