The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-06-15
That SHIP Yard.

That Ship Yard.
In the rapid rise of Evansville, and in view
Of its already great business importance fast
being extended and more especially when
we consider the multitude of steamers stop
ping, and the distance of this city from the
larger ones on the river-it does seem strange
to US, as we have before remarked, that no
Ship Yard has yet taken its place among the
needfui improvements of Evansville. We
say this seems strange; we have said so re-
peatedly before, and not less remarkable does
the expression appear from repetition. Spec
ulation alone, rife in our midst, certainly has
in this neglect overlook one Of its most
promising adventures. But there is no ad-
venture in an enterprise, around which are
thrown so many securities, such protection
from loss and guarantee for success.
We have spoken fully on this subject and
repeatedly. In the establishment OF a Ship
Yard, the prominent points to be considered
are, the convenience and cheapness of all
requisite materials and labor-and the pros
poets of steady and prosperous patronage
In regard to the first there Is probably no
materials required are more convenient and
cheaper than at Evansville. Timber, the
prominent material, is abundant, convenient,
and of the desirable qualities. Iron, in all
the shapes and forms required, can be pro-
cured readily and at prices cheap as at the
large cities. Labor, of course, is at hand
| Offer the work, and the best ship carpenters
can be always obtained, and at reasonable
wages, for board or living is not dear al
Evansville. We invite attention to these
things, and allude TO them principally for the
purpose ofsoliciting examination.
But assuming this part of the inquiry
how fine field for such an enterprise is now
open at this point? Louisville, or N. Albany
is two hundred miles above US. Paducah
the first place below containing Ship Yard
is one hundred miles distant; and Memphis
the next, four hundred At this point settle:
the whole ofthe Wabash trade, with its flee
of steamers at the proper seasons, and its i'm
mense commerce. We need net point on
the advantages of this trade and it's com
merce, and the numerous steamers required
III IL, 10 d Oulp dTu' ue eA pcTlGuCG U
last winter might show, that this trade alone
in docking and repairing, would handsomel.
have supported Ship Yard here. TIL
Green river trade now supports several pack
: cts. and is annually on a rapid increase, an
2 centering at Evansville. But we need onl
r refer, indefinitely as we have been maxim
n our references, to the great commercial iT
j portance Of Evansville, to prove that the il
a terests Of the city require public work of th
T nature-and not only the interests of TIL
: city, but the general steamboat interests re
e quire it, and arW hare it ere long. If ther
S exists the necessity, in that necessity exist
? the reward, to those of sufficient capital an
i enterprise to undertake the founding OF a Shl
T Yard at Evansville.
d Again, we invite public attention to til
j subject, and solicit examination. The nece
n sity we al acknowledge. Let the necessit
: then father the enterprise.