The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1852-10-18

III IL fortunately happen, ~ u pu' Iareiy "oco
however, that Telegraph line is conducted
and regulated with energy and skill by its
head, three chances to one but there is some
ignorant, or unprincipled, or lazy, or too smart
operator on it somewhere, who makes the
whole line an infection upon the community
of little benefit to any. and too often an injury
to many. The complaints in newspapers Of
Telegraph delinquences and neglgencies
and improprieties, are common as those oil
mail failures, or as of any other common nui-
sance which laws seem unable to ubate, al
though public opinion may condemn.
But to come at home-what pretty speci-
men Of public accommodation, of private con-
venence, and Of general usefulness, is the
Evansville and Vincennes or Louisville Tel.
egraph line! A line which under proper man
agemcnt, we venture to say, would not only
prove valuable stock, and semi-annually make
handsome dividend, but " ould be blessing
TO this community, and an accommodation
not to be too highly appreciated or paid for,
by every business man in it. But what are
the facts? How does its stock sell! Why,
candidly speaking it brings better price than
it is actually ,eorh under the circumstances.
The stockholders have long been sick of their
speculation. They have been dispirited and
worried by the evident mismunagement of
things. But we did not mean to allude TO that
part of the subject.
Yet what an admirable line is this! Who
ever sent dispatch over it, (knoxing the
line) with confidence of its reaching its desti-
nation in any reasonable steamboat time,-
We admit that even ronders in the way Of
telegraPhing, have been performed on this
line-but thing becomes a wonder on this
line, which is but very ordinary every day
circumstance on any other. But to contin-
ue-who ever walks to the Telegraph Office
with more than half thought that the wires
are up! Not any one certainly, who knows
the ways and habits of the thing. The fact
is, the line is unreliabie-and any business
communication which bears that character.
has no right to claim connection with bust
ness matters, or patronage from a business
community.
Now, let any one ride along the Princeton
road, where he can see the rotten posts sup
porting the wires of this line, and he will not
be surprised that any heavy rain, or sleet, or
hard wind knocks down the wires. The whole
line wants overhaulin : and repairing, and this
is the season for doing it, az to be prepared
for the rough weather of winter.
But this is not the only reason there is so
much complaint about this line. There is a
want of accommodation, or laziness, or some
thing worse, about the management, or GER
tain of the operators, which needs correcting.
We have been generally blessed with the
right kind of oprators here-skillful in their
business and accommodating-but SO it is not,
We think, at all other places on the line. At
least, there is but very little disposition what
socver shown in any place on the line, but
at the Office here, to accommodate this COM
munity.
We have been laboring for nearly three
years to get dispatches even in an ir,egu ar
manner rather than not have them at all, for
our paper-but in vain. We have offered
high prices, and made appeals through lnflu-
entail sources, for the accommodation, not OF
this paper, SO much as of the community
but in vain. We have occasionally got dis
patches for a few days at a time--and that's
all. Several times we thought permanent
arrangements had been completed, but they
were never carried out. Even at this time,
when the whole population nearly, are look
ing for election returns, we have not been
able to obtain al item scarcely by telegraph;
and not giving telegraph news renders us liable
to the charge of want Of energy or liberaity
or of rank negligence. We are not going t.
suffer patiently under any such charge-and
what's more, we have ceased making further
efforts for the present to get dispatches on this
line--but we are just as determined to occa-
sionally give our reasons lchy we have ceased
making the application. We may soon have
the pleasure OF introducing to our readers by
name, one oil two persons connected with the
line.
! 0JMr. Alex G. Donald was elected Rep
rcsentative in Gibson county, to the Legisla-
ture. Mr.. Donald formerly lived in this city
but has been farmingin Gibson some time
He is good speaker and good Wing, ant
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