The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-08-19
GoansbiIle 9aiIg souraal.
The Mushroom Towns on the Cpper Missis'
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The Mushroom Towns on the Cpper Missis-
sippi.
A sbrewd and intelligent traveller who
left the Banks oc the Ohio few weeks
ago to seek a new location on the
Mississippi, writes to the Canneton Re-
porter the following graphic account of
his experiences "l@
A delay of two hours at Keokuk con-
vinced me that, is was no place for an
honest man to locate. You have probably
seen and heard of the runners and
drummers that in:est the hotels of New
York and annoy honest travellers and
traders with their nnpo.tanities 10
come anu buy" just SO Is it here, with
the land speculators- The moment a
stranger arrives at hotel he is teset ty
parcel of vulgar, shsrky looking scsnps,
with their fists and pockets full OF town
plats and embryo cites, with, 'come to
buy land, sir have lands for sale in
every county of the State, sir; can sell
you town lots. farming lands, quarter
section, whole section, or whole town
ship As yOn please, SIR" the tune is IN
cessant, and | have heard it till 1t has
neaily drove me crazy; | wish | had
about thousand of these fellows at work
in Newcomb's coal MINES, where they
would have TO cease their clatter aud
earn an honest living.
Davenport is finely situated on reg
ular rise from .he river bank 10 the bluff:
Al is busting stirring place, my own
impression Is that il Is not as large a.
New York, but the people seem to think
that New York with BrooklI annexed.
and the State of New Jersey thrown IN,
would not more than equal Davenport,
In point Of population, size, and futulv.
prospects, possibly they ale right and |
mistaken.
Here. as in Keokuk, the country is be
Ing ruined by crazy SPECTATORS IN land.
TAe people think and talk OF little else.
Money is worth 3 per cent. a month, and
scarce at that. Failures are becoming
frequent, and crash is sure TO come. and
before long, too. There is no reai legiti-
mate business here, and when the crash
SOtnCS, thciS Will pc Weeping, NaHiB8
and gnashing OF teeth," in good earnest
In view of all have seen in thus part
of the country, my impressions are J.. If a
man will come here and risk his capital,
if he is sharp and tricky, he stands an
even chance to make money if he is
farmer and wants farming land, he had
better 60 along the line OF the Illinois
Central Railroad; if trader, let him
keep away from here, for he will be met
by competition in every shape and at
every corner if manufacturer, let him
never leave the Ohio river, to come here
expecting to improve his condition
My, Cannelton is head neck and shoul-
ders superior in manufacturing advan
tages to any point on the Mississippi
river; transportation costs more here
than on ths Ohio, then there is the item
of fuel; at Quincy, wood is Sc per cord,
and coal % cents per bushel; let us see
the difference this would make in the ex-
pense of running cotton mill o: the size
of the Indiana Cotton Mill in Canpeita
the difference in the price of coal is lS
cents per bushel-the amount consumed |
is 1904 bushels per annum, and you
have saving IN favor Of Cannelton OF |
2l,OOO bus. per year. r..