The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-09


WAY AieA' hehehA'e' HI 'ha'Se vi 'ie
upper misSiSs'ppi IMPROVEMENTS WIN
heaoqua''e's III 'his CITY, mas Pfepaieu
nr' "'u'' O'' III" i'i ""'ue' u W
washington. In The course oil II he says
of the
ssAG-Bo.r SERVICE.
f., which .horo uas -, ,,o,or a;roo.,r
'''N~l'
aVaiiaoie during the past year:
1t is proposed in the future to operate.
in connection with the snag>boat, SO
long as circumstances require and war
rant and funds permit, dredge-boat to
assist in moving wrecks, tow heads and
| other distractions OF similar nature,
and for cutting temporary channels in
connection with works of permanent i'm
provement, and at other points where no
permanent improvements have vet been
carried on.
He recommends an appropriation of
sao 900 . ro., Co. aoao; ,,;
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away 'fees' inahihS ne" chahheis' ana
Ike purposes. The appropriation for
this work from 1867 10 1892 aggregated
$500 140 OF the river work in General
he says
Ii appears to be generally admitted
Tho ,,nnor M;oa;aa;,rs; :; ea-;'- =, ~ :
interest of cheap freight rates and for the
benefit of the general public. and in con
siuerinS the importance OF such WORK and
tue amount OF good resulting therelfom,
II seems proper 10 CONSIDER all iFelght al
lected hy river competition, rather than
'he amount OF freight actually carried on
'ne river The river improvements make
cheap transportation practicable, and in
securing and maintaining reasonable
rates the OBJECT OF the improvement Is
gained irrespective OF the actual methods
OF transportation The freight received
and shipped at and from st. Louis by the
upper Mississippi river boats shows a
lailihg Oh for nVe years In tons II was
a sSd io'iows; looi, s4o, ~; 1867, Soo, 900 :
Io0'' lOo'ooo' 1904 1'a'oooi 1861 100 =
't", Inc NUMBER OF steamooats passing
orluses at Tue points named IN 1853 We're :
lacrosse, $40 Dubuque, 1901; ROCK
isisnd, o5i; Burlington. l,9o2; heo-
kuH' l,Il; Quincy, I,oO9. In general
THESE hSnres are less than Tor the two
previous years
IN REPORTING ON WORK
Lo,-, ..
p'"' anu ~
aui' Mn MaceehHte says
There is no question that the river be-
tween st. Paul and Des Moines rapids
can be put in such condition as To make
navigation easy and permanent. To ac>
oV'n''is" ,"iS tvsui' iequifes coA''h le''
soma tim. IN come tn small amount
of work which could be carried out in
1852 and tue lmpraetlcabIlIty OF cons
shenI'ns any Mo'h III 1000 Is unfortunate
douhradIv much tronhle Sir bo oxnar
fenced at unimproved points DURING the
coming probably very low stage of water
lhese troubles unless prevented by
mr. n, falt 80 us a. ,to VIZ :" on .tnt
for several wears OWING 10 the work ear
ried on By the government. navigation
. to,,,I,o,ta - t-.Is,1 .,-,x.J
running thronoh to s, PapI durinr the
entire season with but little difficulty,
anu the reiiaoi''ty OF Navigation mas re-
'uo',. - uses 'ii10 oea'oi I''ie' ~ ''
There is now available under This head
of the appropriation but IS. $50 as an
amount which can be expended during
'he hscai yeat endeu june oo, 1000
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