Public Leger, Volume 4, Number 40, Richmond, Wayne County, 19 March 1828 — Page 1

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Volume IV. No. 40.

RICHMOND, WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY IURCH19, 1823

WtfOLE NuiIIJER, 19G j

(Zn AND rL'BLISHED EVERT SATVRDAY lil

SAMUEL 15. UAi.i.i.Nu. r,j:itstreet, opposite the luchr.iondlhtcL - TKUMS. One dollar auJ fiftj ccuU. for W umuteeff, paid

tcfi ,ff .v;thin the year: or

i MiiK and ;uv ct nu. alter tlie year enures.

1 , " nrr.-:ii;iris aiul tl-Jt i V a diculi- !i

' K wiil cunsi-lert'.l ;t now iiictrrcitnt,

ported. There are some places when they exist abundantly, but a scarcity pre ;vail- on most of the route. Linn stone is abundant on the east fork of White water land its branches, in Wayne county in the vicinity of Richmond. "S me are found on Jthc waters of the west branch; after I which, with the exception of detached

rocks near Blue river, the principal

i ', t en of the puMi'S'cr.

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Letters to the Editor mit-t be pot paid.

Advertisements,

i II nch of the Drift Wood fork of White

river, the stone for masonry will generally have to be hauled a considerable distance.

The price of the mason work at each

such .is the distar.ee t. The highest price

50 per perch of '25 cubic

feet. I hi. nrirr rn: L'"t Iia rn?t tf th it?.

produce, v ; , :"r: .

,.-.,r. t.,-.v:ix, woo ham, rnrf, U?uw Ul " a "" requiring I ,UUU per

escorts tt-.-i. br-, hx l- inrrlrl three !;l)oilit js as.sull,PJ . - r,r c..- tloll.ir each sui;se.,uci.t mrrtioii, , v, cne. Larr adv. rturmci.t. in tLc I ?emed to warraC'.rrtiJu. estimated i $7 50

r . '..ii c-r:tm. Hi

L '-. J. will ;.- taken on subecriptiiM., i .friiv- j Oics amount to 7,500; and there are n;tj:ii,-.-;atWm.Wriihrsiw( MUion; J' sc eral bi i.tges requiring this amount, il -Tr;1- lf Z?vrf .lnM Jrn" rto" 'r to be ued at all. I nave cal. u- (... ,tv I ; 1 1 - Iavis tavtri:, in L.u cti , r at Jon t . V ' near Brownsville. j: lat"U on using stone for vallevs, culverts,

ir.. KNIGHTS REI'OKT.

If !! 'it tiv .t,l.-rn 'I'l.i .n il..'

. . i v. i j - 'is urn I'Miflti i iir iiitii,

! stream whif h have to be crossed svvt ll

II.nuisurr.G. Fin. 1, 1 328. ; the item of mas .nrv to a considerable a-

T-M.';. Gen. Jicxm Icr M'Covt't. -'mount. Wood m 'nt he substituted fr

ChhJ I.n7;iurr. j all tiie mason vcrk which ivould j;reatlv fjo?M :clincc to the acts of Conrea. ; l.sen I hv t:r-t cost, but the woik would

uihciiiri: thrt continuation ot tin; loca-j; l.ick perm nieucy, and require more r

idi, ;tnd its itsJurce3, as regards the materials in question, wtuld be. omc deVelo P' d, and accurate calculations could be

i made, in lieu of assumptions and inferen

ces; upon which latter, if estimates were now founded, they might turn out t" be of no real service. It is possible that the gravelling might be done for gl,500per mile. Soon after commencing this route, there weft1 very favorable representations made to me, concerning a route deflecting at the west end of Centreville, and bear ' g-outri of the direct route, to Milton, a Mnall, thriving, new village on West river, (the west fork of White water,) situated ibout 1 3 4 miles couth of the adopted or direct route; thence, it was proposed to assum' a direct bearing to Indianapolis. I was induced to examine this route, from onideration that it w ould avoid the crossing of Prairie run and Martindale's creek. I found the ground between Centreville tnd Milton, about 9 miles, very favorable for a good road; but oon discovered, that two crosi gs of Simon's creek must be encountered unless the same southern bearing wrre continued for about 3 1-2 miles further t the ''Xtrem' flexure of a south-

