, 1866-12-20
TuuEsuAT. DECEMDEB 20. 1866.
THE STEAnEoAT CASAli<.

advocated the enlargement Of the Illinois s.
hIichican Canal, and the improvement OF the
Illinois River, WITH . cross canal from i4aSal}c
10 tLc Mississippi at or near Rock Island.
The cost Of these improvements will fall
within twelve millions Of dollars; and, as
irs contribution by the General Government
( out Of the question, We have u1ged their
construction by The State, md the levy of an
,rnral tax Of two Llitls 10 meet tho cost. To
.aise QUO suiliion os dollars annually viii re-
l,;;c the payment of q tax of less tian two
certs per acFc upon the land now under
cultivation in this State For that tax,
tht,c will be given to the people:
ste9n.loat navigation from Alton to Chicago, !
Iro.a Rock 1sland and Dixon to Chica 20 aud
Alton. The Ohio and Mississippi rivers, the
Missouri, the Tennessee, Cumberland aud all |
The lower ravisabe tributaries of the 3fiss;s- |
slppi, will be brought into direct steamboat |
communication With Illinois. These canals !
are TO be owned by the State, the tolls to be |
regulated by Law, and merely to cover the |
expense Of keeping them In order, and the |
whole Stale will hare the benefit Of cheap !
lreigEts cot only uIon what its people may !
have 10 sell, bct also, upon all that they may |
have 10 l,uv.
We publish this morning very earnest |
1eitti from gentleman at Girara, Hacoupin |
Cou.;y, in which he demonstrates against |
being t.1cd for the construction of such !
cacals, which he pronounces to be mere local |
improvements. and IN no way afordinS relief |
IL the leaple from oppressive existing mo- |
noFtlics. lie suggests that the true remedy |
is ~ an &C: of the Legislature, establishing !
t::a.: of ffrci.hts un :te various railroads.
II the Legislature had the power to do
VIA: OF. correspondent says they should do, |
tltn i',trt would he immediate relief in suclI |
LEGISLATION : bu: tha: i. out of the Qucstion.
The monopoly hes been created, and how
;vs: nov cr1ul The Legislature may be ia re-
f. /. ;na.sin:. future Gancbises subject to
L.i- control, Ike existing monoPolies arc
ut ,;A ll,ir reach. We must take facts as
Se II :l!e1a, i;':5c railroad from Chicago
70 s.. Lauis enjoys monopoly, aud can
cl.:=ss >urI. rates as it pleasc., tho remedy
is Tn; IL sitiil., down and 1amenting the
calamity, but in dcrising some practical
m.Ic OF controlling that monopoly
rs competing line. To charter
arf:her railroad company. cvea if one coald
he orearizcd that would build the road,
would be no remedy, because bT the time it
would te completed, the two roads would
have combination tariff, making the mo-
Ioio!! - Oppressive as ever For tho State
to bEiid such road, and other roads to
eororr.tc with all the railroad jines. is of
courEc too gigantic schcme TO be thought
If. We have The Illinois River which can be-
made al s,aau c,pensc uarj.ub1e TO Joliet:
W. .:aye L canal IRON that point to Chicago.
WHIT is proposed Is TO cularse that canal 50
IS to conlinrc that eamboat navigation to
1hv lakes. The extension Of this canal to
Rock Island. with 4 feeder to Dixon, will far
nish direct water navigation to the following
Counties: Lake, Cook, Will, Dupasc, Ken
Iall, Grupdy, LaSalle, Putnam, Bureau,
Henry. Rock Island. Nhitcside. Carroll. 10
Davies, Peoria. Mercer. Marshall. WDot-
ford Tazcvc]l. Fulton. Mason. Sc,1uyler.
Cas-. Blown. Henderson. Hancock. Adams.
Iik,. Morgan. Scott. Greene. Jersey. Calhoun.
Aa.,i.c,i, st. Clair, Monroe. Haudulpl!, Jack.
ton. Etion. Alexander. Pulaski, Massac.
Pore, Hardin, GalIatin, White, Wabash,
Lawrence, Crawford, aud Clark; or one half
HE nhale number Of counties und consider
sb!v tuo, tlan one haf the poDulatioa of
il1c Stag With the.. canals each and every
nrc of t,,ns. cfunti,.s NIL, tova stc r1,oice nj
6 .-a.tr1 II any p.,,n. ,,n tse Oh;o and Mia
sisS;rri !iycrs, or at tI.c lakes, Thc man at
Durltis1 cuu load a lsct OF canal
locts, or steamer, and BY cn-
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