The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-05-24

jOuutEy VIII WuAOH SAO
brought IN contact by the various '
Ohio, Cumberland and Tennessee s
River Packet lines. This trade has
been largely increased by the accom-
modatinq spirit manifested by the
officers of the different boats. No
passenger is too poor, and no pack
age, seemingly, too small to merit
their attention. They land their
boats whenever and wherever wanted,
and, in consequence, have so secured
the confidence Of the people, as TO re-
ceive their orders for supplies for
farms aud households, in addition to
obtaining the transportation Of the
merchandise for the stores. This dis
position to accommodate the people was
displayed by the officers of the Ar
mazda on Saturday evening. A small |
skiff was seen putting out from the |
Indiana shore, below Henderson,
rowed by a stout specimen of Hoosier
manhood, who hailed the steamer
when she got within hailing distance.
The steamer blew her whistle, stopped
her engines, and foated quietly down
to where the oarsman was holding his
boat against the current, by now and
then pulling at his oars. The clerk.
asked him what was wanted. " Well,
he replied, ~ want to know whether
you found little sack on your last
trip, which my woman left on board
when she got off. She had it with her
other tricks when she got on the boat,
aud when she left, she forgot it. Did
any of ye see it?" The Clerk said
no" but he would look for it, and
without any manifestation of impa-
thence at being delayed for so trihing
Il matter. gave directions to the pilot
10 go ahead. The man in the skif
also seemed satisfied, and went ashore
without grumbliDg. It is by repeat
cd kindnesses of this description that
the packet trade has been swelled to
Its present proportions. If the bus
iuess men of Evansville are wise
they will encourage the boats, and
sustain them in their efforts to make
something for their owners while
they are doing so much to increase
the commerce of the city.
A walk of half an hour through
some of the principal streets of Padu-
cab satisfied your correspondent that
the town is improving-if not rapidly
at least steadily. The streets are in
splendid condition. They are all
paved with the celebrated Kentucky
conglomerate gravel, and are as hard
as if paved with stone. and much
smoother. AS far as the eye can reach
in any direction, they seemed to beim'
proved and presented very attractive
appearance This paving is not con,
fined to the streets Of the city, bul
also extends to some of the promi-
nent roads leading into the city. Pa
ducah can boast also of two oil
the finest tobacco warehouses in the
West. Each of them is built OF
brick. and incloses a space Of one
hundred and seventy by one hundred
and forty feet They are we / lighted
\ sr,1u nave gXCeHent conveniences for
saInpling, handling, aud shipping the
tobacco. Last year the sales in these
two warehouses amounted to 5000
hogsheads. We were informed that
the sales this year have already
reached that amount, and will proba-
bly, double it before the season is
over. This is an encouraging fact for
the tobacco merchants of Evansville.
The Paducah men are becoming
very much interested in railroads.
The passage of the law authorizing
bridging of the Ohio River at that
point, the recent change in the Cen
trail Mississippi Road, by which Padu-
cab will virtually become its North
ern terminus, and the many railroad
projects In Illinois looking In the
direction of Paducah, have, very
properly, excited the hitherto rather
slow people of that town with the
most exalted ideas of its prospects for
the future. In addition to these roads
we are informed by Ex- Governor
CHARLES ANDERSON, formerly of
Ohio, now a resident of Eddyville,
Kentucky, that the Elizabethtown &
Paducah Road will certainly be fin
ished within a few years, some fixing
three years as the outside limit. A
large portion of it is under contract,
and work is now in progress on the
Elizabethtown end. 1t is the design
of the contractors to begin work in
the vicinity Of Eddyville within few
days. This road will cross the
Evansville, Henderson, and Nash
vile Road about ten miles from Mad
isonyille. 1t traverses the coal re-
gion between Madisonville and Hop
kinsville and the iron section on the
Cumberland in the neighborhood of
Eddyville. Although built in the
interests of Louisville, it cannot be
otherwise than an important feeder
to Evansville, for our city will be at
least one hundred miles nearer the
country west of the E., H. & N. Road
than Louisville. Merchants living in
that section will be able to run to