, 1875-12-13

70 Ehf EHl{9F bF Iht LnaCfn2 1FatWEAt
DATrLH CnEEE, 3lich., Dec. l0.-Tor mono
timc hayo intended to call Ito attention Ut tho
Western people to the Importance Of nl,lp-
canal across Michigan, by way Of tho Knlamazoo
River. The enormous loAses Oh the lakes, from,
Chicago around 10 Lake Erie, would. III my
opinion, III five yeara 70 great way towards
making canal nnd BlaclIwntcr from Luke Michi-
gan 70 tie Detroit Rivcr, at or about Wyandos.
Knowing tho lay OF tho country as do, think
tho 1usttor perfectly feasible. From tho
lake TO Acgan. tho whole channol could bo
made by steam-d.cdge, no locks being required
From Allegah to tho summit, northeast OF Jack
Bon, sl,ote wou!d bo needod not ovor ten 10 flf-
teou litt-iocks Of t to 10 feet, and summit
lovel Of 20 to 35 miles at mnst, to Atriko the
head Hstc1n Of the Huron River. Water
cau DO Bupplod from lakes on tho north
OF the routo; and tic route from there to
Wyandnt IL almost dead 1evo1. Not Il
milo On tho wholo routo would be In
rock. So that n canal and slaclwntor Of tho Kali
nmazon HiTcs would NOT on!y cloato Nj immenso
~ater-poWer hut millions of acres Of the richest
riyer-5ottorn lands would he reclaimed for agri-
cultural pnrposor. 1t would also improve tho
health Of tho country.
Az Chicago IL. and must oyor be, the greatest
gram a,td u,oss mart Oh this earth, 1 ask. Why
should ne OF the Weat continue. ~ wa hayo
daue aud AFRO constantly doing, building up Now
i ef* css s' Ia Aise iss Essthas E ad psSss ps9fss
t,ibutc to those places, to our own dotrsn,eut
Wo have timber, iron, copper, lead, etc., to
build our own eh'pa. rnako Our own barrels.
boxes. and everything naedea to onabe lis to
sentf our produce tiroct 10 every country In
Europe, md. III fact all over tho world. 1t Ia
but few yeaEa since ships Of 600 TINS wez8
considered largo ships. FossofB Of 400 TO 200
tons can tra1Hpoft to Europe direct, by having
4fkuf@1 ~ .hrt.t -b,ni.
pay to Now York, Antl sayo tho carsage, storage,
no1nraiaalous. brokerage. Tasta9e. aud stsAlage
that ara building mp Now York, brooklyn, mud
scoros Of other cltIea
This should bo national work. propose to
make q preliminary nuryor al anon ~ possible,
to aseertala tue r;sa and fall uf tha Kalamazoo;
AlBo. tho entiro route to tho Detroit River. THIS
done. and q causl acrosa Canada to the Welland
Canal would a1Ao bo nnde, aud shorten tho
tuutc. 4 rnrrow. gaugo railroad Tor towing voH-
sola wonld be OF immense beuellt. As no foods
over rise to do anv damage OH tic Kalamazoo
River, 1t IL ono Of tho safoss and cheapest rotoa
that eau be found tor canal. Build this great
work, mud eyory town on Its route would hum
with shiphuta,ng; Chicago wonld become tho
great commercial mArt OF tho boundIess West !;
and eyory aero Of our rich lands would loUu ilp
In value. think ZOO will make a preliminary
survey. wiz Chicago respoud at onco7 VIII
matter? Yours trnly. II. WILLIS.
r. 81 hayo competent engineer engaged
to mako the survey 10 that t'etltlous can lie got
up md presented to Congress for an approptiA-
ton towards tho work, or to have tho 1ovuEn-
Eueat do 1t. This work done, millions Of dollars
NOW annually lost would bo saved as well -
thousands ot lives. There is no lack Of water,
~ there arc lundreds Of lakes IN tho route, or
near to It, that eau be feeders and now empty
into tho Kalamazoo River have had exten-
hiyo knowledge nf canal and Alackwatce uasi-
cation in penngvlyanis, ard SIN Convinced that
'eBs tban ss.0oo.09o will make this uork for
YeBBslA Of 5U0 tons burlon. II. ",