Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1860-09-13
mission Of various kinds, not necessary

mission Of various kinds. not necessary |
to mention in this present article.
The only thing necessary for us to
do in order TO secure to ourselves the I
advantages of this railroad. is to
furnish the money that will be
necessary to grade. bridge and put the |
ties upon the road. and none of the
meney to be paid until sufficient
sum is subscribed and secured to the |
Company. Then the two Companies.
one at the southwest aud the other at
the northeast end of the link,
distance Of sixty miles, have agreed
to give sure guarantee for the compile
ton of the same. This road will be
built some where through this country,
and it remains FOR us, as inhabitants
of the central part of Randolph
County. to say where the road shall
go. The fact is, the profits and saw
ings to the citizens along the line of
this road for the term of five years
will pay every dollar that it will cost
us to build it. to say nothing about
the continual saving for all time to
come. 1t is claimed by other friends
OF the enterprise that it will be pay.
ing stock. OF this am not able to
say positively. owing to the disas-
ferrous management of other railroads
nevertheless. if any railroad will pay
a good per cent upon the stock. / see
no good reason why this one will not.
provided 1t is managed well. With
the Lake at the northeast and the
Ohio River at the southwest end, it
is the railroad. The Gotten and other
southern products raised in the
vicinity of Memphis, Tennessee, will
naturally pass over to the Eastern
Manufacturers to market, and when
manufactured return by the same
rout. hence there is a good prospect of
this railroad paying fair per cent,
to say the least of it.
Now, MIR. Editor, after speaking Of
the advantages TO the country, let me
turn to our town and see what ad-
vantages this road would be to u.s.
Here we are, with population num-
bering about twelve hundred inhabit-
ants. The reduction in price of freight
on the raw material for manufacturing
purposes alone will be big item to us.
We are situated in the midst of one
Of the most healthy and fertile coun-
tries of the great Mississippi valley,
where thousands of dollars worth of
manufactured articles of various
kinds are annually consumed, and with
the cheap facilities for bringing the
raw material to us and the speedy
means of sending off the manufactured
articles, there is no good reason why
oNr town should not be Lowel! The
cheap rent, the abundance of material
tor building purposes, etc., all COM
blne to make the essence of great in
land city. All that is necessary, is
for us to push up the manufacturing
interests. When a mechanic comes
among us, let him have warm re-
ception: good, hearty chow do you
do, SIR" Say to him, 1--WE want
such men as you" We need foun-
dry and machine shop; we need CHRIST
mills--we have one already; we need
several saw-mills; we need some
brickmakers and brickmasons-at
present we have not one resident
brickmason among us; we need sever
al furniture manufacturing establish
mcnts--we have two and they are un-
able to supply the growing demand;
we need boot and shoe rAanufactory,
large enough to supply our merchants.
All these we nced and many more
An cdge tool mandatory is much
needed. just think: the AK Chat we
use for cutting our wood rs brought
from distance; the machine for
thrasbing our grain is manufactured
either at Richmond or some city in
Ohio. In short, we are paying trib-
ute to. some other people for a
large share of all that is consumed in
our town and County. See the num-
Der OF men employed in our two car
riagc shops. conducted by Mr.. Carter,
and Messrs. Hull Il Ruble. They EN-
ploy about twenty hands and they
can not supply the demand for wag.
ons and carriages.
The fact is. it is high time that
we lay aside the weight that so easily
besets us-indoience and politics.
Quit loafing around the corners and
in taverns aLd 60 to work in good
earnest. Encourage every branch OF
industry and assist one another in
building up the manufacturing inter.
csts OF Winchester. Tho manufac-