The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-19

River is the natural outlet. II IL to tho
work OF securing the necessary appropria.
ton that the
nos. nENroN M'MnLiS
has addressed himself, and Il was because
he had shown 20 much zeal and had al
ready accomplished NO much that when
his name was proposed for Governor in
the last Dcmocratio State Convention, the
delegates from his own section protested.
They wanted him IN Congress- | have
mover known public man who stood
higher In the regard OF his constituents
than Mr. McNlillin. Everybody seems TO
love him. lie knows every man, woman
aud child In his district. His bearing il
modest and unaSuming. lilo Is devoted
To the Interests OF his people and II ever n
public man was public servant he Ii that
man. IL requires no horoscope 10 indi.
cate his destiny. II In manifest. Such
men honor the State. Well, Mr.. McNlil-
lin Is able 10 report considerable progress
after ten years Of hard work, and il looks
like lac was about Ia reach the goal Of his
ambition In the conversion Of the Upper
Cumberland into u long canal.
THE NAP
/ give herewith IL an exact reproduction
by Photographic reduction. OF the chart
prepared by the United States engineers
who made the survey In accordance with
bill inlroduccdby Mr.. McMillin and passed
by the Forly-soyenth Congress They
found that the cost Of the work OF putting
la locks and dams at intervals OF eighteen
or twenty miles. between Nashville and
Point burnside. would be- less than co.,
900. and that this expenditure Of money
would result In making navigation possible
and rapid tho year round. Among the
rivers Of the world, the Upper Cumberland
enjoys, understand,
TuE PECULIAR DISTINCTION
OF being Of uniform width a longer dis.
lance than any other II IL at no point
very wide, the average width being about
100 yards Tho material for the conslfuc-
ton of the locks and dams Is always with.
in easy reach. Tho loggcrs do not obicc,
to the canaling Of tho stream Tor the
reason that the poplar Of tho forests has
been almost entirely cut out aud loaied
away. aud that tho remaining hard
wood Is transported better after being cut
and pat into bargcs. The time ia therefore
ripe iur the work. There Is no reason con.
cciynhlo why Congress should pur.
sue q dog.in.tho.mangcr policy aud longer
withhold the appropriation for the work
Rivers cannot be improved by private
enterprise. that being contrary 20 pub
lic policy have indicated the character
Of the country through which the river
flows. The whole nation needs what ID
has 10 supply. Every citizen Of Tennessee
Is interested In tho contamination Of the
project
WIN PERPETUAL NAVIGATION
secured by locking and damming the river,
the region would DO ono OF tho most
glorious garden spots under the sun. The
banks Of the stream would DO adorned
by q succession Of beautiful villas. The
sites for country homes arc not 10 be ex.
ccllcd for picturesque environment any
where on earth. | saw tho old Leslie |
homestead opposite flcming's Creek. The
location is positively heavenly. Standing
upon an elevation that resembles an In
dian mound, range Of noble hills
rises In the background. There il a
gentle slope 10 tho river, which, hall a
mile either way, lies straight, calm and
pclucid. Opposite rise boldly and sheerly
Gigantic ellis that are almost mountains.
The oye never wesries Of the yariei scapc.