The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-09-12

The beavyjobs have beer completed on the
line TO wit: The embankfnent on White
river and the deep cutting on Patoka; on
which already have been expended S279,-
1000. That the amount required TO com
plete the whole line from Evansville to Ter
re-Haute, according 10 the estimates OF 1889
40, was 1859, 1872. From this deduct
the cost of finishing the twenty five miles
(now under contract as before stately from
Ferre-Haute to the feeder dam on Eel river,
fixed by the same estimates at 1929, and
it will leave the balance necessary 10 com
plete the canal from Evansville TO the feeder
dam on Eel river, at 81 ,5S1 1913. But as
these estimates were made at a time when
the prices of labor,proVisions &c. were much
higher then they are at present, it is reason-
able 10 suppose that a deduction of fully one
fourth may now with safety be made from
The same, thereby reducing the cost of the
unfinished part of the canal to sum not ok
ceeding $l,ls6,424.
The expenditure of which sum will far
nish a continuous line ofinternai navigation
from Toledo, on the Nance Bay, 10 Evans
vile, on the Chic River, a distance Of about
four hundred and fifty miles,passing through
a country rich in soil and Astounding with all
The elements necessary 10 make a gteaf. pros
porous and happy people.
Your memoralists would further represent:
That so far as The Unlted States are con-
cerned, the stoppage Of he Canal at Terre
Hauie, on the Wabash, renssers ii perfectly
useless as ga public highway for lie use of
The G~overnment.n The Wabash River, as.
is known TO all acquainted wiihit,) Us not nav
igable OF an average for more than four
moaths in the year. The o~bstrucdens at the
Rapids ofthat River, prevents the passage of
the Boats, one year with another, longeTthan
the period above stated, and even If these
were removed, such is the scarcity OF water
in theRiFeE itself, ihati is doubtful whether
it could be navigated more than one half Of
the year. 4 then appearing that the Wabash
has no naYlgabie point at all seasons, even
below fke Rapids Of ilat River, short of its
confluence With the Ohio, and it being i'm
practicable to extend the Canal to the mouth
efthe Wabash; would it not be in accordance
with the spirit ofthc original grant, aud inf
nitely more advantageous to the Government
and People, to make the Ohio the terminus
of the Canal? Your memoralists believe
that this when completed will be a great Ma
TIo9AL Work. 1t is the only one in the u
nited States known TO your memoraiisis, in
whieht the Government has an interest. When
grant shows ii was Intended 10 be, in i NtTa
~lional point of view, a great "PabEic high
Gag for tie use of the Government OF the q
nited States1free from any toll, or other
charge Whdteuer for any property Of the u
Slnated States, or persons an their service pass
ing through the same" Let any one take
the map of the United States, and cast his
eye along the valley ofthe Mississippi, from
its mouth tothe mouth of the Ohio. Thence
up that stream TO Evansville. Thence along
the line of the canal 10 Lake Erie. Thence
Ito BuHalo-to New York-to Boston. Let
: him look at the various lines of communica-
r ltion terminating on lake Erie, And LET him
ask himself the question, with the map be-
t fore him9 what work now made, OF to be
: made, opens SO direct a comusunication be
, Tween Lake Erie, and the immense country
a bordering on the lower Mississippi? Whar
] work can be completed so cheaply, and ST
V directly and advantageously affecting the in
h ~terests of so many of the States ofthe Union
Ii is no sectional Uork. 1t is National il
every point of view. In what work OF Inter
e nal Improvement are SO many States ofth'
confedefacy interested as this? Terminal
l. ing but a short distance (some 7 miles) be
IF low the mouth of Green River in. KY, tn
d whole southern portion of Kentucky, Indian
III and Illinois, are interested in its completion
Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkar
sas, and Missouri are equally ifnot more il
IS ferested, and we may add Alabama, and tn
Of Floridas. Passing on drought Lake Erie
lie tie northern portions of Ohio and PenRsy
D. gania, The great State ofNew York, and a
Is the New England States have a direct inte
~ est in9he completion Of this great work.
re II opens the only direct outlet between lax
II, Erie and tho valley ofthe Mississippi. Th
Manufactures Of the North will, through tn
r. medium, be exchanged forthe rich produe
,r. of the west and Southwest, and the iati'
a Through the same, will find their market
ed the North. In case of wGr, and the BALI
he being blockaded by a foreign force, whei
IN will the whole cotton and Sugar OF the Sou
is Western States-the hemp and tobacco
rk Tennessee and Kentucky find a market, b
he through this ouiletf Where the Pork, Flo
II" and agricultural products Of the fertile pc
IN tons of Southern Indiana and Hlinois-al
on where We would ask, will the munitions
he war, and the. troops of Government, find
Ibt safer, easier, and cheaper route, from 1
US, North to the Valley ofthe Mississippi-th
ON through a canal so direct, and on which t
the United States are freed "Jfrom any toll
charges uAateUer?n Your memorials
nus therefore contend that the work is NATION
edo in It's character in the highest degree, a
va that any grants made to it, are freed from
the those constitutional objections, heretof'
n uro Srsins4 Sn,;t.r nnIerfaE;ngz hv