, 1869-09-11

dations will have. mil will l,o entitled to,
| about AZ much effect NJ a convention Of fiat
boas,ncn protesting ngainst steam naviga-
ton on the great highways OF commerce.
The bill proposed by this convention,
and which Congress iH asked to enact, pro-
| Eidcs:
i. TIN. nil bridges hereafter constructed
acsoss tho Ohio River shall haTo continuous
spans; tho FE,an acroRs tho low-water chau-
ncl shall not bo less than 90 feet aboro low
| wnter mark, nor less than 40 feet nbove
i,igh-vater mark; no ono Of tho spans to
10 less than 800 feet long In tho cleaf, and
tho rpm over tho maiu low-watcr channel
shall leasc not less than 800 feet Of unob-
| Et1ucted passsge-wa5. All such bridges to
}'o constructed at right angles with tho cur
| mt, and at points where that current shall
move in straight line from polut 1,noo
feet above tho bridso to q point 900 feet
below.
2. Tint nil bridges hereafter bpilt on tho
Mississippi River below tho mouth Of tho
Missouri ahall bnvo The main aran 600 feet
In the clear.
!. That all bridges hereafter 10 he built
Oh the Mississippi aLoye tho mouth nt tho
Missouri. ana all bridges Oh Tho Missouri
1sircr, shall bc governed by The sasi'e cot-
dilions M In she ease uf those over tho
phin Islrfr, will lhe exception That the apau
orcr the 1iinin channel Hllail not be l"as than
RtM feet III tho cfent, nor less than ht' fret
above extreme h!Bb-wnset tnatk j; nn1 II Il
,lraw-hr1dge ur pispt he used. 1o0 feet If
thu channel tlt,st a1wnra lr left cirnt fur
the passage of boats or barEea.
1. "Ile right 10 alter Or amend this net
90 ns t"F'rtrrnf "r rtnltrf MI HHturHl y5-
tffnr'i'M r. fht nnfisnfi'n IF saii tir'r
hV fht f"'''trn'tf'n IF bridges Is hurel,y
| reserved"
II will fe Reen ii.at This 1aw prupusetl by
The Ke',knk Tnnxan'iun rfnri.l"a TINT l.erH-
nfter there sllai f'e III t,fi'1g"a l'1;t M t1a
THU. Mississippi, Ut Mlsarttl asltrt, px-
rad nlnn itn,"'eaIlle i.tsaa. n.t1 II ln,,ma,
nlE'ln elmsa: ehd Hint, having tna'1a tf,aaa
atrttsstl'ts r'i,titiuns tt,a alnt.iat,1. thp
sig'd l., t"t.',t" MI "sl4iiru l,fi1una. i,"l III
II lkla Aialusal,i. aa nl,at tHrtlni,s, ID fa:
sef,n1.
! IN llHin t.nnllafI, 4l4s l'ill 4'Al.t /" In EN-
titled I'll ant I" ltia'ta hll t,ttdt,ua hort.za
tsa Allnaiass,ld, Missouri, and 4hEa iliyrla,
and h Inuis,'ii lin ntruiann Vi ANY atalsra,
Ils HauLHk GoIurlarnial Un,IFaAtiIn
having ttrate41 nnt, III VA rrttliete,. III bu
nothing 1In'1u than convention Ut htaatll.
| nt,1 Tar ft1io
n"' lint convention having demanded that
lin rai1rsntla ho snsIsn.let, arnl The onEi-
u,erro uf tho cotntry res,.Al,lai Ia Ito
highways provided by nnture," NO aug
Eest tint tlu Irurrietnrs, flrivorH, llostlcrH,
an1 all othcfa "nce cnHaEot in tho Rtage
roach l,uHinesa, luld convention Mt Kcu-
knk, and nlso rruteat nganst Tho epn-
tinn,t' destruction u their uncs ,nost prus-
retuuu and duurishing business. II Tim
commercial intercourse between tho tif-
f"r.ut lntts u tllo country !. tu ho rc.
1nAntletl TO TIN old nirl HWY virLnal'y nlars-
dnnttl waler sin"s Of trnrcl, why fius no
hack Esi11 furlhcr---tr TIN ,snya wlrn Frlnk
n'"s wn'knr we're 'hr 5nsn. va,n'rr''ittn.
a'n1 t'tnI1'1a II tl,H country II tl,oas taya.
fIasr l.rRHlatufrs. inetrnt NJ hnvl,.H lnl,.
ttea ~cAinR saalrnht rlattora, ~arn in..
r"'tunrl fos furry trl'tleA"a." Thu
fais.An,t n,,l TIN In,sI,n,lssn ilayn .luztrnyrl
.ltrar lutnrrntn. hr.,k"a up llnan l!,lna "f
ts"ss'l, sn,ulsr.~t sruttt!eaa tha ea!d.
&al ihyens<nl III THAI, Ral
Why Aal !.Ayn convention
tu.'rluAl.l a return to thnl tnea.la 1T travel
and transportation, aa well III IL convention
IN demand tlAt tho railroads shall ho ,fa-
Atsuy.sl ual tl,u risern .uu.le tho exclusive
Eu'.fes If commerce?
I Tue alssusslity f the desnanl os the
Stcn'uboat Convention at Keokuk ia host
illustrated ly The fact that tho valua Of tho
commerce which crnsses tho mississippi
| River over one Of these condemnod bridges
exceeds TINT Of all the commerce moved ON
boats On tho Ohio nnl Mississippi Rivers
combined. Tho interests Of tho people Of
the Mississippi Valley, and OF the
States lying westward md eastward, al
demand that the rivers be bridged at every
ovailnble point, and that thereby tho inter.
course, social and commercial, between al
parts Of the Union be made moro perfect
and the cost Of transportation to md fron
markets bo reduced The time for whiting
On the river bank for shower of rain II
give m additional half inch Of water Il
mose the internal commerce OF tho natior
has long since passed away. Transporta
ton cannot he made dependent on the III
ccrtainties Of the weather, early frosts, 0,
| 1nto EnfinrH Its rnnans shnn1d fa continu