, 1866-01-18

Appropriated siooo ,owanls defia5iis the rxpea.'
" csp1 pI1easnasy surrey Of tho route On which sue
s151aaafen an11 Tdtension coald be made TO make III
1esilea Of This Convention shonld be made vii
aovesnoi q Iowa The sam ot o'' s7oo Is also t =
besides s2oo hy tha eity and 9soo By the ESQ SEQ
Tbs Committee on Resolutions reported throus
oiths- the Seost county iIowa] COMMITTEE bein
pas'o RGsa zstsad-chaa. Atkinson, caa,. Deere, T.
Fvreas lptaly-R. n stcsens, Wm. W, whlpple hie
Lasc4S t.aa totmty-ot: Stever. Richard Csdy.
| Eoot e;stn!r7itaac :, Diller, -. d: REESE.
~. rAussede Cetnty-Jaa. Denfmosc, 1, 8. Pcnninf
w. y: Y. stex.rt. Of Chicago, raid that he au
naa co!leasuee did not come a. representatives {
Eo9S comfy, but - representatives from the Boar
of Real Estate Brokers of Chicago. lie had expec;e
@ ,hat @tneJ J WoaIS M be aeeompsRied b., other deeQa
soc1afioua, but those bodies had ncslected to an
point any such committees. Cook county, as
soonty. bad therefore no delegation: bu: they ha,
men fcr !elt committee two well known. worth,
and reliable cItizenz Of Chicago, III. Reese. h;
TouId remark, was an old citizen and = member q
With this movement, and anxious list Ihi, aetio;
enonld De taken- and would do everything In hi
poWes to induce an appropriation for thia purpos,
NJ. Rice. OF Whi.eaide county, gaze notice of NJ
teniion to The neeess.tJ ior increase Of wter oom
Mr Nhit1s. gave notice OF canal Convention
At OTTAWA also on the 18Th inst, md, on BIZ
mo,io9 1hs following gentlemen were appointed "a
29!anqsy i! ls4h: III; Whipple- Burcan Co; Cba.jes
+ II. Uee[5, Rock Island Co.; Major T. D, Dow,
eD1y HeD Fl S,ts Soas Sr!.,. l. Lsyiz Scott Co.. lows
VI: e. G. Parry again remarked, in answer to
questions submitted TO him, that be believed the
sam1ni' 1n1 E leye,s eoud be funplied nom ihe oci
possessed at all seasons OF the yesr reunIsits
volume Of water. He had not heard Of MF. Il. Ii.
DAYS plan Of Inclined plane, but believed tbis
cana ps9cet teasoe on the old principles Of canal
NJ ~: whi,ng gaye fpn explanation o, Mr Days
surveys. but that be himself was satisfied f.5n Oh.
tesanca, that there WIZ etst lower canal leyci o.
tag nslow that, the summit rsdgo oi which was at
ios,3 S.ovs ara that It vas below the railroad
III e. Atkinson, Of Rock leland, aa,d: That for
iear success might not attend the eEoH Of raisinr
MONEY ,so tn the sesers counties, he Hon'd propose
te.npt, made to see how literally the people would
NJ. G. 4. Natcliae stated that tha Bureau county,
lelegatcs had beld meeting 1t noon in he Cent.s
liouse, and pledged themselves to make cycrT
choFt u their power TO raise their count, share o
te,e tha Il s sens sna Hhs5 a rsa hs%
VI. Atkia.on renewed bis proposition to raise
NE saSeooa Ell 1Ra Be Il he would ha the list
NJ: Russell of Davenport, stated that he was
suthor:zed @ e say that u the friends of ihe esnI
mi, iss sr sss sso SaIs q ~
ra1ke apd place At their disposal {1,Q09 Not las
f than az ase thoqsapd doals will be required to do
H. SanIa Iha1ps s q IL should be dona Whatever is done
j. nov II session and vii asied il monin o.
