Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1908 — Draining The Kankakee. [ARTICLE]

Draining The Kankakee.

United States engineers’ reports en the drainage of the Kankakee m&sh Sets forth that 500,666 acres could be redeemed. The value of these improvements can scarcely be estimated, but similar lands in Indiana have increased in value from $5 to SIOO after drainage. The cost of improvements is estimated at $4,000,000. After careful survey and in vestigation during the past two years, the engineers offer a comprehensive plan for increasing the earring capacity of the Kankakee river by shortening the lower channel from seventy-two to fortytwo miles by cutting off eighty-four bends. This is accomplished by cuts varying from 150 to 5,500 feet in length. The land, where properly drained will be among the richet in nothern Indiana. The low land known as the Kankakee marsh lies in Lake, Newton, Porter, Laporte, Jasper, St Joseph, Marshall, and Stajrke counties in Indiana and in lurnkakee county, Illinois.