, 1881-05-23

Ecograeiicra familiar viii MI ths sssg1heers md
INC Illtnrhs anu tMnst tltrrcf rn"..aee! rnaee! that
nluntcnttn,l by water between '%le 1I.t q cum.
sI II. Iiiols H W RIverrse re"t Lakes |sby lie say s'' !;
1T Ia bcypnd doubt TINT nj cn,,,u..
waters ct the inland sen Of With ,o,e Tine the
lig lokrs nrg renl'!ants folnf tba9! I,e exist
through the wilde Valley Of fhc ilII,e!f III,,e!f way
Earrler witch once festrnDcti liz, 'a,aoIS ..t Ths
"rfS Ply ~ 1eK aa Wns 6roke'1 IN axes No
makes tle battom:lan,s Of tu Ii" prS,an!h Mn,eh now
testilles to te tasless Ut tilu ly ese,,t =, tyer
The State OF lI1innly I1as ayo,,o,, a..
tnas ton atpE aia ifova1eat enne % y so,s1uss
Lynn cnnal, now draws lie wai..s i'ito's Nleh.
hllel,tENn through tho CilcaEo. ill.,. ., ,Lass
IllluOIs near La S0ilc. i"'eF 10 ths
"Tn complete tho System. tina c,.,,
toiind IT necessary. by a system ~ Isa.e IA.
incks 20 pr9u'ice permanent tepi n fas nasiaM m
to ay ~ si5 s 'iee Ing b III Tue river: In ths v.
Stntes; and the Joint means Of II TIA az vhllel
Nation ltnye been expended nni e w. 1a,le md
llK expended, III permanent ttntns. sn, ~ "
so lar sucGeegn II perfect accord With b1Ss w.
By tho memorials OF the Statcss ssaff'iifa ~ iaatoust
Illinois, and the petitions Of a A. sp,S spSa3aa1 3.I1
number of citlzens, 10 construct stgs
from the Illinois River, al Of npnr ths ,,Etaa ,SEaaai
i!ennebln, tn some point OH tic MlssTssslR,eeiI y
Klyer. ail!! illus complete tho systc,nss.ap,ppl
The whole territory pSoyo Rock ip!oSsasnt isppnSS sn
Upper mississippi and It's tribulafes W =. ,Ss 'ss
mnfn canal is PROPOSED to tlo with III - s,.ae @e
Of tho Illinois. 'A0 ~oe'a
II brief 1t proposes, by n canal Of ,,,,x
'o"r n,9s' r,1s H,a su13tsI 81 eoss o. to oa
to direct Water-comn,unicatlon with cb,.,.
and lRkc-naytgati0n. s"'E4s'
1.-THE snmlnlt-leye1 Of this cana, IA tn b4,,,
piled with wnter from Rock River by n,t .sr
gable feeder from Dlxol. Rock NiyprT ,I..t t.s
by sinnll expense, easily borne BY loc,i' IT.. ~
WisSai TWSSiseis ia Sam as, 10 m9de navsa6e . IL
beautiful and bold stream, cotnpSisinpaaas IN aa
finest land IN the West. will enjoy t5e sa, 1r
yantages nf cheap ind permanent Tstst.
transportation. "@a''
no Improvement Of the same probable co,t
would be productive Of SO great q beneSt:: III:
and that tfl8 benefit to bp produced wnui3
not b. confined to the Htate Of Illinois alons
~ which tlle work Is situated, but would
DIRECTLY ' aMd Inevitably, embrace tho States o}
directly affect MI the States lying west Of these
down to 10 st{pteI by tia riyer nnd drUu1iT rsuain
Next IN the order OF time came tho in.
vcstigations Of the Committee on Transporta.
tt9lIortes " 0f wls' the q[sssat sseeary
ot the ,lieMsulH VIZ lion: william Wlnd0,a,
Into tlIo examinations lnade by tllIa Coinlpt.
tee, and It's SUBSEQUENT tanous report Il viii
only be necessary to state
ITS CONCLUSIONS.
Speaking OF this canal tho Committee
said: '''s's'
"This route presents two speelo ad,
II. It passes through tic centre Of fila
richest corli-urod,iclnr nrea. and Il fo1ms NV ~
cUnIloctIOn with fhe NItssissipul RIrer whIrS
pnases through tho Richest W(ipat-nrn,iucFnv
aren OH this Continent, "' '''A'~H'
-. It's eastorn terminus ia nj ChIcavo fin
lnrvpat rrnit,-rmnrEnt IL Tia West %tba1o sa.s
thnro ia alwnvs q larpo sInply Of Iake.ton.
nnVe. assay wa
NThe following extract fro,u n LITTER ,d.
dressed to the Chnirnnn OF th!s con,mtteo
BY Charles Randolph, Esq, Secretary Of tie
Board OF Trade Of Chicago, Is worthy Of
careful attention:
ia odcot, give IN u1brokon lIae u tran.potts.
slssp1l @ 81 t e the @ eoaan, either vs the = 81 is.
Ssan aHs Could COZ ba % qeuee ea;y. or quis oae.
lnlf on the general avorAgo between all p0ntf
-. 80. Whit the Erle Canal !g TO The fsal.
l4Hon of tre!x9t- rates hesoss tno state q . as*
lofk h!s wo9tu no aososs tno etate ii 1t ,.Nn.a gun
runir,1 osstwari ftm,n tbo Missssinp Niye,
wnuid BE- brought within tao lnIuence Of III
competition
!. r. ia alan nro,osed that tha wester, termt
nus ~ fho ronai ehnii hn At n nolnt m lid
MissiasInnt ohta,t ' twn,,tv mltss nhoye Rack
Island. Such Change in the location of th9
LILY ntG Tu ro9,,c p'eIe t%a stenoe ~ ram iIcapo to
Iii nntrts m % Tia rivar ,hnys tha western
tnr,,ImMs ~ ~ tha rcnai. ! II wni,]d reduce the
an,,,t ~ - inoto @ g o". aid te obstacle ID
now1euston n,I1t ~ nyaseS;od hv In Rock lsland
ranitls wnu,f he avoSt1eti. -
A"prY HprY'a Observation-Disclosures "a o,i that portion Of thi
1n,nnis Wtvnr svI,icI, has nIrcady been com
o ,,iutn'i uMMlor nnnrnnrintfn,s minds bY tht
Etotn EEtou 1Iii,o,a panS tha ffnEteIl Statfs. 10,
1ts1 th,r .,,5tY, thn riiinn,S Niirhfgan Canal.
svuisi , mM t twiti, tha iInnnenin t:ar,al. con-
tm,,a1 Wo aPL na y W., na,a M and nayga
tn', "' 'A''o W ~'>'''' '>''>'
,.,,n,, <,,1. M m THE u,astss1pp1 EVER
M nv :,,s,anoas VMuw s,oinp M 40 M So,iows:
eao "'7s"neee oo'"S ~ 1'''S''' Mut&
1nino,s 4 M,ch,Ran Canal, ch!cago to Ii -,
Eaiic. ~. W
slacK-wa iillnois Rivcr, LII Sale to lien :,
nopin. .t;;,..s,.:;c III ~
liennepIn Canal, Illinois River to Mss'Ss'p' !,
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