Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1909 — Kankakee Valley Canal Association. [ARTICLE]

Kankakee Valley Canal Association.

Kankakee Valley Review. At a large and well attended meeting of land owners and business men of Indiana and Illinois held Monday at Momence, 111., resolutions were passed endorsing the construction of a canal from South Bend, Ind., to the Illinois river, said canal to be built through the Kankakee Valley using the waters of the Kankakee, river. The canal to be large enough to allow the passage of tug‘boats and barges. The proposed canal, if built, would connect on the west with the Illinois river deep water way, and at South Bend on the east with the Chicago and Toledo proposed water way. The proposed improvement has received the endorse ment of the principal land owners and business men along the line. A committee was appointed to meet at the Oliver House, South Bend, Feb. 15th, to further perfect the association. The following is the committee: W. W. Parrish, Jr., James J. Kirby, George Chatfield, Chas. Hack, Fred Knighthart, J. H. Fedde, W. H. Bennett, B. F. Gray, O. M. Harlem, Jno. Houk, W. L. Clapsaddle, Frank Hamilton, of Momence; Len Small, Wayne Dyer, of Kankakee, Dr. L. N. Williams, John Tully, Jos. Adams, F. M. Trissal, of Chicago; Frank A. Nave, of Atticff; Chas. VanVorst, of Chalmers; Simon Straus, of Ligonler; Frank Chambers, of Shelby; J. F. Cook, of LaCrosse; C. H. Peters, Jas. C. Fletcher, of Knox; Mayor Fogarty, C. M. Situdebaker, Wm. Oliver, of South Bend; Jacob Keller,” A, J. Bunnell, of North Judson; Tom Knott of Gary; John Bowie, of Wheatfield; Guy Stinchfield, H. B. Brown, of Valparaiso; F. W. Powers, of Lafayette; Otto Bruce, of Crown Point It is proposed to ask congress to make an appropriation for the construction of the canal.