The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-05-16
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Paduoah.

packets running to the above place, as well
as semi-weekly line from this city to Cairo,
very few of our citizens are aware what
kind Of place Paducah is.
There is no city on the Western waters
which has arisen, after so Rip Van Wrinkle
a fashion, from state of comparative ma
ture, to such position as she at present &C.
cupies, as has Padncah, and within so short
a period.
1t is barely more than four years since,
that it was only small trading village, like
to Smithland at present. How is it;to-day?
Smithland is as it was, but Paducah has all
these elements Of wealth, enterprise, and
industry within her, which must ultimately
make her one of the largest cities which
will exist on the lower Ohio; and should
she stride in comparison as rapidly as she
has done within the last four years,
even Evansville must look TO herself anx-
iously, and see that she be not despOilcd Of
her laurels.
Being situated at the mouths of Tennes-
see and Cumberland rivers, the trade of
both Of which is becoming fast tributary to
Paducah, with a railroad now in course of
erection from Mobile and New Orleans, with
branches TO Memphis, Nashville, and all
other intervening cities direct TO her city,
and which will be completed and in opera
ton in the fall of next year (ls6O), it can
mand a very large portion of the Southern
trade.
She is situated below every obstruction 10
navigation on the Ohio river, even in low
water, while Just above her city the Cum
berland bar is one of the very worst bars on
the lower Ohio.
The city is laid out on a very large scale,
and if one were to judge of the extent that
the city will hereafter occupy by the posi-
tior of the Court House, one cannot but be-
lieve that ultimately il must he of considera-
BILE magnitude.
The Court House is noble structure, very
substantial, and cost some $4,000.
The wharf boat cannot be spoken of in
terms of praise, as two block Of buildings
are ut present on il, but which are about TO
be demolished, when the wharf will have a
very imposing effect
The Hotels are not such rs the city will
require in a year or two, though the st.
Francis affords good accommodation, there
is no doubt but that good Hotel would pay
well at Paducah.
Every stranger must he struck with sur
prise at the magnitude of the wharf boats,
which are truly mammoth, and must have
been of great cost to the proprietors. Both
are equally commodious, and the Messrs.
Fowler in Watts, Given & Co.'S boat, and
the Messrs. Smedley 4 TO, in theirs, are
always ready to render any information
that may he desired.
Though the Kentuckisns are proverbial
for their hospitality and generosity, in nc
part of the State can the like exceed Padu-
cab.
Amongst the public buildings and manu-
factories there is the Marine Railway and
boat-yard, which is as good an establish
ment Of its kind as there is in the West, and
where the best of work ia executed.
The Rolling Mill is a very large one, as
may be Judged when it is remembered that
it will consume ] 900 bushels of coal day
and give employment to one hundred hands
As soon as the railroad is completed, mex
fall, passengers will be enabled to reach Pa
dncah from New Orleans and Mobile in a lit
tie over two days, when the tide of travel i
, must create and draw, rs well as the bust
ness it must pour into our city, must be yer!
large.
When the Southern Illinois Railroad
E now i'm course Of construction-isc completed
: q branch line Of some twenty miles will b
made to connect with Paducah, at a poin
somewhere opposite the city.
: There is direct line of boats startin
e daily from Paducah for Nashville, on tn
Cumberland; a tri-weekly line up the Ten
! nessee river; a daily line to Cairo; a tr
weekly line to Evansville-to be made
h daily line this fall, and "a weekly line to S
: Louis. The above are simply packets ths
. make Padueah their starting and returnin
o point, whilst there are besides all the packe
e that travel between the Ohio and Mississippi
: rivers, which invariably make the landin:
: The Marine Hospital is, in size and al
/ pearance, the counterpart of Louisville, an
d SO situated on the waters edge as to ha'
o an imposing effect.
le The Commercial Bank OF kentucky is L
= Gated there, as is.also a branch OF the Bau
l. OF Louisville.