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Feb. 25, 1871.
Hon. Wm. W. Belknap,
Secretary of War,
Sir:
In answer to your letter of the 18th instant, in relation to encroachments of the Illinois
Central RR. Company upon the navigable waters of Lake Michigan, at Chicago, by the
deposition of dredged material from Chicago river within the basin now being constructed by
the United States at that point, I have the honor to inform you that the District Attorney
of the Northern District of Illinois has been directed to institute proceedings
against the Company, for the
prevention of the mischief which they contemplate
Very respectfully, &c.
A. T. Akerman,
Attorney General.
Encroachments of Illinois Central RR. Co.
