Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-12-20
KINER ON THE CANAL.

The Philosopher or the Geneseo News
Enumerates some Of the Benefits
Real and Imaginary.
Kiner. OF the Geneseo Nesos. has been
summing up the benefits of the Hennepin
canal 10 Geneseo and vicinity. Kiner
has been soliloquiziDg. as 1t were, in this
fashion:
How will the Hennepin canal affect
Geneseol Is question that surges 70 the
surface In the minds of thinking men
Well, we have an egnosical sentiment
regardingit. We don't know. 1t will
affect freight rates throughout the north
western states, and will probably affect
Geneseo some 10 that way. II may make
our lumber, lime, stone. coal and other
heavy goods cost us less. We hope il
will. II ought to. II will probably les
sen the rates If freight on grains. hogs
aud cattle. We hope it will 1t may
cause a town TO spring up somewhere on
It's shores In this vicinity. We hope II
won't. Turning. MS II does. square away
from US when within mile or two OF
town, and going of to PenDy's Slough.
viii naturally cause warehouses. lumber
yards and coal houses to spring up Ut the
turn. which is at the Charley Arnetl or
Heffiefinger farm Just east of town.
Somebody. seeing the farmers taking
grain there. and town people and others
going there for coal, lumber, salt and
lime. will recognize as good place TO
start store. Then somebody else will
see chance TO start a rival store. Then
they will petition Grover Cleveland, the
next president. TO start pOstofiice there.
Grover will talk to the much>pictured
wife, frankie, about IL, She will reflect
that the mails are pretty good things, that
they made her all she is, and VIII say.
yes, Grover, start postotiice on the
II inois and Mississippi canal near Gene
SEQ. IL will help the Geneseo Neios and
It's editor is u good friend of yours, as
long as you behave yourself. Put the
editor 10 as postmaster, dig lateral ca
nal TO Geneseo, charter the editors steam
er TO convey the mails aud YOU will be a
duck and a darling Then Grover win at
once become d. D., and every D. ID In
the country Is on the side of the Geneseo
Nescs. the well known organ of the Y NJ.
q. A. The canal will require abous 2H0
80 VI W ZIG on
foot ditch on, aud give place for tow
path. approaches To the bridges, place to
dump earth from the excavations, and
room for Moline to get out and kick on.
Mayor Cole is IN hot water, that il
canal water. because the canal goes
tight through the middle of an
atteDusted eighty acre lot of bis
on Spring Creek. The lot is only 40 rods
wide. IL will be most all canal and tow.
path. canal ought TO have decency
enough to go round mayors land. Such
few rods in width is the so. too. Then il
will be just like the ID. ID. referred 10
above, TO get out his dear old democratic
bible and quote Solomon. spare the rod.
and spoil the mayor We did have
hopes that the canal would 90 through
Genes. o. so that we could have an occas>
ional swim In 1t. and paddle blithely
about In IL In our little light canoe. But
Engineer Marshall owns land on Rock
river. and Is leasing coal lands over there,
and Engineer Marshall loves Marshall
better than he does Genese0. It's coal
day when Marshall gets left: though Gen.
eseo's Cole does get a little left. How.
ever, about all we can do is to take care
OF our health, and hang onto our hats,
IN the midst Of life we are in debt. We
can't tell what minute will be our next.
Let US let the canal go where il will, as
the wind bloweth where 1t listeth."