, 1881-10-28
He Would Gradually Raise
the Bed Of the Water
' Courses;
And Then Build Levees to Heaven
to Coniine the Rush
ing Tide.
a Long List OF Resolutions In
Furthernncc Of the Co.,-
tcmplotctf Grab.
The Illinois & Michigan Canal aud 1lli-
nois River Given the Cold
Shoulder.

|
nois River Given tle Gold
Shoulder.
I ST. LOrfs. Mo-, Oct. ..7.--The ntyer Convention
wu' casnd to order ut lU::p o'clock, aud ltrAyrr
wns offered t'y tho ltcr. tlr. ". n. Ell.utt.
Chancellor of Washington University.
On lnntson the committee appointed by tho
United Stntes River Commission tn represent
| tnaf body IN convention WIS Invited to taks
seuts nn tho platform.
| The Committee on tho Or,ler Of business ualc
! arepurt. which was adopted.
The Con,llttce III Permanent Organization
reported tue suliUysinRn ns
oFr1cEIss Dr THt: coSvESrinS:
President. thu Hon. Mnrk II. 1llinneIl, Of sfnnc-
sotn: fice- Presidents: Arkunsaa. John II.
ddatns; Alabama. Thouus r. Allen; luwa,
ucorRe v. Jones; Kentucky. Eugene
Underwood: ludsnnu. II. H.. Hurlpy;
Louisiana. ticorae e. wadloll; Tennessee, II. r.
Elicit: knhsas. q. H. Stuck well; Minnesota, q.
e. Morrltnan; Nebraska. Cliutnn I,rIugs: lJnku-
ia. j. Z. lsltxrew: Wisconsin. William Wilson
New York, II. y. Osborne: Pennsylvania. It. e.
Gray: Tcxns. ". II. FElpptn: Ohio, =. r, CovpR-
ton: llllnths, II. Fullerton; Missouri. james Ito-
lns: West Virginia. Alex andcr Campbell; spe-
retHry, George T.. Wright, OF st. Louis: Assist
mt Secretaries. FrAnk tiainnlo anu Nick He'll ri
IT. Louis. Alexander Campbell, Of Vest vIr-
R'nn. aiid Logan II. Naut OF Arkansas. wero ap-
pointed to conduct tho President to tue chair.
Ml:. Dt'SSEtI.
Upon takinE tho chRir Mr I)1nnell returned
thinks for tho honor conferred upon HIN. and
III very brief and general remnrka sail M slclc.
yates they weru hero from twenty ssutea unL
Territories. extending from Minnesota 10 Tho
Gn!f Of Mexico. and from tho Easter1, seatoard
to the Rocky Mountains, to discuss tho uucs,!op
md dovisc means Of Improving the great rivers
OF tho Mississippi Valley, whose productions had
given the balance OF trade 10 the country, This
question was tlnt only OF great Interest u tue
Mississippi Valley. but tu tho whule Mutton, md
should bt trcAicd with dcllbcrnuou, ami With Il
view to Impress Its importance Upon Congress
and Inducing that hudy IL extend the aid bo
much desired.
Communications an plans for the improve
nlent VI the rivers. ETC.. were then hnndediu iu aud
filed fur future reference.
I.ETTElts
werc then rcAd fr1m Capt. James Il. Eatls.
United States Senator-clcet Itauda!l, t.. t3ji.-
son ut Louisiana, Senator james H. Heck OF
kentucky. Scrator a. +. Oorman. Congressman
Absa.n :. Hewitt Of Now York. Tostnastcr ticn-
cral James. congrssstinn IT, q. tiurr OF stIcns-
gasl, scnAtor 1ol,us OF Louisiana, seuutor liuw.
ley 0t Connecticut. ind uthors.
