, 1859-12-22
PROM INDIANA,
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yA1rAaAro, Ind. December 1s.9.
Although We &re situated in another stste-in
hosierdom-yetC Chicago Is our Metropolis, Is
much SO. almost, as though it we're ut The head
ef The LAX. To your city cur merchants 60
for their exchange on New York. To Chicago
they repair to get good start for Gotham, for
By wise arrangement Ito create tribute for
your city, they hare made it cheaper to 60 to
New York via Chicago than to 60 directly East
from here.- There il gzest complaint here that-
the facilities on the Pittsburgh and Fort Wayne
Railroad ate not adequate Tor the business to be
done o4 The line Of That 1oad-doubtless caused
By the scarcity of the supply Of rolling stock
on The road. The reply is, to shippers, We will
send yonr rigs, etc, to Chicago, as soon as NC
cau get cars to do it with. This ats-soma
three thousand inhabitants--is fast* coming into
notice.. Some hundred Of house. are to be put
up The next Observation-Disclosures are haring
tolerahle good trade. The horse thieves are
pretty well rooted out; and with the cvlcnces Of
moral growth, ii evinced BY the increased ma.
ority for Colfax in the lsst election. there can
not be i easonable doubt Of our utter regen-
eration to safe position among enlightened
commuuities
Thu Lime was when ina ginationists hadi that
Michigan City was 10 be the Chicago Of The
West---that causl svas to be cut in this ricini-
IT through The fire. mile rise Of the land that
divides the 1esel af Lake Michigan from the
waters Of the Kankakee, and thus wards down
to the Wabash. : =
In'these days Of comparative stagnation We
country folk hare plenty Of time for specu1s-
tion-not in real estate view, exactly, but in
aa imaginative lino-anggesGons are thrown
ont that as y uniqn. preseryatire, project for
the improvement; of the Mississippi -and
+ Illinois Rirers, md tile Illinois and
Michigan Csha1, 50 ms to afford in
gress apd egrsss fog tho immense portion Of ouf
national Rent up o. tue a6 +,
great more for national defence as could be
/ made by the same amount IN nny other way ex-
pended. The lake feet wonll be IN important
auxiliary to our privateerhg navy-as much so
Us having m oily in the person Of . ncighboring
government. The main difficulty in getting the
| government to sanction Internal improvements,
has'heen the want o1 a sufficient hect-such rs
| common Icfence-in this case TINT question
would come uppesmost.
Then the want oil general interest North and
South-which this project would undoubtedly
command-for the Aisspsippi semi annually is
droutl-strcken for navigation purposes, and
| surely there 10 sufficient water pouring down
past Detsait over the falls Of Niagara and down
thc 81. Lawrence to raise respectable ripple
on the Mississippi il N outlet should he effected
4'througn the summit 1evel back Of Chicago fol
it. 1t would only cost about j quarter Of tht
| otunuat that a worse than useless Utah svar has
cos. and a Napoleon head to our government
/ wotS1 hare it done US soon as possible. Con
slider the expense the British lave been to il
making nasigablc their rivers AROUND the Mia
gara Falls and St. Lawrence rapids, double ant
treble what it would cost to pass our Lake navy
| through tho canal, the Illinois aud MississIpp
| River to the Gulf Of Mexicu.
Tie representatives from the States border
ing on the Mississippi, the Illinois, the ocean
aud the great lakes, should come boldly fortl
in support of bill for this project. Then t.
! consider The benefits that Chicago would rcal
| from such MI improvement. Slc would b
'cleaneed by mighty river, sweeping and puri
fying itself br action through the arti6cinl chan
mel, carrying OF the sewerage to the plains. be
f:lowjto make them still more rich, and learin
. | none of the slaughter. house sediment as uo'
| at the shore Of the lake to be sucked up by tn
water Of pipes and 1nasticated oTer agsin by be
: ] citizcns, TERplGnls.