Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-02-20
An important Railroad Project.

We cOPJf UsiDNs an aTtleit from NhS
Lafayette Courier, urging the compile
tion Of q railroad from Rockville 70
Astiea, thereby giving northern outlet
to the f. aud G. Railroad. thus mate
rally increasing lis facilities for doing
business and the value Of its stock.
The Importance Of the connection be-
tween Rockville aud Attica is SO appa-
reni, that It is q matter Of surprise that
it vas not made Immediately upon the
extension Of the f. and @. road 70 the
former place. The reasons assigned by
the Couricr for the construction Of the
road are good, bat to our mind are
among the least important The main
indueement for extending the road to
Attica is that it completes a great
through route from the Ohio River to
the northeastern lakes, which, in our
Judgment will be the best rouie that
can be devised Freight could be sent
over this route to Toledo without pass.
ing through the hands Of three or four
corporations, there would be less diff
Guilty in making CONNECTIONS, and, con
sequently, less delay. IA the case now
stands, it is almost impossible to get
freight from Northern Indiana and
North-Westsrn Ohio without paying
enormous freighls aud the most vexa-
tious delay. In our own business -
which, il is true, is small matter, but
yet serves to indicate the drift of things
we are entirely cut of from the excel
lent paper mills in the Upper Wabash
Valley because Of the difficulties expe-
rieneod in the transportation of paper
over the different roada We have ex-
perimented with the different routes
nov in operation, AMI find them all de-
fcient in pFomptness and reliability,
and excessive in charges.
The closing Of the present bloody war
will open up the Southern country to
trade, and the best outlets TO It's staple
production, cotton, win most certainly
secure the bulk of its transportation
Could better line be well devised
than from Evansville direct to Toledo ?
A line Of daily packets might be estab.
lished from this city to Memphis, by n
consolidation Of the present Mem.
phis aud Cairo lines, which, with GER
tain and speedy transportation TO the
lakes, would soon become one Of the
wealthiest and best paying companies
on our Western rivers The business
that would Immediately follow the per-
feetion Of such transportation route
from Memphis and the Tennessee and
Cumberland river valleys to Lake Erie
it is now impossible TO estimate. In Ad
/ ditiou to the cotton the bulk OF the to
baceo crop would pass over the sam,
line, as inevitably as water runs down
hill
No lengthy argument is necessary !,
call the attention Of our people 10 tn,
importance of this great work. As ",
have had occasion to say before, thl
tide in the affairs Of our city is now al
the food, and il taken promptly viii
lead on TO fortune. Hesitation, timiditS
or picayune policy, viii throw us il
the rear Of Cairo and forever thwart an
destroy our aspirations OF becoming th
great commercial metropolis Of tb
Lower Ohio.
In the establishment of liue {
packets to Memphis our merchants al
vitality interested, aud no one inauenc
can be thought Of that would eontribui
so much towards sustaining such lin
as the extension Of cur Railroad TO A
tiea.
For the last two years, too, the lsrg'
portion Of our best lumber comes fro
the Lakes. II we had direct commun
. cation with Toledo it could be deliyer'
here on more reasonable terms ths
when it has TO pass through the hand
of three or four different railroad co
porations. Upon the cheapness of lui
Der depends, to considerable exteT
the character and number of cur buil
ings, and the growth ofour city.
All these reasons plead for the i
v mediate completion Of road from Roc
vile to Attica. Now that the attenti
of the people on the upper Wabash
being directed TO the necessity of such
move, We trust our people will manif'
& corresponding interest, and that sts
may be taken at once to secure the ga
S success of the enterprise.
The following is the article from
= Lafayette Courier:
New Railroad Project.
,e, TheSs is fine opening for those b.
ing mohey to invest, in Railroad fri
Rockville to Attica. Such a road
%. demanded by the section of the coun
sss through which it would pass, and co,
Viii not fail to prove remunerative to a
company undertaking it
;. The route proposed would lay throV
Fountain and Parke counties, the v
garden of the State, and wolld open
BY that section OF the markets of the "
,. The fertility Of these counties is '
known. They comprise the best VII
' In producing districts OF the State
:. best quality Of both heavy and ia
timber abonnds. Splendid groves
ore walnut, poplar, sugar, hickory,
B. white and burr oak cover the land,
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