Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-02-16

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| OIL and heavy mass OF rock taken oil on the
| right hand Of the channel going up. not exceed
| Ing SEQ, engineering lesseaing the velocity OF
| the current about one-ioGrth. Cne OF tic means
used for that, is to tie in an island, Immediately
| opposite TO the foot Of Sycamore Chen, on the
other side opposite that island and cross section
, | very nearly 1900 feet That cross section will
throw back the water in the main channel and
will raise the water at the foot Of sycamore
| Chsn from four 10 five inches, and raising the
water u. tie foot of Sycamore Cham. will less
c en- the force Of the current that much Cn the
| cham.
| From there proceed 10 Smiths CS&ia. In
| Smiths Chain there re no distractions e2cept
a centre patch known rs Sugar Patch That
| patch will have 10 be removed, but the amount
. oi excavation only makes cross sec:ion 4
about ei ghty feet hence The disturbance Of the
natural channel in that place Will amount 10
, nothing, especial, when We cOHsi Ter the fact
| that the point to lie considered above il cross
lions about 4pp feet, aud therefore thai wll
+, be disturbed hy taking OCT that cross section.
| Another ph en- omenon about these rapids We need
TO haze understood TO appreciate something on
the Lower Rapids about 500 feet wide. cross
sectioncd equal to $500 feet On smith Chain
We have a cross section OF 1000 feet. On Syea-
more Chain we have cross section of IL 0,) or
Is 600 feet | forget which. Below St Louis
| Chain a cross % p.0jo feet At cross section
of "a 600 foet. IT Dack Greek Chain cross sec.
,ion OF 70 e0J 1900 feet, and at Molin.s
| chau we have q cross section uf less than .onJ
feet Why is il tha. at Noline's Chain we ave
| eros. section OF cnly about : .oGo icst and al
, Sycamore Cham Il 600 OF l5eO) feet 1t IS
owing to the Tact Of the frequency OF the cur
| rents and the velocity OF the water, being
, | much faster II takes so much less space. Hence
we have more water en- The lower rapids than ca
. the upper rapids. taongh the water at the lower
rapids Is many ieet wider, and with c7eeks
| entering into il.
Again allow me to call yoar attention 10 one
fact. sometimes hesr it said that canal i'm
: pro,emcnts would probably exhaust the water
of the Mississippi river, and that 1t is wrong
make such improv ements, even when they are
necessary. That is side of the question that
should aiways b. nat Now the cross section Il
the canal III the lower rapids - ,i52i feet
| The cross section above the rapids whera the
| current IS jus. the same that II will be IN the
canal, is IS, 900 feet hence we have water enough
there to I'LL somewhere about eighteen such can
ais. applause.
lmmc diately aiteT coming together in the
af crnoon, the Committee on Resolutions
submitted the following report:
Resolved. That. when the financial condition Of
the country may justify. congress be requested -
| cause proper investigation 10 ba made 10 the
eessy OF improving hereafter all the other rivers OF
| the Nississip valley.
Resolved. Tina, congress should so leeislate the
subject OF bridging the Mississippi and the na,gab
the equa! importance OF railroad and river transporta
ti"n harmonize those interests by securing proper
| facilities for both
| foregoing objects. the appointment Ola COMMITTEES
consisting OF one member from each state represent
ed in the convention. with subcommittee of five to
prepare memorial To congress dems nsttaiine ihe
national importance of said objects. and that each
member of said general committee report to said
| snb-comnitec such statistics as Will facilitate Ns
work.
| 1t is further recomm ended that the resolutions be
adopted and the memorial bs forwarded 10 congress
in the of this convention by the president, aud
that copies thereof be furnished 10 each Senator
and Reprcscntatis from the States OF the Mississippi
valley.
After discussion Of an hour or so the same
were UNANIMOUSLY adopted, 10 the great joy Of
the Convention, and. from that action We
hopefully look for the growth Of powerful
interests in the Valley Of the Mississippi.
A commit ttcc Of one from each State rep-
resented in tho Convention was appointed
to dra!. a memorial 10 Congress upon the
matters considered In TIE Convention
COMMITTEE on MEMORIAL.
Capt. ". II. Harrison, Of Nashville, Tenn;
Il. Il. Richards, Of Dabugnc. Iowa; Chas.
/, II. Mcekin. of New Albany, Ind. Theodore
Cook, of Cincinnati, .. l.. Z. WeatGerby,
Of Wisconsin; b. &. Levi, OF kentucky
Theodore w. Butidecke. Of Louisiana; Col
John Doughcr,y. Of Illinois; Henry II.
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sylvania; Chas. l.. Tucker, Of st. Louis.
Missouri
= Then few complimentary resolutions
were ground through, and tie delegates
present were invited to attend a sumptuoup
banquet at the Lindell this evening, given
, by the Merchants OF St. l.onia, after which
/, the Convention adjourned
Thursday morning, ii!h.
Il is a juil, rainy, Il ,reesb's morning.
The tongcation is over The banquet last
evening was truly magnificent aAar-
: rejecting great credit upon The generous
merchants Of this noble city. About iour
hundred guest, 50. iown in the spacious
, dining hall. and partooi; er tie magnificent
+ rspas the discussion of which, together
with other matters closely connected there
with, occupied the space OF nearly four
hours. 1t affords Us more than Ordinary
pleasure to be able TO affirm THAT the navs
/ enport delegation though doing ample jus
ticc TO the viands, both solids and fluids
some OF them in fact. doing double duty
arose in perfect good order, and retired to
5 their easy couches and pleasant drcern>.
The following is list Of the toasts read
5 and discussed on this occasion. We very
, much regret being unable to forward sev>
eral OF the responses which were Of the mos.
/, interesting character:
The Federal Government response by Hon. Il
a b: Richards. of Dubuque.
Commerce" respenee by Hon. Theodore Cook Of
. Ohio
Minnesota" response by Judge G. f. Flanircau
"Nisconsn, response by Judge l.. r. Wethc rby
! Iowa." response ~ H. W. Starr Esq,. OF Bur
lnston.
Fl ILLINOIS" response by Hon. Mr. DoAerty
I Missouri" response by Hon. John Doniphan
Indiana" response by L. .. Pierce, OF New Al
. bany.
Louisville.
Tennessee. response by Capt. Harrison. Of
Memphis.
PENNSYLVANIA" response by J. II Jones' Esq.
"Arkansas. responre by Hon. W. McPhcrson OF
ST Louis. native Of Arkansas.
''Loui lana, rcsponee by Jeh Thompson.
/ The st. Louis merchants have acquitted
themselves with great honor durin, the
session Of the convention. All tha. could
!. have been expected, and moro than twco as
much again have they done TO render the
coming together pleasant and agreeable
May they meet no less generous reward
for their liberal hospitality.
Some of our delegation leave for homo
this afternoons some to morrow and somo
next week DN.
; RETURNED John l.. Davies, Capt.
I ID H. I,
d. \. Richardson, Delegates to the River
Convention, recently held at st. Louis, ar
,, rived home last evening. The others may
, be expected IN day or two.
/ Read the aOasOwin Letter.
! From orc Of the olde ss aud most rsliable
grocery m fcaants in he city Of Davenport.