, 1874-12-28

Total lonGsh......... 103.4a mira
EstilnAec cost N,nin limo. ........., ,, $l1 19oBB4O
Navigahlo feeder from Dixon. on lilo isock e0''@'
Island, 10 tho summit. ....,,.,,,,,., 227o950
Total coht....... $l2,i7D.GD3
go. Tho lorkago was found to 10 follows From tho
Illinois River at lIcnnop!n to tho ssnmit.loycl, IL
hcks. with accent Of 2u7 fcnt, anil tlttnco hy lc.
scent Of % feet by locks TO tho Aisssaip ls.ver
guarl-lock Air. Low slatcs tlst tho locSs co,i
tenllacs' In is estimate would alm s.oa,ner mil
'a wss ss 81 hsgf @ or
on tho h1Tm!t-lcvcl will 10 sufficient for ii passages
sss o. ay ss 1% ssr5y d
ford an annual capacity for tho transport grain east.
ward Of l,o7l, bushels for each Of 2io
days. or eloren times tho laRest amount grain over
received vt Chicago during one year.
"Tho foregoing estimates hetps e.sol upon tic 70
posed estimates for commercial rataI OF tio sanu
y ns1s ~ q fa h9.S as.e q BY. BY Gel anutt II 1877
ee Viii ,oets s5,ssS eat 80 fs es n fs
ting the rassasa Of boats Of 2s0 tons.
Assuming tho caial to llnyo Bingo lno Of locks,
nuc o % ato 10 o .Ae ean" Il to os ss ssa
frcahta eastward wond 10 49as 4on tons pcr ann,,i
g sss K s or f ss sDf H. srsts
amount OF grain received at chscago during any
The cstin,aol coss Of tho work was as follows:
1,oo1t9I2
Total o,723
"Tl,e rrestnt locks Of the Illinois 4 Nirhigan Cnral
will not admit Of tho passage Of boats Of $50 tons. In
@ t to S es NJ s Gs has Sea s ss @
Of tho coat ri such enlargement.
Tho tmproye,nents Oh that portion of tho Illinois
uu'ted States togo:ler Will. tho Illinois 4 Michigan
inlto.is line Of canal anu aack-wacr navigation from
Chicago to tho Mississippi nycr, tho aisancca being
10 follows:
illinois Michigan Canal, Chicago to 1asalo ID
suck-sater. 1!noa lstser Lasallo to llennnda.. 10
Total distance. .lso
in progress, will afford 7ol miles OF roin,lous nav-
CATION between st. Louis and ST. Pa, o1cept during
H. i nsnan a' na sfsds liz Ts aos s' ss 5s'
Canals o tho City q Chicago thus atroriing watcr-
eomyetton with I'LL tile railway lines whctssoss the
lie advantages which would bo rcalizel from such
competition canot, Of COURSE be precisely stated. An
to DO expected from tho construction of ls work. in
connoctlon will tho improvements Of tho Miaaaair,d
l lye' eetwssn st I,ts aud s. Paul xh!e viii pro
fs presented in tho following table The racs and
distances nelxeen. ch;sago st; rsul, Wiuona, l.
Tnltm,, nro given by rail and " rail- anil river
Curing thc season If navigation by The Nort4wester
~ l,ok LELAND aud Bur igt ~, H., aro given hy tho
lines Of railway fram Chicago 10 tho serersl points ic
srcctiTely Ihe distance from Chicago TO al OF these
Inlnta by tho Illinois Michigan Ca1Ia., tho Hennc-
1'n Canal, and a1isssstppi River, aro also stated:
"Tha actual average ra+ratca aro taken from tho |
freiE-arfa Of the several roads for tho reason Of
navigation Of tho year 1s7a aud tho waer'rates arc
non I r,a, iha on c sos c
aud the Mtsssslpi 1ycr s asausrd to be tbs Us
tho nynr,ga cost Of transport eastward tho Eric C.
mi during the year 1871 viz, 10 Clio Mills per ton per
milo; and tho cost Of transport on thu mississippi
River Is uas,cd to bn tho wl.eu improved Us tha
average charges on Tint river between St. Louis all
Nov orleans during tho year 1871