The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-03-04
ILLINOIS RIVER IMPROVEMENT
R.m.rs. O, Hon. bradford N. Stevens.

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NJ Stavans ,uove IN amond the l.
- 49,. -i A. ,s..;l.; :, = 80 igf,ft,,I and v
clause just reau Dy stAlng OUT my anu ri
inserting one hundred, so as 70 ln~H - il
the 9gproprlatloh t9r the lmProse nfnanc :" p
the 1llnols Eiver, $LooiV III t AZ -aoJ from il
% TINS IN pl1VSnle.us W ;,ar, CON RI
the ISpors " ene gpele \. aeaar ~ Cen q
vene9 =, AZ neokukl A2 VA" " oN 1871 CON n
erai huH rum TI ~ III Wa6or,b Major .
slsnhg VI N1 roy W;i T., .,d TaDsa;n A n
GenerA D. ~; iloo'i' ~ - Z
buInah' Vi Vhe oo.Ps Y. ~ ePoot Isl.,d 7
AFTER aeuhg upon Slo i 49, -. .La.e 3
rapids ana making ~
Tor the board pr1eoeoueo r ~ yousleol Sn1
Improvement OIL the AniholS Ii'ol anu
say
Below 4 given me Iepor, OF Mt' hooer' ,I D.
mediate charge 6s wor tss been for Che past two
years, and in whose opinion the board fully coin
'le l.,F,,. ,., ,.,,. A.. ,sos saa IN will rom
nst w. sor .,sie5 IN M MeMSths report
aud that slS0OOO thereof can be adyantageously
used during Inc COMING sesSo 81 ,bst smoSnt
NJ M-Nsh ~ ~ -. sa,-s.
wi, 'lo'ia'h ~ lis iepoi soy .,,,
can tEe AZ IN s1 AMI iSe esmSts
are based upon It's vigorous prosecution, The cost
would be materially Increased II tse wSrk Is asiay
during ths coming wear Is ki@'OO0, by The ex. |
penditure Of that amount a depth Of three feet |
will be secured Tor navigation throughout the
MT. speaker, uenera Liumphrles mas
from uhe 10 tinie uurlng Tue Hs' tnleo
years IN every report that ne mas lnaue on
the western rivers, recommended this ap-
preparation yet am sorry TO say that
since 1870 no appropriation has beenmade
for this important channel OF commerce.
ask the consideration OF the House Tor
moment TO the character Of this river IN
reference 70 its peculiar adoption Tor navi-
CATION, and its position as the connecting
link OF the two most extensive chains
OF inland navigation IN the known world
II lies immediately between the south
western extremity OF the great northern
lakes and the very heart OF the mississippi
Valley. On the east the system OF navl-
CATION embracing the shore line OF the
lakes and their nayigable tributary streams
Is more than six thousand miles IN extent
twice the width of the Atlantic ocean. On
the west Il connects with the upper and
lower Mississippi, the Missouri, the Ohio,
the Cumberland. and the Tennessee, and
their many navigable tributaries, extend
ing from the Gulf of Mexico nearly to
N'o'SeeA'Ah7
from the Alleganies 20 the Rocky noun
tains in the west system of inland nav
lgatlon exceeding IN extent the width OF
the Pacific ocean. ..
The Illinois rlyer and canal Is 10 these
immense systems OF inland Navigation
what the Nile and SueZ canal Is 70 the
commerce ol Europe anu the LasI lhules ,
OF what Ganal across VhS lsVhnlus OF
barlen UT lenuahuepee "ouiu DC " cne
commerce OF the Atlantic ana facin'
oceans AT the eastern extremity oil thi'
work Is situated Ohlcago' the proud queer
OF the lakes, rising ph9nxike from hel
ashes. Near the southwestern eXtremlt!
Is ~. Louis, whose central position ant
solid and substantial advance IN wealth ant
population, notwithstanding the embargj
Of the mississippi during the late unpleas
antneSS, warrants the opinion that she l
destined 10 be second to no interior city il
America
Upon the banks OF the Illinois Is found
large and enterprising population. Her
are also many considerable cities an
hourlshing towns. Lockport sends week.
many Thousand barrels OF Hour from ht
mills. Joliet can boast OF a rolling mi
for BesSemer steel rails OF the largest Ct
pacity OF any in America, Ottawa hi
extensive corn starch works and gre;
variety Of establishments for the manufa
ture Of agricultural indictments IaSall
hos tho q,re,tcst y;,, ,r,,-l-g i, a., 81,
-; -i ',''e NoiN' ia tr0 WI
eoIla i second 10 nut one CITY III u
production of hiphwiues Henry has /
,,,,or iii 81 -, ~. - -:
P"Pct hIilI' anu l'dcon itS very cNtellsl
packing establishment and woollen fact
~; and Pekin is headnuarters for II
marnfact,r;n% nS TTa;no}s L Sr, ~. y
extensively used ON the western Drairi
and i'm the fertiIa vaIlaus oF Cai;Corr;
Here are also Morris. and Marseiles Per
and Chilicothe, Liverpool, HAVANA, al
Beardstown all of which cities send qua
titles OF pIOws, cultivatOrs, sewers, an
reapers West and South.
Tins river IS especially adapted for nav
CATION very direct IN its course, and ha
ing not more than two inches 10 the mi
IAN ior considerable part Of its length.
eainot give a oetter description OF It thu
quou rom the Historical COLLECTIONS
louisiana the language OF Sieur Joii'
one VI the carry french explorers, who a
oouiPanleu rathers LaSalIe ana hennep
~ luen voyage up the OF; iiawrenG
T5liIIugh tiy gIeat nHes' ana doWn u
i Vi Naters' hach OF them ga
tleiL haei N 70. thriving cities upon q
Dan M VI 1he ILLINOIS, oleur Jolet VIII
&c 49, ,ol'o nov
Msppi y,I rgdt ,h taen assembled
rent and LEFT il in latitude thirty.cight de der
north, 10 enter another river, The 'lllinois, viii
which a much sso,t o., inc h,n9l., lMchlga
sr Msnseonsin, Wisconsin. ) BY which we enter
snT nsI ,ss, never saw NOR beautii
are covered with bGSloes stags and deer md
river and lakes with swans, ducks, geese, par
wa. vide dScp and patg e fo upon wgSn we san
and nayigable mos, Of the year round There l.
fiiinsts tMiship nan league into the lake Of Il
Tho uIro;s ,aLos -. r;.o .u,a..-
miles NJ sontbvest ,errn; inn nm" az W. ls
northern lakes and taxes a direct ct com SnT
sortbwest 30 H. yer,, baar, IS a. 'o ~
western VALLEY and emboncbes into :
NIississinni river in invtaposition ~ =
great natural centey of tbe comyoor
which Aowg from the several large rive
which enter the Mississinni in this reg;o
~ -. NAAAN ANEAN