Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-20

clined to the opinion that the statutes
providing for regulating rates of
transportation of property are defect
i've in permitting common carriers to
raise their rates without first obtain
ing authority from the railroad com
mission.
Stock and Bond Law.
In the governors opinion, the law
placing the supervision of the issue
of stocks, bonds, and other evidences
of Indebtedness of public service cor
porations under the jurisdiction of the
railroad commission, should be amend
ed so as to include telephone COM
| panies.
The University.
The growth of this great education-
period has kept pace with it's former
phenomenal growth, says the governor.
The success of correspondence schools
in this country suggested to the legis-
Iature of 1907 the ACCESSIBILITY of pro-
viding a small fund to support extern
sion work by the university. The sum
of $4,000 was appropriated. The ex-
tension division is strongly organized,
and meets with great favor. At the
end of the first year after the appro-
priation, more than one thousand stu
dents were doing regular correspond
ence work This work should be en-
couraged as it gives to large class Of
| xuhN
reason of circumstances, are obliged
to leave school and begin earning a
livelihood before they are properly
equipped for the business of life, an
educational advantage which they
would not otherwise enjoy.
Already the agricultural college has
been the means of adding untold
wealth to our country. The needs of
the college should be given careful
consideration to the end that the bene-
fetal work may not be retarded.
To meet the requirements of the en-
cheering college additional room will
be required in the near future. The
legislature provided an appropriation
of 100000 per year to be used for
construction and equipment, enlarge
ment and repair of buildings and
works; also 100000 per annum for
four years to be used in the construc-
ton and equipment Of a woman's
building and gymnasium and
mems dormitory. These provisions
are liberal, and in the governors
opinion should not be increased
After praising the normal schools
the governor says. There will be
proposed other educational measures,
for your consideration, and they will
require much thought on your part
for anything that affects the interest
of every citizen and each industry in
the state, and that, too, not for day
but for all time is one, the worth of
which can never be estimated"
The New State Capitol.
Work on the new capitol has pro-
crossed with no more delays than are
incident to works of the same mag
nitude. The governor speaks at some
length on this great work and the fine
results achieved and adds:
|
journment of the legislature it is in
tended to remove the south wing,
dome, and central portion of the old
structure and begin work on the new
wing. In order to take advantage of
present low prices contracts have
been made for the steel to be used in
! the new wing and central section of
the base of the dome. 1t is hoped
the south wing will be completed be-
| fore the next session of the legislat-
ure, as the new senate chamber will
be in that section
by act of the legislature of 1907,
the sum of 100000 per year, for nine
years, from June 80, 1908, was appro-
priated If work proceeds as rapidly
on the south wing and central portion,
as it is now proposed, it is possible
that the necessary funds will not be
available when the work is completed.
I would recommend that the commits
sion be authorized to anticipate the APP
preparations"
| The governor says that the retaining
wall at the west should be faced with
granite to correspond with the build
| ing.
Public Highways.
| An amendment to section 10 of ar
| ticle of the constitution was ratified
| by the people at the last general cleo
ton, and is now incorporated as a
part of that instrument, by which it is
provided that the state may appro-
pirate money in the treasury or to be
raised by taxation, for the construc-
ton and improvement of public high
ways. This is very important and
far-reaching amendment, and one
which opens the door of the treasury
to the discretion of the legislature to
an extent not probably suggested by a
casual reading of it, since it has been
generally referred to as an amend
ment authorizing state aid in the
building of good roads. Since all
our navigable streams and waterways,
ilrnodc and canals we'll orr