, 1881-10-29
OLD PHOCION.
IIu Runs tho KIver Colfnlixstou Int
Hts at0lc-Antl Burrows Among f,n.s
Soldiers ind Nni1urs-Tllo 1ii.sf"1
ntrpl lk&ver improvement Con,n,,..

Alan.
spfc'a Correspondence ot The Chttnso 7;saHn,.
MOUND CRY. ill.,, Oct. 17.-At lust | hnv.
succeeded III getting something InteilirIias
toiclInE Tho proposed operations Of ,hs
"ali*sisssppt lslycr Improvement Cpmmf,.
sio1l." which lnls hccn charged will, lllo rx.
pcrimetltal expenditure Ut Sl,000,00o ,ln,n
tho Father Of Watcrs. nnt.t get these fac.
l,ltl TO visit this place attl put taysc|f IN
communication, with Capt. .fames u. Quinn
OF tho Engineer Corps. Md now OH tlcta;leI
service rs contracting and tltsb,Irsinv oIJ1,a,
,Se s,u in cnpt"l viii b
rhar'," ] ~ tho r1,;o.s ttorn,r 10 nv i, ".leee IN
ttniter Engineer Wtlculor, md aftcrward ST..
perfnteutlc1t of several Western hnrhnr ~ ~
proye,ncnts. ,rhero having hcom saa asa'
t.i,n,,ra, .,,,,o .i,n ns;,.t,,., .,,s, uss' some
cae apon MT tic ss present as4ss;' rostsr: rs w.
dent, ton. Z. a. Gilmore; Gen. Cyrus i
S, Sates ElejrI'crs: @ % s.nnt i Il'ts: IT, ualed
In"is Ne; ~ r. ns, I;nss,J - D..t ~ i''ast VI.
Prof. Mitchell, Iloston, United States Coast
Survey: Judge Taylor. Fort Wayne, lnI.
satss stete'I. u,en' inn rnlt n ~ ueac, Gne
t Of The uy iproyouent '. prop"s. " s NJ f'inss pn
Point, ai.a Lieut.. W. L. Mitchell, Of Tho Tn.
rtuccr Corps, has charge Of thu iu,pruvrmsa,
nj lnke 1,rnvl,Io,,rc. ~'"'u'
AZ 'i'"o i"'s = ,,'.s tv.oSns.. ~, y, o,, mn
le''fh tnat ot tllo Sl,Wo'ooo appropriated
by Congress about S'OD.000 will bc expended
III outlittlng preparatory to beginning ths
wprk, I wus Infnrmrtj Inst .,,ni,,.r Nv, ts
tso ,,oti,t" frnr ,not 10 o,,a"4 o,'i Ma.
u !, ,,,,,' = ~. .'',, ~ INV - "pout what
~ VIII ~ wien IL gets Under WHY waste
leave Cairo Oct. !. 1t did not leave then ,
rlo next date was Ilxctl for Oct, 10. Su1l r
fulIrd IN rnn,1nypoIa mr. e,ort N ~, "..' :"
ut mir. md NJ tSn liun IN procnsa ~ oa.msuw tGw
WY s,,;,tt tlis 1h;iG sfay. c,,.os ,,o.,,
snns + save sis ,yo,, setE s"set9sy strcy iea.
nr,iern, tn IN ~ r"r IL ,,1Is a ai,,. iM.s WITS
irn s,,,t1ns ~ ~ H. H. ~, MSeFy ,' aaq
wI, liz fnct VII n,.'! ", VIZ tSs c"itonied
crcsc ut mUpIlInrIty Of lin riv.r n"Sr ~ ~
railroad roule to tic scaboard, IL was l ss in.
for tho two proposed improvements, liz
commission will rcqulro. thirty or foIty
barges upon which to transport stone, BRUSH.
and othcr ,rlnraplng. This nceessltatei
contrgaetlng .Il for now ones. which ,ceontracts
And 1T tic time the ii,aciiery ard iron ia. col.
tracts were to bo lot tllo pricu Of iyou
jumped lip - per cent. Will.
In fortnight after tic letln.
Of the Saltwater contracts railroad necess7.
lies compelled TINT clnss to offer All auyaaes
Of 10 pr cent on the lumber tho commission
required but this wns not Nil, Willie iha
work u tlp commission ,was being delayed
III tho st. Clair River by Hoods the tlupseco.
Ell 10 injure 1t quite as bntlly.
Here 1T Mound City the committee has In
preparation atl old tloublc-l,uk slllg.boat 10
be used rs officers headquarters, repair
tllree large anil eonifortaDly-arrunge,l qlst.
ttr-b0ats for Iaborers. Tl,uru Will 4,e about
100 mun employed nt eaclt proposed pout,
mud Cant. Quinn expects to pay them about
Sl.25 pei, ,tay Of tell l,0urs ainl huard:, Tia
commission llas ont md now being Tilted Il
contrnct for 4.u00 cubic yurtts Of slona pet
month ut Rose Glare, lii iluytlin County, III
Ts ,. y, W0rk Of ti'i'HE 'E: w. . eoassgn ,1 3
confident , d,f of 1sayin hers by Nov
Aiouc II, n ,.emcterv ,.Insu,i n tbn ,vtu,,
mill thotnst ~ s,inif t.uasM ~ lily i,,us aa
in !, rr,nntnrv 3y,ns" sfnrt,,,ntcs viii hnnt
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iTHn NJni,i,,i t,ifv Nat}nnn1 t,emetcry WIS
opened niclAliy III 1854. In 1871, through
the personal efforts OF Dr.. Casey, thOn
lnninber of tho General Assembly Of the
Slnte, aided by thu lion. A, ii. Jones end