Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-13
A GENERAL is HE.
Lumb r Kiu;, Frederick wryerh aus
err said TO be behind a Bil OF Great
importance 20 Nav cation.

Lumb King Frederick Wsyrrh aus
erSaid TO be behind sill OF Great
importance 30 Navigation.
Dispatches from ST. Paul say that
the Mississippi river steamboat compan-
psnies, running their boats between 81.
Paul and St. Louis, are greatly exercised
over bill sim lltaneously introduced in
the two houses of congress by Senator
Washburn and Representative Daniel.
authorizing the construction of log
boom from the mouth of the Chippewa
river to Winona Charles A. Petsch,
manager of tie St. Louis and St. Paul
Packet company, said.
IF such bill passes 1t will do naviga>
ton great injury, for the reason that
the running of logs would cause deten-
ton to boats. II would be Impossible
for boats TO navigate with logs running
in the river. II would cause great dau-
ger to packets. smashing their wheels
and crushing in their sides. Boats were
detained last season often from ten to if
teen hours. waiting for logs to run
through l understand that the Dia-
mond 10 line has put in bill for dana
ages against the boom companies. Nav
igation soove Winons would be effectu
| ally killed by the passage of such a bill
President Eamm of the St Louis and
| ST. Paul com any said: This bill, as
understand il. legalizes certain acts of
boom companies which may tend to seri
| ously interfere with navigating the upper
Mississippi. In the past these boom
| companies have repeatedly obstructed the
| river with these logs. Ii their past acts
| are legaliZed, in spite of the fact that
| there is clause saying that navigation
will not be in terfered with. and they are
allowed the Unrestricted use OF the river.
they will interfere with navigation. II
| such bill should become q law the river
| might as well be turned over to the boom
| people at once and navigation abandoned.
This legaliziny past acts is to anticipate
| actions for damages. This bill would
virtually force packets to STOP at Winons,
and the boom companies could turn on
the navigation companies for interfering
| with the passage of their logs. do not
believe so uni ust and unreasonable bill
| will ever become law"
An exchange clsims tia. Frederick
Weyerhauser, of this city, is back of this
bill and says he has revived his old plan
Of concentrating the lumber interests of
Wisconsin and Minnesota against the
steamboat lines OF s.. Paul and st. Louis
and appropristing the upper Mississippi
| river to himself for the handling and
transport i,ior OF his logs. The Burllng.
ton Gazette, 100, says Mr. Weyerhauser
has for several years practically owned
the Chippewa river and tributaries. He
is one OF those hardy milionsires who
| gets out with gang on drive. in his old
| clothes, rubber boots and unkemp, whis-
kers. and handles "peevie" with the
best of them, but he is admitted to be the
cleveres. wire >puller in the northern pine
regions. He has been the conceale
general IN many battle with rsilwa 5
companies and rival logging compa MES,
| and only few years ago the Knapp,
Stout & Co. of Eau Claire Fort
Madison and St. Louis. narrowly escaped
being shut out of the Chippewa river
through some of NJ. Weyerhsuser's fine
legislative work.