The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-10-22


fourteen charters have been granted fol
new divisions. He recommended total alb.
stinence as the only safe ground for broth
/ erhoOd. The Mast Hope disaster on ths
Erie Railroad was reviewed, and the cause
assigned that the engineer bad been run
ming two successive nights without sleep
The Convention adjourned antl to-day.
The Railroad Conductors Convention at
Columbus, Ohio, yesterday afternoon,
elected the following officers for the ensu-
/ ing year: President, Jas. Marshall, of the
New York and Harlem Railroad; Vice.
/ President, samuel Titus. OF the New York
/ Central Railroad secretary and TressuIeI
| II. Q Farmer; Executive Committee, J.
/ w. Moore, OF the BaL Ltimore and Ohio
Railroad, ]. N. Horner, OF the Plttsburg.
! Columbus and St. Louis Railroad, N. II.
| Wood. OF the Cleveland. Columbus and
\ Indiana Central Railroad. The Conven-
4 ton voted to sta1 { on an excursion to Lou
| isville at IL O'Clock tonight, via Cincin-
4 natl. Mr.. Farmer offered the following
resolution, which was adopted: ReSoLred,
That the thSnks of this convention are
! hereby rendered to Franklin Gale, of the
/ Ohio Statesman, A. Moss Lay man, OF the
/ Cincinnati Enquirer and Associated Press,
/ F.. A. Marble, of the Cincinnati GdEette,
1 W. Il. Busbey. OF the state journal, L.
| Curtis, of the Cincinnati Commercial, and
| Geo. K. Nash, of the Cincinnati Chronicle,
for the faithfut and efficient manner in
which they have reported our proceedings,
and that they are hereby respectfully In
Vtted to accompany US on our Louisville
excursion, and TO be present at the BAN
quot at :he Neil House, at 9 o'clock this
evening. a ballot was then had TO deter
mine where the next Convention shall be
held, with the following result: Philadel-
phia GO, Chicago y, baltimore 20, Boston 4,
Detroit 3, Cairo 3, salt Lake City l, st.
Lon1s l. .The ConVention then adJourned
to meet in n'PbHedeiphia. on TIE lst We'd
nesday OF October 1870 osr srsaas
The call for a River Improvement Con-
yent1On, at Portage City, Wis, on october
2oth, was responded to oy an ATTENDANCE
of delegates fFOn.- most Of the counties of
Central WiscOnsin, by Governor Merrill
and delegates from iIoYza, and by Governor
with Others zfeOmr other districts IN ana
out OF the state, numbering together
about 600 dele ates. Toe Convention was
permanently organized by the appoint
ment OF Gov. MerriJ, OF Iowa, Permanent
President;8 GOV. Marshall, Of Minnesote,
GOV. FaiFeaiid; OF Wisconsin, and others,
proceedings were characterized by cOnsid-
erabIe enthusiasm, and the Convention is
considered, in the ability OF Its mem bers,
one of the most able that ever assem- bled |
for any similar purpose In lhe West. The 1
citizens. q PIortsge, City pre- pared foE and
HEtert3t med the delegates with credftable
liberaity, and the Convention, after dis
posing OF its business satisfactorily, ad-
journed, subject to the call of its officers.
The following are the most Important
Of the resolutions adopted. ReSotUed, That |
the water route by which the steamboats,
of the Mississippi River can run to the har-
bors and unload into the vessels of the
great lax es Is q public necessity. ReSoIUed,
That as II mas Deen shown Dy the Govern
ment surveys that such route can ba made
through the Fox and Wisconsin, Rivers,
and the original policy of our Government
to make them rublic highways should be
carried cut. Itsuostant1aIly pledged itself
to do this when IT kept the control or the
streams by the 2 Ct Which admitted Wiscon-
sin as a. State into he Union. ResoEUed,
That as late surve Us made by the General |
Govern m t1shoW that the cost Of uniting |
the Mississippi River with the great lakes |
by a. steam boaty channel will not greatly
exceed four millions OF dollars, which |
is not as much as the. saving
such route srWould make in each
year in the carrying trade of the North |
west, 1t woJildb be great IN njustice and gross
wrong to put off this great work. Re |
soEeed, That as the Erie Canal, with It's
contracted channel, its numerous and |
small locks, The slow movement of it's
boats with horse power, which cannot ex-
ceed tnirty-sfx miles In tWenty-fOur hours, |
has, with these great drawbacks kept |
down freight On argos: it is therefore clear
that q river route, with few large locks, |
which can be navigated by steamboats, !
twenty four hours, would protect the |
Northwestern States from unmenGnreable |
charges or dangerous combinations. Re-
s0EEeCg, That the great and glowing coma /
greatest competition in our country
shows that water routes are demanded:
without them the values of many coarse
productions are lost, as they cannot be |
carried to market otherwise. Railroads,
by giving activity TO the business of the
country, and by filing 1t with population,
have made the routes necessary TO meet
the varied com mercial wants of a great
and prosperous community. ReSOtUed, |
That the want of the Northwest is cheap
transportation; that this can only be se-
cured by q water route, which all have a
equal terms, thus giving the public the
.hsnafib of free CDDnD9tiiIOn.