Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-07-03
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some yeafs ago al Effort waa made "a build
railroad from lhls ety 20 Evansville, funhlRx
through the rich eoah1fy bordering upon the
wss. Fsrk OF ths White river. A good deal ~
sofk was done on part Of the route, bat from
lack Of means ADD interest Ia the enterprise u
-ss suspended. The road. " u had been built
you'd have been Of inealculabls bsnsh, TO the
seamseoAl prosperity OF the oy. aud there Is
90 projected enleTpfEe nov uhloh has more
value foe her future Interests. IA would make
tributary 10 our trade, permanently. tho counties
Of Morgan, Oven. Monroe. Green aud Davies.
fertile In agricultural productions no, only, hut
sboundihg in coal. lumber. 'slons and IRON. all
necessities 10 build up commercial aud manu-
fsetarlng city. II continued 10 Evansville, 10
would place az In direct Communication with
the trade Of the lower Ohio aud Mississippi rivers,
and would add largely to the business Of the
lines Of railroads running from Ihls poln, east
ward. both Ia travel and freight good por'
ton of The business Of Indianapolis nov comes
from the counties Of Morgan aud Oven by wagon
transportation. and Il ia trade Ne should no,
lose
We call the attention % our citizens 10 this
subject nov, fof the reason that an effort Ia being
made. and With every pfospec, Of success. TO tap
tho trade Of the section OF tho country to which
Va have alluded by a railroad 10 Cincinnati,
STRIKING the indianapolis asd Cincinnati road .,
some poln. near shelbvvllle, II will he seen
ffom tho followlng article. which 80 copy from
the Martinsville Gazette, lhs. proposition has
been made to tho citizens Of that town To CON
plete ,ha, route by tho middle of November, ia
contribution Of eco 900 Ia raised by them A.
ths people Of Morgan want . railroad outlet, IL
10 likely lhsy will accept The proposition. u
something tangible Il not Immediately offered In
the way OF building road from here, There ID
no doubt but the people Of Morgan. Oven aud
Greene would prefer Infinitely a railroad tonnee'
ton dfeo, with the capital. as th. 10 their nsta.
nl point ior trade and u would place them In
connection Nth q railroad center leading Ia every
direction, bu. II they eau not got their hrsI
choice. they will accept the neat best thing
Every property holder In the city Is interested In
the building OF this southwestern road, IA II will
cheaper fuel aud building materials. aud add
largely TO the general business OF tho city. Aud
nov is'the time to start the enterprise II Il ID
delayed. the means which would be contributed
By the people along the route VI the road will bs
appropriated 10 the other project, aud their In
tere.t In il construction will be lsssened. II
prompt action Ia not taken IN the matter by tho
citizens OF indianapolis rich trade which We
have hitherto enjoyed, and which has added
largely 10 our prosperity, will be cut of from US
We copy the Martinsviile Gazette article in full
10 show what ia doing TO draw this trade from
Us:
:" A RAILROAD TO CNoiNkArI.-A railroad
from this point to Cincinnati begins To assume
tangible shape. General Burnside was here on
Tuesday night, and made speech At the Court
House. He represents party of New York
capitalists. They propose To buy tho road bed oil
the Ffauklin and Martinsvills road and recon
struct IL In first class style. providing the people
along the route will donate 10 them the sum o
SGT, 900. They propose. also, TO connect the
road with the Cincinnati line either at Falkland
or Shelbyville They agree, IL they construct
the road, 10 make Il In all respects a numbe one
affair, embracing heavy L iron. oak ties. s.one
bridges, culvefts aud abutments, gravel, ballast,
DC. The whole route 10 be fenced in, aud 10 be
supplied with superior rolinr stock. General
Burnside has fixed the figures &c will pay for the
building OF the road II Mr. Dranham who has
bson selected To take tho contract, bids In
eide OF those figures. or not too far ontslds
of them, aud the people agree To raise the $50.
900. Martinsyille will certainly have a railroad
IL the conditions. as set forth, are promptly
met. General Burnside promises TO give us a
eight OF the iron horse about tho middle OF
November next In case he succeeds in effect.
ing contract with Mr.. Branhsn. and receives
the material aid asked Tor. he pledges himself
not TO touch pound of iron on tho road until
the cars are running over H. Also. not 10 ro'
quire the payment of single dollar until the
steam whistle IL actually hoard reyerberating
through our hills. valleys and forests. Until
Gen. Burnside ascertains upon what terms he CAT
Lot out the contract 90 construct the road, We
remain In the dark He promised, however. "a
inform us in relation thereto at the earliest
possible moment III he succeeds In making
bargain with Nr. Branham, all We
have TO do. To insure a railroad, 10 To raise
So. 900. We have full faith aud confidence 10
General Burnside. lie IL too Tell known, and
has too much at stake. 10 engage In wild
goose chase or questionable speculation. Can
We raise 500 900 along the line of the proposed
roadl We certainly ought 10. We certainl!
can. IL every one will subscribe in proportion tS
the real benefits that would follow the enter
prise. The mere increase In the price Of Oh,
land adjoising and contiguous TO the road woulS
more than overbalance the sum required. Ii b
unnecessary. however. TO speak of the advsnta
ges We might realize from railroad communica
ton. Their name Is legion. We all know an
fsel the necessity OF railroad facilities In orde
tn uroperly develop this norton of the country