Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-11
DEEP WATER A GO
The Board Of Trade Will Pro-
coed at Once
TO SECURE NEW LEGISLATION
The Report and Estimates Of Colonial
Ludlow sad tns Report Of the Com
nsrtss Submitted.

ElSal1eus l1lzk3 OL t13 bO8rt OF
trade viii call . meeting 10 Do held
next tuesday evening IN the board
roomslor the urpose or discussing the
river Improvement matter. AL city
officials and eitzsns Interested viii To
invited to attend the meeting that q
fuli discussion OF the subject may be
conlp.ets and exhaustive. The CON-
sBiitse on new Improvements made q
report OF ma tiers stand aAd re-
commented that . meeting OF this
kind De neld.
The committee on investigations re-
ported having obtained options on sew
eral eoncsrns which the COMMITTEES
thinks may be brought here. The
committee recommended tbs purchase
OF stock IN these concerns oy ali per-
sons VINO have money 20 iavost. secre-
tary kinsey stated that the horsensen' $
associations olhcsrs nsd asked on What
terms they could nave desk TO m IN
the board rooms. Referred to the exc
cutlve committee with power to Act
L. II. Leonard offered = resolution
fsvorng legislation allowing a rebate
OF The TAX u ali consumers or alcohol
used IA tue arts and sciences At pres
ent the tariff % about $40 per gallon.
Large quantities OF alcohol are used N
in-s city as well as IN al parts or the
country. The resolution vas adopted.
j. II. +. HugnaIt moved that the
solutions offered by the Cincinnati
chamber or commerce, TO be discussed
before the natif nal board OF trade, re-
gardtng tue needed amendments To the
interstate commerce law, De adopted.
Mr.. Hughart said the law had several
excellent PROVISIONS, but there We're so
many that werc bad that t was prac-
ueallv null and void. The motion
prevailed.
River improvement Plans
The committee on river improve
meut reported IS follows:
Herewith your committee submits =
letter received from Colonel Ludlov's
assistant, +. W. Lehnartz. by which il
Will be seer that there are three pro-
lects by wnicn the river can be i'm
proved inside the city limits While
Mr.. Lennartz submits only tue amount
OF excavation required, your commit
tee feels warranted IN submitting here
with an approximate estimate of the
cost. In Colonel LudloN's report to
the war department, he estimated the
Cost of excaysting 4.000,000 yards, the
entire course of the river, at 10 cents
per yard, bat ne states the coat of CON-
structlng = basin inside the city limits
would be 20 cents per yard.
Your committee has estimated the
cost of excavatlng inside the city limits
~ Is cents Per yard, and has adopted
Colonel Ludlow's estimate of 20 cents
per yard tor the basin. On this basis,
ms first projec, would cost <Ss, 502. HIS
second prolecr, which would contem-
plate carrying the channel to the Full
ton street bridge, and the construction
of a basin 800 feet wide by 1000 feet
long would require the excavation OF
IA. 200 yards of earth, .. . total cost
OF slls.752.
The third project, which contem-
plates extending the socalled Canoes
canal" would require total excava-
ton of III 900 yards. st q total cost Of
Sll3.23l.
From these estimates, which are con-
>sidered by your committee reasonable
A. ~ readily seen that very large
AMOUNT of money will be required to
be expended inside the present limits
OF Grand Rapids. But your committee
believes u would be-for the best inter-
est OF the city TO secure such ieglsla-
ton, "a will enable US to continue the
Improvement beyond the limits. After
CONSULTATION WITH the city attorney and
other eminent legal authorities, We have
concluded that the most desirable
plan would be 20 secure an amendment
10 the state constitution, authorizing
Grand Rapids TO vote monies for the
improvement of the river, irrespective
Of the city limits. We, therefore, re-
commend 10 the board that II approves
the project TO secure an amendment to
the state constitution that will enable
the citizens of Grand Rapids by q
maiority vote 20 bond the city in any
amount they msy deem proper for the
purpose OK securing a ten-foot nsyiga-
ton TO Lake Michigan.