Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-08-27

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INDIANA.
Intersection OF the Whitewater
Canal and the National Road.
THE undersigned, Committee on the part OF the
proprietor, will sell on the premises, az "a
indiana, large number Of building lots On the sh OF
next.
Cambridge City is in Wayne County, Indiana, about
50 miles cas-. Of Indianapolis 50 west Of Dayton and ~
north west Of Cincinnati. 1t is the West Fork OF
Whitewater river, and at the precise OF tne
Whitewater Canal with the National Road IL y sup
pose in natural artificial advantages
by any town wholly interior in the western coontty
is in the Of Eastern Indiana, and in the richest
and ropulons county in the State, now containing
nearly 5000 thriving and industrious iDhabtanfs In
this neghborhood raised large amount OF pork tor
the Cincinnati Market of which last season, single IN.
dividoal sold to the value Of This point must
become the depot Tor the produce Of an
sye district very rich country thenceto be distributed
bv the Canal. Rail Roads, and Turnpikes to various
this. under the Internal Improvement system OF indana
are scarcely eoualled at any any point whatever.
THEY ARE: LIST. The Whitewater Canal,
which. by law terminates at this point,on the Ma
tional Road. This Canal will traverse the valley
Of the White water ,fromCamb ridge to Ohothe ter
minating with one branch at the CITY OF Cincinna-
Il. and the other at Lawrenceburgh. Thirty-hve
miles of this work, from Lawrenceburg to point
north Of Brookvlie will be put under contract TINS
fall: while the branch to Cincinnati will be con-
.tructed. either by the State or an incorporated
Company, during the ensuing year. The State
Basin has been located in Cambridge. and large
Private Basin will be constructed by the PrOPrie-
tor. ON the ground now offered for sale. Two
7 oct. are within or near the town, Offering water
power for manufacturing purposes; besides which,
Martind ale Creek, within short distance, affords
fine MILD sites.
great Central Canal the State has established the
Cross Cut to be either Canal or Rail Road, as
NAV be expedient. 1t is believed the Rail Road
will be adopted. This viii connect the Whltewa-
ter Canal at Cambridge with the Central Canal.
bv Canal. to a point on the Wabash and Erie Canal
Arain the State makes either a Canal or KaiI
Road from Fort Wayne in the Wabash Canal to
Michigan City. Thus the connection IL made com.
Wabash route, by the valley of the Whitewater. to
the Ohio river; and also, from Lake Michigan
BY Fort Wayne, to the same point.
3D. The State has loaned its credit to the Law
renceburg and Indianapolis Rail Road company
where Stock 10 subscribed, and part Of its work
advertised for lettng) condition that 1T contln-
mes it. Rail Road to Nashville, onlv IL miles from
thence, II is contemplated 20 convey
it to Cambridge, and finally to Fort " ayne.
4th. A rail road has also been surveyed from
Hamilton to Oxford, which, being continued, will
intersect the Whitewater canal and Fort w ayne
rail road at Cambridge; and should the Cinclnnati
and Charleston rail- road be connected with LAKE
an it must connect with the public works of
d.
from Cincinnati to the southern bend of Lake Mi
Lhigan.
9Th. Cambridge is on the National Road. through
The Northwestern States, where ii crosses the
West Fork the Whitew alter Canat.-the Cross
Cut Rail Road and where it ill be lntersected by
The Harrison Turnpike (now finished to the MIAMI
when continued through Indiana: a line of stages
runs from Cincinnati via Rockville to this point;
another. from Lebanon and Cincinnati, through
amilton and Ok tore ntersects it at Connersviae;I
and daily line through it, from Dayton to In
lianapois 1t is obvious indeed, from the various
HIGHWAYS which will hereafter meet here. that 1t
must derive Importance from the accumulation OIL
travelling alone; butt when it is considered rs the
point for the produce to be shipped on the
Whitewater Canal for a large fertile, and PoPu-|
ovs district Of Indiana and point Of transit for
merchandise to be distributed through the country
North and West BY Rail Roads. it becomes not
in its advantages to any of the inland towns
n the United States.
Sale will be positive. Title good. Terms liber-
H. and will be made known before the day of Sale.
Special inducements will be offered to Mechanics
md actual Settlers, to whom great facilities are
,Aered in the expenditure at this point. of large
ums Of money, on the National Road, Canal, and
3asins.
References to any of the subscribers.
GEO. GRAHAM, Jr.)
RW. LEE,
THOMAS TYNER, Committee.
ALEX'R McGREW,
IRA LACKEY.