The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-11-15
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EVANSVILLE.I IND.
MONDAY MORNING..... NOVEMBER Il

/. to be q candidate before the Legislature for
States Trustee of the W. L E. Canal" In
this, the gentleman is under serious misap-
hension, for the Journal is most "serenely
indifferent in regard to his intentions in
that respect, being fully persuaded that his
ntentions-however determined they may
be-will be of little avail He has an i'm
preston, also, that no living being but the
editor of the Evansville journal ever had
suspicion that there was any influence at
Terre Haute inimical to the interests of the
Southern portion of the canal. The gentle
man has many things to learn before he
qualities himself for, or attains to the canal
Trusteeship and among others he will pro-
baby abe impressed with the conviction "
that the people of the Pocket have no favor
BILE opinion of the Terre Haute management
of the canal.
The reasons he gives for retaining the
control of affairs at Terre Haute, and for
electing himself to the Trusteeship,a Ieso char
acteristic of the old canal dynasty at Terre
Haute, and of the aspirant who is presenting
his own claims to office, that we give him
the benefit of quoting them at length. He
says:
Is the editor aware of the fact, that the
Trustees of this canal have long since pur-
chased valuable real estate in this city
have erected thereon substantial and perma-
nent buildings, in which all the business Of
the canal is now, and will, in all probable
ity, continue to be transacted that since
the arrangement between the State and
its bondholders, the business of the canal
has been transacted here, and that the idea
of moving the business from this to any
other point, is as improbable as that the
State will ever again assume the ownership
of the canal2 1t is true, as the editor says,
q Trustee may learn as much about the
"condition Of the canal at any otherpoint,
as we'll as here, but at the canal Office, in
Terre Haute, is the only place where can be
found the full estimate of the receipts and
expenditures of the canal-the amount re-
ceived for the sale of lands--a full report OF
all the transportations, and in short, every
thing that is necessary the State should
know, in relation to mattsr in which she
has so deep an interest.
Aside from any personal considerations,
we are fully convinced, that if it is import
ant in the future, that the State of Indiana
should be kept posted in regard to all the
business pertaining to this canal, the Trus-
tee, whose business it is to look after the
interests of the State III this particular
should reside at Terre Haute, and give his
entire attention to all the transactions be-
longing thereto ~ $50.
Apart, However from the consideration
chat as all the business of the canal is trans
ta1 of fbiS pCint Ia fo+i o. II.
States interest should be here all the time
attending to his duties, we will now give
further and material reasons why this
should be.
The salary given by theState to her Trus
tee is $4,000 per annum. As a genera
thing the Trustee gets this amount fJ
about four visits to this city each year, anC
remaining two or three days each visit
$500 for two or three days work He the1
goes home and pays no further attention t,
the duties of the trust. But this is not all
he charges for his travelling expenses il
coming to and going from this place, an,
also his expenses on the way, and hotel bill
while here. This makes an additional eX
pense to the State of between four and 81
hundred dollars per dlRltm. All this woul
be saved did the trustees live at this point
Then, in financial point of view if nj
other, the Legislature should select its Trus
tees from the many competent gentleme
who reside at Terre Haute, or from som
one who would make this city his resGenc
who would give the business Of the Stat
his entire attention, and not make the offic
a complete sinecure paying a respectful
salary, and receiving almost no service i
return therefor.
The time is fast approaching when tn
State of Indiana viii desire to know al
about the financial condition of the Wabas
and Erie Cnnal, and her agent ought to b
able, at any time, to put her in possession
this knowledge.
As we stated the other day, on the infol
nation of a superintendent, the canal ha
been reduced to halfits capacity and draugl
of water at point on the South ern divi
ion, and this city deprived of all benefci
use OF it, for the lack of $4,000 approprii
ton but we did not know that the funC
which should have been reserved for this c
sential work. had been expended to "pu
chase valuable real estate and erect substaa
tial buildings thereon in Terre Haute
which all the business of the canal is no
done, and will continue TO be transacted" >
We NSiS PIE SuOu5u " Sul'pOSc tIAstt u
Trustees would have made the canal pass
bic for boats,-fr first made it available for Il
use for which it was designed, before m
king investments in valuable real estate al
substantial buildings, in which to keep
revenues, and the control of the business
Terre Haute.
In the eyes of its candidate, Terre Hau
is the focus to gather and disseminate
light upon the interests and management
the canal. To the outside world, it has,
this respect, heretofore been any opaque spC
and we fear the luminary of the ErprI
will not make it more brilliant, if we ind
by the light he displays in the present d
cussion. He promises to give-according
his ideas of the duties of a Trustee-mC
earnest and constant attention TO the s
counts and cash of the canal in order to
able to answer every question, in fgur
that the Legislature may, at any time, as
He will, besides, watch increasingly the Stat
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