! ern curve of that creek. In this ense, the

L.sircrn the E;;':;;uvr departuient ( on-t ;0P .ij-noiiou th it the Gove :r".n:t!ie ?ini", I make the foilow inu r- ; ;rse ut-the roostru tirn ol

.i; ;iu ! niv'noir. acconq)anied wilh

. :;rui c-timatcs, in reiat'un ti xI-.a

irl .-flue raid ! cat ii-c, in the Stat- of a 1 icli lie- Utucrn (.). f

iC.a h.d aii.i wiir, iuc viil of

sin Sioion's cret!r ; for there is a stream enters from the south, into the said bend of Simon's cr-ek, which wnuld about

.v,-r:,n.vt o! IsuViana.

Ii t t.,-' sun a raj.tiv :n lire, tV

n

c-":!:o Curr.V r'and road to th .-eat o.iir-. I b vi therefore, ni oceeded, both ji bridinz saved would be about equal to

! o vtirn.eiit of 3::souti, :ir.i oi mstruc- i; tlie hcation and in the estimates, on the Ji once crossing Marlindalr- s and once cro?s

rnmcnt would

of 1 his road in

4 ! t!ie m.i.i ptTim ' put manner practicable, I

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it ;ni u ts.):;:i!)l' i xp.nse. b llance the Prairie run oa the direct It U bt iu'v-'ij that bri k work might be ' route. -ub.-ututed f.-1'rto..e work at many places, jj In theso latter 3 1-2 mlh s, another mile o advantage. Rut I leave this compari- of southing liad to be made; so tint in -or:, for the present, believing that it couid going 12 or thirteen miles, about 2 3-4 . bo i.etter 'fi.vjf '. hen Iht; tia.c urnves for miles of southing from the direct route the work to be commenced. The faeili- i had to be made. It Www became nece.-sa-. li ,-'s of the coun.tr- for fin nUhiiig matei ial? j; ry to know if the v ...A Irom this point. of u!atev er kind, will then perhaps have j on a direction t: ! polis, was -uita-; -cren?ed ; atd ti.e superintendent w hoe i' bje. or even tenable, i-'ui this purp-S' , I ' u:;o;s it will be, in au especial manner. mad the icquiriti," x ri.i:iation2, which i t imvM: ate thein wii uiinu?eies, w ill jj satisfied me in the n n tlive. lie belter able l auivc at defluile and ij The greatest difikulty appeared to be ! precise results ie spe ting the same, than - it and near Rlue rier, where it was found ; I ji.ii?;b!y eould do at t!iis lime. j that the hills were too abrupt, the riv- r bud "i'..e e-timates include the clearing off jt (0 cross, and a littb? west of it commen- : Iw ;:mbvr, and form": tli road by ditch- ij ced an estensie swafnp. For these rea ' iu-j.. tlr.tinii.L". and raising the Fame above ' : &nn.-, it toy conclusion that, alter pas I t ho r.'.oU'Mice or i nui.datiofi of standing and 'mg the bend of Simon's creek, this south- . running waloi ; rtMaicieg banks and ac j, roa'e would have lobe turned northeiiie-, and of t!ic i -c ss.irry and proper ' ward, and fall into the adopted route, so i v :)es. iuivcrt', w:i;? t.nd biidges. for the j as to cross tMue river at the same point !;;utm! of wat-jr etjur.s, making the with it. Tiiese considerations induced

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; 4 anriiidi'i: points, n :::er'ioi t d . iii. in 1 t5t r port, dattd llarrU .f i:.. ! Ct!i, iC:7, tr.e business, next

: : r, oa rcoming the wcrl;, vas to

i.eccssari

r

to enaMe me to

i scali.-.:!. These examinatiorf. vv; were corr.nenred on tlu 1 ltb ii;-.o b'isr, ar.d jirosecuted with due until tiie localicn was cornpieh i-iul .f V;;s!.lnton slrcr!.

