, 1869-09-04
THE CANAL.
Exctlrn{on to Lcmopt.
Tho Work That b Douo and Doing.
A Good Tlmo.

nca1ly-pttrtcd ctfculas. .tbxued BY Mcakcs. Fol-,
Howard Walker, OF this city. invited tho various
municipal AuIhotiloa and rA1J private ctizeaa
to 60 On an excursion yesterday. to Lcnont, by
wnJ Of Tho Illinois Michigan Canal. for Tho pur-
pose Of inspecting the wort they nayc donc. and
a1e doing, IN improving that highway Of CON-
ncrce. Some s'o persons were tho recipients Of
Invitations ous Of which number $50 ..eoted-
Among them wcro Aldermen Bch!ntx, MAcajtstes,
Coz, Donnelian, Hahn, Berger, KeoSh, {.aslel-
sn GsWntss ac1so,: Mt'dEsth ~ = RMGssel
General Macarthur and Nj. Carter Of tho Board Of
Public Works, Colonel Nahon aud Colonel Il Il.
the Canal III. Thompson, Superintendent Boar1
Of Public WORKS, VIM Il 0sdeu, Mr. s. 4. Hayes,
General cotte NJ GGoFts 9ass g @ Of tae fremont !
Aycr. City Treasurer wentworth, Mi. Arthur, ex-
snrea9tende1t Of the Illinois Central Asutoai.
oihera too Numerous to mention.
and carried Ont IN cre.! particular. The conreJ.
occasion Into floating paiAce and uin!nK.car.
Ine deck WIS covered by = wooden awning and
was ample aud comiortabic aeconmo>laaoa Tor
every one FlaRs and ercrRrcens gracefully res-
toobcd md eutwincd decorated ,hs Haloon. and
oa pead1 es % sn loas sRs
the centre Of the saloon rnn wooden table ser
entI feet long. tho use Of which Hiu he apparent
The hour named for the departure OF the excur-
sion WAS O'Clock, but wnete there wcrr SO many
persons 70 ns provided to5 delay Of hall an hour
liant barge, bearing the name o! "Dirtgo" on her
stctr, Waa to*ed out Into the stream, rom tho
ing, rot GeneraL The day was bcautfuL Tno
eun e1louc On the dark water Of the ttTeE, tiunt
mating even It's tombre lepths, and the shadoEa Of
1 the houses and other ob)ects danced Ia the Ear
| face, which was stirred bT gentle breeze. usd
| the Cay been made TO orier, It could not have
EDox the 11ver lie stately oafse IL moved on. AZ
| Inc dock IVES lelt behind. Vans Band struck up,
IA Lie On the Ocean + ave" which attracted the
q tbs Rsily decorated baTse aud .. sne crowd q
oTnea y tic canal Company, tns paTt1 was hon:
the echoes, and were loud and long enough to dis
turb the slumhcls Of railway sseeperI
Nothing OF nonsns occurred oa ne yoJaSo to
cain, md but few OF the mulutudlnous ssinka
tha. Infested It some weeks ago were experienced
we're rcsched Wble the R ba.se eS va ~ goins IN ronsa
tue loct. rlany Of the party were going through
the pumping work. and inspecting tham. At II
tox led BY the rug e. Nelson. The band struck az
"Why did Ehe lcate him on tho tag.n4 canaw.
qe1e q 5o IT, 1oua
hare shocked the tcna'blltfcs Of the Prohibition
party, had any Of the sc# that met In convention
fire. bar, where every ono who wished qucnchet
bis thur. without monc! and without price: r
| dlRpGsC OF this subject at once It may TO atatet
ihc vorse on that account nnd thoso who ha'
meana OF Judging stated That tho liquors. wer,
good indeed. Free cigars were also literally sup
| piled. Smoking ciERrf, taking lbts1e wlne y
tng the mud hilll on either banE wer
the rs'imss .! The Ea1,,,: ,.o, +, I'm .,,,on,,
Rosne to the cye- Tho mud on the river bank
! | bounded tho view nnd formed the horizon. Thi
ml.H Ia mt r0ct1c fnr All Tint thEfQ
bcauty Tor tho eJc o: tho cut1ous IN tho fdniast,
ehapes It ha1 a.sums', after being cast ont ,rut
fUi thvth md Eeccssts, Coul1 be hecn a1 over,
: Nhrsc mol sen chNl! easily be imagined -,
Int It wnn not 10 inlulgr fancy that the part
, TN The shore they wcro 10 contemplate, but U
; dark. frcah ktuN that was tcnopcd UP from II
i sx,ttom hy tho powerful ttcdReA lhat rere met !
q q thts dredging Il % deepen .he cam! to q
dept Of tho Ch1cn1o River, ~ ~ TO cafrJ % It
fnnI wnca Of Inst htrcatn, ant ttn anay with loci
Q pumptpE ia tnl'In:o the canu',. This work y
me- snt, vi '.,s 1s.,,!i !ro osss lSss' %aF' !, q.
;. @ woff Ii tt tl.crn tne canal. 10 ,has shin, III
r Mont In II, hr1 That At Rnc future tla7 theFn n
i fluif Of MeIicD, rll tho Illlnns Hiyer. tbs cat
ii tns ht1etolo1e asctnxcd i've test ID ttsplhi viii
IT, t. IN fecI d1s Il = ny
h mile. Mftsra. Fu1. Ilonar,i h Walker hayr 7
ID contract fnr tie "oIk from sectlon 10 Necton
"a lfrurn Hceilon 10 ID i nsa1jy nntsuc'., The
Al h,o nor tno dtcdges al work on tlla portion, 4
ii ibry Will iia'u II III ',Eetlgel In e!x'y days. T
t. Rll WAS not har'l 10 work. 1t bclnGE aof1, clay
n earth
(. From seet.on % to IT .ho work 4 yery lnrl.
so. being .,a gra9cl g 9Th, There % nte four 'reacs
A. o%rry month. Operations on ihts portion III
le "n, t,esn HotnF IN ~ iiIrc. months. and II
ID | tte unr scar At ltAnt before It Ia (hlGhetf.
| SffOtr ii kth tx,ttEtn IA Jufk. anil 4hH