, 1866-12-31
AyNDAY. DECEMBER 81, 1860.
TME ILLlSnkS R8VER.

Hou.a LIE Ahlnots NFcF Is n2vl.,aOIC al high
s,b. M,x ter from It's mouth to Joliet, and CT
ihe tnh ceIt al low water TO LaSale The general
poss nEss change which time, xnd the cultivation Of
'e-1 "' the soil have made In reducing the volume
HOLIDAY OF Wnter III all the Western rivers, has had
In scaeo its effect upon the Illinois, and thst river as
Go'des now tn'y about two months in each year
koeA When 1t affords certain navigation for steam
bes becfs eIs OF any considerable drausht Shall this
oiN will niEaRay made By nature be pcrmittedto fall
HOT into dfsusc shall 1t be preserved Is one of
R,rxr. the great channels Of commerce? Tho feas.
with The cl 'btty Of securing, during eight months of
Saturday every year, slack water navigation suf
th11on Client to admit the largest steamers to the
New York head waters Of the 1llEnus River has long
N.tien, since been demonstrated The number Of
VII 10 ss locks Inc number Of daus the amount Of
filling and Of excavating, the amount of ma.
SErIot Eonry aud the amount Of labor reccssarv n
heernan accomplish this result, have all been calcu-
ssaar se latcd and the cost of the whole reduced to
aesaa". a'nn. u statement in dollars Aud cents.
win 1run 1t was grand nfstake Of the PROJECTORS
Mrs AecroS tho caral to connect Luke Michigan and
the Mississippi River, that they did not give
more attt n.ion to the fact that Lake Aich-
fs1cly detsan at ore time found southern outlet
building t1hronsh the Dcsplaines and Illinois Rivers,
moirou> 1The high banks and bread beds of thcsn
onesc ID hfiFcfs we're never made hy the volume Of
is spoItu water which they have known in modern
xhich hss lines Had the State instead OF building
test M, aaTroE canal one hundred miles long from
SLicsso TO Lasalc, placed the necessary
p1h1Ic 80 .s o oeAs upon 1as Illinois to its head,
issued M.r. 1.as, W luz oespiancs, there would
murrius aoat canal, formed by NATURE large enough
du5apa'd Tread enough, and snppa. Ing itself with
Scw lcar, r,a1 !; o. ~. uAes IL tnc Atssss'ppa. ln-
.sw;h N 49, s; ~ -. .A,, ne", Maetae9 ~ DC
point ncar Lockpo1t, aud by locks aud
AeeAELIsauls upon 1t and the Illinois, secure the
Saturday Great eud Of steamboat naysatfou with only
s,,ee, ua.;! ~ VI t"s p'esea1 eaa'isA 70 oe Gu
with 70
de:'E ar oe sal 'nis Us II mas, It Is aemonstrabe
,hs ro b.: hat Inc llnh'1s hses at comparatively
through" anaa Sosa' can be locked SO ns to secure
esAin; Iteanboat naslvattcn to the mouth Of
"'e lie hanaakee. At all events it Is.
TILL TAtnk, advisable TO adopt the policy Of using
Schacne Ee river to as high point us practicable.
1optr lnEhicago has undertaken, for sanitary pur-
osgIso!yosce, to deepen tn: present canal rs to
Ein 1T the waters OF "!r river and lake find an
1ceit the pt1ct In that dlFcct If the Legislature
@ X LAX om tie cost Of cuiarging the whole
f15 from tanal irEm' Chicago 10 Lasallc let them
yards dig tccompsish the next best thing that
ii,rs forf locking the river mp to the mouth
Il the karkakte, and extend the Chicago
orK,1oject deepening the present canal to that
olee! paint. This will save all work on the pres
1s cara1 for ut least half its length II will
h. ~, ;ecu1c navigation for steamboats, at least to
sanccr chat poiu aad will enable the present canal
have tnI lie rayirued by steam tugs drawing their
I'D 10 ,hs.eets Of canal boats.
is do The iu,,soye1ncnt of The Illinois River to
month Of the Kankakce, will be Of direct
u 10 castott aud convenience to ali those counties
wing upon the latter strran II vii, be
TIE Eriurins navigation almost to their yerr
seut'o oors and Hankakcc CITY will be in as d.
-. ~ trtec. communication with the Mississippi; by
49, s;ntz,,c, as Chicago .s1,, be. I, viii save a
Of li.en trre erncndit,re of money and will to the
seamite, rtcpt that it I. made snbstitute for the
@ 5.cpasrcd canal. servo the great end that ia
won,d saSou~h, "A ron,e for The TRANSPORTATION of
sewing nr,r1, TIA, will be vhoy within tue control
r a. ~ o1 tbc state and which h. aflordipc core-
Nion- will serve as q wholesome check upon
co,HR .11rcoa ,aonopo1ies. II The river were I'm.
seen " 1oroa IN ,bc r<+ent of hc,r .x;cnhlc 5u.-
column, ,,o the .,.son thc canal question wonll
l br; .rn.non ,dinst itself. and the I,.ri,aturc.
ISe,y In .shich Il fnoss,ble NAV be far behind the
NeKi7op ,eon1r IN .bss subject may ut least Summon
ibsse eoS to pror1de for the Improvement o,
1iuoustb,t liver. 10 matter what NAV be done With
sufheifntnc c.nal' Thc greater part OF the work
iasIisn,;,tt hc cou,tr1,ctcd w,tpIn the next two
py he1 and t1,r immense practical boncGts fe
-EuliiuE even from that much Would DC 50 cyl
yoeALdeut that al the following Session Of 1h'
AND 1m1 s1n: urr thcrt von1d he NO ancst{on as Il