The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-07-13
CITY Prosperity.


ed and augmenting prosperity OF Evansville W
not prosperity living in anticipanons oil IN
the future. but illustrated at this time IN OF
numberless and great improvements, Whlch g
strike pleasantly upon the vision OF cluzen fe
and stranger. and awaken agreeable anucl- b
nations of the times TO come. The good o
name which Evansville has abroad, Is iound- v
ed much upon the spirit Of energy and en- Il
terprise marking her people, the development Y
Of which spirit has in few years changed S
}he village to a city of nearly ten thousand G
inhabitants, and laid sure ground work Tor
the doubling of this population in probably I
five years. This spirit is now rearing mul- I
titude of buildings, grading the track OF an
important Railroad, laying the foundation oil
Plank Road, and suggesting impro /ements
at home of Importance to ourselves as lndi-
viduals and as a corporation, and others
abroad calculated to open to US the wealth oil
the interior OF the Wabash valley.
We have been much gratified to learn from
citizens occasionally returning from distant
places of visit, and especially from several OF
our citizens now East, the very favorable
opinion entertained of our city abroad. The
Importance of Evansville as a business point
on the river, is not surpassed by any other
: CITY from Pittsburgh to New Orleans with
the exception of Cincinnati and Louisville
l. In point OF business then it is regarded abroad
+ as the third city on the Ohio river. This
u has piven it a name or brought ii to the &C
/ uuaintance of business men East. SO that
$ there are few of them who are not familiar
j. with the growing Importance OF. Evans
vile.
N If we are then attaining Importance now
i with not a single improvement having its
80 terminus here IN actual operation and not
w house of tie many now in course of cree
rs, ton. going up in any speculative fever, but
ty to supply present demands---what may
l. we not expect, when the Evansville and
he Princeton Railroad now in course Of erection
IS connects US by an iron river, which is affect
as ed neither by the frosts of winter nor the
leF droughts of summer, but is ever navlgabe,
pr with the rich and populous Wabash Valley
sar And when this Nashville and Henderson
al Railroad. TO build which there are now aclv
MS minds. influence and wealth, labOring wit
+ ), zeal and high promises of success, is secure
md w founded, and by the erection of that RoaC
we are connected directly with Nashville
a and through it with the Gulf of Mexico
age a. w, haab nd Er;a Camel IN
re- of the longest Canals in the world and rur
ues ming through the richest country in the Yves
shall connect Evansville, its southern an
1ice Ohio river terminus with the Wabash an
ir of the Lakes at the North, and open to US
1ted great trade and travel that must increai
rite with every year. and whose Importance ca
ions not be conceived? And when several Plar
nee. Roads now under consideratioQn baeeTfor
nca- subscription atltd intimate connection wit
tr,e sue Ohio river at this point? We say whe
'om these Improvements are completed, whic
rim must be in a very few years, what may w
the not then expect of the greatness of Evan.
RED vile? AT this time and without the aid ofan
S as Of these improvements, in view of the
less anticipated influence upon the city, Evan
his vile is growing with almost unprecedente
l. rapidity, and yet houses ctnnot be erecte
late fast enough to satisfy the actual demand
to These facts are suggested for the attento
red, of strangers, and to invite inquiry as TO til
idly present Importance OF Evansville and its fl
all ture prospects. In common with other cit
led, zens we court the attention of stranger
use seeking new location at growing place
was TO this point, satisfied that if we get them
his inquiring, they will be so well pleased thu
his if they do not become fellow citizens with :,
we shall always thereafter receive their syn
My pathies, and be the subject of lively curosit
ub- with them, to know what in the deuce Evans
At vile will eventually come to. We have som
the curiosity that way also and look forward
lere the passage Of each year. as full Of its d,
'wn veloPments tending to the increased prospe
for ity Of Evansville.
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