The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-12
RICHES IN CANAL
SEEN BY DENEEN
GOVERNOR POINTS OUT MANY
ADVANTAGES IN SPECIAL
MESSAGE TO ASSEMBLY.
BIG BOOM TO ILLINOIS
Would Be Deep Waterway From
Chicago to St. Lcuis--Wants
State to Start Work on
Lakes to Gulf Channel.

/ Lakes to Gulf Channel.
;;lIy. Spling1eld, . Ill, March. 1d.-FThe
iii S. 3sPeid9as plrtSb;tsiiiJn. lt ;iis I'll!
owify.g az. ihteffal: iinibro'TSemfents eevei
lesubmitied to. the. legislature Of mi
4 nois., 81 any5other state for5that. mat
Fer s yin he Sbfolight. before the gen
lIeral ASSEM- f5ly some day: s. wee0 in
ia siifess&ge 3 by9t.ie0 goye nor. He09wiill
I:prge the icensidefations by the state
1 III. necessary; IF a mammoth ship
canal at I5ckpoft to Utica Ill. on
the Illinois river, and from there a
deep channel to Grafton, Ill, and St.
Louis and down to deep water on the
Mississippi, 272 miles from the Cuff.
| The governor will use as the basis
Tor his recommendation the report of
the internal improvement commission
appointed in May, 1905. and which
has been engaged In invest eating
i,he various phases Of the subject
lever since.
Commission Makes Report.
The commission is composed Of
Isham Randolph engineer Of the san
itary district. Chicago; H. ". john
son, an ottawa, Ill, banker; II. NJ.
schmoldt. manufacturer Of Boards
town, H., ana Lyman e. Cooley Sec.
retary
Members of this commission. which
was created by the last general as
sembly, the authorit es Of the Chi
cago sanitary district, and the trus
tees OF the lllinois.Miehigan canal
will meet in Springfield tomorrow to
settle upon the manner Of legislation
10 be asked for. and as soon as his
is determined upon the governors
message will be prepared and sub
n.tfed Z
Picture Trade Supremacy.
The report Is vouminous and GOV
els every phase of the subject. Al
tention Is called to the resources
whi,h may be developed along the
route through he state of Illinois.
Coal deposits are located as favor
ably for .ftansportation hy river as
axe those .alopg.s. the Monoagahela |
and Kanawha.st:Theref are: unlimited
depasitaof glass. sand 9at Ottawa;
there .are%zints works at: La Sale and
Peru. .There. are ot3er smanufaetnr.
ing. towns which would be greatly1
nitltiplBed. stbrolgh'sthe. .deyelopmentt /
q water power. .'.os %s ....
:. The: ropre. iWouid fprn, ,sh' an; s;ogt let9
Ior.e thee.la Ee shipping and give .9eln;s
pl0yJpi!eiit to thes5e. crafts. and: .th.&si5o
crews :dufing: the.idle'w winter 2fq9o ~ JbsaI.
and .'th6 Re fee sls9 fhe argest7ele 4
men in tbs. I. o9s oc9solintfy's sigercha9t n
.inle: would: furnish San oontlet. for {
he. lakke GgsbipgBuiIdeHs, AID .allak5e yards,
ian ebuild mot sonny s6Is ocompctitioog 3
With sthe 0csastoG5dilders,S but even
4 thos taG CSyge9 Nhen3 ileeyo areo fur \
psfale. I.r6ntis. bN. which. sto..,. deliver
heir. ,oiitpit*.,} Ehiss1s dhe natllraliandd !.
liosts eiiect We. ships Sub idy sbill SAYS h
he commissions - -
The primary markets of the mid
lie west are located along this route
md fhe western lake frontier. as ST
-ouis. Quincy. Peoria, Chicago, Mi
yaukee and Duluth. These are the
,laces where commodities are ac.
ually bought, warehoused. and hel1
ar future delivery. and gan elect a
,hoice in forwarding by water orl
all This line of market Is also the
inc CT pooling points for the eastern
runk line association. To the we {
he irahc Is a process Of gathering
md d'stribution. Between Chicago
nd s.. Louis sweeps the east and
scsi traffic Of the sentiment, and this
ratel Tonte lies athwart this avenue
f commerce and is ST uatel as nc i
ther water route can be to profound !
Y affect general freight movement
Vsster Than Egyptian Domain.
To the south of 81 Louis in south Z
4 fa. Al