Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-05-24
MILLIONS IN IT.
Some of the Provisions of the River and Har.
Dor Bill.

Some Of the Provisions of the River and Har
Dor Bill.
WASHINGTON, May 2I.-The total in.
crease in the river and harbor bill ss re-
ported to the senate is about 81 500 oo0
Some OF the details are as follows: I'm.
prOvement of the Mississippi river from
Des Noines rapids to the mouth of the
Illinois, S135, 600; Grand Rapids near Mt
Carmel, Illinois, $4,000; snag and
dredge boats on the Upper Missis-
sippi, $4,000; from Minneapolis to
Des Moines Rapids, $4,000; appropria-
ton for the Mississippi between the
mouth of the Illinois aud the mouth of
the Ohio is amended by the insertion OF
a provision that the work shall ineluGe
| the work on the harbor at ST. Louis. The
provision for the Missouri river IS struck
out and the following substituted: I'm
proving the Missouri river from the
mouth 70 TT. Benton, continuing i'm prove
ments, S11,05O,C00, including removal
of distinctions. surveys and ex-
aminations, together with the Office
expenses and the salaries OF the
Missouri river commission, to be expeud-
ed in accordance with the plans of the
commission. So much of the sum NAV
BE expended at Atchinson and Ft. Leayen-
worth, Kansas; and in preserving or i'm
proving the existing work at Kansas
City and ST. Joseph, Missouri, and $4,000
may be used between the southern limit
of st. Joseph and the head of Lake On
tariO. OF the above sum $3.50 900 shall be
expended between Council Bluffs and
Omaha, and point five miles above the
bridge of the Omaha and Council Bluffs
bridge company; 100000 at Sioux City;
$4,000 at or near Plattsmouth; $50, 600
at or near Ralo, Neb., and $4,000 at or
near Nebraska City.
THE HENNEPIN CANAL.
The following is the Hennepin canal
provision: For the purpose Of securing
q continuous nayigable waterway be-
tween Lake Michigan and the Mississippi
river, having capacity and facilities
adequate for the passage of
the largest Mississippi river steam
boats and navigable vessels,
suitable for defense in time of war, the
secretary of war is authorized and di-
rected to cause TO be made proper sur
veys, plans and estimates for channel i'm
provements and locks and dams in the
beds OF the Illinois and DespIaines rivers
from Lasalle TO Lockport sc as to pro-
vide navigable water way not less
than fourteen feet deep and to
have surveyed and located chan
mel from Lockport to Lake
Michigan at or near Chicago, such
channel to be suitable for the purposes
aforesaid, and capable of carrying not
less than 100000 cubic feet of water per
minute. flowing at the rate of two miles
per hour, the necessary expenses of such
surveys, plans, etc, to be paid out of the
sum appropriated for the Improvement
Of the Illino5 river.
THE ILLINOIS AND MISSISSIPPI CANAL,
The secretary is further directed to
cause to be located on such line as he
may approve a canal from the Illinois
river at or near Hennepin to the Missis-
sippi river at or above the mouth of the
Rock river, together with the necessary
feeder for the same, the said canal TO be
known as the Illinois end MISSISSIPPI
pi canal, ana to be eighty feet
wide at the water line, and to have a
depth of not less than seven feet of
water with locks 10 feet wide and thirty
feet wide. The secretary Of war shall
cause to be made and submitted to con
gress detailed plans and estimates for
the construction OF the canal and feeder,
the necessary expenses to be paid out of
the unexpended balance on hand hereto
fore appropriated for the survey of said
canal.