Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-23
HENNEPIN ENTHUSIASM.
Moline Does Not Possess Great
Amount just Now.
The Pro Wis ion as IL Passed In the Riy-
er and Ifnrb0r Bili-When Work
Will com mence.

The resolutions adopted by the Moline
Business Mems association yesterday af-
ternoon pertaining to the Hennepin canal
are appended:
WAEREAs. Neither the Business asso
citation, the citizens of Moline, or the in
divldnals thereof. have any interest in
real estate at Milan or South Rock Island;
therefore be- it
ResotUed. That this association does not
think it TO he to the interest of Moline to
celebrate the signing of the Hennepin
canal bill, or to assist private citizens of
Rock Island and Davenport to boom
property in the location named.
The Moline Dispatch evidently takes
the wrong idea of the object of the Mos
line meeting. 1t SAYS:
Rock Island celebrants sent up re
quest that The Moline Business associa,
ton bear some of the expense of last Sat-
nrday nights canal celebration. A dozen
members of our business association met
this afternoon and adopted resolution
limiting thai the route victory was won
by those who put property interests
ahead of other considerations 1t is per-
fectly proper to let Rock Island pay for
her own celebration, bat that route vic
tory is won, and the antagonisms grow
ing out Of il should be buried. Moline
people wanted the canal by whatever
route.
1t is to be hoped that the Moline meets
ing was not held under any such ridicu-
lousy silly and mistaken ideas Rock
Island did not ask Moline to pay any
part of Rock Islands celebration. This
city has ample funds from the subscrip-
tons taken Saturday to defray all the ex-
penses of the demonstration, and will
probably have little left over to turn in
the Spencer square fund. The mission
Of the committee selected by the Rock Is
land committee to confer with the Moline
association had no reference whatever to
the Saturday night celebration That was
Rock Islands own event and no other city
was asked to share in the expense, though
all would have been welcome to join in
the Joy of the occasion. The object of
the committee which went to Moline was
to arrange if agreeable to the other cities
for celebration in which Moline, Dsv-
export, Geneseo and Milan should unite.
If Moline IS opposed to such celebra-
ton, however, Rock Island is satisfied.
The committee appointed to confer 8
to a tri-citv Hennepin canal celebra ton
met at the Harper house yesterday after
noon, but Geneseo was the only town
represented. Moline refused down. right
TO have anything to do with any jubilee
over the canal, while Davenport explained
that 1t had made provision for an express
sion of joy in design TO be presented in
the river carnival tonight. In view of
the fact IL at Rock Island and Milan had
already celebrated the canals success, it
was decided to simply adjourn subject to
the call of the chair
provision as passed by congress and ap-
proved by the president in the river and
harbor bill is as follows:
For the construction of the Illinois and
Mississippi canal TO connect the Illinois
river at a point near the town of Henne-
pin with the Mississippi river at the
mouth OF Rock river. together with
branch canal or feeder from said Rock
river to the main line of said canal, $500
600 Said canal and feeder shall be
known as the Illinois and Mississippi ca
nal aud shall be constructed on the rou.e
located By the secretary of war in pursu-
ance of the provisions of AN act making
appropriation for the construction, re-
pair and preservation of certain works on
certain public works on rivers and har
bors, and for other purposes" which act
became law Aug. IL. 1888, and said ca
nal and feeder shall be eighty feet wide
at the water line and seven feet deep. the
locks 40 feet in length and thirty feet in
width, and shall have capacity for ves-
sells of at least $50 tons burden, with
guard gates. waste weirs, locks, lock-
houses, basins, brIiges, and all other
erection and fixtures that may be neces
sary for safe and convenient navigation
of said canal aud feeders, and shall be
constructed on plans and specifications 10
be approved by the secretary of war. 1t
shall be the duty of the secretary of war,
in order to secure the right of way for
such canal and feeder, to acquire the tile
TO such lands as may be necessary by
agreement. purchase, OF voluntary con
veyance from the owners if it can be done
on reasonable terms; but if that should
be found impracticable then the secretary
of war shall apply a: any term of the cir
cult court or district court of the United
States for the northern district of Illinois
to be held thereafter aud 10 the name of
the United States institute and carry on
proceedings to condemn such lands as
may be necessary for right of way as
aforesaid; and in such proceedings said
court shall be governed by the laws of
the state of Illinois. so far as the same
may be applicable to the subject of con
demnIDs private property for public use;
the secretary of war to cause said work
to commence as soon as practicable by
the cons tructiOn of one OF the locks and
dams or said Rock river at such point as
he may deem most advisable, and shall
cause said work to be constructed in ac>
cordanco with the foregoing provisions,
and of permanent and substantial ma
terials and a good and wOrkmanlike man
ner
Congressman Murphy, of Daven
port, thinks the work of construction
will begin within thirty days, the latter
part of the bill az given above providing
that operations shall begin at once and
also laying out the nature of the work
first to receive attention.