Thuro Wns also Tcad Il t,apNr prepnrcb by Gen,
Gtln!ure. President Ut tho River Commission, In
rrEafd 10 tue operations TT that commission,
which xoes over good teat Of thc Hruund COW
Krcss, but thu following extract will shDw
TILE CONDITION Of rnE RIVER,
and explains to some exlent ut Iet,st, what tho
cotnnisslon .,,l!t Ion intend to .Iu;
ontrc length ug ti,a river OcIow turn, Ftrst.
thai bud st'onls bars. nnd nnscruus navigation
s1tn s1s %ys .n's, BY as wSr ns
WHENEVER tho width t1ts nut exceed 3NN feet
tners u good cbannel thv ser ru!nti. II, other
river a,ld good Inv aatiun by II nsrrow ut,e. rio
sumo pr!tytlio npp!ics t, that portit,n OF the
ha vrr n0 p Sns nf s Msis 1 ,I. ana
INK evils arc. first. tn stop further enlargement
l'y rro.ectnx tue cav4.ss hunks; md. sreo,Id, 10
u1ntc nnitt'rnl width at nIl places wl,erU tho
w!.|.hs are excrsslve aud ths I.aviKation t,nsi.
luz banks viii Gd sradsl 10 q ~ propnr
snH, nnd I,rns:et.Hi b., 1ataba rcy.tmrnts
nxensy e hEh ncr.nsal!s Dykes pSei e.hor
~ ctsc..,I!s,nilcta saa!l require, Iy these lixht.
ss s esks S s, e IL "fxfy pr tp.,t p,tes wss
.wsh!cn tue watcr. ,constnrtly 'nowlnH through
sa,st ~. r,isrs IT. %h n,atshnY seoy viii de-
TIlE lEn OF THE 6TNEA, WILL, Ill: GllAt,.
EAt.ff HAisEn
during tho high.water Rcnaat,. fartulny new
utiIkH atl1 tsCrGlONtl1H tttT KAGrG tlUcH jur th1
nl'Hde1 Emanuel. These neihtrtA 1r tllpruy4..
MIlt hnse hecn successfully applied Mt
SNrlnila paints IN tho Missouri and Mts-
s1ssnpl Rivers. hnd are in M ae,t.u
HapGriHtetht. except IN tho tletusls ut tnnstcllc.
uon lHtLR tho work protected hy this tsInlnis.
Knn, and fur which tho sum Ut '$l0thxl,aal wus
Mhi'aMtfrMteu ~ tuo. !nst htssltft Ut tnngrtAs.
IL exm,tn, tnnt t,. nnS .. a""n tHaurea. a!ta y
.turtrI ,yi,h,t, IL. t.,', "t'nu"n t'fn,, VII ~
mmn posnt reuch o umwms .tn,',ns .msN "lh s,, tno
XIII ts,"vtm"a" r.,s" m"So ta sttomtan'G; Gllu w
TS,.s IN, rnrhcs "",st,tm," NJ, '.uMsnsK.
in'tyIh ~ ni",t s..",,su ,nii. ~ ~. H. MRR.e0atn
iumqim, h"l"w ir' ha, "h .xn ~ ~ n "nsrt my,
- .r,,ra n :, ir,rmotar h MTt" - M1e txi"Gte.!
n,Hs, sb hnyn'Il that !!tnlt
.',1ntinn .1 ,,,. a. ~ s Rsn espc'A!
t,n*Ir,at'.,n % ~. ~. .a ',,at,, % Ms q!
s ", II, '1 ra 9'ss pe'o" ta'Fo' they
"a'o ca'"4u''s ''''Pec'e"
THE pLASS Of IMPROVEMENT
nnw In PROCESS or csacl,ti,n i,v ,hs tnotreor
llurcnt nf thp i)rnnrt,str linn, ,,. III I'M. ~
Tho ri rsn,, t,.t ,v..t, .r,. .,,,, u ss t.", r. % ~
u pulntI,l tlt tIulr cnn.t" viii ,s,aiIi.n M,h f.