, 1879-02-13
Tho Most Important Waterway 1m-
provement Before the Amori~
can People.
Estimate Of The Cost of This Truly
National Work.
Letter from the Hon. A. J.
Galloway.


o. softnern li,ano.s. ,.. u.,,.o n ~,
That an enterprise Of such transccndcnt !tnppr-
torco In. mt 1onc s,ncr called forth earnest /
mud unccasng ugi:atun for thls, tlie most use
full artificial link fl wateE.comn,untcato1 Iii tic
,rn.,a 49,, oYrcntiuo th. fa,r,,t,s a,,rz Caua or
the proposed cut througl, the lsth'nns ot par'eo.
In The Tn'ausE Of Sept. ~. 1871, there air
rsatcu " o',, tha ,,+ae1 nnmsnt on ,aininp mt ro0
s.,"s hh.sns ,,,.. .,,o ,,~,,,. ~ ,,hor o,,,
poseu "orh' uaseo upo" '4lc p''ee" W 'aoe nu
,.a,1. NJ vcnrs- Tbf. ,cttrr with tbe rorruct;on
saus " s aas,a - -. fot,.rv..
ol tWo or three typoEFaph'ca ortoFs''sn IL 4o"o"s'
70 fhs Editor ot Tie 7ttsnat.
CHICAGO, sept. IL. 1a7l.-My attention has been
called to n very sensible editorial III the Laaa-
tuner OF July III, under thu caption, ''caicagons
River CttY," in which the subject Of canal nav'.
WYATT wv" If Tic % cntefpfse T FOR ~: cnaIs!as tic 1,lno,s i
M,cnlean Canal puEicientiy in Width aud deush to
make Il equal to tho "shlp cap'e'sf" sus-
~ Iato n, tho oer,,,nn., rorresuoubcnt OF an
1litmnis Hlyer journal, discussed IN lis columns
tho tmnosthnce ard rrncs'caohty o. lnaplos!ns ne
s"ri:s ~ law tinma mi 1arro stoamboas locks 20
a. 10 permit tho largest claas nf river atenmeEs
which Sana reacft the montn q. ING 1.sos ~ 70 H. H.
cnnat nt Iesaiie. ~"
THAT work ls now being done by the State, md,
Win 1naicons ceeatao, "a W. ~. 10 w a Ill., ~
b0G, QUO.
Eleven more sncl1 dams and 1ockH, almost, woId
Gu!np,e'e s.can,nn ;i t r. ~ ~ ~
earth and j. QUO GOO cuD!c yards OF rock excavation
would add lug to tug nreadth Of The cana! from
a,sn ctnnr. mi gn,ie na n ~ cnpe" ia
wok, connecting Il, 600 miles Of river navigation
with Tho ahp navigation Of tne Great Lakes anu ta
Ntlantte Wp!k wnteu 4 Momsu p- p1Ia ~. .hu
noMM os 's i -, h; snsn ca NV
gnca ~ "1.i c"ton. suar ind othrr nreucts vf
Shipped 10 the East and to Enzupe, and return
laden viii the rich careocs received In exchange.
to he distributed to The hundreds Of cities. towns,
aud villages which line the hanss of that immense
rtyet.systen';
Ihc short lnk Of nrslhcai nhylcation Is me only
omG 81 @ " in n rm ts ~
xa,or ,nu tr.', H. f,p,or T ~ snmnv With IL II Gne
frhaasfisss anil nu|s '"ff'' '''~' A>S
Think for q n,oncnt Of the effect o, e,scau. OF
lake wntcs zoo fstt wllo and seven OF eight fcrt
deep, flowing stc1dtly at the rate Of ono ar two
miles PR hour INTO tho nespaines md liltnos
Rivers, fufnls.tng an tnnensc and never. talilng
a. every luck en- iig ths 9anfs 1f
eSns @ 70 ann,n@ tSs o. costan,v ~
trtr n,sn mi T.. tbr nrrrpnt" wsnh NJ thr S;ate:
md relieving our ansiat1scs and other charitable
whe largely increasing tic b;.sts ot taxation,
nrtually Diminishing thu relative amount OF taxcs
telutsed such stream S1n!d carry on all tlt
he"aEe a1 oMt CITY. nnu htl ~ M9te TAIs t'an
tas tiveEa ssth wh1sc w9tsfs u YOU'D m,nsc;
,uns,iu ~ o,v a"utnr ~ H." nnhiln MINI mi NJ.
,,af .hratrnr .Sn ncncc s.,c mi cnn nr,,er Of s
c,e,y, tn. coapis.ton Ut ills gtcat project would
eiIect soIntivn by bringing these two Immense
watcr.systems iuio fill cosnnett:ion with thrcB-
gugrtefs Of NIL the Earead* IN the cn!ted States.
apa dg!ng pure to rcsstan aa u c1M.o tc caafgss
M fal!soaa corporations tnHn als ths aets
WIFI ~ snmort 9a az an an pqny 81 oesfs to eiorco
t,,er @ nrarssipns "n 4'"' VI o''~s'" -
Tia cn.t ~ making This innroyemeut In Tim
11ytcr nrpposct niitI nluktNx u liberal eet,mutc
5or ali cuptIuee,lciey. Including tic work altcaly
tulu ut Henry and at Eopperas Creek, and thu
protection Of thu banks of tho cn!at by ample
siaps @ Walis Wherever hecesialy. Wnhla aot axceea
wv. - mere 19safe'. When eonlateo
Wtn . lho M lnMsms. na'an'a@eo WHICH "oa'a "o"
Nian ~ ~" n hnn That r,, will con,no n urc.
this pro,crt nnou puolic attention: aI iha, lis
daily and wccS!y pat,ers upvn the Inc. md vton
tho Grc4t l.akcs utid rivers, will scs tta ,itur-
tMncu and press tor lis carly cumpvt,en, Il ~ ss
only point on the face Of TUG s!ops. whcs9 an Or.