, 1866-02-20
IMPROVEMENT OF ROCK RIVER.
Mass Meeting At Reloft, VIs.-Impor.
tant Speech OF Col Lee.
from The Beloit JonfuaI t5th1

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M @ ~ wafer ennnnicai,on Tx he est,hsh,
e9t by he Enforcement of ROCK HYer. 6rom he
MIssisf1ppt 10 Lake Winnebago, thereby connect
Ing with Green Bay, and all tho principal nrers run
ninx tnIo1fh me !nfnpss aisHacts 9. Wisconsin. n
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neer. Tho mads Tic susrey In 1Sa5, and also rom
our knowledge Of Rock Rsyer, and the obstacles to
DO that l. not 70 be eompassd With the
e1psess our enss eonnaeneean me pfaetea6iJ o.
!he PROTECT, pafueoy - many. OF re a'aleaIse'
14aeHts nade sSGna ~ cotyse ~ iS.
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Rtsolrea. That taktng Into consideration the c.
tabished fact Of the advantages ROCK hser possss::
1thoT rivers erection
water poTst, Wa aEy of11esa ~ snas 1qe , po"e9 e.
w. Rot ,yer Vaey IL eqrss NH Iii
tTct Of ne Northwc.t. md thereby develop tie re-
tources and add to the wealth OF this naturally
rich country, equal TO the expectations Of the most
:nngni9e: ga9s, rn.+ on.,as,,,,,r ~ ths mare u.,-
tef oncnei m and Il ne,ehtne competitioa ~ ersated
whjch caanei " b. destroyeI By capeoida,ions or
eomonations, comb ] y re a1mly believe I'LL Enterprise
canisd to compilation wonld 20 enhance the value
9I ~ ne srm pFgaaS.s o. 9 Gat S saaeg aad 50 e
.uE Ie the n,n.ovement ~ an hnmes sn
INNS, a. to make I'LL matter Of direct persoaal
interest 10 every farmer and mechanic aaally ev-
ely citizen Of Rock Kv.. Valley. aud In view Or tho
g Y 10 xal l .s sslats
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.rsh iandhosder md thereby creae fni .uf
1cient to pueh such improvement 70 q speedy con-
pleilon without embarrassing any.
Col. Lee was called upon, and by the aid Of
his Neld notes gave 8 very interesting account
Of his survey ol the Rock River from the State
line to Lake Horizon. also submitting plnns
and estimates for two kinds Of lift locks.
Col. Lee said that the people living on the
banks Of Rock RIVER would receive back IN
less than five Years, IN the reduced cost Of fuel
alone, every dollar that tbs improvement
would cost: He stated that the fall Of the
river from Watertown to the State line at Be.
lott, distance oi between sixty and seventy
miles Is IS $500 feet. Between the two points
| here named i've dams have been built, re.
lit each. These will be all the locks required
between those points unless rock is encoun
tered In the led Of the stream who're Ii,