Three cities and their industrial interests, with an historical and descriptive sketch of the national armory and arsenal, the location, manufacturing facilities, and business advantages of Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island, Moline, and Milan, Illinois--their commerce, population, schools, churches, and present condition . les 364,475 50 Feeder, twelve miles, Rock river to Watertown 426,395 27 Total $2,797,571 87 To this add ten per cent for contingencies 279,757 19 Total 83,077,329 06 This would give a perfectly secure method of passing the rapids by night or day, withbetween six and seven fee
Three cities and their industrial interests, with an historical and descriptive sketch of the national armory and arsenal, the location, manufacturing facilities, and business advantages of Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island, Moline, and Milan, Illinois--their commerce, population, schools, churches, and present condition . les 364,475 50 Feeder, twelve miles, Rock river to Watertown 426,395 27 Total $2,797,571 87 To this add ten per cent for contingencies 279,757 19 Total 83,077,329 06 This would give a perfectly secure method of passing the rapids by night or day, withbetween six and seven feet of slack water—sufficient for the largest craft that ever passes Cairo,m. A trfling sum compared with amounts already expended on the improvement of this greatnatural water-way, which with its main channel alone almost bisects our national domain. Canthe residents of this great valley allow the navigation of this, one of the great inland water-waysof the world, to be so greatly impeded by this break of fourteen miles, cutting in twain the naviga-tion of the upper Mississippi ? Is there a town or hamlet upon the line of this great river or itsnavigable tributaries that will not favor this enterprise ? Is there one that can afford to sit by its aid in securing this great and much-needed improvement ?. ^ Island.
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