The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-03-24
Canal Convention.

Canal Convention.
At convention of the citizens of Indiana,
residing on or near the line of the Wabash
& Erie Canal, between Newberry and the
city of Evansville, held at Evansville on the
18th day of March, 1859, on motion of M.
W. Foster, Esq, the convention was organ
lied by the election of Hon. VIM. Haw-
thorne, of Pike county, President and W.
q. DeWolf, of Pike county, and W Baker,
of Vanderburg county, Secretaries.
On motion letter from Thos. Bowling,
one of the Trustees of the Wabash and Erie
Canal, addressed to NJ. w. Foster, and to-
gether with awrittenpreposition with refer
ence to the Southern Division of the canal,
proposing to resign the management of the
canal to a company of contractors, under
the supervision of the Trustees, was read.
1t was ordered that committee consisting
of twelve persons be appointed by the Pres
ident to prepare business te be submitted to
the Convention at o'clock P. NJ. and that
the President be a member of said COM
mittee.
Whereupon, the following persons were
appointed:
NJ. W. Foster, John Law, Chas. Viele,
John Ingle, jr. and Robert Barnes, of Ev-
ausville J. Miller and David W. Beeson of
Warrick county, Reuben Baldwin and Isaac
Street of Gibson, Goodlet Morgan, T. David
SON and VIM. Hawthorn of Pike.
II. A. Lawrencenee submitted a written
proposition for the consideration ofthe Con-
vention, which, with the letter and propo-
sition of Mr. Bowling was referred to the
committee
On motion the Convention adjourned to
meet at o'clock P. NJ at the Court House.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Convention met-minutes of forenoon
session read and adopted.
NJ W. Foster, Esq, from the Committee
appointed at the morning session, submitted
a report, which, after discussion and amend
ment, was adopted, and is as follows;
That Board of FIVE managers be APP
pointed by the Convention, to manage any
funds which may be subscribed and paid
tor the repair and maintenance of the Canal
from Newberry to Evansville, and that Nj
L. Britt, of Washington, Goodlet Morgan,
of Pike, Jacob III. Miller, of Warrick Co.
and T. H. Cook and NJ A. Lawrence, Of
Evansville, constitute said Board. That in
this appointment of managers, hereafter, all
subscribers of fifty dollars and upwards
shall have one vote, and that the manager:
shall always be elected from the counties on
the lineS
That the managers SO elected shall have
the power to'make such arrangements with
the Trustees of the W. & E. Canal, for the
working of the same, either by entering
money to the Trustees, to be refunded
whenever the revenues shall exceed the eur.
rent expenditures.
That fund, of at least 1900, be sub
scribed, and placed at the disposal of the
managers, to be used by them as they may
deem advisable.
That the following shall be the proper
tons of the said contributions, viz Greer
Co., $500; Davies Co., $1,000; Pike Go.
$4,000; Gibson Co., $500; Warrick Co
$1,000; and vanderburgh Co., $4,000.
That the money SO solicited shall be ex
pended in the repairs of this division of tn
Canal, under the supervision and control O
the said managers and the State Trustee
and for all other purposes, said managers t
have power to fill any vacancies which ma.
happen in this Board.
That the said managers shall have n
power or authority to bind any subscribe
to the said fund of $4,000, any farther thai
the amount which each subscriber may sub
scribe; nor shall the said managers max
any arrangements with the Trustees of tn
Wabash Il Erie Canal, or any other person
that will involve any pecuniary liabilitie
on the part of said subscribers beyond tn
amount of their several subscriptions.
That the managers be charged with til
duty of Immediately inquiring into tn
practicability of organizing an incorporate
Canal Company under the late act of tn
General Assembly, and if such compan
shall be organized, each subscriber shall hav
the right to convert any sum subscribed b
him into stock.
1t was ordered that the proceedings of TIL
Convention be published in the newspaper
of Evansville.
WM, HAWTHORNE, Pres't
W. H. DBWoLF, W. BAKER, Secretaries.
The Decline i'm the Wheat Crop.
Our exhausting mode of cultivation
producing an alarming effect upon the whe'