!

. r.tj 1 . . : : on U verv direct, ne

: c r ti civ tew irnpe'!i?ne:.t sii 11 i i-lif m steiial ticvi i-a s Irotn .: : 1 't, and, w itit tiie exet'p' ioj; o!

i . :j a ;t o :i o mi a. ai 1 1 o c.im

'. . ; V i.it ' w ,i!:t, there are, on t!.i .?. no m v-s of onsider.ttde f'-vuie. i A face of lia: cenntrv i dat at d

!:.:': b".a I, Acep.it-:; u ! ! if ii. 1 :!i ti ..tor. 'i i.i ! i- I . . t v i ' I al io: liaat ;aa of tl.o pl.-i.v- l

; -i-ti ry. ia tu o dil ( ; the i:-.v in i : " A dn "t, liwii. iiditah-d la ibo u ' i the t;e.;ri..- toaairl.- tia ir t ij- ' ' 'A.. ..-,,: li.t other in a iongliridu al

: i 'o. ..I d the r!;5Ji"s-ippi, 't i ti t. ..:..

road conveuionl at d 'afa at ali times. I- i bcheved th,!t a largo allowance

his b'-'en ma le for loose its

tjuinti'y atai price, and

nMv.t;:v. G" sesiewing rnv estimate

it dita

s.al i: nif)(l ; :ia

". it atl i

me to abandon any further attention to this rou'e, nolwiilntanding Hie eastern

ems, both in part of it was found to be so good, especially in tj slndl now proceed to dcsciibe the lo

cation more particularly.

aade i: ()aio, comparing titem with the jj T.':c adopted ronfe, to it o of work, whcii lias enhanced since Hot ins on th line dividing the States of

t n'i'O estimates were made, chiriiy on ac - . f f the yreat extent of public works which re being prosecuted, and Cempai a, i n-quantity al!o;vra in the estimates iia Ho- quantitt of w ak done on the lire a-t f Z oie-v ille, at d w hicii is altogethr r . r . 4 1

pr-.o t a u rcesarv ior me peiiemow

h: ': r- . ,,11. j.,;, rioix. d with -and in va-

S :' I 'o. i , and occahuailh will

a ft ; 1 t .4 i t

a,tdadnk co-. ,n t(.;!:lit of tlw woi k, I am induced to

elude. 1'iat my estimates in Ohio, bur

i

j Onio and Indiana, at a point wh.-re the

I location was terminated, at the close ot the i previous season. Thence, it proceeds, j by a verv direct route, over an undulating surface, to the town of Richmond, a thri ! ving and respectable village, situate on ' t!ie east Side of the east foik of White wa

ter, in Wayne county, and at about 3 1-2

miles of the State line. Here it is nece

, J v :. i-c! i v. rit ! with vc talde ili--

P'Mu! atio:;. The forest is thitk i'! 4i."ii-, . : i : . I.. ...a.

( . ".: jo .ii lioj. uiiojci , "--iw. J'tr I f , f . ,'. .., . ..1 !..,..!... I.

)c p p! r. wsiite al;, syeamore, cc. edi.tricic, ti.e lai d lies well for til-

n r. e-p cially between Zanesviile ai d j: sun to make a curve to ascend the bluff

Columbus, wrre too low. 1 have, there

lore, endeavored to graduate the present estimates, o as to make a full allowance for the work. The amount of the bridg ins: will appear great inpioportion to the grading, but litis arises necessarily, from the numln r of stream- to be crossed, and the ureal cost of the stonework.

i: , i; Mifiicionlty rolling to throw oil t li would bo imprnrth ablo. in the usual

iiltr irecly; in oihor pas tf , the roun;7 h.'-s .i J at iliai the water i- retained

