The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-01-11
tie INST of April last until slsssd BY Toe on the
18Th Of November.

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Lumts1 from 10 mills per 1000 fl. per mile
u mills,
Dressed tlooriag from mills per 1000 it. pei
| nile, to & raills.
Siding from mills per 1000 #. per mile, t,
l mill.
Receipts aud disbursements on III nois anu
A-ichig-f cnual, from May l. 1871, &c Nov. 30
1872, il otusive:
TOTAL RECEIPTS FROM ALL SOURCES.
Tolls SOL 942 20
GA notes. 1915 81
1ium lie of v ter
power 80. .......... f,Soc %
tIurd isases OF 80 rect
slrip anu lots l'oo| 10
a.IsceHAEeUls. ......-. IL oo' Vl-f4ouoo@ ID
TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS.
Tolls S19o O44 6S
C'nAl property ...... 9325S 90
NJ tinrehance and
ptirs............. 13G9S5 3O-$42O, 2s7 9S
Bal noe ............... .$10O74 ~
The ABOVE balance OF $lO,U74G7 is on dspo.i
with Geo. G. Smith & Bro, Chicago, to credit of
tie treasurer or the board Of canal commission.
ers.
THE SEASON OF 1872
The business for the SEASON has been much
after, az the Iilipois river has been III unusually
low during the who 6 Sc son Of navigation. The
peopl. aioux the IIne of The anal aud Illinois
iiver have deep interest in the improvement
OF tue river. The lock at Henry, which las
been III use for one season, fully dsMonstrAtes
the feasibility of the improveIne ut of the whole
river below henry, vii, iour more locks aud
dams between Hsniy and me mouth OF the
river, at cost not exceeding 81 100000. The
navigation OF the river will be good IRON L.,
Sale to its mouth, distance OF 230 nllee, fer
tie largest class of steamers, and this It cost
o! about ST., 900 mile, including what the
IAised States government shall expeud in
dredging. say $4,000 The lock ut Hosry
will PES II c'nal boats at One lo.k.se. When
the river is proved a. ebove indics,sd, steam.
sr, - 1900 or 1879 tons burden oen navigate
u, and ru,- directly through from l., Sale to
Ns0 Orleans at certain season. Of the yesr.
Light draught boats can run to ,ud from LIZ
Sale to all poiots on tie 0 do and Missouri and
upper Mississippi rivers. Canal boats loaded 10
the full capacity Of IA. canal, carrying & 700
bushels of grain aud 100 600 feet Of lumber, can
BE- towed by suitable tugs in squ-ds Of eight or
ten each, sud all pass lie locks 1t once. The
navig ,tion OF the Illinois river !. now exceed.
ing y uncertain. The additions Al expenditure Of
100000 would make it certain Tor from
rixtt 10 Ell yht and oas.hslt month. in the v..r
Thus 1t will be sean that 'hs cost 81 the i'm prove
nIsrt u the entire rive i23J mi!s.', S.i-x oaly
about Sl2 900 per mil, IL b TIE lsrst expen-
>r- "prk OF its cspari Ev.t Constructed in Vi 10
~ ~ OF or countr'
RAILROAD vs. CANAL.
T., gross i.s,lui, rom 81. L,,,is W.b,,,
rive lrag-nysmer,. 6urin, tie f,., t,v mo II,
% 1871 wee s222uC4 From J,I, 1871 \.
F~nio.ry, 1872, io- r..., in II. diver t,Io =
a., noe. u-.y,ss-i I'll es,i.,.;o, T, r3tit,co
p, tai.. in rh- '.ll %! 1871 ". r.Il.s,d f,oy-
l., r.-lu. - =; Il,ri. w., fni.A,d Itr.,,
'nr.ush "a. which /, -. .:.d o, n.,..a
t,or On 10. ri7.- Thn r.ilro.4 hn, -k.r s.s-
/, s!l 70, hn,'-.- ron ,h.r r. si,,n
Imp-o,.oc-t ,irn,-. ,aiu..... n. ,.-ejsn :
~! S..aL oal, tt2kUl -1.lr.i,- u .~ a.
VAR rorsr.
rYz,.,., 49,, r,.,, -, ,r-,.,,,.
'r>s 10 'i'l =. J'"'' r'-'' 20 Ta''
OF W. canal 900" -s''' w. ''ffi'' Iae'~
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i""<' t2'' 10 10 E'' &C. e'' h' insor,n"s
'nd 'As'i'' 80 o''7' s'i'nH,ts '''"s
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- 1903 L. is'' - i''"f ~ H's'y, 80 -:
nero a-' ~ $50 .-";fe - 'i''' go 49, -
~, '.' .,o'' " stH sf'SA ts'rfii' 90 =
- 'hi1 f.i' e> a. "a = c'''' t"d "'ln az "a
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sb''r s'''' .pt Jois' t s'''h oaas nid~s,
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sIs'r.
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~ofS - sar'' ~s'' ,-s"'-d by c"k''.dsu
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md "i,a.r. luing sri'sa outside f,ce ~ Il
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