Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1839-03-30

nal improvement.
The Board assembled in this place the
18th instant, the day fixed by law. All the MEM
bers were present
n Noble, chosen President, and James
Morrison Secretary, with salary OF $500 per
annum.
In compliance with the law the various works
were assigned the several Commissioners as
follows:
/ To " Noble-The White Water Canal. the
Central Canal north of Martinssile, the Madison
and Indianapolis rail road, the work the Jeifer
sonvIile road near Greencastle, and the Gross
Cut Canal.
To Johu A. Graham-The New Albany and
VIncennes road, the road from New Albany from
Jeffersonv,lle 10 Salem, the improvements a, the
Rapids of the Wabash, and the Southern division
of the Central Canal.
TO Samuel Lewis--'The Northern Canal, the
Wabash and Erie Canal with lis extension to
Terre-Haute, the road from Charlottesville To La
iayette, aud the duties connected with the Wa
bash Canal lands.
Alter examining the powers conferred, and the
further duties imposed, by the law called
the Mobilization act the Board felt somewhat
embarrassed under its conflicting requirements
aud objects. In the first place, the Board is linn
tied III the annual expenditures million
fire hundred thousand dollars, which 10 be
applied by tho Board complete portion
of the works as early rs possible, giving prefer
those that Will be most product OF tolls
that the burthen of taxation may be mttigated by
: the revenue To be derived from those that may
be finished; and, accordingly, Wills, the peror-
nance OF these leading oblects-the reduction of
: our annual expenditure = 800 900 and the
: completion of some OF the works-are exacted
of the Board, there outstanding aud uniinish-
cd contracts the amount of S3,4lf,O00 up TO
4 December last. If the million and "a half per
e year, be applied solely and equally on existing
: contracts, the manifest intention Of the Legisa-
n ture, that Of finishing portion OF the works.
would be dsregarded--tor the reason that It thus
n applied the lettings necessary to complete
: either could be made for than two
), years to come which, allowing the second year
/ for the new lettings would delay the completion
= OF all for four wears. Under these circnmstan-
c ces all the Board could do, was to apportion the
million and half among the several works, re-
e stricIng the operations Tor the year, and GIVING
2 some preference the most adv anced lines
" From the restriction imposed, however, by the
he scale of apporuonment determined upon, the
II, Wabash Caual Is necessarily exempt as 1t is the
ne purpose of the Board 10 make it navigabIe from
the Ohio line to Lafayette, (li0 miles) the next
wear.
!. The deliberations of the Board were given, al
SO, TO that requirement OF the law which, as one
of the means of carrying out the wishes of the
Legislature, direct the transfer OF contracts witt
: the assent Of the nnderakers, from the detach
:" ed and less profitable points to other works; an,
be has been made the duty of the acting commiss ION
10 ers to make such arrangements as may be sat
dis and profitable the state, aud at the tim
80 satisfactory and just with the contractors. Whe
- the extent of the transfers reported TO III
fk' June session of the Board, they can better d'
M termine upon general plan Tor further opera
IN tIQns-such one as WI. single out I, ne Wofh
-, The Legislature, at the late session. having al
ter the passage OF The Moiilica ton Bill, cnac.e
vi" Il law for the continuation of the construction 6
the Mtdisoa Rail Road. and approprlating = 400
his 900 for that purpose, the Board has ordered
,ra letting to be made the Fund Comtn
sIoners provide the means. No matter what ma
'~0 have been the propriety improperly of con
las mencIng tins work, the present expenditure ,
m more than a million Of dollars, on which we ar
nv paying upwards of $4,000 of interest and pc
-, ting return. certainly admonishes that !,
the true policy Of the Legislature and the Boa
to hasten its completion, that Income in II,
ar shape of tolls may be derived. The acting con
nj mssoners Is authorised To put in motion for II,
season. the Locomotive and Train on that part ,
the line from Vernon, to the hill al Madison
III The several corps Of Engineers have been d,
"a determined upon. the number of residents ha
~ been reduced TO nine. Their further organizalo
for has been deferred for the June meetinr to er
,s able the Chief Engineer better to arrange ii.
subordinate grades, with u view TO efficiency an
u economy.
md A Temperance Incident Mr.. Warren of Brigl
ran ton, related an incident, at a Temperance NEE
ing, IN this city. on Wednesday last tina, wort
o'0 recording. He has taken much pains to circulat
liz, the Temperance Journal. and IN sendinp hom
ed, goods from his store III Boston, he had wrappe
,ip- them IN IA temperance paper This gave ofene
Il TO some of his customers, and they left him.-
Others kindly admonished that he going I,
Of f,sI and too far PM ono circumstance iran
Ugh pired that more than repaid him for ali tina,
the had suffered, and all that ho lost Oh account
i his conduct
One day woman entered his store and desir'
ohe to speak TO Mr.. w | am, said she, greatly
mill debt to vou: know not how | shall paw. | a
the a widow, and have an only son. Once he W
of hha 10 he'-pu' oad companions ehticed htin
way he spent his evenings from home, and
tet assured that he IN the certain, dow
ward road ruin. 1 called at Your store, O.
the day, to purchase calico dress ana when reac
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