The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-01-16

,riyrs q very full statement of the operations
receipts and expenditures OF the Illinois ant
Michigan canal, and lock at Henry, of the re
nalr, ard expenditures of the Little Wabasl
improvement and Of the construction of TIT
lock and dam near CopPcras creek.
The total receipts from all sources Tor tht
year ending November 30. 1874, were $40
3SGS5, The ordinary expenses OF the canal
aud lock at Henry, for the year, were $40, l39
and the extraordinary expenses, S24 ,65o
On the 10Th day oil December, 1913, the Au
ditor of Public Accounts made IL final settle
ment with the city of Chicago and drew hi'
warrant on the Treasurer in payment for th'
full amount due the said city, under an &C
entitled An act to relieve the lien OF the city
of Chicago upon the illinois and Michigan
Canal and revenues, etc approved ana II
force October 2, 1871; and thereupon the sale
city of Chicago executed and delivered to thu
State Of Illinois proper release OF Sala lien
which release, being approved by me, wa
filed IN the office of the Secretary OF state.
Early in the season the Calumet dam, nea
Blue Island, in Cook county, was removed b,
the Commissioners, in pursuance OF an act o
the last General Assembly, approved and il
force March 21,1S61 The removal of thi:
dam has drained large amount OF wet lands
and has given great satisfaction to the citl
zens of Indiana.
The repairs authorized on the Little Wa
bash improvement have been ms de, at a cos
of $500 10 in excess of the amount appro
priatcd for that purpose, which excess VII
be paid out of future water rents and tolls
call the attention Of the General Assembly
to the legislation recommended by the Com
mssioners relative to this Improvement.
BY the act, approved April II, 1873, and II
force July l 1873, authorizing the construc
ton of lock or dam at or near Copperas
creek the cost Of the work was limited &c
S430,000 The Engineers estimate Of the
cost was 1927 ,493. Out of an appropriation
made by Congress tor the imp ovemcnt OF The
Illinois river, the United States Government
eXpen led, in putting in the foundation of said
lock. S62 ,35S 80, exclusive of engineering and
incidental expenses. The foundation, by
contract, was to have been completed June /,
1874. High water prevented, and after the
expenditure of the above amount, about Sep.
TENDER 81, 1874, the United States authorities
turned over the same, incomplete, to the Com
missiOncrS, since which time the work on the
lock and foundation has been pushed with
remarkable energy. The Commissioners paid
the additional sum of $ll ,36733 to complete
the foundation The estimated cost OF con
structiOn of lock above foundation, and dam
was $31j219, being $4S,59l below the esti
mate.
The estimated cost to the state of the en-
tire work, lock, dam, en- bankments, and all
incidental expenses, is 1888, 453, being 500,
SAG lG less than the limit fixed by the act OF
the Legislature.
To meet this expenditure there has beer
paid S12,j05 90; cash in hand of State Treas
urer, against which no orders are drawn, SIT,
500. 10; United States bonds in hands OF
State Treasurer 100000; estimated accum
ulated interest and premiums, Sll, 800; esti
mated amount to be spared from canal fund:
on hand $4,000 estimated net tolls for 1915
Il part of which only has been appropriated
SGO, 1000; leaving balance Of $7l,j52 to be
out of the revenue fund.
If the funds are provided, the entire work
can be completed, as per contract January
/, 1876. For this purpose | join the Com
missioncrs in recommending the appropria
ton of the net proceeds of the revenue de
rived from the canal and lock at Henry, foI
the year 1919, and of the additional sum OF
S11522
The importance of this movement, in my
opinion, warrants the appropriation. | hope
the day is not distant when the lllinoi.
river improvement, by state and national aid
Will be completed; when the demands OF
commerce will widen and deepen the Illinois
and Michigan canal, and extend the canal
from the Illinois river westward to the Miss
issippi; and when the navigation Of the Miss
issippi will be improved by the removal OF
every obstruction This will be done when
the West and western members of congress
demand for the improvement of western riv
ers and harbors the same expenditures as are
do fNr I,a nd ,yba
nois and the northwest will haye two grand
water routes to the ocean, cheapening trans
portatiOn increasing our commerce, dimin
ishng the cost of our imports and adding
value tc our predictions,
STATE HOUSE.
appropriations and Expenditures on AccoaH'
# tie nelC State House.
Appropriations