The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-06-28

on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers as on
railroad. 81
He will gather from that report that tie
actual cost to the company of transporting
ton Of freight between Cincinnati and Padu
cab, say $50 miles, will be at least 81 95, for
that route cannot be called favorable line
No line ia favorable which has fifty foot
grades on it, aud those of frequent occur
ence. On the top of these S4 95 must
come the company's profits. Now we know
the usual rates of freight between New Or
leans and this point which is called, 1900
miles. They are from 81 90 to So 90; some
times as high as Sc 90 in good stage Of water.
They are from one to two dollars more to
Cincinnati, but the disparity between freights
to this point and to Cincinnati viii! be greater
hereafter for the reason thai our canals and
railroads will greatly in crease our freighting
business, and employ great many boats,
which will go no higher up the river, SO that
Evansville can command both up and down
freghts as cheap per mile as any other city
on the Ohio river; and will here venture to
assert that at business seasons of the year,
Brooklyn or Paducah cannot freight up or
down to and from New Orleans at more than
(if any shade cheaper than Evansville.
And on the other hand how does Brooklyn or
Padueah stand in relation to Evansville in
facilities to supply the Wabash and White
River valleys with transportation for grocer
les and produce!
Mr.. Caddington will understand, without
reference to any authority, that it costs a
certain amount per mile for every mile that
freight is moved upon a railroad. Then he
will easily see that it will cost more'to carry
a ton of freight from Paducah $50 miles, TO
Vincennes, than it will from Evansville 81
miles to Vincennes, supposing the grades TO
be the same on both roads; but our grades
are limited to 40 feet and easily rednceable
to 80, whereas q level never haying been on
the Paducah road, aud from common report
the route not being prominently Level, it does
not appear that the grs des of that road will
be as favorable as those of ours. Suppose
both roads should cost to Vipcenues $4,000
per mile In working ordor; but it is not sup
that, whatever the Evansville may. The
Paducah would cost $l,95o,Q0O and the
Evansville S765 900. Now the same rates
and fares which would Fay . handsome diy-
dend on the Evansville, would not defray ex-
penses on the Paducah, and it may be safely
assumed GOV, that freight can be carried be-
tween Evansville end vincennes 81 miles az
50 90 per ton, with as much o.. mote Profit
to the Company as between Fadncak and Vim
cennes at 81 per ton. And during nine
weeks out of ten, when large boats Cannot
come loaded to Evansville, business and BUSH
ness menare not to be found in New Orlerns,
consequently heavy freights are not wanted
10 be brought up or taken down the Missis'
sippi river.
But Vineennes is not the Wabash Valley,
and there is a certain artificial channel OF
trade terminating at Evansville, and supposed
to run the whole lergth of that Valley, and
called the Wabash and Erie Canal. MIR.
Caddington may er terrain some doubts as to
the existence of this public work, and that
those doubts may be dissipated hs aud AL his
neighbors are hereby rendered the hospitali-
ties of the city of Evansville on the occasion
of celebrating the opening of this work,
next fall when it shall have got into good
working order; on which occasion we
look for canal boat full of State Governors
and more Generals than will be remembered
by posterity and common people, countless
as new railroad projects that are fixed facts.
Very respectfully, vC
STRAIGHT LINE.
Oo be continued at ieisure.)