, 1869-02-05
Euy st.bscs1Ars oan hate 1HE SUN.
DAT TRIBUNE delirtred 6y carrier on
ledctnq th< order in our Counting Boom,
TIE cANAL AND R1vER BILL.

having another dollar expended as the
same time in their own district. The dis
reputable system Of leg-roll!ne, or b.r- =
gaining ard selling, is the result. Money :
is nor appropr;a'ed with refeztnce to its
cbiect, bat with reference TO how many {
voters c.n be purchased thereby ior some
o,ber scheme. The legislation Of two
years age, whereby the State was tn
yolyld in = measure for the expenditure
CT ten or twelve millions 0: dollars for .
rew S;sie House, is the di'ect result Of !
such tys;em, The mansgera OF the iob
having obtained thels money By an offer
10 give olhtr millions for peni1entiary
iu the southern part Of the s:atc, and
crc Ct Two Other jobs, LETT the managers
OF the soulhera reni!en,isry empty
hsrIed upon auibhlc az to the precise
time when the Commissioners were to be
confirmed.
The Safe lies need an additional Penf.
tent ia1y, but it does not Feed q rev S ate
House yet the smaller Job, which had
some merit, Ess used 70 carry through
the o:htr, which had none
The State Of Illinois owns a canal
which, before the Leeislsture shall meet
agaiu, will be free Of all liens To the bond
holders, and the revenue from which will
belong TO the Safe. The Illinois River
is as essentially part Of that canal Us
the Sou'h Branch OF Chicago River. BY
means OF the laster it communicates with
the izkes, and by the msans OF the
former II is extended to the Mississippi |
River. Anything which prevents con.
tlnuous navigation ct the Illinois River
10 ard from the terminus OF the canal is |
as direct an obstruction to the Legitimate !
business Of the latter IS ii it were an ob-
slructiou a: Lockport or J:iiet. During |
lsIee p-rtion Of the season OF pav;ga.
tion The connection between The river
and The cara1 is br>ksn By low water,
and The canal is rendered useless except
ior traffic between Chicago and L is ale.
There IS bill before the Legislature
mAkirg An appropriation for the cou-
struc,ion ot certain dams In the
Illinois River In order to secure
supply cf water lnrirg the whole
sesscn OF navigation sufficient TO
permit the uninterrupted movement
Of bosts on the river to ard fram the
southe1n terminus ot the canal. The
original intention Gf The canal Was to
furnish cheap mode OF transportation
between the Mississippi RIVER and the
lakes for this purpose the c.nal WAS
bpit TO IaSalte, the river thence COM
pleting the connection; but since then
the supply OF water in the river b as
failed, neceasitsting tue ex x-eusion OF the
canal further south, or the Improvement
Of the river BY artificial aids 10 n.vlga-
tiou. TIE rtye1ue from the canal and
from the Illinois Ceatra1 Railway will.
in very few years, unless VIC engage in
other costly undertakings like the new
State House, pay all the ordinary ex-
penses OF the STATE, aud enable the Legts-
lRtu1e to abate the entire land tax noK
collec'ed. But to do this the canal must
be kept in repair, and these dams in tht
Illinois River are as essential to It's bus;-
ness as the locks 1t Lockport or tn
viaduct al L" Sale, To expect revenu
from the cansl, and leave it Withon
water. or lesve It without! the mcans4 q
bei1g reached by bosts. Is as rsason.bl
Is to Expect railway to do busines
without rails.
The canal will. az &c have ssId, in
short time be tie property Of the Stat
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