The Mail-Journal, Volume 4, Number 50, Milford, Kosciusko County, 18 January 1967 — Page 16

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.:?\;?'- : v >ESQ cei INI Al W SCHAPBOOK X... By J. M. Guthrie ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ' y V&v Indiana Sesquicentennial Commission i Sal 1

Through the heart of Indianapolis today runs a small portion of tlx? old Central Canal, one of the last vestiges of a partially completed manmade waterway in Indiana. The canal was built in the 1830 s. One of the most stupid projects ever engaged in by Hoosiers was the financing and construction of canals, including the longest one ever built in the United States. This was the Wabash and Erie and ran from Toledo on Lake Erie thru Fort Wayne. Huntington. Wabash. Peru. Logansport. Delphi. Lafayette. Covington. Clinton. Terre Haute. Worthington. Bloomfield. Washington and Petersburg to Evansville —a total distance of over 450 m.tes. Three hundred eighty miles of it were in Indiana. Nor were these the only canals built in this state. The Whitewater (portions of which still exist) was constructed from Lawrenceburg on the Ohio to Harrison, Brookville. Metamora. Laurel. Connersville. Cambridge City and Hagerstown. The Whitewater was 69 miles long and an extension to Cincinnati made it 101 miles in length. The Central Canal was partially built — some 24 miles of it. reaching from eight miles north of Indianapolis to 16 south. This (in addition to other digging along the way from Peru to Marion. Anderson. Noblesville, Indianapolis. Martinsville, Spencir and Worthington'. Four hundred seventy two miles of big ditches were dug in Indiana and an additional 385 miles were on rafting boards and surveyed to be built when the canal-building bubble broke. In the beginning, in the, late 1820 s. transportation was so bad in the midwest and farm market places so inaccesible it was obvious that sometlung had to be done. Altluxigh railroads were beginning to .4ww promise and good highways had been constructed since before the das’s of the Romans. Indiana thought its fate hung on a canal system New Yorks successful Erie Canal showed the way. But the people of Indiana got carried away. With the help of the federal government, which allocated almost one and one half million acres for such projects. Indiana began building canals, locks and dams in 1832. Before it was over the state had borrowed upwards of 13 million dollars and became completely and hopelessly insolvent The first packet boot operated on the Wabash and Erie on July 4. 1836, running between Fort Wayne and Huntington By 1843 boats were being | Killed through from Maumee Bay to Lafayette. All over the state canals became the rage and considerable use was made of them They brought thousand of settlers to the midwest and opened markets for farmers and mills when no other m«aas of transportation was available. But they were doomed to failure from the beginning Hiey could be used but part of the year at best. Storms and floods caused much

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Wednesday, January 18, 1867

Canals

damhge, interruption of use and brought costly repairs. Politics, embezzlements and chicanery caused much financial loss. Sen-ice was poor and too slow’. Low water was as bad as floods. Railroads and highways came in and gave faster and more dependable service in all seasons. By 1875 canals were thru and the last section of the Wabash and Erie, in the Lafayette region, was discontinued. 1847 to 1856 has been called the heyday of canal operation and in 1852 tolls and rents reached a high of $190,400. In addition to furnishing freight and passenger service, canals provided water for many mills and factories. In this respect they proved most beneficial to the state. All Hoosier canals were dug the hard way as no power equipment was available in the 1830 s and 40s. Most excavating was done with pick, shovel and wheelbarrow by hundreds of German and Irish immigrants brought in by contractors to do the wk. It has been said that one laborer died for every six feet of canal built. Water was generally furnished from dams across convenient streams and “feeder” ditches brought water from them. Wherever a canal crossed a creek or river tinvanably at a different level) it was necessary to build a bridge or aqueduct and canals crossed thru a flume. The covered wooden, canal bridge across St. Mary's River at Fort Wayne was 201 feet long, bearing an estimated weight of 500 tons of water. Locks were many and necessary to change water level through hills and valleys. By 1856 the Wabash and Erie was open from Toledo to Evansville, a total (Lstance of 452 miles, and it became the longest artifical waterway in the country. Unfortunately, constant troubles beset it and it was dosed in many sections almost as soon as completed.’ Charm N’ Chatter Club Meets In Ward Home Members of the Charm N’ Chatter Home Extension club of North Webster met at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 9, in the home of Mrs. Marvin Ward. Mrs. Lester Kline served as co-host-ess. . Tlh* meeting was opened in the usual form by vice president, Mrs. Donald Richardson. Mrs. Kline gave information on the song of the month, “Home On the Range” and Mrs. O. B Joy presented health and safety remarks. Mrs. Gilbert Baumlee gave meditations entitled. “The 10 Commandments of How to Get Along with People'*. The club reviewed information in new ,books; read the club constitution and amendments and reviewed the history* and purpose of the home extension clubs as led by the president. Mrs. Ward. Roll call was a “Snow Storm I Remember”. Go To CHURCH Sunday

$7,033 Taken In At Recent County Tournament

A report on the 1967 Kosciusko county tourney held recently in Warsaw revealed the total income to be $7,033 — some $779.75 below last year's income. Consolidation has cut the number of teams from 11 to nine with Claypool, Leesburg and Silver Lake joining the Warsaw corporation and the OLL Seminary joining the tournament teams in competition. Os the $7,033 collected a total of 1,615 season tickets were sold at $3 each and 1,588 session tickets were sold at $1 each. Season tickets netted $5,445 and session tickets took in an additional $1,588. Itemized expenses for the tourney — doorkeepers, ticket sellers, PA announcer, timer, scorer, score-

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board operator, officials, nurse usher supervisor, tickets, basketball, nets, scorebook, parking, replacing a broken window, gym rental, ushering, 7 per cent of the gross to the principals’ association, official ribbons and parking signs — totaled $2,117.34. Mileage allowance totaled $222 and school distributions totaled $4,698.66 for the $7,083. Whitko Distributions Larwill sold 47 tickets, Pierceton sold 239 tickets and South Whitley sold 98 tickets for the tourney. All schools received $521.52 as their share of the total income with Larwill receiving s2l for mileage, Pierceton receiving sls and South Whitley receiving $33. Mileage is 50 cents per mile one way for three

trips. Lakeland Distributions Milford sold 192 tickets. North Webster sold 184 and Syracuse sold 200 tickets for the tourney. Each Lakeland school received its $521.52 with Milford receiving $19.50 for mileage. North Webster receiving $24 and Syracuse receiving $28.50. The OLL Seminary sold a total of 70 tickets. They received the $521.52 for participation plus $27 for mileage. Richard W. Shepherd served as chairman of the finance committee. READ THE CLASSIFIEDS

GRANDSONS VISIT THE RICHARD SUMNERS Curtis and Michael Gossett were recent houseguests of their grandparents, Rev. and Mrs. Richard Sumner, at Milford for two weeks

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while their parents enjoyed a''vacation at the Rainbow’ Lodge, Dake Woods, Ontario, Canada. and Mrs. M. C. Gossett of Muncie returned last Wednesday after a successful moose hunt.