Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-09-05

Fss Iws fnd the following comnunica-
ton IN the Indianapolis Journal of Sat
lurday, and copy it. as containing matter
sof inse.est to our people, SIS well as to
the business men Of the Capital:
laR easo A.- 79 For the Journai.
Indianapolis and Evansville Railroad
s---SuggestI0Hs for The COnsldtra-
ton OF cur Citizens.
EyASsyILLE, IsD., Aug. 20, 1865.
We see in the papers notices Of sun
dry meslisgs held aud to be held, with
view 70 further the project Of construct
sing railraad fEem Indianapolis to Vim
| cennes. This is q matter in which Eg-
ansVille ia concerned, aad asks the privi-
1 lege Of being heard through the columns
I of the Jottr7saks A new company has
been formed forthe purpose of eomplet-
king The Straight Line Road from Evans
vile TO The Ohio and Mississippi Rail-
road, in Daviess county-a distance of
1 afty-four miles-with fair prospect Of
having it in full operation before the
close of the year 1865.
With encouraging prospects, energetic
efforts are being made 10 resuscitate the
Henderson and Nashville Railroad Com.
many and complete the road from Hen
derson, KY, to Nashville, Tenn. About
one hundred miles of this road, upon
which q large amount of work has been
done, remains TO be finished; and il will
be finished, before long. even though II
should be necessary for Evansville to pro.
vide the greater part Of the means II
runs through the very heart Of that part
Of Kentucky which produces the greater
portion OF, all the tobacco produced in
that State, and enters Tennessee at q
! point which will control the tradsof the
best tobacco growing portion of that
Z sAt,Nashville it will connect with a
road partly built by the Government,
and connecting with roads leading to
i Columbus, Paducat, and Memphis; also
with the Tesnessee and Alabama road,
| which connects with roads leading to
Memphis, Yieksbnrg, and New Orleans;
| and also with the Nashville aud Chatta-
nooga road, which connects with the
whole system of Southern railroads. By
this road from Henderson to Nashville,
the city of Louisville will be brought
into direct communication With all the
Southern States, and will necessarily
secure q large amount OF trade. We
Y propose, also, to extend the Evansville
and Grawfofdsvilie road to Attica or
Lafayette, so IS to secure as ueasly as
practicable a direct line from Evans
vile to Chicago. When that is done,
freight and passengers going north and
east by that road will not necessarily,
nor probably, pass through Indianapolis,
Now, # The road we propose 10 construct
should extend from this city to the Ohio
and Mississippi road, it will be con.
stfueted upon six.foot gauge, and its
passengers, 20 q great extent, and ell it's
ufreights, viii be under the control Of the
Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
Company Ga the other hand, should
il be extended to Indianapolis, it viii be
constructed, upon the sans gauge as the
roads lending from that city
tfsslt can not be thus extended without
liberal aid IRON Indianapolis, or the
| railroads leading thence northwArd and
| eastward. Indianapolis ought to take
stock liberally in the road, and in order
tte secure its extensionnorlh Of the Ohio
aud Mississippi road, she must do it
1t is a matter too IN which the Peru and
Belleiontaine, roads have deep and
permanent Interest, the Importance Of
which win increase from year to year, SO
long as abe population, wealth, aud com.
merce of the South shall continue to in.
crease. These roads, or their stockhold-
ers, would most certainly and directly
subserve their interests for all time TO
come, BY giving such aid as may be nee.
essary to construct the road from In
bdiauapolis to the Ohio and Mississippi
r0ea' bias se5soai l55 a
| Suppose the Henderson aud Nash.
Vile road TO be cons. ructed of the same
width as the roads south Of Nashville.
lEbsis freightiesu be brought from any
part Of the South via Nashville TO the
Ohio river, nearly opposite this city,
I'wthout breaking bulk
When it's at Evansville, the question
Ito be answered BY Indianapolis and the
helders Of tie stock Of the Indianapolis
and Peru ana the Indiana polls and Belle
ufontaine roads) is, shsllis pfoesed On q
six foot guage road via Cipcinnati to
New York, or By a. narrow gusge road
via Indianapolis Z Ess9s1 JsG.J.
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