The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-09

WAsH1NGroN, Jan 3.--The president to-
day transmitted TO congress the following
massage:
81 transmit herewith a communication
from the secretary OF war, submitting the
annual report OF the Mississippi river COM
mission. | take this occasion 20 invite the
/ early attention " CJGErei' - fnntinua'
! ton of the work on the Mississippi river
which has been carried on under the plans
of the commission. Ally sense OF the i'm
portauce Of the improvement oil ms river
| Is not only in regard 10 the people OF the
porthwesf, but especially TO the inha6ii-
ants OF the lower M ssissippi river valley,
| and has slready been expressed IN special
communication to the last congress. The
| haryes.s, grain and cotton product region
| bordering on the MiHsssippl are so
vast as TO be OF national imporlancs and
ths proiect now being executed, their cheap
Remuneration should be sufficiently pro-
yided for. The commission report that the
| results due to the still unc9mpleted WORKS,
have been remarkable and give tho highest
encouragement for expecting ultimate
succsps in the Improvement. Inc aHt OF
August a. 1882 appropriated Sil25,UOO
| for works on that part OF the RIVER below
Cairo. The estimates OF the commission,
already transmitted 10 congress, cali for
SO OOO 600 for q continuation OF the work
below Cairo, and il appears from
the report that all of the last
Appropriation available for active opera
ton IL exhausted, and there ~ urgent need
of an immediate appropriation OF N,-
600 600 TO continue the work without loss OF
time, In view of the approach OF the Hood
season and attendant danger. therefore
recommend to congress the early passage
OF a separate bill on this subject
(Si-ned.) CHESTER A. ARrHUr,
t.
ANoTHER KssAGE.
The nrasident also sent 10 congress n
special message in respect to tina construc-
| tion of the Hsnnepin canal. Accompany
| ing he message are copies oil the act OF tue
general assembly OF Illinois cedinS to the
United States the Illinois and Michigan
canal, the record Of she ststs vots upon tho
proposition to esde at the state election,
the act Of cession and letter from the chief
engineer transmitting 10 the sscrstsry Of
war the report oftbe survey OF the proposed
Hennepin canal. In the message the presi
dent says:
ernor of Illinois with ae9py OF sae SC, o.
s,a.s. rendering to the United
State, cession of the Illinois
and Michigan canal upon the condition tn "
| N he enlarged and ma ntsined 10 national
water way for commercial purposes. Tne
proposed cetsi0n 10 the tubJec, cohsress
mas hid under consideration, directing BY
act of August "a, 1882, survey. for
| a canal from n point on the Illinois river,
AZ or near The tewn OF Hennepin, by the
most practicable route 70 the Mississippi
river at or b.ow the city OF Rock Island, the
canal not 20 be less than seventy feet wide
AZ the water line and not less than zine
feet deep, with capacity Tor vssseiso OF ~
least $50 tons, aud also to survey the Hi.
nois A Michigan canal snd
estimate the cost OF enlsrginr IL TO
the dimensions OF the proposed cansi
oetveen Hennepin and the Mississippi
rtver. The surveys ordered IN The shove
act have besn completed and the report
mon Them Il included in the last annual
repart Of the secretary Of war and copy
he,euitn submitted. IL appears from
those papers that the estimated yield OF
corn. wheat and oats were IN 1889 IN Hi
I,nois, wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, ar