Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1870 — Kankakee Draining. [ARTICLE]

Kankakee Draining.

Ena. Union: The following ap- i pcarod in your issue ok the 4th of August: The Kankakee Draining Company will commence Us swindling operation* Lit .September next, and will assess the binds of our citizens to drain those of a rascally corporation.— Kent land Democrat. The law under which this company was organized Is veiy uii|«q>ulur with the people whoso lands ure affected by the operations of these draining companies. In the northern purt of this county, the land owners are becoming greatly excited and vloleiico Is threatened should the company proceed to active ojieratlons. It will be necessary for the Indluna legislature at its next session to either repeal tho draining net or modify its obnoxious provisions, which In many Instances work great hardships to poor people.— Rensselaer Union.

If the foregoing is true it is made so by misrepresentations similar to tho above. The Kcntlaml Democrat does not really believe that the company is a “swindling, rascally corporation,” and it is believed that if the Uniox will fully and fairly examine, ami consider the law It will not fear that its provisions will “work great hardships to poor people.” i Not long ago tho Union said substantially, that the proposed ! work, if well done, would result in | greut benefit to the country. This j is believed to lie the opinion of'all ! candid, unbiased minds, acquainted with the country, and it is not i founded on mere theory, but it is j supported by facts and is doubtless . correct. This being soj it follows I that’the enterprise is meritorious and ought to he fostered and enI couraged bv thu public ' journals i and by nil the people of the counj try and especially by the owners of | the land to he directly affected—and as all members of the company j are land owners, and all land own- ; ers may become members, and as the lands of all, whether members or hot, are alike subject to assessment in proportion to the benefits they will receive, it would seem that their interests are identical whether they are in or out of the pomp any, the natural inference therefore, is, (and it is certainly true) that the members of the company are as solicitous as others, that the work shall be well done, honestly done, and as cheaply done as possible, and done without any hardship to, or oppression of, anybody, whether rich or poor. The members of the company beliete that these results may be weired under the present law, and that no door is left open for fraud or speculation in the prosecution of the work, and that the ease was quite the reverse under the old law.— They hence think, indeed they art* quite sure, that the present law is a good one, though it is notdoublcd. but that it could be improved, and it has long been the intention of the company to ask the legislature to amend it in some particulars.— To the company as a company il matters but little what tho law is, but to the members as land owners it is important that it be such as to ensure the accomplishment ofjde work with the least expense. This is the interest of all. Tho company would therefore be pleased if those who have objections to tlie law would carefully investigate and consider the matter, and then state their objections specifically, and suggest the remedy (a thing which, has not yet been done it is believed). It is supposed that if the objectors WIU pursue this course, in a spirit of candor, kindness and good faith, the result will be, a j law as nearly perfect as a human i production can be, and one satisfactory to all. \Vill you not tender the free use of your columus to those who may wish to respond in the spirit and ’ manner above requested? Very respectfully, &c M

W. C. HANNAH.