Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1853-12-23

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Clarkson aud Barnes. and recaIve the
same yourself. Wi!lyou be 80 good as TO
Inquire for tho health Of nv daughters.
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Has indianapolis and ether per-
90. ::n.ss.e''s" OF the strait Line
When The subject OF tho constructors
OF tho Straight Line Road from CineIn-
natl Ii mentioned 10 the citizens OF Indl.
annapolis, we are generally met with tho
reply, awe have roads enough TO Gin.
clnnatl." Let - calmly Investigate
this question a. sensible and business
men. And five are wrong In any one
single particular, we wish 10 BIO correct
cd. We expect our road TO staad on Its
merits, aud II any one advocates It's claims
upon any other principle he should BIO
exposed. fs
You say that YOU have roads enough
to Cincinnati. They are the Lawrence
burgh Road. the Central Road by Rich
mond, aud the Madison Road; and you
may probably have some day the June
ton Road, but this will not be shorter
than any oftLe present routes, as It will
be i2o 10 miles longer than the Law
renceburgh Route. Then without the
Strait Line Road through the White
Water Valley you do not expect any
thing better than what you now have.
This Is settled question. The distance
Is now run IN 0 hours--at least this Is
the advertised time. The cars start ut
IL M. aud reach Cincin natl after night,
aud In returning, leave Cincinnati before
light--say @ O'clock In the morning.
Let US see then how long II takes cit.
lien OF indianapolis, (or those beyond
there who come by lndianapolis) to visit
Cincinnati on business, and what 1t costs
him. He is half day going--remain
one day, and returns in another half day
about two days and two nights. The
passage to Cincinnati and back Is So
Bill there, 81 80. Tims lot. two days
and two nights absent from his business
and family is worth efef<ntQ Merchant
or mechanic, at least 80 j per day
making altogether Sl4 go. The last
item Is the only one subject to dispute,
but he who is willing to be away from
his business and his family one day and
night Tor less than SO is not the man we
are reasoning with.
With the present means of commune
cation between those cities, there are at
least 100 passengers per day. who go by
various conveyances from Indianapolis
to Cincinnati on an average. And this
will increase at the rate oil 25 per cent.
for the next 25 years. Ii any one
doubts this continued increase We chal-
lenge him to the investigation of history.
AL roads direct from one great city to
another have continued to increase at
this rate, unless they were supplanted
by nearer and better routes. But the
strdftest ana best route will al
ways do the business, and increase year
after year at least % per cent, and es-
pecially so in new and prosperous
country.
Now il costs 100 passengers 81 ,450
per day, or for 800 days Gone Year,
S435, 600, II this travel should increase
ut the rate Of % per cent, it will cost
for travel between those cities the eDor-
nous sum of $44, 1891 ,559, in 25 years.
Now what will it cost by our route!
The road we propose to make will be
less than 100 miles long. We will have
no connection with other roads to con-
troll our action, or with boats to make
our arrivals uncertain. Ours will be a
strait line, direct through. aud will be
run IN 8 hours easily. We expect to
let passengers take their breakfasts quiz
city at home in Indianapolis at 6 in the
morning-take them to Cincinnati by 9
let them attend to business all day
or until in the evening-and take them
home to sup at seven with their families.
This we can and will do, and every one
must acknowledge that there is nothing
unreasonable in our promise to do this.
II is only promise to run SO miles per
hour, and roads that cannot be run at
that rate will have to be abandoned. If
then the long routes, with long time can
carry passengers for 50, we can do it for
80, and to this (and lower) it will come
when our road is finished. Then instead
Of taking two days and two nights, the
trip will be made in IL hours, with about
as much time for business. And what
will IL cost! Passage to Cincinnati and
back 81; dinner there so cents-l2
hours time spent 81 50-hack hire %.
This last item men are not expected to
indulge in when it costs so much by the
long routes, but we have to throw it in
to make ours cost half as much as by
other routes. Now it is seen that one
half the entire cost oil all the travel for
the % years will be saved by the con-
struction of our road, besides the other
And what is this item
TO be thus saved! And we dare any one
10 contradict any of our facts or deduc-
lions. 1t is no less than $22 ,495,779!
But suppose we are too large by one
half in the number OF passengers-as
some will contend we are. Reduce it
one half and then we will have sum in
Dur favor large enough to answer the
question, "What interest has Indianap-
Dlis and the balance of the State in a
direct line between these two cities %
Reduce the No. OF passengers one hall,
and still there is clear profit by ma
king our Road of $ll,227, 1888! Shall
our road be made, or will Indianapolis
still say "we have reads enough!" But
this is not all. By our road we will
take hogs to Cincinnati in 4 OF, 8 hours
without feeding, and without delaying
hogs and owners at the place of re- ship
ment long enough to constitute them
voters there.
SO that no one dare even sheer at our
figures, let us suppose that there are on
ly one-seventh the passengers we esti-
mated, and who dare say that it Is this
low, and still there will be a clear gain
by the construction OF this Road Of
c3,2l3,696! This is enough to finish
and equip the Road in the best Style
And all this to be gained by the citizens
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