Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1913-05-09


ana 10 hereby sEespGc4tu ny sbrEed III 70 ~
a. 81. III. iii spiscs.s Iii lat resideacs'
ana bearing the folioVf(E Inscription M
n
This monument .ssy
II erected To- the memory Of 81
1', (. ,5 ,,',s5sa S..tes ceS
BY orderIof Act Of Congress
The TChssapeakeI and ma ST. mon 81. ss s
Az June ~ 101S. SO ia e
He was Il mum ne' a. he va. braye::,'ES
\. REso1;ynp r15RrHEn that n. secr..
forthwith transmit fcertined copies 81 tnii
ihe ana
to each OF tho senstors and represeptativel
therein from this state. - -5. IS
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sS}5. s3ys y 81 =. ..- "a
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IA Jf,ItG,,. pE,esnr ,11,rrr,N NJ, - r. sas u
foiiow,ns raso,,,tion Ana so.Anet ot-sA
800 80 AseS.''s
nv tusn Sc .svers, ana s.,nara+a act. ,assed h
+ha Wssr. 1sa4 and 1Sa,a authorized ana al.
rected two separate surveys apd examlna;;
cnnnectin1 r ave s,,nerinr with the SMissisiipp
<Saa
superior 10 the Mlsssiesapp1 tive VIZ .nd one
TO a. nr,,;a o .na w r. rroiN R,vcrs. ana
Z r.'N - - = ! q ~, '-, 52 !.
WHEREAS sfter an actual s1 sats. 70.
1Initsd sts+ o. Governn,ant enFneers ala re-
LII u thn s,.e. 1so1 the+ the mnst feasihfe
route for said canal A the route from Allops,
csox RlysT' to the
1850. !. :. ...r ,soo =. r,n, -
states Governritanfe engineers did again renori
1sSp ,,o. en4,ra1x 70 .ihle That ~ FL. ara
- ia ras,o,tu 20 ia sns,..ro.,t .nn;raar,
- va estsnna+a - thst sa;d canai caxid +.
~ wa ne.s tast Saau ";sst,, reot h.
n;dth ~ ~. s,eta- s"9rrece ga ef+y.rina feat
~ u,idsh s Of the hotto,o tHeraof fcr the snm
Of seven MilHon Fifty rhousand Dollars; and
tne secono OF d Reports h,1t ets+,s feat ~
sna at, saaa cana4 coua ne Duit elgnsy hees
width at the bottom and tve feas deep, 70.
Inc sulli OF 81. oa a 1"else @housa"o NV
7unofeo ooiiais' @Au a
WHEREAs the pio9ect OF h HB. ga.s
sanal nas not been au na,% oy cons ~
e .. =. ., - sa,S csnei WA,
not ea W. co.f 10 e. sad canal a.
compares Wn ,ne eenents 70 De derived if
u1,rpr.s = cor.,u.,ve,v .nnears from
WAEhE S. concins,v,ey appe ~ rovt,
msas NV -. a Hovernmenf eneineersl that i
surrey a.ao dau .ol,n1 ai,,a +ta rovt.
srucs 1n1 opeFAie sao p cana, ao E s,nerio
specMeo rrom A,1Gue Say IN Piver. ~ III.
Miss1ssippi At the Juncuon o. tne Ss Gtoa'
and Msfssipp. ravSs' anu tn S ws fso,,
etor Macn .a1 proisct are the existenca o
said s1s,nesrs =; e the AMOUNT Of
canal; and
,1,ryrnu.o =. .,,,,,., nr .x.m,ra+,on> an
=. nas. no h sufvey \. e,,thor;1sd x,
pear 70 A ~ .oe nnro.en+ aid ro,ts
to ascertain whether the same couid %. 20 COZ COZ
strucseo Au 1872 aaa1,watin, ~ ~ Mo
nor ~ ~ whether M, nts,,atax, ~ - 1ar
saCsapp! Ixor ~ 'ne 49, a. Trni~ ard Mis-
s.sulpp raot tanS a.,d 70 $500 a. a. T.
the cite, Of Minneapolis and 81
Ia s,,ner,or ' Wiscon.in Nv means Of saii
aau., and ~. canaI;zaf,on' Of said M,ssis
sippi River; and.
wuERNAa millions. Of consumers and pro
ducers Of the Northwest ana the Mississippi
s urMsg Of said Canal and the improvement
of said Mississippi River 80 as to form
20 comn1ete and Continuous inland waterwa,
CITIES esf t to- the Atlantic seaport via the area
Lakes Tins enabling all Of the products o.
the eastern states and the states bordering
the Gn II ts 70 pc pnd tge Ms
sissinp, Valley and tho asricuitural and othe,
water to the markets Of tho world; and
~.
WHEREAS. at all OF the hearings ne !e
upon tho question OF the commercial necessary
Of said canal and waterway great mass 10 o
no adequate opportunity to be effecttvel,
heard and there Is no lawfully constituteo . ~
thority:. omcial or commission OF TINS sta st
present the facts Of collect data ana staustic'
relating to commerce bearing upon TINS I'M
portant subject; ana =
WHEREAs' NJ stess OF "; Wascon nnti,, an ,r
the people OF salo Soy IRE as" ae'a seaai ON
terested IN the CONSTRUCTION OF sa'o cana' AM
NOW, THEIR EFORE. BE 1T RESOLVED
IL. ssnste
government Is Of the greatest Importance t
tho OF Nsen that ts
struction will be great addition to existing
facilities Of commerce; that 1t would COZ y.
means Of reducing transportation rates on al
commodities between the Mississippi Valley
tho Great Northwest, the Great Lakes and
to reduce rates upon coal. iron. steel, manu-
products and would greatly benefit the. con
sumers ana producers Of the East and thu
West and reduce the cost Of the necessities
of life. -s-.F
49, r.- p. +
RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Governor
STATE 'S the cba,rman Of the board of Railroae
ana warehouse Commissioners be and the,
sra herahv annointed a oomnission Of which
the Governor shall be Chairman. which shall
s I G" River Canal e commisston, and sait
comnniss,on n hereby Granted bower and au
thnr;fv ana n herehv Iisrected tn Invastirat,
and operation Of said canal, utility thereo,
and the character and amount Of commerc,