The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1849-06-22


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The Canal---Bad Management.
In the Chicago Journalof Tuesday even
ing we notice card signed by all the prin
eipal forwarding merchants CT that city, 10
which loud complaint is made against tht
superintendent Of the canal. They saY thai
so many interruptions 10 navigation ar,
continually experienced tbatthey can make
no contract with safety, aud are continually
subjected 10 heavy losses, Breaks are oc
curing daily, and for the reason mainly
thai When repaired the work is done 81
hunsiingly, as 10 invite their recurrence,
&C., Sc.
The !Vrwarders Of Chicago express only
what halt dozen of our own forwarders
haye said 10 Us during the past week, and
had the card in the Journalbeen presented
here for signatures, every one Of orr ship
: pers would have signed It y it'll an emphasis.
We are disappointed in the present super,
iniendent on the canal. Although we ne
yer had an exalted opinion Of his gualIticn'
ti6ns as an engineer, we supposed him to be
a man Of energy, and if he could not buil!
or project, he couli at least keep the canal
in repair. But his management thus FAT
seems 10 prove his utter incapacity in either
respect. Last year the complaint was
scarcity Of water. THIS year there can be
no such excuse, Tor even tie prairies and
soughs might supply water enough TO keep
the canal in good boa'aOls order. Take an
instance under our own eye. Last week
a! one time there were twenty fi"e boats
aground between here and Peru for want
of water in the canal: al the same time
there was stream running from tie side
cut at this place into the river large enough
itself, TO supply the canal from here to Peru.
Our canal has been cursed with bunglers
from the beginning, and it is time we should
be rid ofthem. The Governor a year 60
had nerve enough to remove the prince Of
them, out since then, the trustees have, BY
an siroit trick, robbed our state authorities
of all control over the management of the
canal, by changing The nam. Of the Chic!
Engineer to that Of Superintendent, Th,
result is manifesting itself in way that vii
make them sick Of such trckery. We
have con.ended from tho beginning tina
there can be no O. rider or management abou
the cana. while the trustees remain at a dis.
lance and leave the whole line in the hand,
Of bungling agents who are irresponsible .c
the people here, and who have hitherto
been able TO bamboozle The trustees into the
belieft that they attended to their business
At length the very toadies and defenders o.
these agen,s-such men as Isaac Hardy
II. Norton, SC. Sc, are obliged 10 cry out
and ask that the trustees shall attend {,
their duties and see that there is something
like system and management shown on The
canal. And they are not the only ones that
will cry cut. The foreign trustees must
make up their minds TO leave at least oRc oi
their number here during the greater psr
OF the business season. So that thousands
are not daily lost TO the state through thel,
neglect of duty and ignorance, or the peo
pie Of this state, in view Of an aecumula-
ton Of such outragcs, will raise chatter n
bout their ears that will bring them to iheir
senses. In view Of snch frequent and gros,
breaches Of the trust, our people have re-
medy within their Cra'p, which they ar,
eager to seize, aud will seize tho moment
they can find fair pretext.