The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-06-19

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Cana ~ harmony Nl'A 'hv'' ,'"!"'cH ana
wIil We h"'d'"! resources ""' "o, "n'"@'A
tor lnlc!comhuh't'''oh' "''" ~, ""-H ~ any
age mas Oc'" more 9"' 't'>'".' "s,t"'' an
bruehcl", is New / OK GU! yu" ,9"''r' .he
iahe ''h,' ia" '''''s' 9'''' VIZ I'o Li'
na"A a'cN' Is u'c' me C"''ig o,,' ""' ~,
we WI" never =,' "'',,. ,i r '"'o
ioF cheap 'tlshls ~ 'o '-,'i' '',i,' i;
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Gus QUIZ o"' I"' :" ~,
uOn ~ nc Se"' '"I '"n
gun n- l'g G"'t 9',n,i' rro,,,s tro,,
VIZ At" sun'ii' ',a"rN ,rHr.>,Ii, No,,
i - ",'"m" w. ir,.n,ol ani Errono
yin, INV va ,,,ts,,i,,"I n, Roc,rs
rOo' - ,nn ,ra, of ,hn
as pcl.l5 1ie "l'eu"I r - 'r'I tran nny Of
E"' I'', w. o;,io If ito o,l Void and
l"c C'' o,, ,I, nrnc;,, r',r, sn the
~ . s''D 'n,,a ~. ~ ,i,n you,
YIN AK a., ~ tho wost-.oyorl the
,I,a T,,;"n md tnwards tho heort or
ho'', -. tn0 ", la AMI ~ tho, ron;on
wv! .te ,',9's si,.pr1 onro:,o with tcr
''r S'o'' '''e'' w" '"
GREAT MINERAL STATES,
=, . vov fine inheritance of which can hardly
i've estimated The writer has seen ouantitics
~ Are cIov loodnd on horces Of 81 iouis for
sLinment 10 phiIadnInbi, he thnyav of NV
Orleans; and the reasonable Improvement
from lake to gull will unlock the vast min
eral resources of Missouri, Illinois, Indiana,
kentucky ard Tennessee, for easy and cheap
transportation on the Mississippi, the Lower
Ohio, ON TIE COAL BEDS of Illinois or other
States; and also tor easy movement via the
Illinois to the lakes and to the Atlantic coast
or Europe via the Mississippi With the
Improvement, coal and ore could be taken
from Chester, Cape Girarieau, and Grand
Tower, to Chicago, for fifty cents per ton
exclusive of tolls), while Illiaois coal could
be had down in New Orleans for Il freight of
nn average of say $3.50 per ton from Morris,
Ottawa and La Sale, on the northern bound
ary of the Illinois coal field, 10 st. Louis,
Chester, Grand Tower and Cairo, on the
south, opening at the same time an easy
avenue to pittsburgh, "henhawa Spllnt' ana
camel COAL salt, iron, &c, &c, 10 come 10
the lakes; ard to return Lake Superior ore
to the ONO river furnaces, ana o'her con-
modities OF the North, west and South, toI
that valley, ana on up even 10 tle suhheI, anu
50 ION 70 Richmond, II we must go there
Anu alter all 1he way VIII! be more easier
and more pleasant than on former occasion,
though all candid men must admit That an
Ell Sht-mile tunnel for canal l,iOo feet above
''NN ''''N' 40 ga ~'''' ''''N'S 'O''.'
And il must with equal sincerity be con.
redeu that damming the whole ONO river
with siy,ysix dams, and passing those i'm.
mense conyoys or "tows' spoken of as being |
large enough to be counted by the acre and |
again as six acre lows" through them aside |
from the lOcks-and then on the river below !
Louisville, the moving sand filling the bed |
If the river above the dam TO the TOP, &c.
would be very liable to result in the almost
fatal injury of the river instead of its I'M.
orOvement
Yet, as these points are only under discus.
sion, there need I've no present apprehension
,r Opposition, but it is Justly TO be noted tha
n this Illinois work there are no doubtful,
lificult or uncertain proplems tor the engi. |
leers and boatmen, no risks of injury. but |
certainty OF benefit to the general public
THO Ioo,, and dom Of nanrv now neor,v
,onr yaars IN sncres.fnl nae cost fnnr hmm.
,raI ;honsonj dNIyn-s rho ono ~ Conneras
rroal, and ,ho ,nrcn hollow az. estim ated a,
,ho,,, tin' enr,o nach in ali five Iocks for tho
pont n;nc fnet dea@anr from, In Sale 70 the
,Iiss;,sinni Tho lake and nraIrIe being
,imost on \ level The ninetv.siy miles from
rh;caco ,nTa SolIa uidenej deannned ond
yaIleI with the admirable and abundant
iona ,brown ont IN avravotion and 80 adant,
nv, !, 70 o,oar,ar, wowId co.t ahont tho SANE
'.S,hatI, os ia Vir,in;, Tunnel nf e;rht
niIeS h9ra -oo faat above Tile water With
=, n,onntoi, roSorroirc for snnnIy NJ snmmit
onai Tan riIind,s and Tho West heSi,ote
", o,or :" onn,, ,ho a-ates :, ,he wrnifcant
n.nnrcos ,hn Cra,,nr h,s nrnvi,lei far ,heir
,aos
,rL do tbey know thc donrer of delavs
rta nraa, ,,,oys,,rns Of 1nari7.on No,;nnoi
nv 80 '' ioai.;nn W ,hn sn~na ;n,arnai
,oEnIonma,, Of na'ionaI resources NAV he
osroi t - 10 amy
'' Eirst " ,ho Orai,o,c. If 1877 which IN 9
49,, rr;o s''o d onrnnroI,o,,iro ,'orts frad
,,ard nnd h'I,rar. ora;ost ,nonnnoI,, in in
',,'a a nI nrd saa,ns ~ I've, ind,
,a,o no; 49, ,nr,. conno.,inr ,ha crent
OF aI.o anJ and NiSsisSinni srs,ems 7, says.
"Th ',A rn ,Ir ,,aiars ioadirr into The
- =, I,Y,rorao ~ a., go.
ias'LIS'pp' "n "e INV ' sha liz no
n PioT ond garoSar r'' frn a' as wall 70
W. i,II ,;tan,s ~ saij torr;,,r,, as ~ ,honoo
~, ~ s ,i'n Ini,Dh ST. ooi ,i,os ~ pm,
'lc - 'lo my" N'''N'' ''i' .ii'I" va "'s