, 1877-12-22
Annual Meeting OF the Commits.
sioners.-.Engineer Jenne's
Report.
Three More Dams Needed 10 Complete
River Nav!gation--Some
Statistics.
supt. Thomas Report Regarding tic
Injurious Effect OF tie Og,lcn
Ditch.
How It Is Rapidly Filling the Canal with
sedimsnt--1nutility Of
tho Dam.
TIE CANAL.

TIE CANAL.
ANNUAL MEETING or TIM nnAkp.
The Donri Of comlnirsioncft Gf The Illinois i
Michigan Canal tetd their annual meeting NJ Luck.
port Tuesday and Wednesday. All tho members,
including Ncssrs. Glover, kInsma,,, .ad shan,
were present.
Daniel c. tcnps, the Chief Engineer, submitted
his report.-a lengthy document, covering hftv.
eight pages Of fonsesp c,usely wsitteu .-os which
the following Is mn abstract:
Tho wutk on the lock AMI dam Al
corpEtAa CREEK
for the improvement NJ the 1llaoIs River has been
completed and In use Atnce Oct. II Inst. Thla
makcs ninety Miles OF completed navigation, with
rcvcu feet dcath Of water at all seasons Of tho
year when the ryor Il open. Tho wnrk
IL Givcn In detail In tho report. Tie
total cost Of TIM whole work WAS 3410. 1u7.31, II
which S347. VI. 81 was expended By the State and
el9. su no By the United States. Tho original cs.
Innate was st27. 403, ami wae madd In December,
1870 Tho difference Of coat aud the estiruatc
was 81. '.iW.
Details Of the construction Of tho Surfing Lake
Canal, o: outlet TO tho Illinois River, arc also
given. Tha cost ot tho work was sl,iBi. 10, to
which will bc a'tcll tho cost OF cundcmn!Hg Tho
land appropriated for the same.
Mr. Jcnnc makes statement regarding Tho In
vcrtlcatiun bJ committee Of Gve Of tho General
Assembly OF
CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES
to tho ovcrhowed kinds alovn the dan, at Henry.
The mectinKo wern held In July and Aigu-l laet at
Henry aud Princeton, md ho was pfrscnt at tho
rcqne.. of con,'ni..tsnr. K!nynnn. III testimony
Ms to .o Il rsson q Ass and ' a' tho
Yin ths afternoon i wa.. ero.s.auc..lonel hy
claimants attorney, man win was = n,cn,bcr Of
tie Iloutc Of Representatives 0 the last General
Asro,nbly. and was lnatsun,rntaI in getting tho
resolution !ior the n.s:.irat,onl pa,.e b1it ~.
md became tIe attorney nr must uf lie 1arvc lit
Of claimants, lie seu,nrked heforc Tho Eum,iai,ten
iie aso undertook 10 rs1 tnc cSnnii.e. 81 10 Ike
soS 4 Il MY f,s,s 0 e
copy for this Committee Of ali t.lat hati mt
bec1 pnbt,.hct, in iorn,er rcnurIt. Which took u
ths copsttuetoa o % liz w"r m} e II C"nverar Tcek
JIG even went 10 far 4. to undertake IL g',e mo
fur tte.nnin 10 ann:ar ~ ia sngus. nr,secs ia 10
jouk after tho lntcfents D! Tho ssatu wI,rn hls
oi.et aasiuM wba nc nal prvyc in n thsr fayu! ty
ua,ng I0r Witnesses othcsx u 4ts clients
coNcEnSixo the rurUnE lMrRovxMssr
our" thrss more lacks az mi iams to ga sonpcie the
Improvement, which b e.!lmatc, = e,st Il. s5D,-
atner abont sX ' miles aGuye lho ,pouti, n or Of
tho siyur. Wi,h thcsr lock* md dams
n.iant ~ chnnncis OF eom,nercc In 1't tn ttn!ln,l
Stutre mil uerhaut in thn world AZ ali sru.nns
Of navigation. sAcnnbt,xts, prrt,cl1rfs. lNra.
