The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-05-02

THE GRANVILLE e. NATION RAILROAD,
which promises to open one of the most i'm
portant lines of communication between the
heart Of Illinois and this city, was organized
at 0lney, Illinois, last week, and the prelim
mary steps taken to have the route surveyed.
1t is to extend from GRANVILLE, on the Wa
bash, to Nation, on the Illinois Central road.
1t passes through four Of the richest counties
of Central Illinois.
The Olney Times speaks in the following
foreibe and encouraging manner Of the i'm
portance of the road:
1.-The line of this road is one which draws
20 it greater proportion Of popular feeling
than any one we have before noticed. twill
he seen from the map, that it runs through
the centre of four counties, making each coun-
" seat point, and terminates at important
places, without materially deviating any
where out of direct line. The whole dis
lance is about 90 miles, about so of which will
be clear prairie, and nearly level as to make
the cost of grading, a nominal matter, COM
pared with most other routes. IL supplies
three counties that are now without railroads,
and with short link (which we are persua-
ded will be built beyond doubt from Gray
vile to Evansville, it opens to the country a
thoroughfare which must ultimately become
one of the best in Southern or Eastern Illi-
nois. 1t opens direct route to Chicago and
all the lake commerce-at the same time it
takes hold of the commerce and travel Of the
Ohio river, between Cairo and Cincinnati.
While it Is project of it incaculable val
nc 10 the citizens throughout the country
along its line, it is also of so great q benefit
to the city of Evansville and to the neigh
boring cities and country in Kentucky, at
the one end, and to the Illinois Central Rail-
read and city of Chicago at the other, as TO
command their earnest attention and liberal
and. To tho citizens of Evansville, it must
commend itself with peculiar favor, rs it is
evident that she must look towards Illinois
for large share of her commerce. She has
heretofore almost held a monopoly of the
trade in the portion of Illinois through
which this road mostly runs, she would re-
tain that trade, she must do it by this direct
Railroad line"
Tho Times very properly urges upon the
citizens along the line to rely on themselves
to carry the work through. They must make
the first demonstration, and showtheir deter
mination to have it. 1t says:
The effect of Railroad upon a new coun
try like most of this line, is so great in tn,
wealth and advantages it confers, that eacl
county could well afford to give, as a bonu
to secure its accomplishment, a sum equal q
least to rs per cent upon the whole value o
her real estate, and then be the gamer by q
least 50 per cent. from its enhancement.
The counties through which the road run
have been called upon to contribute funds 70
the preliminary survey, to which we, are in
formed, they have cheerfully responded
Jasper county has taken hold of the work j
good earnest, and the county Board have al
Ieady passed order to appropriate he
Swamp Lands to it, (said to be some Is Q
5000 acres, and worth probably sloo, ooo.-
The other counties are preparing to folio
the example Of Jasper, and the people alon
the line are urging the Directors to go ahea
with the work. If this shall be complete
and the Mound city Roadbe brought to Gray
vile, that will become an important poir
from which we can no longer remain sepal
atedebymud roads, as our. only means of in
tercourse.