, 1866-01-17


feede- trom the Rock riyor at Sterling to Join this
proposed extension at Sheffield. 6hefield Is tbs
believed 1ss feet aoovc the Level Of either
I'll from sterling Of ntxty -e1zht feet, where
1t IL proposed that shall euses The extension. Al
aSs ,hee + 's1s a assk Of " snas
creek to The illinois .iver, ind bY other petty
streams to he MissEappi On the other side, IN
I'll a3e lie no Of his seeon
it is ciAitd that it Will be Of almost tnc.cu1ahle
benefit IN draining these svamp{. and now almost
he purpose or fa1scy of he tooasd ,ns sas a.
long two ycnrA ago. hui it has Been a]most for.
gotten until now. when il IL. aRain brought before
The pnhc IN snch form that there ID little doubt Of
| 1t being carried 10 ultimate sueccss.
The main purpose Of this Convention was to or
Eanze preliminary survey. for which Iona appro-
leeitlstute Davenport. being opposite the Missis-
Epp terminus Of fhe eItcnson Il deeply Interested
IN the measure and eent to the Convention the tol.
man; a. c, Fulton, 4. Il Cronthie, Edward Rus
eel. Charles u. Kent, L. P. Alexander. John Tllis,
william =. Clark, e. c: Pany, y. G. Wadsworh,
Al ha1 pasl Ten O'Clock. the Convention was cal-
en whose nomination Hon. j: +. Dayies, Mayor q
III. bnviee 1ead the call md called upon some
gentleman present to state the object Of The meet
Getsrt: II. c. roz,es and II. F. Barnes were sp-
MI: L p. whiting moved the appointment II
Vice IT.s1den!s-oue from eacl, county represent
gentlemen were appointed: Whttes1de county, ".
hite; Dustan county. =. T. Bull; Scott county,
Iows, , EaNsFd nnsse1; coo5 count, M1: sPEtnGet;
Judge Hhlie. Mayor Of Gencseo.
Major ]. ii. Allan moved The appointment Of 4
ber .rum each county Of nlinols ard Iowa repre-
eeuted-
Msjor J. N. Allan, Of Henry county; Nj. u. ".
Z. Morris, Of bureau county Nj. might, Of White-
side county; lit. Mason, 1f IASAtlc county; Dr,
Falg. Q! Scot county, Iowa and NJ. c. Atfanzon,
mtstee.
The COMMITTEES .ctired for consultation to an nd.
Joining room, and II thetr absence HI. l. D. Viii
IN substance a follows:
.. II caa .a!k On my subject, oaehs to b able
%eb 1n Rss &C Mis cs nsis me eb,Is a.
ho<'a days can 60 no thrther back than the cor.
pletton o. The Erir canal. Ii 1881 can vvidly re-
wns permitted to take hold Of the Traces OF one Of
the tour horses which d,eN the boat. on which wst
Gov. pe Wttt Clinton and his suite, making Their
triumphant trip the nszt boat fhai went through
from Buffalo to Albany. where, with grand oeeemo-
nlals we1e mingled the waters Of the lake. with the
| ocean. The booming Of cannon, whose echo an
| sNerxd to echo from The lakea to the Hudson 40
stunning TO me toen. will never be lost In my e1r..
Ny iahes had been contractor On the work, after-
W1rd run boat. and was made useful as driver.
11ll neat1y manhood, LIVED near the banh Of the
Lac canal Tho hoatnau'd horn and tho exciting
% Tsss r. tns efon, ,a pfaess On ny :na nd
mils, Or ons cent and half snd board md iodcinr
raeSe ss hsess ssn esn. s On s s
case o sharp competition. the price would decALs
70 two oentz-one cent5,nothug; md finally you
would be offered tEte tide Aud quarter 1cf your
company.