lrgcs, mid utlIar water craft driving rlx feet OF
water can navigate the ra,ne, und, viii, this IN
crcnte u depth, ran more a,iecc..fniy co,npctc
nroaacc T;ca9 ,a;lnr IN eo.t ~ 10 tp' s .ppsr a a
PRODUCER, FrciuIt cnn 10 t,anaruftcJ {fun, it,
Louis e Chicago for one -laii sent per ton Pei
he S ri per ion, OF rt,,. cents ne lt0 poutla which
wuaid 10 t. III, cents PCT bnshei for wheat ai j. ii
which would Q!ya a. 4V per Ion mt freight E!gat
FIJI ~, H. 1S 1iScs p @ "t lug s, G Fl IT, r
curry from ], ,tUD to a,boU tons VI freaht, EyIn3
nut icss than 81. .:0D aburo tolls. Fur tic fcu1ii
from j. EDU GU 10 l. 100 0{l feet OF pJne u,nher
nj S3 her nI n,uEi1r frrJrh, hli!s III, iess ihun
e., Zoo nbose tal%. Ths gives si. QUO for frsIsht
IL twowscks. Ths e..a.!sai ttasht 1y 1allruads
Tor distances eguul 10 that b:twer,, st Louis and
rct w. WITCH III !. mora ti,sn p pdoubio liz iseishs Sy
eou bo b ~ a,ee guss. %s "a! sss
say, fl'0, OUI tlsu irst yeav. 3i:O Ul0 thu rscon
ss, Sn ~ DsH,y s, ys s nsa tsr s nt e.
ptp.uco SIaj. MND by tnu tIms ihts work d su,1.
ssa i4 Tns M pasS o e b. 'ss4s
iii 10 repaid with t,c Interest," III hsc ysars after
l.. e9mpsc!isn: fFom tbs increased revenues OF the
ert u" EnuSsef 81 maaa tnh 'a 0A'o OF
fr,,, f,,5,,y.. T., ,a., Va II ~, sal ro,,J
ia, W.T. ~ III ,xnrt n uxi ny yts, ~ H. ia II
Mi II h, n,",ic m n,ami,uttn, ~ i'm rr.t III TIM
rnMnt r. I'm % lin KIN al iii mnnth h. mudr rsti
n,tos of the cost of III" sary r.sirs IN iii M,
rtrucnrcs Getors t,,o ii Of Hurlf. ih3ii sud On
IN lin Hoard It III tho r"nnrst ~ sm,t. Tho,nns hr
rpt 1T, man fur rubni,.iing Lucx Nu. III. June
81 ia cxnmincu TIM .tnnn et hn rryrra an in
con,uany viii iha Emnor.ntrnient. mi recon.
tnrI,lcI iha scIort,p,. nf 1hnt DIcreu hy
Singer 4 Tn|cott. tho atana 10 ID fur,.ishcn
this rcosou. In order that Tho fock MIR be- buiIt
lpforo Tho opening Of navigation ncxt slirnx. MF,
for t6ytc sery,crs sscc,t for xctus s1nrnsry. oui
ths tlme Of hin.clf ior oyer one. half S,oath, and
nsesssary pjans hus aiI brsn fuciird IN iI,e en-.
rincrrlns e1penses fof tho lock and lstn Vi Cun.
;,rras i.tret
IN ~. s,,,n,on.nt,,x rrno,t Air. .1enns .,,ov.
tho conuIiirn of lis canul iron, Julict 10
Lasalie, and ,cfsts 10 iae tspai,s needed
- vnrtons tocts ia ,,rcssn.t s,,tnmarx
II thn rs,,mat"d cost ~ tmn axt,sorHi"sT,
FsnaIrs whtcn w.ti ,a nccr.snrr In ,bn ns.t IVA