Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-11-11
The Lafayette RallrOad---IiS effects on
Indianan mills when COMB leled.

Messrs Chaprnans & Spsnn-It is now asceraIned to
be fixed fact, that railroad will be finished from this
city TO Lalayette from three at the lar
thest The company having this work in charge have
elected directory, composed OF wealthy and ehlerPrs
ing gentlemen whose individual credit, backed by the
work. they chose To exercise 1t IN this way would com
mand sufficient money to finish the road but
this will not be necessary. Money is now abundant IN
the hands of the farmers the Wabash, and they
taking stock with iberaly that forbids the idea that
the enterprise will fail Of speedy comPetlon or need
other assistance Indeed assessment has already been
made the stock, be paid the first day of next
month (December.) II this does not look like going
ahead, don't know what 'go ahead means
The charter makes Lebanon IN Boone county, point
The citizens of Frankfort and Clinton cocny agree to
make very liberal subscription OF slock-say SlOO,OOO
if Frankfort, the county of Clinton, Is made a
point II this done, Frankfort would become We
~ important point Ii IS situated about twenty-five
miles from Kokomo, the county of Howard county,
in the very of the late Miami Reserve, which Is
now settling with unprecedented raPldy almost every
quarter section of land having now will shortly have,
settler upon it. Ii about twenty miles from Delphi
the county town of Carroll, and only thirty miles from
Logansport varying but little from direct line from the
latter city indianapolis ask the citizens of Indian
apos Just look this picture and see what trade
might centre here f Indianapolis only exhibits the pro-
per enterprise in the winter when the canal is
frozen up In the summer and fall 1t is true Lafayette
might reap good harvest when the canal Is navigabe,
but she would deserve it, il she makes the road but this
would not detract from Indianapolis Our wheat trade
would go north in the fall for Lafayette is twenty-five
miles nearer Lake Erie than Cincinnati and there would
be only shipment instead of three when go
round Robin Hoods barn, do, by way OF Cin-
cinnati 10 the Lakes Look at the map In the winter
the natural channel for wheat and -four is via New Or
leans,
A few days since conversed with Senator Beard of
Crawordsve who in favor OF Lafayette and his town
shaking hands, and healing old breaches He says Craw-
louisville will with the Lafayette and IndanaPo
lis road at some convenient point and this be done
by making road from sixteen to twenty miles in length
which Montgomery county alone is than able 10 do
Look at this again. citizens of Indianapolis. Might mol
the whole upper Wabash country the very garden spot
of the whole Unlon be made tributary Indianapolis,
a great degree during the winter months, if the proper
spirit OF enterprise is exhibited
Yet in face Of all these facts there contracted
spirits in the capital of Indlana who, If they could
would prevent the completion of The Lafayette road
This they know they cannot do, and they are ma
king long faces and doiefuIIy complaining that if the
Wabash is connected by railroad, the cars would rur
through the city, and trade and enterprise entirely
vanish Instead of talking thus, they should TO Tx
Senator White who stands the head of the Lafayette
road and beg Of him, privilege, to let them subscrb
for stock such the benefits he and other kindre'
spirits are about forcing upon indianapolis while the
| are hardly dreaming about it. LOOkEk ON.
0TAppearances in Ecuador very alarming
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