.wo 10 O. raske "a eome appropriation for the enlarge.
works Of internal improvement which Congress-
mar be made to believe necessary and lust aiid II
We would not be behind other projects, ne must
sir: shea1er. ot Henry county, did not recognize
the pFopEiety OF individual subscriptions, when ha
thought the Eho1e amounts would be obtained by
tne action 9! the boards Of Supervisors OF the eev-
The following resolution was then offered hy xr,
whiting, and adopted by the Convention:
,e ss. a. fhe se1; e Of III. CoG.sntoe that
!or the Eevesa1 Boards Of of6uperTisors Of Counties
here represented and contiguous to tho work, 10
APPROPRIATE sQTh sums a tho Committee on Sur
]y on tnia rnbject.
u; rar1 made a arugcestfou that the marsh 1t
Shet.ed might be best examined In It's frozen con-
general survey OF fbe grounds.
The Convention hcte, On motion, adjourned.
AITEnsooS SESSION..
The Afternoon scssion was called to order 1t t,yo
than IN the forenoon. the hall being quito crowded
Hon. Nj. DHyle opened The meeting.
NJ 4. G. Fulton vas called On 70 state his knowl-
Al an early date, in 1872 made pseip,insry .ur.
sey tor railroad through this State and p1b{l.hcl
t5at report w2s ose q ne pafles IN getting tha
when there were hut three Eout houses
10 thts town. Five or tix persons ca here TO dis-
,h., n5Dec1 sna Dox Irving satd then
my also Be Disappointed 10 or iesr Of not dsyns
iro tbe iaEes ii saile aeross 10 he Missis snni
IN this vicinity OF the line here snoEcn' Pff IS
oSt PRACTICABLE This. hoxerer, eaa on1y ee do.
eyer, ~ having eufEcient feeder from some river
sbose @ WV. for boats Of heagy tonnage requires
on &C.. p. TI,s md 1R Wy bare to and
Ion and evaporation, viii require yast amount Of
water. and such feeder - Win be rcqnLe,l viii b.
an.1 a1u e % o9ssin asds fos thls ns xe bslieye
.isttpPi but It will have to strEe though higher
up. up thon!d say yon Wonld h.se to .tnke as tar
g sssa ss5 9tn IT.
aould feed it; snd that route Is, in nv opinion'
perfectly S tsssable. That WY your canal wiIl os
1analns ! Tith FL m the streams and not across them
New York and Pennsylvania indcod. IN al tie
Eastern s'ates. thss plan ia pursued Of going with
.liboush railroads may be depenacnt of Il. Eve
aouid be 20 erest th.t It would ents1i e grest % *
Ss esous ' he tex ieeE. p1%s,.ss uu: e =, boz;
= pesslbise ssoia 'ock. md this ean Pc done By
he MEssissippi. and where we may have a natural
anal Ihle, however, IL only to he decided by |
ae insc. Of come practical engineer. and he
'nbic- Our buttncsa herc Is to ralse money! to
:mploy turreyor to assist in rhai Is really tho
most practicable roats. ItApossibIe that yon can
constantly dropping down to that point by difeen
u sixteen locke, and from LaSalie to the. summit
Fou would hare constant aucerssion ufIocks. Tnis
'fcTossiue then proposed was some distance higher
lfaw the water Of the Illinois nrer INTO Tie Miss
highest. but you can bring the waters Of the Mss-
sEtrpi 10 the Illinois, but this would require I'M
1na esl q ' spen excavations
osls ono fifteenth Of one-st1teenth Of Whit /.
oste here, md this would render tho work
se neDcy 1se eDa9sh 9q s9 esnd c,n, not
rom Rock River without you can cut feeder from
point lar up toward the hesdwaters Of thst
'i.er; The only thing 70 be done now /. 10 .ar's
davenport are willing 10 ANTE up their ehare OF
be money to employ an engineer, which viii cost
htre OF four thousaud aoslars. It will cost ibis,
o*ed 10 tnrTey mt one route n1one hut two tirec.
Dill, Of more till the best one Is discovered.
now Mlers the bes: point IL, and that IS Miwau-
q, for would like TO see # cut through to Daveu
un Thefe all my interests are. Again wiu say 1
sat JSuf duty now II 10 raise the money, then EN-.
10y your engineer, and then when you ret the route
ah& eribe the stock.
Dr.. c. G. Pnz7y, at the request Of number OF
10 members Of the convention. then ex-
lained the condition of TIC country,
tropgh which the canal ia contemplated be-
r. passed, and gave his observations from
preliminary survey. He had but few words to !
n. he had been selected by number OF citizens
make personal examination, and 10 ascertain 1t
le project mere desess1ng OF even survey.