?M!Sr

cf the word, to pave this road with

lone, any where, except in the neighbor-

Thence, the location prooceeds nearl)

! ciratght to Centreville, the seat of justice j far Wavne county, ten miles from the ! State line. From thence, by a route re

markably direct, to Indianapolis, over a country which is very thinly settled, after

I the tirst twenty miles Irom tne aiate line, i and which has been already described. In ' this distance, two considerable swamps 1 are avoided by passing just north of them;

1 tne one caiieti me ueaver unm uiiiu,

i

i':i'-Mv of the lit hot roi?, and may ul ' ' 'Atc. wu.A valuable. In con-

U t ' bc ttiur, througft thia ccuntiy, i ' :i ! Ha; ill-trie N could not po-i

4 . : , I i - i

' " oca a a-' iiiov run in a 1 i :'i i to the -t reams, and ncni lv

li-at

Wa no countv. That part between Centreville and the Ohio St itc line, a distance often mih-s, n ight he paved with '.into stone, a depth of nine inches, Mr'Ad amised. fr about .3.000 to $3,500 per i t . . . . r : 1.1 l..- .I-...

mil;'. is o oitaT nai i in n iuuiu nu mu-

a ti o

on l.

oa-i-u -rablo tin;-: these latter tire 1 hr.od of lite east fork of White water, in ! at the total, 31 1-2 miles, and the other.

at the total, 51 1 4 miles, from the State line. The principal streams, in point of magnitude, crossed west of Centrevlle. are,

iNobuid's fork. Green's fork. Marti: dale's

creek, We?l river, and Simon's creek.

branches of W hite water; r lat reck, and

Blue river, branches of the Drifl wood fork of White river; and Brandy wine and

Sugar creeks, branches of the west or main fork of White river. Duplicate copies of the field notes and of the map and profile of this route, accompanying this repoit, together with a ropy fthe calculations and estimates. The route is marked upon the ground, b milc&quartermile stakes, and by marked

trees, in the same mam er that the road was marked in Ohio. The adopted rout is colored red on the map. The whole length of the route is 72 miles 39 chs, 12 lL.,.cf nearly 72 1-4 mile?, which has

lf:cb to tin l,. alin. ! U a font- I t.nv f r an roaonab!e Um. There is.

- - - - - - . - - , , MI I I V J - " , ; r'.n.M,, i . . . . . .i . . i i i . i . i i l.l. .

, ': i ai!i.r. uutl i ill. ia iai s : uowev T, goon wo i luiisiucuiuii

t '-eiothe Miar,i. ; uli( li . pari of tin? route, hut on other pans, ano ' -I'-ibcr dividing space- l .seen !; particularly the middle part, that materi

! 5 wet; lio- sub- I al is scarce, E. much o. that I have not ."'u:u tenacious clav, and lodd- the been able to form a tolerable estimate of " r it evapoi ,tc or is gradu dlv !! t!ie . ; ne of procuring it. It i very ; ed. laM.me io-tancc s the bavin, i d fli ult mattn for a person, going through y- 5 Ir' o lisc LMoaud is such as to hold an unsettled, flat country, to determine,

V:My" than tho aforementioned ope : i i all ca- s. within what distance u sufli- ' r:atiiro cat. disno-e. ofdurit-i ihe li ciencv of stone or of gravel miglit be pro-

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a crealf-sa fie: manent suainn. - cup-d for sui'h purposes; I have lliooglil

