| Show yn connecting TILE GAS grovr T LAKES WITH THE mississippi pr 1 the project toi lot a connection as above has long bya under con ration by engi engineers neets hi at 4 by con un gloss the trouble 0 jo o I 1 ie a to select some oni onos of the several searal routes disposed reference Refe tence tombo various isantes is made in t the lie f llo ving extract fiola an n illinois ioui ml evident ly favors the in liadal I 1 he board Boardo of arny lArvy hugn ner n ers er p binte lid under the provisions of uie the last lasi aw ivi V and harbor b 11 ta to ebani examine ine into the th feasibility of I 1 he w ark that tl tie e propped prop ed sed canil i it loail ie and bebau e of ofis its commercial importance la 14 y to be undertaken by tle gineris Gi go gov ei but it 1 econ iii brids the no non n accept 1 ince nee 17 the tile unit united states of I 1 the he illinois cinal dundei th of the existing act of the 11 alio a a lesola Lae itla lur lure ih a anvan 1 Z i bould be necessary necess iry 15 13 tie peoble of illinois and this would take the out of congress for the next or fourbears lour four years ahe board also britsen by its en tie marais boier or northern route as against 11 tie e lock I 1 land or southern loute is its a dainter on many frier ds ot of hennep n host of the engineers who have lave made bu aure r ie 3 hava have bored labored i ored the marais d oster ionic but gen john newton when at the head of the I 1 chip always ei hn hit and upheld ta tie e rock island rou 6 because ot of ils its superior commercial advAnt nes dut but I 1 is no longet with tie ile department and the d lava lave tl it air own way hii ahe J h alenne a cical caral schem scheme is not de asid ild it will five live again ai at d wa we believe will at no ery tary remote day become au an actual real bation |