The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1846-08-28

The Canal, 20!
Early in the Spring, those papers in the inter
est Of the Cenll o''icc at Lackpor, were loud in
their praises Of the Canal Commissioners. They
were pnlfI AMI soapad almost every week for
their perseverance AMI industry in Canal ailara,
AID more than once we were inf rmcd that the
Canal would be in operation this Fail from La
Sale to Joliet, and by the ! b Of July, 1871, the
whole line wopll he compl,!cl. Indccd, SO bold
were these journals in their remarks, that We
were led to believe they spike ally authority
and that they did The bidding Of their masters ac-
eOrJing to orJer, Nilh nc4tncss and despaich.'
From the Chicago Journal dowr, down to the
Consiiiuionsl!s', weekly ugHc.ins Sere issu.
Cd, singing lie pres uf tie powers TIA, be, and
lsr a man 10 doubt ,hrr assertions was ~, only
criminal in tie eye Of ,he public, but was ever
lasting ji.psasUre at Tie Canal cnice.
Nov, BOX stand. the usrer Where /. yorr
fsisAel Caaai from Ia 5 !, to Joicll The
-"lesvos Of suilHn' arr gathering srounJ Us, and
where Is your iaishcj Ca1a1 NJ, ouly pis.
bu, where are The c5n,l coamissir ncrs and OIL
ceni We believe there is nat one Of the CON-
nissionors now in the State, and as Tor work en-
The canll, there is nothing doing. In this coun.
~ we % not believe liiy 30 arc At work at lhi,
tine, nor has double lha, number been at wora
during the whole season. Hero and there q few
are hammeriug stone, just enough to remind rs
iii M "a fn gtart,l Al tt,
be built somewhere in the neghbolhool. In fact,
almost complete desaflion has taken pl5ce, not
o II with the laboror5 on The Linz, bat commits.
sioncrs, Iaud agents, &c. all appear to have lerl
US. Ia fact VIC believe neither of the commits
sioners have blen seen since the last payment
day, and may not be with US again until the Grri-
vi of the nex,-a period which hey will be AZ t
To remember, whether they have rendered services
or not.
We announce this slate 0fthings 18th regret, but
duly compcls US to speak out on this subject, ond
if those jou.nals who are prompted from behind
The throne will give Us and the public light on
the subject, we will be thankful. They may pos
sibly inform US that llborers are scarce aud thar
the season has been sicsly, and this in measure
will go FAR To excuse the presen, state If aI,iis.
But lha, these are The chief causes Of the suspen-
sion Of the work, no man in this section will be-
ieve. We arc crcdibly informed that there are
!abortrs enough, in good health ard anxious to
work, to push the work with yigor, now on the
line, but that they refuse 10 work under the ex l.
ing arrangements. They receive their pay but
once in every three month";, whereas formerly
they received it monthly. Mos, Of the IaborCrs
are poor men, aud all know that they must labor
under many disadvantages to get along with
quarterly pay; and besides, i, equirs- y, tier men
than many % the contractors appear to bc to Lirc
men on a credit Of three months. In short III,
men are misrustfu Of ,hCI pay-,thcy work with
bu, little yigor and the result Is weak and inef
iicirnt force is found from enc end Of tho line Ia
tho other, AMI unlcss The policy Of tho commits
sioners is altered, VIC need not expect to see tbs
canal fnishcdfor at least ,wo years to come
We have queer sort Of an idea in our head
that the Treasurer Of the Canal Board is not very
anxious to push the work with much visor during
tie fret year, at least We believe he la. d'asr
the money from the foreign bondhcllcrs to com
ple,e tho Canal; anil If no has, the probability il
tLat New York fnancierns has learnt him t.
+" make huy while the sun shines." A small in
icrcst for one year on SO large sun, would maxi
!. quito an itsm, particularly hen IN tho hancs Q
ono of tho Hartford rsg.mils, whose paper is noa