The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-01-11

will b about IS minutes, sad 10 hosts car he
locked at time.
The report Of willi.n Thomas, general ~.
psrntepdsnt OF the canal. statss that y hen ,ha,
| officer assumed control in the winter of 1912
he fund the towing ps,h from Lemont TO
Brids spors in N very unsafe condition, being Oh.
struore'i With large piles Of rsok and earth. old
derrricks and crahes, engine houses aud mu.
chinsry Of various kinds In many place,
clumps or holes had slid in the face of the bank
. as to make the bank 80 narrow that i, was
hardly possible for two teams to pass The
chanuel w.s obsrrueted with boulders of all
szes, from the Summit to the Sag, some of them
80 large there w4s only four feet of water over
them when the lake WAS low. and at Summit
bridge the channel hid never been excavated
bu, 40 fee, vide at the surface of the water and
less thar 80 feet on the bottom, and in the cen.
tire of the channel At Bridgeport, where the old
lock iormrr', stood, there was deposit of earth
from . dunp-hoat, that reduced the depth Of
water to l.ss than four feet Lots No. l, 2 and
6. below Lockport. had been sxro.sd to the frost
so that they had crunbled away in such man.
ner that they were longer safe for navig alton,
and tbs drtegs and sts.n crane, rep.ir boats
flats, carts, tools and canal property were SO At
tered from Bridgeport to La Sale, and much
out of repair.
That part of the Illinois and Michigan canal
known a. the deep cnt," or Summit level, had
but four months ago befone been turned over 10
You from the hands of the board Of public works
OF the city of Chicago. in the condition above
stated, with 20 prOvisiols - ads for shutting off
the Water OF the lake, that flowed unoHstruc,ed
TO Lockpsrt.
The eupe-i stendent continues: Under the
arrangement for the Summit level OF the canal,
when fret constructed, the Summit drainage of
the country south and east OF the canal and
four miles north Of Lookrort. and the canal it.
self, wasted oil its surplus wstsr into ths soLtL
branch 1T Bridgeport. aud thus BY the use OF
Summit level. the summit between lake Miohi-
san md tho Illinois river WAS only two and
half miles north Of Lockport; while under the
arrangements OF the deep cat. tie summit, 70
far as drainage Is concern I'd, many miles north
OF the south shore Of lake Michigan, which
IN .kss it too plain for doubt that in time, OF
high water something would b needed 20 shut
of tho LIKE, and protect the lives sld property
Of the citizens of Loekport snd Joliet and the
towns down the river, to say nothing OF the
aratlons, commenced dam At Bridgeport, Dec.
II, .ud completed it Dec Is, sad had the water
out Of the Sunait level. We then commenced
moving bouldsrs from the bottom. - we'll H. from
the lOps OF the canal below water line, aud Wild
enihg the ch,nnsl under Sunni, bridge, and
Jan. 3. 1872, oomnsscsa the gu,rd lock At tho
Summit. having in the isssrvssiay time submit
ted plsAs and sPsoi6cAtisls - yssP board, which
received your approval, nd - s1asr fsr its con-
structios, Of the following dinsssioss: Length
between gates, 122 f,es; width, 90 feet; depth
Of water On niser silk, feet ~ low w-;sr "
lake b,lsncs Of shsRssl 20 ~, spasn.d with
slidiIs r,,s', ming drsin.Cs capacity et the
s.ns 'qaal TO the fall we Of the sss,l-and on
February IL had 80 FAR csay lessd the whols nm
AsrsssiBg - 10 ~ sSis - sas ne dan as Bridge.
port, and allow the sh-sssl - All, sAd % Feb.
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