Delaware State journal, advertiser and star. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1832-1833, 1833-05-21
/ uRruER PROOF OF THE PROSPERITY OF
THE COUNTRY.
From the Albany Argus.

Lqbouers in Mdiano.-The following
letter has been addressed to us for pub
LEGATION. Its worthy of attention. We
have no cause to doubt the accuracy Of
W. se.,s STATED, though we deem II
proper to say that we arc not personally
acquainted with the writer.
Fort Hayne, Indiana, Ahril15, 1888.
Sir-I wish, through the medium Of
the Argus, to inform the laborcrs in the
vicinity Of Albany, that in this neighbor-
hood they can find constant employment
for several years, at good wages, say
| from S Is to s 5 per month The coun-
try through which the Wabash and Eric
canal passes is handsomely situated and
very healthy. The canal is intended to
(bc constructed from the mouth OF Tip
pacanoe, Oh the Wabash river, to fort
Meigs on Maumcc Cor Miami) bay,a few
miles from Lake Erie, a distance of a.
bout 200 miles. The canal passes thro'
!, as fertile and beautiful countryas any in
the us. First rate lands may De had
near the canal (say four or five miles) for
one dollar aud quarter per acre. The
prospect of rapid settlement of this
country, with the advantages OF u canal
navigation, renders this, in my opinion,
one of the most desirable points in the
west. Ttcrc are already under contract
nineteen miles Of the canal, and sixteen
more TO be put under contract the 5th
Of next month-5OOC laborers will be re.
r quirel to complete the jobs by the time
: specified in the contrac Us, and there are
. not at this time more than 200 hands,
!, Most ofthc country through which tht
canal passes, has been iii market two OF
three years, and a small part of it re
= mains yet pnsurveyed. In consequence
= ! ollhe condition Of things the settlement:
y are thin and few, and the settlers toe
: probably employed on their farms t.
> leave them for the canal. Indeed, there
1 are but few laboring men i'll the state o
/! Indiana, who have not work OF their owl
to do; and our ncighbor, Ohio, is engag
: cd in public works TO an extent sullicien
4" to employ all the laborers. To younI
:, men with limited means, industriou
: habits and enterprise, this country pro
y, misses a great many advantages, and tn
, man Of family who wishes to procur
= him good house, and has not the me
w. ncy to purchase it in New York, coul
i fluid, should think, in the chcapncss an
; fertility of the land, strong inducemen
4, TO migrate hither. For if we are SUE
i cessful in the construction Of our cana
>" we shall, in the course of a few YEARS. |
-, fifty cents on the hundred, for transpo
- tation, nearer the city Of New Yorl
- than Auburn was when first knew Il
20 county OF Cayuga.
= And am firmly in the belief, that the az
3, vantagcs we possess in fertility Of soil and 81
III lubrity of climate over the western part
e. the state of New York, will over-balance Il
he advantage that section of the country posses
ed es over this in cheapness of transportation
ch n c have here two months less Of cold we;
i'll Their than they have there; but we have sno
81 enough to secure to us good crop of whe
and warm weather enough to ripen the larry
kind of corn. | believe that land titled
~ the same manner will produce ten bushels