Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-11-02

l',crd In YOUR hsW.s. In the ease Of every |
sapueeon caanl yet built, aflsr lev yenrs |
Of bushes u has been regretted shae the |
locks wesc not built larger. II bee been
thus ~lsh the Wellsnd csraI. and the State |
81 New York. sfter eularg'ng the Erie canal
has found the locks too email and rtQuise |
immediate re enlargement. Thus, experience
has shown that u 70 easy 10 eniafgr the
carthwork or prism Of canal while In up
Grafton; while II would BE- imposst.e 10
meddle With the system II locke Hence IL
WAS thought Oess N cO0stfuct locks for
canal Of IAeoss capacity Than We were about
10 build-I0cks which would pas boats Of
ESQ tons turthep.
Hence the msss fw the estimates for the
ocks consrmplases n chamber cf $50 iset
lard OF sufficient width between walls 70
,Aas bonss ~ iect vide l.. upon ni'fc ma
lure n neclion, il should tie deciI,d 10
build smaller locke, you will have ih:s CON
.ul~tk,n. tl,ns Ne acsusi cost vail be lar less
than Ne sst)uness.
n - also thuught best. even should
cheaper 81 cfsuprfstructure be sdopuHio
uut NJ s,sri timber foundations, complete IN
I'll RESPECTS, TO build stUnc upon, then IN lieu
Of the masonry of the chamber wallis. wood
could he substituted in building. The head
Of lock, wings and recesscs would SIN "
stone. Thin plan would sllow III the subsi
tuition Of stone for the timber at nm early
day, never delay ing the business oil the canal
such foundations will require large amount
of timber. and hence expensive fur locks oi
$50 feet cuamber but In shc event 81 replsc
ing the wooden chamber by masonry, the
saving wonld he AN item for too important
20 be overlooked.
You will notice upon the tabular estimates
q deduction Of about 81 ,GOO per lock. ~ the
saving made by adopting wooden chambers.
This sum would appear large, but when tue
coat Of stone. fitted for such heavy work. Is
considered, freiEhiesi by rail from Joliet, II
will a. once b. understood.
Theao deductions still contemplate the full
and complete foundations for stone locks,
with the head Of lock, the wings and recesscs
still Of subtantial masonry.
From the Devil's Slough only one line was
run and that fOll0ws over the summit TO the
wassss u POnd Greek and thence dOwn that
stream 70 its entrance into Bureau Creek and
down that valley, keeping ap the south side.
until reaching the neighborhood Of Bureau
Junction from whence two lines were run
10 the Illinois river, nearly oprosi,eth the town
Of IIennepin; the other crosses the Bureau
near lcpertOwn Mills, runs close To the bluils
cs0ssing the Peoria railroad near Bureau
Junct on and continues little north oil east
10 the llilnOls river near the clbow.or whcre
thc river begins its sweep southwark. This
last line, though one quarter ot u mile short
cr than the t1ennepin rOute, was found tn
run over lower Ortion Ut the Illinois river
bottom, and To strike the river where the
soil was poor for lock foundations, being "a
kind Of quicksand
From ihss last line, near the base Of the
bluffs ct Bureau Junction, another trial line
WAS run upthe illinois river, following near
~ the Rock Island railroad 10 IA ~allc. This
line WINS found, NJ was anticipated. one 81
heavy work 10 construct, because the rail-
road occupies the exact ground that would
be required for the proper location 81 a
cansl In mort cases che low grounds al
| the Illinois river bottoms being lett our on y
choice. this route MAS run more to connect
| THE survey into One system with the Illinois
and Michigan canal, already bnlt To La
Sale. than the expectation Ol constructing
an independent canal along the ILLINOIS
river. For We know by The sury. Us Of the
river, that dam lit below hennclin
fats. would give Elk iect Of water navisa
ton MI ths way 10 La Salle.a And. aonsd
ering The difeciness vi the Illinois, AnN the
| chcnpness Of this single Improvement, IL
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