The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-06-28
TO THE EDITOR OF THE EvASsvrILE jour

Their visionary Air Line Railroad terminates at In.
dianepols."-lYin- Gs.etse ~
.auoth sidrophel. what dreadful wonder
lHudi5ras.
It is really alarming to see a fine, portiy
looking man, like the editor OF the Vincennes
G azette, taking on SO she does in the ar
,icle above quoted, and that, too, at this hot
season of the year, when all heavy business
in these warm ATTITUDES has ceased, and the
"big boats" have all laid up, and all the
South has passed Evansville on its way
north.
There is only one way 10 account for
gentleman of SO much personal and material
gravity going on SO under the circumstances,
and that is under the supposition that the
Vincennes wind works are now in full opera
ton. making he Vincennes and Paducah
railroad (which necessarily makes.such win
DIV time up there that men of a full habit have
not the fear of hot weather or apoplexy be-
fore their eyes.
But with all this heat of blood, it is rsmsrk-
able, the effects these wind works have in
winnowing his ideas until apparently they
pour out free of all dust and chat, for all the
world like new wheat out of tilted half
bushel before home spun sheet shaken by
two Hoosier b'hoys.
In fact, the clearness of his mental vision
is marve lous, and so great that he can tell to
a nicely how long and how much money 1t
will take to build either friendly or rival
line of railroad, without knowing the length
of it and before On engineer has ever put
level on it. And then he has become pro-
phetic, SO much so, that it may with great
propriety be asked, sis Caddington also
among the prophets!" Only hear him talk
about the Paducah road. 'Ali the Southern
travel will pass over this road, and the
amount of freight that will be shipped over it,
will be incalculable."
Now, isn't this awful! Really, this is too
bad. In mercy to Cincinnati, Louisville,
Nashville and st. Louis, to say nothing Of
Evansville, Caddington hadn't orter draw
aside the veil from the dim future and tor
ment all those rival cities before their time,
with such visions of tratficless and dividend
less railroads running through their very
centres. and in which they all have invested
immense amounts of capital and creditj for
be it remembered this great Paducah rail
road always Gin the Fincennes papers) runs
right straight to indianapolis.
What pat Cincinnati will take in building
the Indianapolis end of the Paducah road, re
are not informed, but we, down here, suppose
of course Cincinnati will cary out the wishes
of Vincennes and Caddington on that sub.
sect, and that she must be vastly interested
in having passengers and freight taken off Of
the Ohio River at Brooklyn. and carried right
straight through Vincennes without break.
fast or break Of guage to indianapolis, where
they can be transported upon the northern
end of our "Straight Line" railroad and car
ried 10 the shortest time possible to CieYesnd
or any other place bot Cincinnati. 1t
looks natural, don't IT'D From all the evil.
dence that can gather (from the Vincennes
papers) l am brought to the irresistible con.
clusion that this aducah road, by which of
course mean the whole road from Paducah
to Indianapolis. Through purgatory swamp Cor
round itD and Vincennes, swthout break of
guage," is the sole, great, exclusive, only,
paramount North and South route of travel
and traffic on this continent. Verify there is
but one road, and Caddington is its prophet.
But seriously, il it be proper aud possible
to be serious on such subject, what interest
has Cincinnati or the Ohio and Mississippi
railroad in the construction of the Paducah
road which they have not equally in the Hill
nois Central, or IN the Evansville, Indian a Do
lis and Cleveland roads! If one gives the
Ohio and Mississippi railroad connection
with the Ohio river, so do the other two. II
the other two run across her and divert traffic
away from her, so is the Paducah and India.
napolis road intended to do. And pray, what
has Evansville to fear from the paducah road
which hewould not have to fear from the
Cairo road, only IS miles below il, Passen.
gers and freight for and above Vincennes
which would come uo the Paducah road
without 1t would in nine cases out of ten
come up the Illinois Central to the Ohio and
mississippi railroad, and thence up on tina,
road, 10. the routes are parallel and not far
apart when they come TO be located. In al
, copsience' Evansville has room and verge
enough with all of them, and should the Pa.
oucah road come so near to Evansville, as to
interfere with her interests, Evansville has
only to build road out to it, to make the Pa.