! ' ' ' "ivebco: avoided in the Jo ji it would be the better way, first to clear

r j .,( the limber, ihew .um oi me leei

.o-, tio'to ano giavel .are h'S- i; jar too ro.iu.-uai nn t''u- " fiiuj;v on this part of tho rente, thav. jjit; th-n lei 'he iraveilir.g on it. In the t v c;'u! distance hcrclofc-rc re- i' ni'jati time, the country would so, life rajp-

been dividod i'.to 12 sections of not h.orb than 10, nor less ttan 5 miles e.ich. Respectfully submitted, J. RNIGliT, Commissicr.ZT. GENERAL REMARKS. In order to affoid a geher I yi w of the whole location thrbughoiit (he State I. . iana, I have thought propel to accompany this report with duplicates of a ge- ral map embracing the game. Ths scale 13 3 3 0 miles to the inch 27 miles to C inches. The location is represented by the red line, and the random lines ore c lorej yellow. The township linss of the pubtic lands nre represented and numbered 011 this map. The whole length of the location thro' Indiana is 149 mile-37 chains 34 th ks, cr a little less than 149 1-4 miles. Thd whole estimated expense of rem ving tho timber, grading, forming, draining, and bridging, including ample ma-.n uor'j, (the superstructure of the bridges be g of wood,) is Q493.583, which is Q3'397. oer mile. I have no doubt of this being a very full estimate; but it inijst be recollected that thereare very may large streams tc cross; some will he expensive on account of the quantity of embankment required to raise the road above inund-ttion, and almo-t all will be very expensive oh account of ths remoteness of stne. The whole estimated ccst of the bridinsr and masonry of all descriptions. 13 $31 3,099; that of the removing or the, timber and the grading is 1C0.4G4 Tho masonry and bridgii g is, therefore, much 5 he heavie3t part, being, to that f the oilier expense nearly, as 7 to 4- It"tore wt-rs not used at rill, and wood substituted, an equ II v convenient roa1 to travt 1 f ould be made for about $180,000. or about 1. 9C0 per milr. Dot the latter would c st more for repairs. I have never passed through a greater extent of ui.iformlv rich land, than on ths route through Indiana. It is tv. II watered, as may be inferred from the maps, or from the estimates of the bridge work. It i s- mewhat unhealthy, espet iall) aloi-g the water courses, but is lefs so then it hr.s been. The country is settling rapidly, and is in very great want of good rczds.The United States yet own th? lar.J about one third of the whole extent cf tl.q locatioii in this State, to wit: for about 15 miles in the whole, east o findiaoa for about 35 miles in the whole, west of that place; making, altogether about 50 miles in extent. These lands, at the fttinimum price, for cne mile cn each iide of

1 the location, would amount to QSOC00;

which sum is almost double what it wouid cost to remove the timber from ths rcrid 80 feet wide, (grubbing about half of it.) the whole distance through the Stale. I think it probable that, in the course of 12 months, more than half of this land trill be

j entered, purely inconsequence of the lo-

cation; and t!at 11 tne government suouiu proceed to open the road, by thus clraiirg li the timber, and rendering it passable, several limes the ccst vould be received, in the consequent eale cf the public lands. The country is heavil) timbered the whol way, except cn the two prairie at tm Wabash, and except where improvements have been made. These are most numerous in Wayne county. The timber i- of much the rame kind 7est of Indianapolis as I hrve described it to be ea&t, excepting that white oak more abo'jnda ca we approach the W abash. The soil is more candy and there b more stone west thanecst of Indianapolis. Upon the vjhole, that part cf the State lying on the location between White river and the Wabash, is a remarkably good district of country, and superior to that oa the east of the seat of government. Before the route betnecn lndi::napoli3

! mid Terre Haute was finally determined, . I made the reconnoisancc cf a north route, ' 011 my return from the Wabzih, cfter rc- ; ning the random line. I tcok a direct i bearing from near Terre Haute to a vil-

lage called Greei castle, which is the Keat of Justice for Putnam county. This ton wan commenced about lour years since, is yet small, but has a court house and post-office. From thence I proceeded to Danville, the seat of justice for liend neks county. This is tmtircly a nea place, with a post cilice, but no court hcuse. Thence I extended my examinations td Indiinapolis. Grt encastle is situated about 3 1-2 miles

;: north cf a direct lino froL'i IudL:zvv!:3 to

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