WABASH AND ERIE CANAL.
The SPEAKER laid before the House, the Report of the Trustees of the Wabash and Erie Canal.
Mr. NEBEKER submitted an order that it be referred to the Committee on Canals and Internal Improvements, and that 500 copies be printed.
Mr. JENKINSON proposed 2,000.
Mr. HEFFREN. Why print it at all.
Mr. NEBEKER. We want to know by what means the canal is kept up. It is a question of vast interest to us, but we ask only the usual number. If the gentleman can spare any of his copies, let him send them to the Wabash region.
Mr. Jenkinson's amendment was rejected.
Mr. BRANHAM. It seems unusual to refer a thing for a committee when the House know nothing about it.
Mr. NEBEKER had received the report from the resident, trustee on the part of the bondholders, and he had no doubt it was the report of the trustees of the Wabash and Erie Canal. If the House would order the printing, gentlemen could read it at their leisure.
Mr. BRANHAM desired the gentleman to withdraw the reference-he desired merely to lay on the table and print.
Mr. NEBEKER acquiesced, and the order was made accordingly.
