, 1876-01-15
MICHIGAN CANALS.

MICHIGAN CAHALSs
Some OF tho pxojccss OF Forty Tcnrs
AEo.
!spscta, Cos7tsnonatncs Of Thc Chteaao 1ribNnt,
LANSING. Atich,, Jan. l2.-T4o resurrection Of
the misty records OF numorous cannl. projects
Of tho 1nternal-1mprovemcut Commissioners Of
tho State. nearly forty years ago. is not as cn-
cnuraging rs striking paying digging In TIM
iac. Hills, From tho ragged appearance
OF tho husvey-mApa Of tho Clinton X
Kalamazoo Canal, II seems 10 hayo
becn tho fayorite project Of TINT day.
March 2G, 1886, WAS the frsr act relating to the
canal. March 20, 1887. $40, 600 waa appropriated
for tho suryoy Of q canal. or for q canal part Of
tho way, aud q railroad tho remainder Of tho
ronte, commencing at or near Mt. CiomenB, On
the Clinton River, and terminating at or near the
mouth Of tho Kalamazoo Rvar; for the survey
OF canal-routo to unito the waters of thu SaEi-
nav 1@ivor with tho nayiGab!o waters Of Maple or
Grand River; and for tho survey Of tho St.
1oaepb. Kalamazoo aud Grand Rigots, with .
view To the improvement Of tho same by slack
water navigation; aud tho aum Of 1000
was appropriated to bo applied to the constsuo.
ton Of canal or canal hnd railroad on the
routo first mentioned; also, two branch canals
woro protectcd,-ono to Pontiac, and tho other
to Do1ter, from tho main ditch, blarcl, 81, 1888,
tho Leglsasuro appropriated s20a, 900 for Tho
Clinton Il Kalamazoo Canal e47.oo0 for tho
Grand River i Saginaw caual, $4,000 for tho
improvement Of Grand and Maple Rivers, and
SAU00 for tho Kalamazoo.
Tho final survey for tho Saginaw k Grand
Riyor Canal vas the portHgs between tho hlapla
mud Bad Nysss, and about $500 in chop
ping was tho axtent OF that enterprise;
which III alnBllnr for Grand Kvor was nay1ga-
hin for larrn rfyer stenn,ern Ia Iyona and tim
Manic Ia ieep, sluggish stream, aud could haye
been used for small boats aomo distance boforo
AmonE the other canal projects vaa cam,
from Homer to Daxter, and ,he Owosso & Sagi-
nav Navigation Company, to dan, The Shlawas-
see River for s1ack.watcr nayiKation, with loctg
75 foet lonc, aud widc euongh for river htpnmnrn
in fnct oil grantipg OF n1i!l-privllogea on aoy
OF tho Michigan rjyefa waA conditioned tIlat
locks should bo CONSTRUCTED by tho m!ll.ownors
an oact, dam, and operated by them under pen-
than tho REQUIREMENTS Of tlo construction Of Hsl,-
ladders, Of shutes, Of tho present time,
Anil 21. 18iG. nn act waa nossod nivino the
Board authority to Lease tho Clinton i Ka}ama-
zoo Canal, and use Of brrplus water, Tor 4 torn
not excoeding twenty ycars, upon nuch tcruos ~
ihoy might denn most conduciye TO rho intor-
csts IT In stato-takinp sufIr,cnt sccpity u fnr
tho rebuilding aud puttine thnt portion of tho
canal cali of Utica, Ia afaeomb County. into On
Grafton III ono year; for tLo rebuilding aud put
linz III operai,on thu remainder OF thg ranal,
naet Of nocAeatcr. In Oakland aud Mncomh f.o,1n-
tica. within TWO Years anl fnr kccninr
tho canal snd locks in pood renairs'
lilo reasonable woar oxcoDted' and hndinr
Tho nan1o nnhiect to tic rtrl,t oY thc R,n,S
| nj sny linn 10 take noaYcesiSn of or salI .,,n
Hano. upon giving inch person or persons rem
xonablo ron,,ineration for ali oxnentli,nrsa IN.
Cured ty then, iu Tho rccouptr,,ctlon and rorars
| Of tho canal, to ba determined Ly annraisal.s 49,
1e1ct;nc e,,c,, sum M xI,ouII le Tesso,,nhIo for
tIo uso IF tic ssno: ami. IL tbo csnai saTa
| iensoti tn An Individual nr comnanv hn aho,td
aunustiy rcpoIt to tho 1,oc,siatnro On t,,e ttrrt
Mondsy of easL wear. tIS amnnnt Of rocoi,ts
NJ % .,,s san,o4 A. ilt;en II ~ nse,, for w"tnra
,,ovor. nnt .a ti,o n,1cr nac'ncta, ~ anna ~
ports NJ rcseints II ia innosa,blo tn aetn1
ttIo 'faJinouent srachc INV nnw 1ne tte S;s,ta'
| 'A -. ~ srna n.us"S 1fsr IL 1pse authns,.;,r
,,,a ~ nn.ra - n1er,.i r., n,ovonsnnt ~ ~
rcoa;rs "a nrcsnrSo tho work from Si,nn;aat.nn I
| ~ "Ne* 5000