The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-01-24
A Packet TO Padpeah.

a Packet to Paducah.
The exnerience Of every city upon the riv-
er. has proved the important influence OF
racket lines in promoting the business OF
the pIaces connected by them. 1t has been
suggested to us that n packet from this city
to Paducah would not only do good busl,
ness for herself, but help increase our ouS'-
ness with all the towns on the river oeio"
rs. and contribute largely TO the traVeI
through our city and over our raltroaaS 10 'ile
East. Most of this trade and travels now
carried past us to Louisville. by the influence
If all the various lines that run from st.
Iouis. the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers
70 that c;tv. and which are owned and con-
trolled there BY our present railroad con
nections. we are as near New YORK as are
Jacksonville and Louisville; and consequent
", the time spent on packet between mere
and there, is time lost. Persons coming from
the Fast can reach Evansville in the same
time they arrive at Louisville; and with
packet running in connection with our rali-
road-leaving here on the arrival OF the cars
travellers to the towrs below, on the river
would reach home a hours BY this route
earlier than by the way Of louisville. %
in their journeys Eastward. with packet 10
bring them here in season to take the railroad
directly East, they would sayeethe same Tune;
and all know the strong persuasive force OF an
argument in favor of time, to business tray
eller. There would also be an actual saving
of dimes. packet line running from TINS
point down the river would contribute vastly
TO bring the through travel from all the
country below to this city and over our rail
roads. This would be an enterprise IN which
all the roads to the North and East OF Is
would be interested, and to which they should
give their aid and influence.
1t hardly necessary to discuss the niiu-
encs of such a line in promoting oar COM
mercia interests-in increasing oar business
intercourse with all the towns at which a
packet would touch. Orders given to our
packets for -four whisky, groceries, aud the
products of workshops and manufacturers
could be filled and returned to the customer
two or three days sooner than he could OBJ
tain the same things from Louisville, two hun
dred miles above US. And in prices we need
not fear the competition of Louisville or any
other place. Once turn the current OF trade
and travel to us-once convince the world OF
the advantages we possess, and it would nat
urally flow to us.
Paducah will be, in two or three months
in direct railroad connexion with Memphis,
and in year or eighteen months connected by
rail the. whole distance to New Orleans and
Mobile The railroad she has already COM
pleted extends into the richest portion Of the
"District' Of kentucky and Tennessee, and
before we could get packet running, she will
have railroad connecting her with all the
PRINCIPAL towns lying centrally between the
Tennessee and Mississippi rivers, and they are,
many Of them, large towns, Of extensive bu-
sness surrounded by rich and dense a9ri-
cultural population. The whole travel Of this
region and from Memphis will come East
through Paducah and might be turned over
our roads; the trade in this country in -four,
whisky, furniture, castings, nails, &c, &c,
has heretofore gone to Louisville. It could be
attracted this way by packets that woull take
goods to Paducah ana forward them over the
rlilro4d The immense shipments Sof goods
from the East to that rich regeon, could also
be brought over our roads and sent forward
with regularity and dispatch by packets ran
ming in connection with the roads, The same
influence and course Of events would bring to
us good share Of The Cumberland and Tenn
essee river trade.
Now is the time to move in the matter
Many boats by the mislortunes of the season,
will be brought under the hammer and sold
for half their value. Let company be form
ed to secure two light draft comfortable boats
and pat them in the trade. If they do not
pay the first year, they will the second; and
if we lose $4,000 in the boats, the will make
hundred thousand to the city. Let every
business man, mechanic, and manufacturer.
put $50 or 800 into it and if he never gets
a cent back directly, it will come to him with
large dividend in the increase of his bus
mess.
CT The wife of Huntington the forger has
been stripped of all her luxuries and means