New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-02-21
Northern Illlnois-The Great CanaI-Prospects
for Labor, Prosperity, &c.

Correspondence Of The Tribune.
WILL Co. Illinois, Feb. 5, 1916.
have taken your Daily quite spell here and
see paratiyey little in it respecting this portion
NJ III. State. while the Mormon End" occupies
large share of the public attention. The route of
the {" l. & NJ Canal" upon which | qua located. is
now rapidly coming into notice; End it is the opin
ion Of all that upon its completion new towns will
rise mn and old ones increase, with wonderful ra
pidi,v. as in York State on the finishing of the
:. Erie The whole remaining work on the main
line was lei at Lockport on the Sd inst and every
contractor is bound to finish his job in all Septem
her next then, upon the finishing Of the Kanka
kee'' and Fox River Feeders the work will be
FL for use we hope by year from next :" 4th Of
Iulv" This line OF Canal abounds in beautiful and
durable specimens OF stone work-the locks and
abutments built or years since stand yet perfect
in duration and symmetry We are TO have one
bridge at the Sag mule and three quarters long
Emigrants are rapidly settling along the line. La
borers will be in great demand here next Summer
and soon we NAV look for the resources of the
sucker State" 10 be somewhat developed. Not
q goth part OF our soil has yet been put 10 the plow
An estimate of over 100000 dollars is TO be paid
10Th instant This County, guess, is the only one
in the State GU, of debt with surplus in the Treasu
rv. Already manufactures engage the attention Of
our citizens The Prison cloth of the Illinois and
Missouri Penitentiaries is all made in Joliet on wa
ter power created by the Canal operations.
Respectfully yours sUChERDoM
P S-As we hold you pretty wise in Washing
ton matters, will ask what you think OF our chance
for an appropriation from Congress, TO make ours
Slim Canal" Some think that, hoping for aid
from Congress the Trustees are deferrng the letting
of the Feeder Jobs. l think, if they had no hope OF
help from that quarter, they would have let the
Feeders long ago-these will be unnecessary in
case of deep cut canal. fear the Report to
Congress of he Commissioners will be somewhat
unfortunate, as they were along at very dry time
when the Illinois was much lower than scarce ever
before. ,.
cgs We are for Internal Improvements by the
General Government erery 'chere or no achere-
that is, wherever the route proposed is of decidedly
National consequence or none Ut all. If the sincere
friends of National Prosperity and Progress could
only forget their partisan differences and unite 10
reduce the entire of our Army, Navy and other
Expenditures for kindred purposes 10 Ten Millions
per annum and all other expenses of the Govern
ment TO Five Millions, keep out Of War and all
other extravaganza, and appropriate Ten Millions per
annum 10 the construction of NATIONAL INTERNAL
IMPROVEMENTS, both scaboard and inland, we might
thereby increase the wealth OF the People al Least
One Thousand Millions in twenty years, while we
at the same time extended the employment and
swelled the rewards of Labor generally. But we
almost despair OF seeing the People OF this Country
evince cons 1ten, and steadfast regard 10 their own
true interests They stand by, indolent and apa-
,hetic while millions on millions of their hard earn
ings are wasted in extravaganza andtolly. Perhaps
il will not ALWAYS be so. Ed. ITl6.