Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-11-25
THE ATLANTIC AND HIS, lS-
SIPPl WATER ConnUNl-
CATION.

Central Water Line from
the Ohio River to Vir-
ginia Capes.COnnec
ing the kanawha
and James
Rivers.
We received q call this morning frem
Hor. T. n. Munroe. Of Dubuque. enc ofths
:eles.ts. FROM the Board Of Trade Of that
eity. to the meeting Of the National Board
.. Trade. at Cincinnati in December. He is
here for the purpose ofin.erssting our busi
ness mon and shippers in this great M.
tional improvement, whereby cheap cen
munication will be secured to the eastern
markets. As it is q matter that directly in
forests every city in the West, particu-
larly all Mississippi river cities. and noas
more % than Davenport, We give gen
sral outline ofths purpose and character Of
the Improvement.
Il 10 proposed BY it to connect the Ohio
river st the mouth Of the Kanawha, with
the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth Of the
Chesapeake Bay. distance Of 6s6 miles BY
. water line, Of capacity sufficient for bosts
Of 800 to $50 tens burthsp. capable Of con
vsying from 10000 to 10000 bushels Of
wheat. to psss the whole distance without
brsakags Of bulk. or this, the fret l51
miles from the ocsan to Richmond will also
bs nsviQsble for sail vessels and steanboatp.
From the ocean to the mouth Of the James
at the head Of Hampton Roads, 10 about %
miles, Of this last named distauee. And this
viii probably be the point Of departure fer
ocean bound vessels Hampton Roads fur.
nishing the most capscious, and in every
respect the best harbor on the Atlantic
coast thus making the connecting line
only about s11 miles.
Fssm Richmond the canal extends west
ward 27S miles, passing through the ranges
Of The Blus Ridge and Allegheny Mountains
to the Green Drier River. . tributary Of the
KanaWha. From the intersection Of the
canal with the Green Brisr River, there 10
to bs slack water navigation, By means Of
locks and dams, dswn through New River
and the Kanawha, 1ls miles thence, the
channel Of the Ksnawha 10 to bs dsspsnsd
to its meuth, further distance Of 50 miles,
to Point Pleasant, on the Ohio River.
This wsrk wss FIRST projected during
Gen. Wssbingtcn's administration, BY
Gen. Washington himself, who was 20 i'm
pressed With the Importance Of . water line
across the Allsghaniss, that during the
year 1884 he m ads . personal exploration
Of the country, travelling for that purpose
many hundreds Of miles. About $l2 ,000,-
600 have already been expended upon the
work, and from estimates made, It viii re-
quire about $50, ,oOO, 900 more to complete it.
The agitation Of the msttsr at this time is
to the effect that Congress now complete
the work. 1t 10 perhaps unnecessary to
speak Of the importance Of the work, or cf
it ~ profitable investmsnt. From statis
tics handed ~ BY Nr. Munroe, We feel as.
sursd that over $40 900, 900 would be saved
on freight annually that would naturally 60
over the line, if completed, besides . yield
Of 10 o. 10 per cent. interest ON the capital
invested. But particularly is it recon-
msnded to US ~ great public highway for
the transportation Of our immense sgricul
tural products.
Our legislature, At it's last session, me-
merializsd Congress to this effect, and the
various cities Of the West have passed res.
olutions Of q similar nature, and viii serd
delegates 10 the National convention. In
the absence Of any organized Board Of
Trade, it will be impossible for Davenport
to send delegates to Cincinnati, but Mr..
Munros can rest assured Of any and all ths
assistance our people can give him. as the
nature Of the wsrk is such as to deeply in
terest US all. He has left some valuable
statistics in our possession, which can be
had BY calling At this office.
THE JOHNSON SuIclDE.-Ths Coroaer's in
quest was held upon the body Of Chas. l..
Johnson, last e7ening At the Burtis Houie.
Several witnesses were examined, but the
jury were unable to agree whether il vas .
suicidal or accidental death. Two thought
that it was undoubtedly suicide. Another
couldn't make up his mind whether it wss
% or not. There is bare possibility that
the deceased unwi.tingly took an overdose,
but that theory would hardly bear thorough
criticism. Incidents known to 10, dating
back many years, and then the long chain
Of circumstances that have followed, 20 to
shew that he had become tired Of life-dis.
hsartensd and broken dswn in spirit, and
weary OF waiting for fresdsm from sppres>
sivs mental burdens. himself assumed the
terrible responsibility Of breaking down
the slisht barrier between the here and the
hereafter. 1t is nothing unusual. Ssieids
increases every day, and Though W may
say that it takes . stout bssrt to
check its own dow, yet Thousands
there are 90 disdeartsnsd and soul sick
that they are steutsr 10 facing eternity
than the world; who esteem the "ills
they knew nes"as bright bsnisess compared
With those they have encountered area
earth. The change frem the lii. to death
10 butths mere loss Of brsath-it nsy y
for the bsttsr-ths mind can stand iust %
much strain-nst title mors-ths deed 10
dsns, and still We wsndsr at il. Let us b
merciful.
UxoacuxDsD FsAH.-It will bs rsmsm.
bored that On Friday last, Patrick Guiron,
who lived few miles in the country, died
very suddenly during the night. He was
buried on Sunday from Ste. Msr.
gusrits's Church, in this city. Since
that time several Of his .siehbsrs
snd friends have ,hsuxht that hs
fell into 1t, and remained there % lene
that hs vas accounted dead, and 20 buried
alive, while in trance state. To Get The
matter At rest, and t. satisfy the friends Of
the dseeased, Drs. Maxwell aud Tomssh
bad the body disintsrrsd, made an exsui.
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