7hen she caual WAS IN institution. But 1t length
enme railroads. and they soon stole awsy the glory
of the canal Al nEst the faf}Wny Has cQust.ncted
from Schentctady to Albany, where The csnai was
ob-s5ntted By numerous locks He would have BEEN
on Iso,sa "a. sa, Woqd na predict rs extension
pelo aonc til II reached The lakes and exchanged
Ea-tere71e With magnificent pala,ssl lake steamers
the eirrn11 O ihe likes but who could h.ye iores
told the Southern kho.e line, paralnl with
Like Ere, and finally extended 10 Chicago. T1yel
once ewaImed viii hrmsnts y were M al.o 1ef9 ps6 s6
solitnre 1ns .ailIoad impulse swept along ii!
what Eas once marked On our maps IN our
school days ..nneap1oscd region u about to re.
torad with the neigh Of ihe Iron ho1re, md lis
march Westward shall only be stayed By the vast
Pacific But Tie railroads not only monopplfxed The
taEei but freight sought their rapid transtt, and ii
hsvc managed to have tho nser md canai linrs iii
IN r. decay. UnIl to-day the railroads nearly mon
opollze The fraFel and commerce ofihe eon1.ry.
combinations should be made, md extort1on prac-
ts1cd, Whist We complain Of lii:
IT: We complain that freight Il charged At e1-
"a: Tint combinations ezd.t with warehouse men
r. s TIT tss The r TSs'e Of grading as pracsed
1nese combined rHevanee. render our valuable
G!ain, which IL now sca.se and hieh in the East,
be eeen whether We will rec our properly with our
asms become salueese and ou,selve. stnk to scrfF
seay vseh hna rg,ap a. sp%
resources Of The No.shse est and MAKE n. strang IT.
bear md anie TO hefp remove the burdens Of GOV
continuous wster communication from The Mfssis-
stppi ta.tVard to 'he ocean. '@'
Experience hst demonstrated that bulky and |
heasy afftclet can he MOrcd By water cheaper than
BY IailFoad. CANALS and canal p,o}ec.s hsve been
unlscrtally laid aside and must b rertTed. We
senG seItfe = o. as1ua, ~ necessity The ship canal
Meeting lake Ontario with the ocean. BIT The ~
TIN tn, Il quite toeomplete til 4 tha!l be extended
e!ebte ep ak9 T,,snen, Inen,san to the Mssespp i
inspection Is to eat up our grain before Starting
i ,t,er hit ts on s'e{e~t om
around Nia.aEa Falls. By old fashioned losks. Or
DAYS Inclined plane, ot eyen the most direct md
tpeedy passage orer ihe Falls. There must Be- one ono
Mfattsttppt., snch a canal wontd not only save |
much on freight but ttill more ID stofa1r IND ~
ne1 M..ss AZ d soe @ Sastes bordering upoa The Up
mers We are. are visaIy interested in it.
We haze net to-day to considcr The project ofcn
inc it in nearly direct line 10 The Miesissinnj.
THIS ro9te Is central, direct, and partially comp!..
iH'o, H.. we L 11d9rse the necessity OF enaGne
Iattenlarty 10 take proper action to a.eeTtan
the feasibility kof a plan to bring il merits |
property to public attent,op Of its e3tension to tie
&llSIlfk1bn1 T.
commence On The tsaEs q The M Msesaopi LII rsa.
fii~ I'll FL aesssas = T.; e.: q II ai5:s 95sss
eGanshss, tnn Siss ana before yon hnow tat
soy y1n r. yoqE
ne ilii4o1a. Il our expectations shall prove tue
that tnts Enuie T. reasonably easible the interests
ihas VII ca tor its are 70 vast that the
mans horn shali ningle with the IaiIroa whistles
through those R1lers.
sources 70 which We may look for menna for IL
1fs the Sational Government; I'd,
a; @ Gom%rsay % p: re- sate Government ofI4
n the grand cham from our great central eea Tie je-
tlt.ippts to The ocean, 20 should t. be Constructed
oy ,se - stH G1snnent - The vast national debt
Gosc1nment open hc1iides for markets and foster
.he1f Development and res sources, that the people
The great burden nov resine on The nation. Tie
s eoasIuenon q toose works TO the ocean would at
9nee double the production Of the whole St1tss. |
doa6ie their trade With the East and double their
1aoinues and capacity 10 pay taxes to the Govern
ttaye We not = reasonable CHIN on that |
Gotc1nmcut which our halE million or
tons Contributed 70 largely to saye.
end Who have now-no, not nl1-iciurned. Twenty
lnou.and laid down their lives masyrt to The NJ
[aooa! cause bnt tho remnant that have returned
s snd themselves nor struggling to bear The great
burdens 7, imposed BY mopopolies md ffnuis. !
u NJ 9ne1c will be plenty Of money eeeknr fnyesi-
@eol which WI! be glad to construct this Wosk but