The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-07
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most trifing effort or the part of her
citizens would give New Albany a
monopoly of that rich morsel a 81
There is rich country bordering
on the Tennessee River; there are
fourishing villages, fertile fields, en-
ergetic business, men and very sensi-
BILE shippers all along that stream.
But there is smallchance of much of
the trade of that region finding its
! Wayrto New Albany, and for various
reasons.oa,g non jssf gasis gIr aas Il
The people of that region are too
sagacious. to ship their products to
the East via New Albany, when they
can ship just as cheaply, and at
perhaps less rates via Evansville, and
gain gtWentyrfour hours time, or even
mere. Theyaknow that Evansvilleuis
the natural enttep5t for produce going
East from their section OF country,
and the promptness with which cotton
and tobacco are transferred from the
landing. Here to the depot, and the
dispatch with which it is forwarded
to its destination-say'f from seven to
ten days-is 50 highly satisfactory to
shippers. that they will hardly be ipr
duced to change from short and
well tried route to a cifcditous and
untried one. 9IT 5agforl ,aia 6ar
ThelGnerchants of Evansville have,
moreover made themselves pretty
well acquainted with the merchants of
Tennessee and Northern Mississippi,
and know their wants, and are pre-
pared to supply them on such favdra-
BILE terms that no change is desirable,
even were all things else equal But
with am excellent packet, regular as
No / Seth Thomas clock, mer-
chants from that region can come
here, purchase their goods, see the
sights, and return on the same boat
with their goods, and all in the space
of one short week. They are not
likely to go farther and fare worse,
while they retain their senses. Our
merchants, by liberal dealing, have Sc
cured the confidence of the Tennessee
River merchants, and by continu-
ance of the same line of policy will re-
tain the trade. Cairo and st. Louis
made Herculean efforts to secure that
trade, They formed mammoth lines
of steamers, traduced the merchants
of Evansville, and cajoled the mer-
chants, the planters and the shippers
along the line of the Tennessee River.
Their boats have been sold for debt,
and their trade is played out" while
that with Evansville is steadily grow
ing and daily becoming more profita-
BILE and more permanent. We guess,
Ledger, the people of the Tennessee
River region desire no change, and
least of all, such change as your peo-
pie would be able to give them
WATER Is CoMING.-We learn from
Mr. Kratz, one of the energetic Com
mitteeiwho had charge of the Canal
improvement, that water has at last
reached our city and is now pouring
into the basin, and that by the last of
the week, the Canal will be full and
an abundance of water had to keep
all our manufacturing establishments
going for some time to come. The
Committee experienced more difficult
ty in repairing the Canal than they
imagined they would when they began
the work, but with patience, perseyer-
ance and labor, they have overcome
every obstacle, and to-day water is
abundant, not only for our manufac-
turing establishments, but also for
fire purposes. We regard the success
of the enterprise as Of vital import
ance to our city. We may now keep
full supply of water in all our pub
lie cisterns. Had it been unsuecess-
full, we would hardly have passed
through the coming winter without
experiencing confagration that
would have proven disastrous to many
of our largest capitalists and business
| houses.
We understand that the Committee
were compelled to spend more money
than the first estimate indicated, and
consequently viii have to make an
other assessment upon those who will
be benefited by their labors. They
confidently anticipate that the City
Council will make a donation com