The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-12-01
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It is matter Of much surprise that
there are not more through freights from
Toledo on our canal. One reason is the
neglect by''our citizens Of their own in
terests, aud the very vigilant care that
our rfvais take of theirs. Our people
are not active enough to compete with
the sharp practices Of the CiAsinnatans.
The commercial capital Of State that
guards her own banks by nobs. while
those banks s,ire ssesstly ~ Sch
from their neighbors, can easily get ahead
of an honest go-easy people. If they
will take their neighbours coin while they
paw none themselves. it is not unnatural
that they should take any little bills Of
revenue belonging to others and turn
them into their owB channels We are
informed that it is extremely difficult to
get any freight, directed via Toledo to
Evansville, brought down our line Of ca
nal. In spite VI the most positive and
plainess directions to send ID to Evans.
vile, it goes almost invariabls to Cincin-
natl, and is shipped down the rlver past
our own dooss. We learn that Mr.. Law
REscE. who imports BY the canal large
quantity Of marble every season, has
found it necessary 10 establish special
agent at Toledo armed with power Of
attorney to take his property from the
hands of the Cincinnati transportation
agents, and send 1t direct by our own
canal--otherwise ID goes to Cincinnati
and comes to him down the river assessed
with double freights and charges. The
secret OF the natter, we presume to be.
that the Miami Canal from Cincinnati
to Toledo, intersects our canal 1t the
State line and they have one common
trunk through Ohio. The agents Of the
Mama canal boats at Toledo seize all
the freight landed there destined for any
part of the Ohio river and put it on their
boats for Cincinnati, securing to their
line the freights. and for the Cincinnati
merchants, the forwarding commissions.
Mr.. p. G. VRILEY informs us that he
has complaints from q large number o.
merchants on the Ohio, Cumberland and
Tennessee, saying that shipments made
by them TO come through the Wabash and
Erie Canal to Evansville, had been re-
ceived by them from Cincinnati, bur
thened with heavy extra charges ant
double freights. The following letter il
only specimen Of numerous others, dis
closing this system Of gross impositions
NASHVILLE, Nov. %, '57.
"MEssRs. P. G. O'RILEr 81 Co., EVANS
VILE Gents: / am in receipt Of yours o
the 18th inst. My goods, by some hocu
pocus beyond my comprehension, were sen
from Toledo to Cincinnati, and arrived her
last week, with some FORTY DOLLARS extr
charges on them, and SIXTY CENT? per 10
lbs. freight from Cincinnati.
"I merely write to say that something
must be wrong ut Toledo, for IN June last
sent over three tons of iron ware from Jack
son iniMichi gan for Nashville via the wabas
and Erie Canal to Evansville, with the di
rections for the route plainly marked on tn
articles. Notwithstanding this, the who
lot was shipped to Cincinnati and came
me burthened with freights from Cincinna
double what they would have been from yo'
place. The Wabash and Erie Canal is nc
open, or its opponents at Toledo vii! not q
low freights to 60 by it, which is certainl
injurious to your place, and ought to
looked to. Yours, with respect"
We are told by Mr.. ORILEY that
the time the above goods were shipped
Cincinnati for 60 cents per 100 lbs,
could have forwarded them from til
point at % or 80 cents per 100 lha.,
this is a matter demanding attentis
rom our merchants,