The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-09-17


We hear. from all quarters, much COM
plant in relation 10 tie delay attending the
prosecution rf the Wull, ON the I,linnIN and
Michigan canal. Ticsc complaints are not
of recent origin. We have CHERISHED the
hope that ali foundation iorthcm woaij >oou
be removed hence, our silence on t.r sub
ject. We had hoped that those. 10 whom
the munagcmcu, oi the canal had been COM
hdcd. would soon begin TO do their. idty ;
hu, if half that is told # them may be be-
. ljCvcd. there Is, NOW, but little reason 20 hope
for better things NJ their hands.
Il is desirable TO the state, 10 the people.
and TO the bundhoid,rs, 10 have the canal
completed az rs calIy a day rs practicable ;
and the great interests involved in the en-
terpriSc should stimulate to the utmost CNcr-
ton those who have the supervision of H..
The state wants the revenue which is an
tcipatcd from il, the people want an outct
to market, and the bonGhuldCrS want the
proceeds OF their investment, Of which they
have had the promise and which they tru>-
ted would not be withheld from them.
through official acknowledgements, or some
thing more criminal. To secure the objects
named. the lean of sixteen hundred thou
sand dollars was agreed 10, and good faith
and common honesty require that the Just
and reasonable expectations of a!lthC parties
to the negotiation, should be realized with
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pcorlc Of Illinois man po,,ibly consent 10
ray This snn 70 nubI;22 servants who have
neglected the work assigned TO them. but
we opine that no small opposition to it vii,
be raised. before such am outrage will lie
committed. Our Governor will. under the
new constitution. get but 81, 800 per annum.
though his duties and labor, are as arduou>
as those of any Governorin the Union. Our
rcprcSeutativcs i'm the General Assembly
win get but two dollars per day for a limited
period. after which they are 10 get but one
dollar per day. The spirit of rcrrunchmcrt
and economy. that seems 10 have pclyadCd
the constitutional Convention yIry have
spread among the repplc. though we are
frank TO confess that we hope that it will
not carry them so far as il has the Couven-
ton. We are rs willing rs any one can be.
that public officers should be we'll paid. bat
5000 per annum. lordoiug nothing. seems
TO be rather a high salary for debt ridden H.
linois. Such Il Saiqry uerer r~W BE- paid.
Not long since, the Governor mildly lut
firmly demonstrated with the trustees psaiust
the course of things ON. the canal, and they
pledged themselves that no further cause Of
complaint should occur: but these pied .es
have not been regarded. They continue to
claim the same salaries, and TO neglect The
work.
\ larrc corps Of engineer; and agents arc
kent in employ unon the canal. at HIGH sal
aries. as hr.c a number in fact as was re.
ruirpL ,yhcntD whole lin. was hei,,,r work,
cd. As the canal yerccs towards complc-
tInn, the number of observation-disclosures. officers
ami >upcrnameraric> NAV be diminished.
We have been informed that the business
associations of the chief engineer are ofSuch
a character as TO make j, 10 his interest 10
delay the work as long as possible. lie
stated last winter. that the delay was occa-
stoned bv want of hands. and when these
were procured in New York bv Col. OAK
LEY. the chief engineer refused them en-
plovmcnt. alleging that there were hand,
enough. The work ON mart of the line in
Cook county was. for some time. suSpendct
in consequence of strike among the hand,
for an advance of only twelve and n hall
cents per day. which lad hotter have bcer