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UIUOV VIVUVI V* Y rif business. Ha.declares lf they donot ftblp him in 'this enterprise that he will keep up the dam at Momence and start paper mills, and other man-ufnctuiing enterprises, whioh we believe will be a “big thing for him if he can manufacture ^ marsh hay into a flrst-class quality of paper.The location of the ditch in this county runs between kugar. and Ash groves, along the south side of the eighteen foot ditch south of Camp Milligan, north of SoutlMler islands, and close to tho shore from there on east; or. in other words, it will follow the deepest channels the entire distance. The bed of the ditch will be two feet lower thiMjt those of Cedlwlfcnd raetyt, and the earth will all be thrown on the south side of thedifeh^ leaving the river to attend toall epthe nmrsh south of the diteli, andjetting Cedar $nd Eagle creeks act as safety valves during high water. Mr. S. has made this a constant study for year** and is certain that sucli a channel will so effectually dri^ that large scope of country in ten years that most of It will be avaifcble land the riqhest in the ebunty. He has talked to men who know all about steam ditchers, And |as had bids for the work at from twelye to twenty cents per yard. He proposes having wood cut on all the nearest islands so that It can be easily boated from four different points along the line. Every land-owner wiU be asked to sign a petition, andals£agM*ingbenefit.
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Crown Point Register
Crown Point, Indiana, US
Thu, Feb 20, 1879
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