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TUE NEW HKERY BRIDGE.
The pleasant little town OF Henry, which lies
in Detached pieces among the hiuna IND hiilocks,
numbers abcut = 90 souls, not counting the 1s0
.isapEcls who are e1arloIed on TIE loek and
and thc1e are many thriving stores on tho rtlnc-
raj street There are IN the town cnterpr.stn9
men. who are anxious 70 increase is trade and
toccd because The lock and dam arc in thcir
yicn!ts, and expect that they wln add so1newhat
T. Tas he .s Some 5ns %s 'o e.
TO the amount Of Ssa,ooo,. and with
that FUN a due bridge was baus over the
he tnsiness A of X Henry. The bonds 1nssule II
twelve yesrr, the interest to he paid IN the meau-
time by tolls collected As the b!.dge, But whAt
connection win the lock, that vcssela going
through 1t can paaA The bridge to The right and,
when the water = high, and there no necessity
sidc Of TIC crnbanment, and directly over tue In
rer end ot the dam. TIE bridge is further down
the stFckn than the lock and dun.
THE KEsUL7A
TIE qucatlon how srises, wnar will All this work
accomplish. To give an Intelligent reply, aame-
thing will have 10 he said about the Irnob River,
,ses sne nos ena Michigan !ns
i5Um Chicago to lASallr, and that the Illinois
H,Ser runs from 1aSA!c to The Missts hpr'. dis
from source 10 mouth. Wcse the water IN The
rtvcr deep enough at all ptaces and At iii REASONS
of the ycAr, TO d 1at steRners aad baEEes Of mod
| vi 4uy Improvement. Dnt tue water Is not Of
s,altIcnt depth, ind 1t Is to remedy ,has defect,
| that Ehe locks and cams arc constructing.
At high w1ter; after heavy fall OF rain, the
,istr !ts 8 iees at LaSall snd p feet At Henri.
.at 1nen tao Wea4aeI Is ut5 ihiis - tnht on tne
nais. mt.Wcen &c T. ane fosnG. me helent OF water n
% @ ~ . 70 - IN 1S 1Se M tF1ts M rs rs
dam NJ Henri It ts proposed to make the sveynre
nst x..ss ~ - ~ tr,,.s az ~ ~
tnrs The deIn WSeh ii Il III nien ~ fr"n, ~ Ina tn
oca .. .9G Nei MM ia'se tae Na!sr ~ t:sat.s sa.s
ss e sss eS q T e ~
TEE HARs
Henry ana Kingston, II miles from Henri, Ire
temovtd. II ere viii BE- nxviea alton ior yessnls of
considerable size between hinRstnn and Lasaue.
and Henry being, rs wa. s:atcd before, feet, md
oetWeen uenfy ma Kingston about feet But
strfrs f,c1ernn1sns nss o vns ~. Gn5su
me hsps heiWes5 ,Hs,,s "a sss n1 tnss rotE
y nres men As syesmors Raz, Sprtne Creek Bar
heaI la Gstn S is1sda Nssfo G5rsk 1sI An,sie
and, and aeni{ Bar Those EIn he overcome BY
tae o.W' Measa 3a IN a41 mem oensam @ EeEen
tsct o. TaEf. be!SM Hso1f, eFe CfoW Crees
mile long. Ihere are st=o u the nyer. ktcsapoo
Rar, Lick fRt, Gorpefas CfeeE HAf, And ofnel
hA1s 400 1ata Eltn cnhs1c!Sfis!tc ehfnomenA
| N.oH Eteeh A.ts nsa@ 1aiAIEoeae, esIIous
rsnnr9Hv n. ~ ,hat Thsn ~. psassa F,ats ~. fn
ts1ru.t' ths1r viii be naTieanie scp,n "a of Wate1
| Al faf down A. PenrIs ~ "''
c,x.,-ss,.>.., ,,,-..,,,-
Il r,-, y 49, *H ~ AatfAofAAIlohss s.
! SGEfTe& 10 1862 appropriated ~, 900 for hi
iop:oscment OF the 1utoois River, md last spstnf
aIoiaer A1piopfieaen Of 8oe ,oee WIS madc Tor III
sAHe Purpose The former Amount IL being ex
rtndtd hetx Henry and Coppesaa Creek, mos
Of II below Peoria. and the latter between Cop
peras CTecE End the mouth Ct Tho 1iTeH. TIL
Wn:A has been under the supervision OF Ms}n7
General iamcs II. NiAou, IN able engineer on
ctr, *ho hA4 bern relieved by Colonel Naconh
II IL cstituAted tp2s 3ioo.luo Tnnrr Nj
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