The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-04-03


give . pernaaeat watr power AZ oyss 500 Assss
IT'S plans aaa surveys n RSbsst wiz. sisd.
under the auspices Of TIE '.Ottswa MaaafAetus.
ing Company give The psoAls and sstiaAasu lue
three Stone dams and The necessary tail 49, &
different points on the Illinois river bsevssa Ot.
tsws Sad Marseilles. The hfst daS y Iooaasd
Just show the ford, about one nile sast II
Ottawa. This dam would nssd 70 b co ~ 4
length and 10 feet high, and would hays = EVA.
solid sand rock bottom ali the way scsoaa The
second dan i abeuts mile further sast-vsuId b
COS isst in leagtA- 10 feet high, and weuld els
have COED solid rock bottsm. The thiea dsA
Il three miles farther east about s niles ahovs
Ottaws aad would nssd % b but ~ hiGh,
bus wosld lack the important feature 4 ! selid
aand rock bottom. Y, a y.
q se~ = TEE COST,
The cost of bsilding tie dam 1t either q 49,
pointA including The nscsssezy cal. . s,sa.
wssld . stsut ths sams, whsncs IL pesoSpSass
aas gsasrally bsn given If the Arst looa1isa--
mile above ottaws -iavslying u Sest dan,
60 iset il lsagtE TAs oct q IS sssSslaatisl
stene dan q this point Z sstinated By NJ Wn.
can q ga, 900; rose $4o,0eo Ada - a.. IL
cost Of dan acsoss Fox Rivsr, ess.0oo. ~ IL
cost of he whole improvement would 10 e1Sa..
0oo. II making sp TIE ascsssaFy eaeital steek
Of to company to bring into pss The power 4
wesA do b necessary TO include 80 q go
acres OF laad on which TO erect factories. build.
iags. o., involving say 1900 more, 20 thae the
whels capital needed il about tsooOo0. Here
Il chance, - We said two weeks ags, By tho az.
psnditsre Of not over $4,000, = make prop
erty which, IA Ave ysars will esstaialy at b
woeth Les than nilioa Of dollars, = the result
at Aarssillss has sbunda,tly dsmerstzatsd a q
80 q WHAT HAS sEns DOM A3Sur 4 r. Wv
shrewd nsa ct Ottawa saw the availability
and inpoetanoe Of this power twssnty ysass a.,
sad - early y 1851 the passage q n sct II d
Legislature Of Illinois wss secured, creating ths
.s0tsevs Manufacturing Csnpsay.r The origi.
nal coEporators named il the cot were W. Nv
Cushaaa, Geo3 p. Wakes. u VA. Hoes, Geo.
H. Norris, L. Leland, aad II: g. Cotton. This
company wss authorised Is Have scapfssl ssSsk
Of eoo.0oo. 70 build dam scross Fox Rivses, b
condemn land, 80. In 1885 the charter sf this
company was amended, droppiag The name Of r.
g. Cotton (deoeassd) iron the corporators, and
adding the naaes Of Dwight Cameron and J. +.
Nash. Unlinited pswer VA given The osnpaay
~ to il capital stock, and in sadditisa 10 dan
across Fox River. the company was also snpow-
BRED to build dam across the Illinois river.
Under the charter. thus amended, ~ sttsmpt
was made in che fall and winter Of 1907 %
organize the company. raise the necessary stssk,
md commence the improvement. Seven snthu-
.iastie public meetings were held in Ottswa- ON
The subject prOpsr degrees Of interest excited,
and then the books opened for Subscriptions; The
matter moved along briskly fora wesk or TIVE,
61x4 come $4,000 stock were sabscribsd, when
ttss deemed necessary, in order surely and
jlpsedily 10 make up the needed sun, that che
1ltg II Ottawa should take e100, 900 Of tho stock.
ne passage Of % act Of the lsgislatars hppisv.
'TFeb. IA, 1851 was secured for this purpose. |
That sct AUTHORISED tho city Of ottaws; WIN |
onssating vote Of the people, = subscribe el0o-,
100 10 the stock Of the .s0tAws Maaufastasiag |
aud . Levy, IS pposssary taxes 70 |
my the interest on that sum. The ast ersatsd |
,oxrd Of eomninioasrs esnsisting Of Williaml |
seddiok, Milton n. SWIM JsssSniah Wood, Co. |
livery and Richard ThssaA - Whom Tie pswsr /
vas easre.ssa # l,asing ~ $500 tie
ub.ori ptos Il stSsS. 49, tIst ehs inssrsss on
he. bonde vss. raid ApDoinHin4, the peoxinn AsrlI