The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-06-16
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.ta The Future of EvansvtIIe.
As with iudieiduAls - with communi-
ties-they NUT be the acni.ects of their
own fortune. There is a tide in the affairs
= OF men, which, taken at the BOD, led on to
fortune, sings The immortal Shak. speare
aud il dvVolves upon the sagacity OF The
individual or community to perceive the
nick or time aud arpropriateit in such a
manner as will reap the reward specified in
his philosophical m'Y;n That the tide
in the affairs of Evar sviIle iazsnow at The
food so7perceplible thai it requires little
demonstration 10 prove it It is the only
city on the lower Ohio OF Mississippi whose
trade and commerce has notbeen materially
damaged, il not annihilaled, blythe rebel
liou- Padacah, Memphis, aud even ST.
Louis. have received blows from which they
ca1not recover in years FINE "a with
heading in its wings, ultimately makes all
things even, but while those. cities are
struggling to regain their lost. prestige, If
the cit zens Of Evansville are wise, their
city win have taken such gigantic strides
forward as atuaintain the Supremacy now
placed within her reach. The adversi.ies
Of those cities is our opportunity are we
wise enough TO seize it? Is it asked what
ought to be done we will mention a few
things that most naturally suggest them
selves; E . sG s7ie a4
lst. We ought 20 have good boat-yard.
Upon no class of property have the rebels
been SO destructive as upon steamboats,.
They bav- been torn up, blown up. and
sunk. The bahks.Gi our. rivers are lined
with fragments their bIttoms are covered
with sunken wrecks This properly must
be replaced The navigation of the Missis-
sippi, nav opered by the sturdy sous ofthe
NoFth-wesf, will -sIiGuiAte The Carrying
trade to such an extent as TO make the de-
mand for eamboats far in excess OF The
abiity of the old ship yards to meet it, how-
ever energetic may be their PROJECTORS.
Evansville, % her shame be IL said, has no
ability to repair, much less build, the small
est stern wheel dinkey. Situated in the
center of the most extensive ccai fields on.
this continent; surrounded by iimbertd
lands, unlimited in variety, quantity, or
quality occupying point on the river uu-
disturbed by low water; with a levee the
most magnificent to be found between Pits
burg and New Orleans; possessing most
excellent railroad comm ricaiion wlth the
interior; fed by the vast resources of the
Wabash valley, the richest on the globe
r,;s Iabo
populations; with machine shops of saffi-
eient capacity to do any and all kiEds OF
steamboat work with all these sdsanta-
ges, we neither build nor repair boats OF the
most ordinary character. Ourownapacketss
are forced, much against their wish, 10 90
to Mound City, Psducah, New A lbany or
Cincinnati, for The most simple repairs
This is not cur mis;ortLne-it is our fault.
There are hundreds of men who would
gladly invest their means in a ship yard, in
this city, if they met with that encourage
ment from our citizens that the enterprise
merited. Manufacturing investments OF
every description require nursing and at
tention in their youth. If This is cheer
able to take care of themselves, but also
contribute to the support of those who fos-.
tered and cared for them 10 their infancy.
I'd. Our regular packets should be sus-
tanned, and pew lines built up. At present
the South is vacuum into which the pro-
6u;e of the North west will soon rush as a tor
rent. During the past year Southern trade
has naturally soaght our city, in preference +
to either Louisville or Oincinnati. Is will
continue - do 50, iF it meets with a rener-s !
GUS response from our business men. Every
fundamentally must be made nss OF, how
ever, to secure it permanently,o or it may be
q duced from our embrace. We ought to
have line of packets to Memphis, and ore
to New Orleans. Our freight ought not to
! t given to packets who are doing their ut- T
most to build mp the trade ofsrivalz cities,
aud who invariably carry their orders past
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