The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-02-08

board Of Trustee. IN the same manner rs the pres
ent revenues of the canal are required to be APP
piled by law. SAID tolls 10 be paid by said Com
pany are subjected TO the following limitation,
and restrictions. (l) Live stock transported on sail
Road to be fee from tolls # any kind. (2) Toll,
to be PAID only during seasons cfnavIgaiion Is
Ne tolls 20 he paid when navigation on the cana
Is suspended by casualty or otherwise. u NJ
freishts received from or destined TO point upuu
said Road further than line twenty miles west OF
the southern terminus Of the canal shall be sub
ject To any tolls
5. All fregLts carried on railroads which may
hereafter be built, running from Chicago, and
which may terminate on the Illinois and Michigan
Canal or AZ any point on the Illinois riyer not ,N
ceedins twenty miles south nj the said terminus
Of the canal, shall be subject to the same rate OF
tolls MS the freight carried on this Road and
whenever the Legislature shall grant the night 20
any other railroad to carry freight without such
tolls, then these conditions IN relation TO tolls
shall cease.
d. Tolls not to be paid by this Road after the
State shall provide for the payment Of the entire
interest ON tha canal indebtedness under the act
f,r the completion of the Illinois and Michigan
Canal
:. Right Of way through canal lands to he gran.
ted by the Boori of Trustees Otherwise the Com
pany TO build the Road and pay No tolls
:. Provides means to secure TO the canal the
full payment u!all the tolls contemplated IN the
act
2. The company not to locate the track Of said
Road within the City OF Chicago without the con.
sent oithe Common Council Nor shall 1t be per.
mitted 10 do q warehouse, storage, or commissioa
business in The city Of Chicago
10. The company is prohibited from building
= branch or branches from said road between the
south terminu. oftke Canal and the city ofChica.o
10 any point east of it, for the purpose Of councc-
ting with railroads that now are, or may be b.ilt
IN the Stat" Of Indiana
There j. no doubt that this road will be built
its great importance TO tho region of country
trayerseI by it, it i. hardly necessary to speak
Nor can charge Of bad faith on the par, Of the
state towards the canal interest be made with sny
show Of proprirty, That interest "a securely guar.
dcl by the bill There can be no question but
thst the revenue Of the canal will be increased
by the construction Of railroad along It. banks
subject To the conditions contained in this BILL
Such it is said ty those familiar with the subject.
has been the result in every sUSh case We oil
remember that during several weeks of the bu.i
ness season last fall. navigation was suspended
on the csnai, in consequence Of th" break at Nor.
ria. An immense amount OF ireights, originally
intended to be shipped by that route. WAS trans.
ferred 10 the Ohio canals and. even after the
breach had been repaired goods continued to be
shipped 10y other routes owing to the uncertainty
with which our canal had come to be regarded
Had there been a rail road along the line Of the
canal, all these goods. AMI many more. would
have passed through this thoronshfare. giving
employment to hundreds VI our citizens. as well
rs steamers on the IlllDo. river To bc certain
that there will be no delays, i, moro than any
other consideration which tends TO make a route
popular with business men. This has ALWAYS
been wanting on our canal The construction Of
the rail ROAD will supply the d,,iiratupi Goods
will therefore he shipped much more freely by
this route than heretufore.-the value Of unsold
canal lauhs will be augmented anil tho interest
OF the canal be placed upon much more perma.
nent ba.. than heretofore
In ouI daily reports viii be found synopsis "
the debate on the bill, which throws -,ill more
light upon the greatness an. Importance Of TIN.
road