, 1880-12-23
WATER TRANSPORTATION.
Another Consultation Over the
Canal System OF Illinois.
The Hcnnepin Scheme for Connecting
the Upper Mississippi River.
Congress Urged 10 Mako n Ship. Canal
Of tho State Ditch.
Speeches by Mayor Harrison, Messrs. Bross,
Allen, and Others.

A meeting Of gentlemen interested In In
creaslns the wntcr-transportntinn facilities Of
The Wtst--lnt,st nf them particularly favor
,ng tic lIenMepln Caml-wns held at the
Craml Pacific yesterday morning. Among
those present were i. N. Allen. OF Gencsco;
J, l.. Camp hntt II. u. Dement,, OF Dixon;
Jul,1. Maliin, IF Muscatfnc, la.; Mayor liar
1isn,i and William i}ross, Of Chlcngo; Canal
Commissioner Shaw; ". X. White, j. Gnl1s-
burg, ,u,l John Domnllu, Of Davenport;
rapt. Ilohlnso,,, Hugh Warwick, y. II. tiest,
JAIN Eetu.ers, allt Mayor Carsc, OF Rock
[slanH.
Air. Allen, IN caling tho gathering to Or
DER, said t''nt NIL believed water to he still the
best means nlNl tho clicupest for currylnE
heavy fright and 10 regulate .rnilrORtls.
hnny renple lla,l MI Idea tint watGr was
played mt for transportation. bnt before 1t
wuull bc some cheaper anil better motto Of
building and running railroads must be de-
yiscd. liz referred tt n meeting held in
locE island III ISL for the purpose Of ex-
te,Idlng tlir Illinois 4 Michigan Canal
from ilenneptn to tint point. a dIs-
tance Of sixty-tlye miles. The route
had hccn surveyed by private par
tics and by tho United StAtes, and the
H,uO0,000 or $4,000, 000, tic Inter being the
highest figure. So,ue present were moro
particularly Interested III this enterprise. be-
cause they lived along the route. bul they
saw very clearly tint tic transportation u,,cs-
tlou WIS one Of suel. ,l,a guitule, mn, 81 many
peopIe wurc Interested in II, that II was i'm.
possible to confl,c themselves to n local inl-
pu,yclnpnt. Tie Northwest w,,s uu sxtcu-
sfye mil very fertile territory. Its pop,ila-
t!ol a,t business were increasing upldly,
ind its trn,le III the future would be Immense.
AND NOW MAS TIL: Ttnr
10 consider tho question of what could be
done toward furnishing cl.carer md III
creascd fnctltirs fur transportation, II tho
matter were allowed to run along unat-
teu.'c,t to by the great mvss OF the ucoule lt
might assume s,,cll sln,,c as to be difficult
Of accomplishment. Tile country WIS now
pv,st,erous; there WIS plenty of money: tho
r,ot,s werc uoo,l nnd brlnr,ufr ,,nt,,i nrtccs
.,tt ',n, ~. 49,. IT, 6. s"... $1,000
,s. alhi Il seemed 10 hl1n LINE the Government
roll!liFt sft11u money faore ndvantnEeoISly
emil benefit the people more than by inproy-
ing tic waterways. Unity was essential.
!, rnu1,l In, fnttlo for f,htoooo " ur,1ort.t-o
h. ;or.",f :, ".Iav.,, ~, ,,',, ;" ~ nt,ah,an''
~ he'soiL ~ e"' ~ ts'o l'''''o's ~ "lte'iie,t
lil|aols River to demand It's I'M
uroycmcut: nn,1 unnyaIiiur for thosa
mtrrests,i in tl,c I1cnmn,tn i,n,,o, tn rvsl IL
.. ,,,,,,, -, n.y. ..e' oa4 ' :" t"sn n,. ~
%ll'i t'lelr llllIeIlee. an must put their
tic improvement Of tin. Upper mud Lower
Mlss,,sInd1 ami ot,,nra ,vantra n cnnnl frnu,
si t.a' ~ , t". uelS r,' wA'tr t.o eeh, n tiJ,n ~,
utees! l,Ay ~ 'aat river. lhefe sho9'a pe
M scltfsll''ess, rs tho Question wns br0nu
one. Differences between tho North and
Sou,1, rnull In otliu4tc,t nv t1,o nu,ronrtntlo,,
G ~ nox ' fnr W ,h % i.mrovn,,amt e ~ Sn.norn
'. " "p''ey . ,"l .'!s ,'"p1osGiAenl o. 2""snein
lifted by II. lie didn't propose to antaeonlzo
v ,nt ',S ot t ~"
u"n;., a.. ,,, ot t,," .r,', ~
llenn.,in H Hs Cn, 1 o,l extei tha 8 staio so
system 100 milps.-6oo nboye I,ock Island
Oh tho Mississippi, anl zoo below. The
lratlu If flint s,,tlnn cn,lt, ,aycr i,a securrG
u y. Inv ,a .s' eon 10y u oo aeeneu
t'o mouth Ut the Illinois u'lt' como up that
WY. ,.,, .>tn .,,, ,,. 7,.-.,
u' lIiotloh Or Mr; Allcn, Mayor Harrison
WY eatieu to lug Giialr.
esin,i ~ ~ ~ 1, ~, ~ mas ~ uSgRy e
of 10 tr1f Iyl,nt in Ind lima ~ llmwn tEa iiiis
mis- Il Michigan, Canal tlecpened mid
yy;ne,1 SayS thu tmt i%;provsst s
lut is a w.r measure. liz sbclteycd Collgressss
Would pass Il bill converting It into n shin
canal. No hptter tlSg could bu found for tic
r. ti,on cxm.m,ntr ~ ApiIs Mso11Si r9sI
il,,r,y,,,,,,,ts nj INV .vnv fhn linn ~ IL
i! teeai!se n.oiey WIS piciity VI asld e cheap. ~
t d' om,,t w9mlH ~. 1ny9r tti2 hfoleet. nesalso
r ile'ifp, IN, % G S@,, W, e;i,S s''1sv II a a n
giaa I to a!t yote cMsIs;S'e y.a "oo'a W only 100