Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1878 — The Surrey of the Kankakee River. [ARTICLE]

The Surrey of the Kankakee River.

Majir Sraith, dMho fe 8. Engineer#,, ami • General Gleason, of LaPorte, a civil engineer of repute, will begin tho proposed surI vey of the Kankakee this week. They jaiLsXM . party of Kat,kak<e citizens They have chartered a boat and wilt make aw extended trip. Several citizens of lafayette have been invitedlto join the surveying party. This is a matter of great importance 1 to the pcopla of Indiana. The valley' of the Kankakee is unsurpassed fbr CertilitV/ i The river cun he straightened ami nidtre navigable. In,doing this tho problem of j drainage is settled and a domain as largtfus the state of Miissaetiusolts is .whiinied from tho watery waste and added to tho agricultural and material wealth us tho istulo. Cvm'Ut’,' c Tho republican rally at this jdace on the 3d of next month will be the last rally of the campaign, and it ft earnestly hoped h ßvery rfepWWti who cat* will attend and 1 help"hr mako it nr-tirid '**y K>6 ‘ho party in Jmipori 6-mnly. IKm. JeWn M.‘ Butler, of tiidi>n»apali<, will bts'tho prtm i r.pcklior, htt «»U‘l an n of pimples, Rmw