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-Steamboat Navigation on White River.—As there is but little dependence to be put in the Canal, we think it advisable for our citizens to take under consideration the navigation of White River by small steamboats. The dam at Neweerry could be torn oat and the River made navigable as far up as Point Commerce for less money than it takes to keep the Canal in repair between this place and Terre Haute. This subject was brought before us by a letter which we received a few days since from E. H. babin, who is now canvassing the Wabash alley, in which he says;“Steamboats are all the rage now, in some localities, and I think suggests to us the best mode of connection wish “the rest of mankind.” A steamboat plys between Mount Carmel, Illinois, and the Evansville ■ Crawfordsville Railroad. Another runs ’up the East Pork of White River, from the Railroad to Peteisbdrgh, Haysville, Por-tersville, and even up the Shoals. Another from the Ohio Mississippi Railroad to Newberry, in our own county. Now we need another, to run from Newberry to Worthington, or else the locks at Newberry re paired, so the same boat could make the whole trip. This repair could be made for about one hundred dollars,—-Wouldn’t this be a better investment for iis than o nr annual donation to the Canal, which is generally out of order when most needed? By the process proposed we would have a regular, reliable and Cheap method of shipping our products at least nine months in the year. A through tariff of freights could readily be established, either to Evansville or Cincinnati.I think this an enterprise worthy of Pur attention. There is a steamboat, 80 feet long, in good condition, only six months old, for sale at Hazleton. It can be botight for less than it used to take to buy a Canal boat. Don’t somebody want to invest?”
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Worthington White River Gazette
Worthington, Indiana, US
Thu, Feb 13, 1862
Page 3
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Clipped by
Willard P.
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