The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-01-16
The Terre Haute and Attica Railroad.

near Rome-Return OF Capt. HartSteln, etc.
The Terre Haute and Attiea Railroad. i
Our correspondents are very earnest upon ,
the subject of extending our Railroad. The ,
unnavigable condition of the river the past !
year has forced upon them the reflection, what
would have been our present condition with !
out railroad? The real estate in this city
would not have been worth third of its pres
ent value, and its trade would have been con-
fined to a small neighborhood demand. AS
our road to Terre Haute has been the preser-
walton of the city, every one now feels the I'M
portance of extending it to a connection with
the Wabash Valley road and thus secure
through route to the Lakes. 1t has been suG-
tca be build by a new company, independent
of the Evansville and Crawfordville road, one
that would be free from all the embarrass-
ments OF the old road. The present road
might aid the new rad to the extent Of lis
credit and means. 1t could transfer to it the
grade already made beyond Terre Haute, at
cost and take lhe amount of it in the stock OF
thcnew road The Wabash Valley road, to
obtain so valuable connection, would also give
its aid; and as the road would pass though a
rich and populous section Of the State, large
local subscriptions could be obtained The
road, at $4,000 per mile, would cost 81 200,
600 equipped and in running order. One hall
this amount would grade it, and the iron could
be purchased by its bonds. Terre Hautc,
Evansville, the two railroad Companies, with
the local subscriptions could easily provide
the means to construct it, if the matter was
earnestly pushed. Freight always seeks long
through lines, and avoids short lines and nu-
merous transhipments. A connection with
Toledo, by the Wabash Valley road, would
give us the best through route from the Lakes
to the Ohio river, that has been projected from
Pittsburg to Cairo. The following is from {
very intelligent and earnest advocate for the
extension Of the road to Attica, who has nc
other interest in the subject, than every resi-
dent Of the city has
rFor the Evansville Jovrrai
Mr.. EDITOR: IT there is one matter, NOR
than another that ought, in fact must, befor
very long be forced upon the attention of on
citizens, it is the elongatIon Of our main roat
from Terre Haute to Attlca, or some point OF
the Lake Erie and Wabash railroad. This i
no longer to us, question Of expediency, /
is a matter Of actual necessity. When W
look at the disadvantages of capital and intiu
ence, under which our whole line of road ant
especially the Southern portion has labored
we are free to- confess that there is great cred
it and honor due to those, who were the pro
jectors, as we'll as the fnanciers Of the under
taking; but the time has now arrived whe
we must not cannot, remain in statue quo
To do so, would be ruin irretrievable. Gu
course must be onward; and it behooves ever
citizen Of our community, as well as all thos
with whom we are in connection, to strugg
to their uttermost, to attain such seed as vii
cause us to loom out one of the brightest G
the cities of the Union
Such an aim can be attained should we eX
ert ourselves, and it shall not be by our tacbC
should the result not equal our expectation
1t is useless for US to talk as we do Of on
facilities as a manufacturing point when W
have at certain times in the year scarcely an
outlet for any goods. We are all in a meas
ure apt to consider that the advantages W
now have are sufficient. A time, whe
there was no railroad to this point were nj
INC TSStueulS Inen llNluB mere also SdIISIi0u =
Of course they were; and many Of thel
thought it perfect madness to build railroad
but the road to TeIre Haute is now working
and they may well feel happy that it is SO, it
had the merchants not had this communct
tion as means of transit for their goods, tn
last fall, business would have been wholly su
pended and in a measure so it actually was
Did such pressure ever, exist before IL
railroad was made? IL not, which most al
suredly it never did-what caused this chang
of circumstances. Nothing more nor less tina
increase of facilities for procuring merchandii
increase Of busness-large saes-short,
time sales-sales to compete with other DO
dering citeS-in fact the railroad. Now if
much has been worked out for our salvatio
with so small an amount Of investment, wh
shall not Evansville be, when she has ht
Dayton, her Marietta, her Xenia and her lii
extending, as Cincinnati, TO the Lake.
These are all within our reach and can wit
industry and energy be obtained, if the cit
zens will exert themselves.
That Evansville, must and will in spite
all obstacles, grow, is manifest and it is ais
certain that she will be the leading al
most important manufacturing and tradiI
city, of this section of the country
" The Court Of Appeals of Kentuck
has affirmed the decision of the Fayette CT