, 1864-01-23
4 Line OF Vessels to Run Between Chi
cn.o and TfTHfp0Qla

We arc g7atlned at tie announcement which ap-
pcars in come Of the papers that line OF rstcass
packets Is advertised to ru1 between this port and
England, commencing III April next Ofthe suc-
ccsefu1 issuc Of this movement we entertain no
shadow Of doubt Chicacot not altogether unknown
Oh the ether s1de Of the Atlantic, nor the facilities
she offers for direct shipments and impoztatfcns-
There Is 60 reason why, with unrcesr!c:cd water
communication nine months in the yca.. we should
bo compelled to pay tribnte to the seeboard, and
afterwards be eubjected to heavy expenses for
transportation On railroad and lake 1t is evident
that goods can be laid down on oar OWL wharrcs
full ten per cent cheaper, II cargoes do not break
bulk between the ports OF shipment and delivery.
Does it not follow that II purchases arc made US
adynntagcous]y that ten per cent saved is IN Gle
ment which Will tell tremendously upon the NATE
rial and commercial prosperity OF Chicago: Hthc
prcfent project Is successlu1, and We hare
no doubt It will la, Chicago is destined 10 he the
great eHtrrot for foreign goods In the Northwest,
end the source whence tie vast country lying BE-
tween the LaEes and the Ohio on the oac side, and
the Wabash and the Mississippi on the other, will
derive those supplles which now reach us from the
scaboocd. Th1s city has already become practical
" 4 ecaboafd town. Communication between
Norway and Chicago Is not un1toqucnt, and the d.
rect trade Between the two countries hns assumed
no mean proportions. This other line established,
01kCfS WILL fO1lOT~ I1ckGI8 l3QeQ Will luG flCQ
tsbrics Of France, the productions Of Germany,
the wares of Bohemia, the woolens and iron Of
Great Britain, will here Geek an entry. and their
careoes will hero find q profitable market. Return
cergoes ere always ready, and they Will be able to
beaz back rich freltase to to their homes beyond
the sca- Our ha1tor will be improved 50 as to nd
nit yeeeele OF the heaviest tonnsge: the Wellaud
Caral will be decpered and enlarged; warehouses.
to which, in point Of capacity, those now built
w,ll be mean In comparison, Will be erected: the
river will join The Lake again at Its southern
heuur arr and Chicago will advance Ii the distant
future es In the decade which has Just ended.
It needs prophetic cye 10 see the future Of this
crest citY- When direct trade becomes an estab.
1lshed fact and no longer IN some sense an expert
nent, che Will extend her present bonnaaries-al.
+; ready enclosing IN area OF twenty-five square
, ,uiles-Ake the overflow Of huge vocano. The
Mgs Of 1aborere and mechanics and those portions
now most spa1sely eetled, will hum with the busy
notee OF industry and the activity Of cosmopolitan
ttsf1c. We believe there arc Elc1 now living in
Chicago, WHO Will sec here city Of hall Eil1ion
! Of Inhabitants.
i TIE fret-class, barks Etowah, Captain David
! Thicker. Rare npa. Captain John johnson, aud Wiz
ralfte, Captain John Jennings, well known on oul
lakes. hive Lee1 purchased for this purpose and
i! altered and arrnnged 10 adapt them to the ocean
; and lake eer.icc. in compliance with the rulcs and
reeul. tions laid down b tho Lloyd surveyors and
policies OF insurance can therefore be effected or
! goods ehfpped on these vessels on the Eame terms
| AZ the ocean vessels rnunlEG between Euro2ear
ports and the Atlantic Cities The b11g Cressiug
! ion and the new bark Thetmntis now building III
! Cleveland, will also he in this line.