TO CONGRESS.












                         FROM THE



Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association,




















PRESENTED BY
     HON. S. R. VAN SANT, St. Paul, Minnesota
     HON, ELLIS B. USHER, LaCrosse, Wis.
     CAPT. ALONZO BRYSON, Davenport, Iowa
     FRANK GAIENNIE, - St. Louis, Missouri
     LEWIS 8. BOSWELL, - Quincy, Illinois
              COMMITTEE.