Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-03-29
A GREAT SCHEME.
A Ship Canal 80 Mics Long Near
Probability Pm Miles Travel
Saved

! The proposed canal would be 81 miles long,
and would save 21l miles between Chicago,
| Duluth and other ports. Morrill, says the
company il ready 10 organize within two
months after the charter is secured.
The senate has agreed TO the bill appro-
! priating s., $50 for the expenses OF the state
weather service.
The bill making the mayor of Detroit a
member OF the police commission on the
trial of one Of the police officers, has passed
| the house.
| A bin has passed the house appropriatng
$4,000 TO pay the running expenses of tho
| mining school at Houghton. This amount
will be deducted from the general appropria
! ton.
The boom and lumber companies arc
massng their forces in opposition 10 n bill
introduced by Repre- sentative Salisbury,
| which specifies that II shall not be lawful
| for any person or corporation, TO place logs
or timber in the navig bic streams of the
state without combining the S me n such a
way as to prevent the oOs ruCtion OF uavi-
cation or the formation Of lam. In case
rise of water re,ults from "a Jam and the adj
jacent land is oyerilowed, the owner of the
| logs and the booming company are alike
held responsible for al damages occasioned
| by the overflow.
Gov. Luce gave his second biennial re-
| ception in the executive parlors on the
| evening of March 49, He was assisted by
Mrs. Luce, Ex-Governor Jerome, ex Gov
ernor and Mrs. Begole and the Governors
staff
The Kalamazoo charter bill, which
| gives the mayor veto power and allows
| certain minor financial privileges, passed
under sus ension Of the rules aud was
given immediate effect. 1t was d senate
bill.
The bill TO prevent the selling Of liquor
etc, has passed the house, but failed TO be
given immediate effect, or effect May !, as
was intended by its author.
The house has passed the bill allowing
girls under Is ana boys under Il 10 marry
when the consent of their gu rdians or
parents is filed with the county clerk.
The bill appropriating 5000 TO suitably
dedicate the monuments erected al Gettys-
burg by the state, has passed the senate.
The house bill TO allow duck shooting to
May has passed the senate.
Senator Blackwell's conservative resolu-
| tion asking Tor the survey, Ter the direc-
y
States, for the construction of a ship canal
connecting Lakes Michigan and Superior,
commencing 1t point on the Little Bay de
Noe, Lake Michigan, up the White fish
| river to the divide between said lakes,
| thence down the Au Train river TO or near
the Au Train y on Lake Superior, thus
saving 10 commerce over 800 miles in the
round trip between Chicago and Duluth,
and saving TO the general government great
| expense in naval operations in the upper
lakes in case of war, passed tho senate.
The governor has approved the bill au-
thorizing the cemetery trustees of Cadillac
10 convey its property to another cemetery
association.
A largely signed remonstrance against
the beef inspec, lion bill came into the house
the other morning from Marquette county.
II denounced the mea ure as unwise, un-
Amer. can and vicious. and as pro ection
run wild" 1t also declared it opposed 10
the interchange of commerce between
states, and calculated to build up a local
butchers monopoly.
The house has passed bill to enable
electors who hold property in district,
but reside outside OF 1t, 10 vote for road
master.
The governor has gned the bill prohib-
ting boards OF registration from meeting
in rooms or buildings whore liquor is sold.
The soldiers home appropriation bill
passed the house unanimously. The total
amount OF the appropriation is S17,6j5. or
sj2,312 for this year and S25,295 for IS 0.
The items for this year include $4,000 for
a hospital 2,00J for new dormtories S.
600 for improving the grounds, -, 500 for
barn, 1925 for root house, and Si75 for
receiving vault.
The legislature will ad ourn from March
% 10 April ,, To allow the members an OPP
portunity to attend the spring olec lions.
The bill TO consolid to Au Sable and Os-
coda has been passed TO a third reading.
The proposed incorpor tion of Benton
HarDor was killed in the house.
The Governor has signed the bill author
ling Ann Arbor TO bond itself for s25, 900 to
build university hospital, provided tho
state appropriates 0,0OO for the same pur-
pose.
Gov. Luce has signed the bill allowing
Grand Rapids TO bond itself for so, 0O0 for
water works improvements.
The house judiciary committee and COM
mittee on public lands have decided to re-
port Representative Connoris bill 10 make
the alleged accretions 10 Naisou island IN
Wild Fowl bay pubic shooting and fish
ing park favorably, on condition that be-
fore the lands be made park the title Of
the state TO them be fully established.
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