| Show UlirlLS CANAL > 1XILMIUN I In taking up the I work cf the surplus canal extension the city and county officials have assumed a very falsest Gary rpoDlblllt AI the present low slate of finances an expenditure of to000 or more should bo made only for good cause and that Is pre scnted In the present cafe Jlcildcs tbo general necessity ot the work as a mailer oC proteLtIon 10 the residents lu A largo tract oC country adja J contiothaJoria3 river from Tweltlb South street north a a further delay wculd have compelled the defense of two or three lawsuit whose ultimate expilbs easily might hv bon greater than the entire curt of the work AII hlIlIjlaUon Is I avoldedanc landlooldeto along the anal will re calve benefit Instead of Injury The surplus canal Tome proved very beneflc In the past even In Its limited capacity and Its enlargement will be an extension of that good Further than this Its bulljlng now will be an Immediate blessing In a necessary way tour filth of the expense to be Incurred in I for manual lboru1 what can be supplied now tothe advantage oC Easily deserving people If the expenditure cf 20000 were to be for something 10 com lu from abroad It wDul t tie regrettable at this lime es IlOclally no matter bow savages ar1 but for the general welfare the disburse maul of that auuunt to laboring mm locally Is I ol more advantage thou would be an Improvement clleg len times M much wore It to be purchased from theoulsUe The work will be let out In small contracts and can be completed Lefora hljh water In the tpllng |