The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-02

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tary Of State be and is hereby requested TO
forthwith transmit certified, copies of this
memorial to the Senate and House Of .Repre-
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Approved March %, 1913. -.'' j.. -,s,t -
. JOINT RESOLUTION No, III: F.; ses:
Messrs. Harrison and Voimer offer the
following resolution: liz = :. -
!. Whereas the Congress Of the United States,
by two several and separate acts. passed In
the years 1894 and 1899. authorized and d.
rected two separate surveys and examina-
9f thrse soF
River. one of said routes being from Lake
Superior to the Mississippi River via the ST.
via the Brule and St. Croix Rivers; and
WHEREAS: after actual examination
and survey OF said several proposed routes, the
United States Gov ernnlent engineers did re-
port In the year 1894 that the most feasible
route for said canal is the route from Aliouez
Bay on Lake Superior via the Brule and St.
Crolx. Rivers to the Mississippi River, and
recommended said route; and :,
WHEREAS, in the year 1899 the United
States Government engineers did again report
that canal from Lake Superior to the Mis-
Rivers sSas entirely feasible. That In the first
it was estimated that said canal could be
width at the water surface and fifty feet
In width at the bottom thereof, for the sum
Of Seven Million Fifty Thousand Dollars; and
That said canal could be built eighty feet in
width at the water line, hty-nine feet in
width at the bottom and five feet deep, for
the sum Of Six Million Twelve Thousand Five
Hundred Dollars; and
canal has not been authorized by Congress
because Of reports Of said engineers to the
effect that the construction of said canal was
and tho cost Of said canal as
compared with the benefits to be derived from
tho construction thereof; and
WHEREAS. 1t conclusively appears from
the surveys and examinations Of the route
made by the government engineers that it
struct and operate said canal along the route
specified from Allouez Bay on Lake Superior
at the Ok the S.
and Yssissippi 'Rivsrs. and the only obiec-
lions Which apparently prevent Congress from
railway Competition and the doubt expressed
by said engineers to the amount Of COM
merce which would he carried upon said
canal: and
WHEREAS. survey or examination ap-
the United States Government nj Of said route
to ascertain whether the same could be con-
structed and operated at depth Of ten feet,
sissippi River by the construction Of a dam
below the junction Of the st. Croix and Mis-.
sissipip Rivers would be practical which
connect the cities of Minneapolis and st.
Paul with the cities OF Duluth, Minnesota,
and Superior, Wisconsin, by means Of said
sippi River; and
ducers Of the Northwest and the Mississippi
Valley are vitality interested In the con,
strsction Of said canal and the Improvement
of said msr SO to form
from the Mississippi Valley and the Twin
Cities to the Atlantic seaport via the Great
the eastern states and the states bordering
on the Great Lakes, to be shipped by water
to all points in the Northwest and the Mis-
sssippi Valley and the agricultural and other
products of the Northwest to be shipped by
water to the markets of the world; and
WHEREAS, at all Of the hearings held
upon the question Of the commercial necessity
Of said canal and waterway great mass of
no adequate opportunity Ito be effectively
heard and there is no lawfully constituted au-
thority, official or commission of this State
present the facts Of collect data and statistics
'eating to commerce bearing upon this i'm
oortant subject; and
WHEREAS, the State Of Wisconsin and
the people Of said State also greatly in
terested in the construction of said canal and
waterway:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE 1T RESOLVED,
by the House Of Representatives of the State
of said canal by the National
government Is Of the greatest Importance to
slssipp Valley and the Nation; that it's
struction will be great addition to existing
facilities Of commerce: that 1t would con-
means Of reducing transportation rates on all
between the Mississippi Valley,
the Great Northwest. the Great Lakes and
to reduce rates upon COAL 'iron STEEL manu-
featured articles. grain and other agricultural
products and would greatly benefit the con-
sumers and producers Of the East and the
West and reduce tho cost Of the necessities
Of life.
RESOLVED FURTHER. that the Governor
State. the Chairman Of the Board of Railroad
and Warehouse Commissioners BE and they
are hereby appointed a commission. Of which
the Governor shall be chairman. which shall
be known as the Lake Superior and Mis-
sissppi River Canal Commission. and said
9: is hereby granted power and au-
and ascertain all Of tho facts with reference
to tho practicability and cost Of construction
and tie character ana amount Of Commerce ce
which would probably be carried or affected
BY said canal. and the probable effect Of the
portation rates and upon the consumers and
producers Of the Northwest. and especially the
sion in carrying out the provisions hereof
shall not exceed the sum OF twenty-five
hundred dollar. s25oo; oo). Said Commission
States engineers. and any other federal com
mission board or authority having jurisdiction
sa oana by the n t sates
data, intormatio~ and views ascertained and
the advisabinty and practicabil,ty Of tie con-.
structjon Of said canal by the federal gov
eminent; an and to make or cause to be made
said commission in favor Of said canal and
to use their best efforts to further the prot
ect OF the construction thereof, and to report
to the legislature at the Session Of 1915 all
Of their acts and doings in tho premises.
RESOLVED FURTHER. that said COM
mission Is also authorized and directed to
confer and act with any commission desig-
mated or appointed by the State of Wisconsin,
or any other State interested in the con.
structon Of said canal. ana to act with any
such commission in any and all Of the mat
said canal.
RESOLVED FURTHER. that the State of
Wisconsin IL hereby requested and invited to
and appoint like commission for
the purpose Of consulting and cooperating
with said commission hereby apnointad for