Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1836-03-11

Industrious wealthy Gertnsn 'comnuuitS
--who'carry on the Farming aud Manu~
GactuFingto NcOnsiderabIe extent.
The~hOIe 'exlWH Of tue rUud passss
through one Uf the m0St fertile .wheuty
growing countries in tlIe north part ol tho
Stale. Taking truct oi'cuunSry of'eIslR
orten miles, north and south 'oI Fhe road
1t affords asyreat'a sTrPIussage of pro
"duce, as any other Of Plte same extent in
the s ate; ue ides the agricattfral ,adTun
aagcs, the country ttruush %rIpieh ,tlreeas
teFnssecslon 1iVhe roHd piFSses a5OuBdS
with mi a aersl coal, drOa oaT, aWd saEt, o4
The aataer, tlanesaAGs Of barrels ere maRo
iipctared saasalIy in The valley III the
creek. The water tHtTiI"ges ON H4re ear-
era m Yellow -cr,ek end % The FeTd, ne
numeruus, hessd,s The sstaaa ataIS .alreaty
occupied ~il& EIuriq,g establishments,
there arc others Whicsa i<ioVd strong in
ducemeat, ISr pro&taJlo invest a~ul Of
capital.
On The completion Of the great wtstcrN
:horoughlare 10 tire OHIO (anai, he most
tpica! Caanot entrrtaia Il du,bs No 10 i.
the immense trade that will bt ahcnwR "a
to Pennsylvania by Ale CONSTRUCTION al
this connecting Iink with the Ohio Rivers
ur u Rh the Pennsy wanna canal at Pitts
barsh, which we anticipate is not far DIS
tant Wien we lake INTO consideration
the fact that in the season OF the year ia
which GU: FARMERS h~vc The surplusnge of
their farms TO dispose Of, tire Chic Canal
is obslrucled with Ice, Which tends 10 da
press and causes HE prize OF the produce
of the country 10 AIctuale, while by
mems of R-i Rmd this surPlussase
could Ue transported to the cast, be!or'.
the removal ot The ice on the Lake viii
permit It's tals, Q lalI0a 10 the n. lolE
canal.
When we take into consideration aiso,
the ra Did increase OF the population ot
t2e cnumry, aud with il the necessary Ia
Grouse Ol business, il iS 10 be presumed
that, when the road Contemplated ,sLdll
have been flushed, lhe tolls arising there
from wall aHurd much better tcr cent
age 81 its cost than any other imprOVc-
nent Of the kind il the State. ., o."
When lhe great wcslcra lhorouShIare,
shall have heen completed, und a c"nnec
OIL with lhe Wabash and Erie Canal,
lhr"ug III the State Of Indiana, and the con
templated rail road through the State Of
IlIinois 10 the Mississippi RiVec, it will
constitute connected chaia oi improve
menl, from tho city Of Phiiadelphia Of
more than 1000 miles. -..
The q eslton is, how far would tho.
cltz us of Philadelphia, by fostering this
object, advance th.ir owH personal inter
ests, aud the now elevated standing Of
that commercial city, ..
In reply We would say, large propor.
ton Of the produce oI Ohio that aow finds
It's way to The city Of New York, atler
traveIsing almost seven hundred aa!rs Of
caaaI, lake aaJ river aaVigation, would
be transported 10 PhiIadeIphia by much
Shorter chunnel and secure TO THAI city
lie entire ceatrol of the produce OF tue
fertile valleys Of The FAR WET.
1t may be advanced here by the eae.
mics of tins measure, that there are other
works of Improvement, running parallel
with lire cue 10 contetnpl plaIion, which will
susersede the necessity Of lis construc-
tioa-bat certainly experience has sho~a
that of all the modes Of communication,
rail roads are at once the cheapest, the
asiest Of construction; are less Iiabfe TO
interruption from the changes OF the sea-
sons and weather, are more easily rePair-
ed, and afford bv means OI lUcumIiVe
engines, the quickest and most certain
communication.
AGRICOLA.