Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-12-28
Improvement Of the Kankakee and IrsquoiS
Rivers.

AT meeting OF the hankakee ana lro. /
quois Navigation Company, held at Will
n1ington on Tuesday Last, we learn that
Dam No l, was let for trihe less than |
$4,000, to Mr.. Story, the present enter. |
prising contractor for Lock No. l, at the !
same place. Locks Nos. 2 and 8, were
also put under contract at an aggregate of
little more than Gil, 900. the former to
Messrs. Cunningham & Mcintosh, OF this
place, and the latter to Mr.. Watson. The
cutting and delivery of materials for the
Dam is to be Immediately commenced,
which together with the Lock, will, doubt.
less, be completed at or near the opening
OF canal navigation. The completion of
these will give eight miles of navigation
TO that work and as soon as one other
dam is completed it will be carried 10
miles further up.
We learn that some forty shares were
taken at this letting by new subscribers,
and that in 2 years the work will be COM
pleted as far as the mouth Of the Troquois,
is no longer considered a matter of doubt.
The fears Of those who may have indulg-
ed in an unfounded jealousy, that this
work would not be prosecuted above Will.
mingtOn, must be allayed by the letting
| af or NJ III q - l.,
necessary for the navigation above that
place. Dam No. 8, at Polly's Rifle,
would have been let, but for rule of the
Directors, to let no more work than they
have the ability to pay for. The compile.
ton of this dam would connect the Rock.
village country directly with the canal,
dam No. 2, being built by the proprietors
Of the mills at Wilmington.)
We are gralifed to see that there is
now a certainty that this improvement,
which is all important to the people of
the Kankakee and Iroquois vallfes, will
progress to completion. This portion of
our State is now, justly, beginning to at
tract public attention. The fertility of its
soil-its immense water power at Will.
mington, Bourbonie's, Momence & Court.
wrights Mills, already considerably i'm
proved--the commercial facilities which
will be afforded by this improvement
and the abundance OF building material,
are but few of its advantages.
All who are interested in this improve.
t ment, and particularly those who have
r withheld their subscriptions, until they
, could be certain ofits success, should how
5 lend willing hand and enable the Direc.
tors to put the remaining portion of the
work under contract--this would be for
> their own interest as we'll as for the coun.
r try at large. AS yet, few have taken
, more than from two TO five shares, which
r is the surest guarantee that every dollar
subscribed will be punctually paid, as the
ability is in the reach Of all. If half Of
, those who have not subscribed, and who
, are equally interested and abundantly
able, would come forward and aid proper.
f tionately, every Lock and Dam could be
] put under contract in less than two months
5 The immense amount of products which
7 must pass down these rivers, will render
the investment of capital in this stock nc
chimerical speculation. The region O
r country benefited by this improvement
} has been settled during the last few year.
. faster than any other portion of the ives.
tern country. 1t is useless to say any.
) thing in regard to the advantages ane
} necessities of this improvement, tor they
must he obvious to all.
} The contracts already let, have proven
f what Mr.. Benjamin, the engineer ii
charge, at first proclaimed, viz 1.-THE i'm
provement Of no river was ever uDderta
ken where so great an amount offall could
be overcome at so cheap rate, securing
. the same length of navigable water
/, The entire cost per mile proving less thar
3 $1,000. The most moderate tolls coult
s not fail to bring in handsome revenue
upon the capital invested and, therefore
all who have the means should come L
\ the aid of SO profitable and commendable
i an enterprise.
RrAr THIS WHO CAN.--Col. William
Mcclure, few days since, killed min.
MOS weighing 2676 pounds--averagins