Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-09-28


ways hnying st anetioR-it might bs
handy 30 have about the house, but il
woaid Be rather expensive 70 Toodles
Who furnishes the money for such super
fnifies s .e geslssean-3
Let Evansville concentrate her sneE-
gies on the Southern road, and deter
mine to give all necessary moral and
material aid in bailding Il At the earliest
possible day, and the Fr,ad will be hails,
and when il Is done, saeh ho0d OF busi-
ness viii how into and through this
place as will astonish sl Of Us, and
cause rs to wonder 1t the carelessness
which has 50 long delayed The construc-
tiou Of railroad 10 the South, from thia
point aBd Henderson. The Completion
of such . road would infuse new life into
the city, and pour vast stream OF
wsalth into our Golfers
! As soon - railroad 10 The Sonth is
6nisbed even twenty or forty miles oat
into Kentucky, capitalists interested in
the northern lines will have their at-
tention drawn here. and will vosants-
Fily extend their lines to Egansvilia
without depending on oar citizens 10
furnish them the means. Somebody
would want railroads north from here
besides, our people. A southern rail-
road would act IS powerful magnet to
attract ether roads TO this point Fin
ish such line no further than Madison
vile, and the Ohio 4 Mississippi Rail-
road Company would, venture 10 say,
build branch 10 this city, aud By the
time the Soathern road could be hniabsd
through 10 ils Nashville and Memphis
connections, the northern roads would
vie with each other IN pushing their cos
nections through without relying On the
city for help Selfinterest would com
pei them 70 extend their lines to Evans
vile, aud We would soon have ample
railroad facilities northvard withoat
further outlay on that account The
completion Of the iine 10 the Eashvi1s
aud Memphia roads is the one thing
needfnl. which, IL We attain, Al things
else shall be added thereto by the inhe-
rent force of commercial interest
Ia what manner shall this great good
be securedf Ny plan would be this:
Let our solid hasiness men who are will-
ing and able to back up their action
with subscriptions OF money, call . pub.
lie meeting aud consider the sub sct
Let 9 subscription list be started 10
order to asceftain how much money can
be raised By private subscription 10. AID
IN building road to the South Then
let committee be appointed 10 aacer
lain the views Of the Council In regard
to city subscriptions, and also TO learn
the probability Of Z Subscription By The
Evansville & Crawfordsville Railroad
Company Then let some competent
man, acquainted on both aides Of the
River, and having the confidence Of the
people Of both States, be employed 10
make il his special business 10 urge the
work on, backed BY these pledges. ]
would suggest GEE'L SHAcKeLFoRD as
proper man He is undoubtedly the
best man for the purpose, If be woasd
take the matter in hand, as he ful6lls
the above requisites, and is, besides, a
good speaker, who could, If necessary,
arouse the people on this side and Alosg
the line to the necessity Of building the
road immedisteiy. Cannot such . meet
ing be calledf
Had ibis Road been running before
The war, Evansville would have been q
great Government depot, and her popu
lation would have been 5000 or 10000
more than il now is Millions Of dol
lars, instead of thousands, would have
been expended here. Not another year
shoIid be allowed to pass without q
portion Of aaid line being put u run.
ming order from Henderson souihward.
Evansville should give herself no rest
till she has direct railroad communieA.
tion with Nashville aud Memphis. sei .
There 10 an incidental advantage that
might be made 70 accrue to Evansville
through this Road, which, on account Of
the length Of this communication,
cannot do more than to aIlude to- Itfs
we'll known to most Of our citizens, that
there is possibility Of the river a. some
time cutting through the point Of land
above as, and leaving Evansville, &C.
cording to the homsly bat graphic Ian
guaga Of one Of our river men, on q .seat-
fish bayou. This, II Il ever happens,
will be . death-blow 10 our city, eBa de-
struction 70 It's immense intereeta Now,
If Evansville and her citizens should
subscribe . large spm TO the stock
Of the road from Henderson soutb,
on which . considerabIe amount Of
work has already been done, u might be
ON the condition that The road wonld be
extended to the Point opposite the eiIy,
thus making only very short ferry ns-
cessary to connect the ternini Of the
Kentucky and Indiana roads at this
place. Then, By driving piles ead bald
ing heavy embenkment from Hender-
son along the peninsula TO the Point, 90
has been done elsewhere on low land,
the road would Be placed above high va
ter mark, and this city efAcfeaIly ip-
sured against being left high and dry
some time BY 3 cut oG Of the 6ekle Ohio.
The embankm cot would prevent ihis ca
iamity. Evansville could thus. With her
money, snbserve two useful purposes
By ona operation. BufiaI must closs,
by hoping that our people wlli Jet uotb,
ing interfere with their obligation te
help build the Southern RailroAi. ]. ard
| thos stake bond Of fate $50