The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-12-14
INDIANA CANAL-RoUNB THE FALLS.

INDIANA CANAL-ROUNB THE FALLS!
The Indiana Canal Company for the
Improvement Of the Falls of the Ohio.
have published an able report, in the form
of a petition to Congress, setting forth
the importanc, Of new canal upon the
Indiana side, around the Falls. 1t ad-
vocates the construction Of a canal two
hundred feet wide with single lift lock,
with chamber eighty feet wide. aDd
four hundred and twenty feet long, which
will be Of sufficient capacity to admit the
largest boats ever likely to be built. The
width of the prop ,sed Canal would allow |
boats to pass each ether in the canal
without danger or delay. with as great
draft as could be carried. at any
stage OF water, over the bars in the
river Instead Of four or five hours de
lay in the passage. boats of the largest
class could be passed in thirty or forty
minutes. The great work could be con-
s,ructed. according to the estimate of
competent engineers. for S2.OOO,O OO.-
The importance OF this improvement to
the navigation OF the Ohio S incalcula-
bic. Its advantages to the State Of Inli-
ana would be greater than all the appro
priations and direct benefits conferred by
the General Government upon the State.
II would create city at the Falls that
would rival Louisville in commerce it
would make the vast power Of the Ohio's
current tributary to skill and labor, and
draw forth the labor Of tens OF thousands
of men. through generations, making
that which now runs waste, the creator
OF untold wealth, and the distributor o.
comfort and blessings, in forms of me.
chanical products, to every part Of the
country. There is in the moan Of those
solitary Water Falls. to the enterprsine
and sagacious listener. a murmur of re
proach for the apathy, Incidence and i'm
providence that allow this mighty agen
in aid Of human industry to pass so lon;
UNDECIDED. There is an unused powe
in them, 10 build city more populou
and productive thsn any that is givin,
England her wealth and strengthen
that would add to the resources, and b
the pride Of the State, II New Alban
had the public spirit and energy Of som
Yankee city, she would not allow thi
project to remain many years unaccom
plished. II would add to the value {
her real estate many times its cost.
the politicians Of the State were halt q
solicitous for the promotion Of the publ
welfare, as they are to secure their ow
advancement and aggrandizement, the
would have secured the means OF col
structing the work years ago. The oil
ject is national one, involving the int
est OF larger amount OF internal con
merce than any single work that can
proposed TO the government. While 70
eign commerce, which has been the D
interest Of the government from Il
adoption Of the Constitution-receive Il
benefits Of half the revenues Of the cou
try, in expenditures for its protecti'
ami convenience, the internal CONNER
Of the Union-now by far the great
interests deprived, by constitution
scruples, OF the most niggardly pitta
ces which it occasionally asks. Apr
priations Of five and ten millions q
made for magnificent custom houses.
adorn, by useless splendors, the martin
cities and dry docks and navy yar
are erected at the cost Of many mC
millions; and light houses and forts
erected for the convenience and defence
he trade that floats upon the ocean,
the navigation that threads our rivers a
lakes, and is freighted with cargoes
twice the value of its favored rival, C;
not extort from the General Governme
for its actual necessities, so much as
expended upon a single ship Of the ma
or upon the mail steamers to carry
correspondence of its sister. The in
rior States have but slight participant
in the benefits Of public expenditures
Our mail facilities are inferior and n
lected our rivers are left as nature
them-obsuucted by snags, bars, rap
and rocks--and they remain untoucl
by the General Government, whose
rental care aud bounties are absorbed
the traue that floats on the ocean.
West has now the political power. o
will soon be the dictator in the count
Of the country and she will, ere 10
correct this inequality Of benefits fr
the common agent and protector Of
interests and sections. and perhaps
mand reparation for the past, while
will do justice to her section in the
ture If the Government can exps
S8,000.OO0 upon magnificent Gust
house Mt New Orleans which is about