, 1869-07-26
uLIEOIS RIVER AND PEORIA
LAKE.


From liz {tHTEd Tram -Fft{.
We rake the following, III rrfeEtnce to the nayi.
eastou OF the Illinois River, md pe.rs Lase, from
browns Directories Tor 1s44 and 1851:
the Liberty itoraerly Inown rs Tie Sstise}. IN ,he
slr. John HaullIn went TO St Louis, to make puz
Triton to bring up his s,ock Of goods, TINS WAS
the second steamboat TO this Place. In l-32: the
fatft made s.7f, and contract WAS made ~
her return aud delivery; bet In short time there.
lser. on hes unma5a III I.l, Ip ls:' tn, saree
,hls ID piaee, Vi; EIenanse, Gtitty an, Peoria.
In lsa4 there were added 10 these The Express
Areus, Herald And WinneeaSo. Others were
and In 1ss1 thcEc wesc 1fty-four- 10 1sil there
were etaty. From that time to 1871 they had 1a-
err a4cd 10 one hundred and rtsy different boats,
seyentetnot which were regular pscke:a and Inc
lnmtcs Las been increasing ever slnce. Some Of
Cur citizens have become o~ncEH and part
entelprss!nE Iel!ow-cl.tzen, Captain ". s Moza.
purchased the hull Of one.of the burned hos.s At
- LoCts !the Asslanshel ~ and nai L., It tewsd
afout IA ensy feet nd'.ed to her length and com
rlete1s rebuilt By Peoria woFtnen, and reliy for
Keel Of another boat was laid ID PEORIA aud fur
nl-hed With the engine Of the Oregon whtch WAS
srecket on Ueardstown baf. In1s boat MAS COM
tcfo.e she was nnsferl. she WAS called the
Kingston AZ ~hich plaee she Is owned fabout
tiFhiten Irs below hsrrl, asd y cngaSsd n IN nc
coast trade, aud 10 towing canal ttoats from Ii
Sale ard intermediate points to St Lou,a
tEteam and caD2l bosts arr now quite numerous
tl1om m ~ III iheic wss tat one. o. Ju,J H. 1851,
q new class Of craft came 70 our landing, on her
way to Chicago, from r:uburEh, having doubled
Chief Engineer, Captain o. {. Lewis, OF Canton.
Futon County, and ". Il. Dtcke.sou, Of Ptunsyt
van!s, aIe josnt oEnera Tnes design running ner
Hirer. We pa4d this ssr1nge c1afi q visit oa her
Arrival n our quay. She Ii \ sszunch built and
,!tm ,ss.e aqa psas3ES1 1 TT " ia lsnftn an
with draft OF thrte feet Her chimney {as there
Is but ouel u constructed with hinge 80 taat'
ai s1p hrres Il o"f9se Is p1ppeed py oconotss
engine made in F1tt. ouFEh. The h1li Of this boat
.as bui!t T. Elizanethtoxn. ou ne Mononxahs!a
companions, with the exception OF an upper
cAh'n, OF sufficient size 70 ACCOMMODATE fhtrtJ Or
tost5 ra+teneers The .ateE wheel y placed n u
the stern, wtth ruddefs ht each side OF the screw
wheel, nhn.fuR tFo stern rosta,. Tue pilot OF
etee11rR Wheel Is foT xaru Of the cabin, near tue
tore hatch Her speed u a''out ~ miles ~ 2. houf
her appearance. she cannot oecas.o1 more dam
age 70 the hanks Of canal than an ofdlnaz1
IN lss,, j. 80 bosts passed through The Peoria
bridge, besides sesera! scboesers fro:a the upper
lskef, bound for the Gut Of Mexico. There were
Illinois, as len op a. this city. The tonnage q
which il rated Al p4s3 tons at ship eafpeuteF's
n1s : , .sn anes 1sss n; ;aa nu
the esf1mniei tonnage, and shey also eaFrJ much
more down stream than they 40 1r. ] think ihe
s!uornt Of produce exported 1Eofa PeoFA "
1s:F1 las equa1led that Of any preceding ycas, aud
II IL well known our tmporatlons, tnrln!inE mef-
chsnulIc, lutnter, tic nas hccn qunirup'ctl
The foregoing *as sAken from ne hftesor! iof
..AtNut the 1Ast Of JANUARY, l measured the
LAKE from the tocs Of Mnln street. when thc Mates
u low Il At anJ time IN The season. and toaaa
It 10 be 900 feet u the opposite shute. thence
acrpas the dRt to tlmbcr, b.9N feet II M aboot ~
much further Through the timber fpotiom hnt, II
T. eae 70 ne bia In TsI nsa =; fasss e;er sn a1,,.
site our tow Of about 10 ps' feet 10 hrcadth hnd
from twcpt.-nEe 10 lh,r:T feet tn depth 70 tne
contraction Of Ihts expanFc Of whtrr, Is about
twenty mtlea The water u clear, the bot.
tom g1asel!y, aud abo1ndnE With various klnas Of
nah. The 1asr ten or tEelrc ,!ays In Sofember,
and The nfat thrrc In December, lssf, Nj. John
BALDWIN, OF Itlndolphn Grove, Mclean Coonty.
caught with net sU ya.1is long, f04 ba1Trls Ut thu
esei, red hotr lass white black, rock Or str,pc1
salmon. blsck s.lnon yellow perch hickory shat+
late herring. catfish, ssn.n.h, shotel.n.n. c@rr
and sturgeon, eou,e Of tho lAster mtksnrtnR fouF
Or nvc fcct In length. and son1e 81 The but1so
weighing from thirty to fOrtJ roundh The hsh
.e ~ s eeans n9s ,so. stssp,nf IN III H. iasop.
II my birthplace Albany, su'S''11 ea1lrl A'p&"s
"t,n the 9Th Of February. MF. q. sesuspci fos
othtpr, snd caught at tho trrt hH1i between
thirty and forty barrels OF tsh. motuy n9aAlo.
and {hen sold out nls uet 70 =, number o. @ ouf
n the hlxh water sutx!dea. ....-.
"Tho iatc uAy Ia rrgarlcd a. two latca - ~
The u1,per ferry. Long known By tho .Anc Of the
KarruMt,' four niles Atsoye Ptoi!s, the water IL
rnntncts,1 to tho usual Width of tho Ftvrr. THIS
il sometimes cal1cd Ltte Detroit, also 1rtgols, IN
f1rneh. s!gulfy1ug nasfpw pam 4 q very ss!.
NATIONS Of II the Tto7ia {c5TJ, and Navigation u
Fu1rendcd but two or three uonihA"