Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-10-05
JOLIET SIGNAL
JOLIET ILL.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER d IsA9.
Our Town and the Canal.

VuL IVWh nzlt tne GaHai,
The evidence of prosperity in our Town
and in the country surrounding. is obvious.
Our town. which had It's prospects blight
ed by the wild scheme of speculation,
which nearly ruined our State, begins to
experiences the dawn of brighter day.
Our merchants are daily receiving sup
plies Of goods, and we learn that more
goods will be brought to town this fall than
usual. Inducements are offered. to pur.,
chasers on terms which wilfprevent those
from this region from buying their goods
at Chicago. We learn that several new
dry good stores will be opened soon. A
number of new grocery stores have re.
Gently commenced business, and several
new mechanic shops have been opened.
The hustle in our streets, is q, sure indi.
cation of an active business. New build.
ings are being erected, and old ones are
undergoing repairs. Every dwelling house
and shop is occupied, which certainly is
ian inducement for a profitable investment
-Of capital in building houses to rent
The price oflots is increasing, and more
favorable opportunity will not occur for
purchasing to advantage, than thepresent.
The cause of the cheering prosperity
which surrounds every branch of business
in this place and the other towns on the
line Of the Canal, cannot be mistaken
The Illinois and Michigan Canal, which
is regarded by all as the greatest improve.
ment of the day, is near its completion
and it is this which has given everything
"a new impetus. 1t is designed to have
the work completed from Peru to this place
this fall, so that boets will pass-and by
the middle of May next, Judging from the
appearance of the present activity on the
line, which, doubtless, has, in measure,
been occasioned by the energy of our
present efficient and faithful Trustee on
the part of the State,) the whole length of
the Canal will be completed and in OPP
Grafton. Fears were entertained that
when the water came to be let in, that
there were places between here and Pc.
ru which would leak in such manner as
TO injure navigation for the first season,
but we have been informed, that recent
experiments have shown such fears to be
groundless.
The completion of this grand canal,
through large extent Of country which
is unsurpassed for its fertility Of soil, offers
great inducements to emigrants. The
tide of emigration which has, for some
years, passed our doors on its westward
course, can now find desirable homes
among US. To those wishing to purchase
desirable locations of farming land, the
opportunity is good-Ihere are large guam.
titles of unimproved land for sale on the
most reasonable terms; which only re.
quire cultivation to develope their fertility.
1t must be admitted that thousands of EN-.
igrants who avoided this State and have
settled in Iowa and Wisconsin, have been
induced to do so by the fear that Illinois
was irredeemably insolvent. The curse
Of probable reputation no longer hangs
over us, as it did few years since, with
Fits dire effects. The northern part of II.
linofs now offers a desirable home to the
emigrant, where he may pursue his call.
ing with success. The superior adyanta.
ges of erecting manufacturing establish.
nsents which will lbe created by the canal,
will cause the manufacturer from the east
to emigrate here where provisions of
every kind are cheap. Unless some un.
looked for event intervenes, Illinois will
be ameDg the first states Of the Union at
no distant day.