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Light llotrs^s At the last session of Congress, appropriations wero madfc for a' Light House at [Milwaukee, a second one ai Racine, [moutli of Root river;] a third at Slieboyagan; a nurth at Man! Lou woe; and a fifth [we believe] near tlio mouth Cre«a Bay. A proviso was ■ppended to these appropriations, referring it to the cuumdaa'wA •rs of the Navyi to order surveys by competent officers, with a view of acertatniflg whether the se’^eral points named in'the bill were suitable locations for the expeinditire of money in thd erection of the light-houses contemplated. iWe learned fi?pm the Commissioners ofthe Navy, while at i Washington, that Idem, (h Pendergrast of 0ie Navy, had been dcsi^na* #ted by ti^e Corairoissioners, to examine Milwaukee, Racinfc, and the other pcnnis en this side of Lakp Michigan. Lieut. jPcacJer-grast is well qualified, as an officer and a gentleman, to Execute the trust confined to him; and we rn^y doubtless soon expect him here, in fujfilmtfot of his special comhission.[Milu'ttukce ScAtnd.
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Miners Free Press
Mineral Point, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Jul 14, 1837
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