Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-10
TOWNS OPPOSING
WATERWAY PLAN
cTrIxHas OTTAWA AND NORRIS
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spoositou to G-stsrser ts4asss satsF
wav bfu was soeauasersi yesterday
~ ne s@rat@ aae sosass eommittse.
which are tou-fas fas re4fs % tas
oraDosad ehaanel CfffzrGs % Ottawa
and Morris were Eas eHfrr obircfers.
In bofh eig.es frsr fnar enc fisIas %
levels In fas Ufaors river Uoaif Cause
-normoas losses ~ me food az %
s6iacerf ianss Vas af ta~ botfoc1 %
Ne trenBle Ths Busiarra nru ~
OtfaRa aaG Morris salt gaeT were
aaxio,i.f 90 abf te BfinEeE about va
terwaq f~vslogusot rheF laetstef
the so-eslef project No ad aot
snfuiaa preper satasissr,ls .9 arogert1
aWusfs.
Governor u,aaae aad ta- srFiseers
Who are sponsors fpr ta~ pi4a told tsa
eifixens Caair fears we're rrognairss.
Lyman o. CoairY. r. Kelly. u. H.
Sherman aad W a shaw. the ~aEi-
asssra. esach sfnErd bis prufsaa.or.tl
revufafi0a on TIE assertion that fts
LOSSES RON ovsrffov would b. con-
paraffveig small rbrT declared ere
payment - an famase claims aad
been amply pragifed r1r ta che esrt-
nate % ggG00.a00 zoe far eorstruc-
tt0a % the eiaatf1ot waterway from
IoGi~t % taaafe o. Was npparrn-.
ho~sv~r. enc experts we're enable to
alIay tAe fears OF property owners.
ptsns Generally Favored
Esesps AZ Ottawa aaG Morris. Gov
srnor fnlnne aad tae % members %
th@ legislature who are maEuF enc
HHa
savor % project c0. q The CONNER.
eiaf orxanfzasians % tss uunots River
vaE,y COMPOSING the uuaols water
way eunGiflse. aad~r whose aaspie-s
the trip - beng masir. arr a uait on
favor of the PLAZA.
The party Travelled from Joliet FOR
rs miles By barge on ere old ulinois
and MlchiEsn cauai F'r0m Channa
hon tas TRIP was rad ~ automobiles
70 Dresden ffetE1ts and t1rrce Co.
Morris a special interurnan truia
eanvsy-d the TOURISTS from Morris to
Marssufes and thsace Co Ottawa.
where fheq are Zoe ere niEht To-Day
me party wtu 80 STA tntsrurban and
tae ulfnofs rtver To- Feorta.
PruIeet No. q Involves tae rrtabt.t-
tatiaa % the nfia0ts and MichiEan
the hugdina ~ a toct at shat potet
from shs canal fsf9 ere uuuots river
aasf the use % ta~ rtvrr ths rersstn,isr
&C ths Wv o. reoria ~serpt FOG a tls-
tsaes % two a.sles az NarsetIIes where
the ED eanal wiz b. pressed iat1 serv.
ies a. a meaas % Eetf.nE arcgnd a.
dam which is eunfrogrd by private
Interest,"
n h4neheou was gives f5r me oarty
ss Merits at aeon aad a banquet st .
OTTAWA hast niFsf o. vas az these
EafhertaEs mat tbs obIectiess 20 the 4
plan were presented
Wsuia Frees La,stsras.
Tne reason for tse ebfrcsioas % or [
Java citizens lies in ere proposal Co .
baifd d.sas acruss ere uisots river .
az Starved UocE. ta miles below thts
eity Trs euEfneers say ere IAN .
would raise rfs tsvet Of ere river sf .
shat point aboss efzst feet and that 90 T
Womb Hood some % tte lowtasts be- .
low ottawa They irs.ss. however .
nat the damages would By 40 mcaes T.
reach ne preeertious elaimed
Lee OfNsn EruWns f-cfared TIE
water way weuid erfireiv destroy a F.
100000 sewerage svstem IN OTTAWA
ant eause snorus1us losses from over
flows. BE said q sea vail ouzht 90 D.
hung al ere way from Joliet Co starved 7
Rock TIE engineers said that Isvscs
could easily BE- bait fiouE the low
spots. hut nat ere PROPOSED sea van
was entirety unrecsssary
The fears % Merits eiflssas are