The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-03-12
A GRANGE FOR A SMALL INVESTMENT

Green River is one OF the most valuable trlou'
taries to the stream of our commerce; ana
Rough Creek is the largest tributary to Green
River, but the current of its trade runs away
from US. II has two or three falls and rifles
in it, that makes it unbeatable, except IN very
high water and for few days or weeks at
time. 1t penetrates very fertile and popu-
lous district for fifty or sixty miles, running
in its course nearly parallel with the Ohio
and comes within eighteen miles Of it up in
Breckenridge county. The country through
which it flows is productive in tobacco, corn
and pork, and is famous for its hoop poles and
cooperage 1t has several fourishing villages,
q number of extensive mills. and the pleasant
and important town of Hartford, in Ohio
county, upon its banks. Its principal markets
are at Owensboro' and Cloverport, to the form
er Of which they haul their tobacco and carry
back their groceries, salt and iron over the
sloughs Of the Green River and Ohio bottoms;
and to the latter, over the rough hills and
wretched roads of Breckenridge county. And
their trade forms no inconsiderable portion OF
the business of those two prosperous places.
The Legislature OF Kentucky at its last
session, granted charter to a company to
slack water Rough Creek, from its mouth up
as far as it could be made boatable, giving the
right to assess the same rates Of toll COL
lected on the Green River Improvements, and
the right to the use Of all the water power
created by their dams. 1t is estimated that
one lock and dam, which will cost only SlO,-
coo, will make the creek navigable to Hartford
ut all times The subscription papers were
opened at that place on the 26th ult, and
nearly one-third Of the whole stock was taken
in few hours by it's citizens. They ask the
cooperation Of our merchants, and communi-
cation before US on the subject from the clerk
ofOhio county, says, "if the citizens Of Evans
vile could be induced to aid in the construc-
ton Of lock and dam, and would put boat
in the trade, they could easily secure the whole
trade Of the town and the entire country,
which would be no inconsderablo gain to the
], business Of your CITY," Here is certainly q
good chance for the display of a little enter
prise and public spirit.
A subscription paper has been sent here to
test our disposition to unite in the work; a
few thousand dollars only is wanted. II every
merchant interested in the Green River trade
would subscribe one or two hundred dollars
it would come back to him in the increase Of
Nhis business in few months; and the stock
with the rights to the water on So importan,
. stream, ought to make it good investment
But the importance Of the trade would he a
sufficient object to subscribe the small amount
asked, even If it should be worthless as q
stock. The letter says Eve can build it with
out your aid, but We want to get the full
amount of stock subscribed before organizing
the company. With little energy the entire
work can be completed this summer" The
commissions on the tobacco, which Rough
Greek would send to this point for sale, if W.
ever get a warehouse, would pay % por cent
on the whole investment for the improvement