The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-02-12

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I,, stores and all articles necessary for The r.
pairing Of steamboats, he had here prices as a
any other place below Cincinnati and In sufficient quau-
titles Z
Answer Yes. certainly they can
ID What amount in value The consumption Of boat
Answer We would say 800 900
81 How many tons OF way freight eshipped from Pa
Answer. Ii is impossible speak with accuracy Sone
daysor Instance this dayaCOO tone The amount is very
great - ~
sMEDLEY Il MCCONNELL
From Mesas. W. r. Norton and James Larrnos,
lst How many and business houses Paducah
Answer 3d. s drygood stoe@ ~ groceries boa.
furniture warehouses;, TIN and factories harne
makers, millinery shops merchant tiior shops, aud
ID What was the probable amount Of business done IN
1900 In dry goods hardware, aGd groceries, and by tie
houses above mentioned
Answer About S6tW,NW 4g isaE as -sEAuA
y. . LANES LARMoN.
From Mesus. La"gste6 s. Hume. recently ofthe State
.Nsw Jersey H y. E#tAa9
lst How many manufactures there in Paducah and
Answer propelled by steaa ,annere.. Touring
fouadry candle and lard oil factory save manuac
p and Ghs ho PtSpshsa by b
operatives and aboIers ,#.,.
Answer. We can always engage white labor as low as
at the East and no doubt any demand can easily be sup
Sd. What amount of value of lumber sawed and sold
Answer Four millions of feet; and The amount from the
Tennsssee and Ohio rivers i very great Oar sales OF
ih. From your knowledge aud experience. having
lived until recently in New Jersey, do You believe bite
labor can be had here to supply largely Increased de-
Answer We would sooner rely upon procuring white
labor here at fair prices and in large numbers than New
LANGsTAFF u HULME
From, Mesna " ". Hurt aud H. " BroWn a.5E
is,. How many houses built in Psducah 1850
Answer Ninety, 8 X .4sE rt- Fl, .
msker. and masons. pasicrers and painters 4
! Answer Not less than AGO. all white men white labor
a u " W Y. g HSgT
Mr. Allard states that he resided in Illinois on the
OHIO above Paduca 10 about years that he moved 10
THIS place in ls,s that he cuuvaes large farm il III
here greater humble than ia Illinois and that he hires
his hands in Padacah 10 cultivate his farm H
Mr.. u. G. T.. Pool makes similar statement #3-g
Mr. w. A. Lee and l.. w. Rawl.igh that they are
boatbaldets residing in padueah lha.ia 1850 not less
business that less than IS steamboats, were built and
aois. were paid out in 1850 a. Padueah Tor boat
built aud repaired 4rH Ell F3Ia.
Letter from Lisu Col Long. Typographical E~ginsn
/ a#@ LOUISVILLE Jan. %, 1877.
DkAR sIRt Al the instance OF our mutual friend Judge
Campbt. Of P.dnsah lake leave 70 offer Tow remarks
on e part OF Paducah, expressive Of my conviction o It's
eligibility a CONNIE rcial depot y tatat A.D t-
P4ducah sua.sd the Ohio, about forty eight miles
ducah to The mississippi naysabie o lowest stage.
of the water for and other cram drawing at least
Ohio IL is upper,nost point accessible descend
Ing navigation, both OF the ITSELF and Of all its navi
liz the great thoroug from the Atlantic
via Charleston savannah via the Western and Atlantic
railroad OF Georgia. aud the Tennessee which Is
pected to be opened early date. Padncah be
gaded The most favorable position the Ohio de.
pot trade. II will be tess favorable
depot Tor pork bacon our aud other provisions, which
wi return eighs In connection with the trade
Just mentioned.
The tobacco, hemp, &c reared on the Ohio and its tb
utaes above this point may very veneny he stored
Il h.r ptu. IS
Orleans, Chsreston, or Savannah 1870. . 0..,s.
j Large supplies OF required in the interior and
back part OF Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, and the Gao
nas. &c which may be collected and deposited at this
more conveniently 'hnnat any other point
reach OF the highest eshets presents even aspect and
easy from the river which in It's passage by the
affords Deep saie capacions and conmodous tar
boz along the Kentucky shore rom the mouth Of the Ten
land and remain from dwood, floating ice.
Among the products that may easily be onared
padasah are sb9ndsn, Ppes o. IRON Of The ee. qaay
and Tor ba,d'ng. from the same souces stone coal
from Hawsville and Underwater minesi lead from the
! These buef aud hasy remarks submitted with
hope that they may throw some light on the character and
importance Of the locality in question asa commercial
depot sa, 1yH#g 1851 gIC'7Etse rs
am. ;it very respectfully, most Obea'sa, ;eIysa',
| r Senate OF Kentucky, Frankfort, Ky. aoa 7zi o..
The statistics In these documents show thai hun
dred Intelligent and sxu mechanics and operatives are
employed the various departments of labor; that sixty
five steamboats, bulk aud repaired a. an exgendu,e oil
y3O1, 600 and the value oil Hl0o, have
been built and expended IN the year 1880, and dis
buted the city From this business market and ready
afforded for all the surplus OF fatmers and
each year proab branch OF business viii doubt
continue 10 increase. IL is much foreign capital paid
labor supplies the product and growth ol
Immediate vicinity la addition to this, $751; worth
lumber il and sold from the growth oil forests
bordering the Tennessee and lumber to equal
purchased from mills the Ohio and Tennes
sce and consumed and resoid at Paducah These large
sum. than half million dolars. Al me
the ealcs o dry goods hardware, and groceries
$500 900, aud the estimafed value OF houses
built $50 Co., making the aggregate oil one million TWO
hundred housand dollars II will be perceived that the
included and douk would swell the amount TO 81
600 IL be stated, in connection win the above ex
poc that business done Psducsh in 1850 promises
TO be greatly augmented each Subsequent year STU
ated Junction the Ohio and Tennessee, healthy,
and oil tho highest freshets Navigation
but seldom impeded coal and iron in the greatest abund
in its vicinity Paducab possesses superior ndvansa
any town upon the western rivers, me ONO
through different degrees OF latitude and country mnsur
passed In fertility OF soil aud mineral weaithth enne
soc, coming States OF Georgia. Alabana Iennes
see bring Paducah the varied products OF ten
natural advantages largo and fertile back country
in hiiy miles OF the Mssissipp-ts river communchon
places connection with every portion Of the vnuey o.
The Mississippi Paducnh now attracts large snare oil
bic attention Her back county, but recently wilder
ness is being filed up by eperpds'ng farmers her com
meIcal and uiscturng interests are daily Increasing
and the rprse and puoc spirit OF her citizens VIII
all her natural resources and by judcous
Of provemen, multiply and increase her business
anu nor ~'''" J CAMPBELL,
N LANE
The resolution agreed to.
RESOLUTIONS SUBMITTED.
Mr. TIrRNEV a0hroitted fha foIl,uiny resolution .