Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-09-25
John Ingle, Jr., and the CraWfOFds-
Vile Railroad.

single argument Wnicn ne advanced
1t is difficult to distinguish bis facts from
his arguments, or to determine how far
he considers his arguments answered by
denying his facts.
He asserted that the proposed road
was but branch OF the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi road. I deny that. he assert
ed that it was Willard Carpenters per
version Of a narrow-gauge road to
Indianapolis, into a six foot gauge
branch. And l denied that Willard
Carpenter had any thing to do with the
matter. And I denied that TO lay q six
foot gau ge track would be "psrversion,"
because the road bed was made with
view TO do that very thing. One Of Mr.
Ingle's principal arguments on which be
probably relied as much as any other,
was that in which he connected the name
Of Willard Carpenter with the new
Company He assumed, without evi.
dence or information TO warrant the as
sumption, that Willard Carpenter was
about to pervert a narrow.gauge road 10
Indianapolis, into \ broad-gauge branch
of the Ohio and Mississippi road He
did this because there was no other way
in which be could avail himself of the
prejudice which he knew existed in this
community against Mr.. Carpenter on
account Of bis connection with the
straight line road. Hehoped that prejn.
dice against private individual would
tt.a r.Inaa nf fa "a I'D. .ac.fsI
ments. In answer to this argument,
/ repeat that willard Carpenter has no
connection whatever with the new Com
pany; and l say further, that ha never
shall have with my consent.
In his last letter, Me-. Ingle drops Mr.
Carpenter, and calls the proposed road
"Col. Jones's road.
He says the Straight Line road died
Of the fraud Of its mansgers. The
President and Directors were its man
ayers Will Mr. Ingle state which and
how many of them engaged in the al
legged fraud and specify any such fraud
tending to kill the road? Willard Car
| penter was but short time al the be-
ginning Vice President and am very
certain that Mr.. Iugle can point to noth
ing that be did officially which vas
| fraudulent aud instrumental in breaking
down the road. An the complaints
made against him relate to his colrse
in procuring stock subscriptions, or to
his conduct as one Of the contractors
who agreed to construct the road after
he had resigned the office of Vice Presi-
dent.
Mr. Ingie says my road is, at the most
| distant point, only TWENTY-FIVE miles from
his road is on substantially The same
route aud has no other busir ess 10 sup
port it, Now think Nj. Ingle will not
-assert that the E & G. road gets busi-
ness worth estimating from Warrick,
Pike, Daviess, Dubois, Green or Martin
Counties
The trade Of that region this city once
had, and the Straight Line road will Sc
cure it again with but little effort on the
part of cur merchants and manufacture
ers Il was lost to a great extent BY the
management of Mr. Ingle's road, which
seems to have been conducted, net so
much to the intersst of the merchants
and manufacturers, as to the interest oi
the stockholders, ahich is generally, il
not always, the case with such monopo-
lies as Mr. Ingle admits bis road TO bo
Until very recently, two men might
start at the same time from Vincennes
Washington or Petersburgh-one FOR
Cincinnati, and one for this city. The
next morning both would commence
business, and il the Cincinnati mar
could do his business in one day
he could be at home the next morn
ing in time to do days business
But il the Evansville man got hil
bnsiuess done By ten o'clock in tbs
morning, he woald be compelled Il
remain here until the next day, ant
would get home after business hours IL
the evening The Cincinnati man, be
sides the real OF supposed advantage o
trading in q larger city, would save on
days time. He would be absent tw'
nights and one dag aud pay for thret
meals at a hotel while the Evansville
man would be absent two nights ant
tseo days and pay for four or Eve meal
and two nights lodging. This objection
to the management of the E. & G. roa'
applies with equal force TO the regIol
traversed by il north Of Vineennes.
little wholesome eompetision would sool
correct this aud perhaps other inconve
nienees resulting from the existing mo
, nopoly, as we'll in transmitting freigh
as passengers
, Mr. I0gle, without anY information a
to the price at which The road bed ca
be bought, and without having examines
it as / did, in 1857, as the agent of thi
: city, says the question is whether 20
shall "pay to these New York specula
tors hnndreds of thousands of dollar
for q worthless grade" &c. This grad
could not be made now for two hundre
and fifty thousand dollars in money, an
it is Just as well made as the grade {
: any road ia the State.
Itisnot procosed that the city shall pa
to these New York spectators anything
nor is it to be supposed that the ne
company will purchase the road be
unless il. can be bad for fair price an
on reasonable terms
Mr.. Ingle illustrates part Of his arg
neRt By reference to the New Alban
road and Jefersonville roadSzFhieh
says were honestly and eheaply bull
Honesty is 70 be presumed. I kno
very little about the Jefersoaville rca
except that II ia doing a frst-rats bus
ness. The New Albany road ia ali
prosperous, but its prosperity does n
depend in any material degree upC
through business The roads termiHa
| ing at Louisville contribute almost not
ing to its business. The country viii.
- it runs through bears no compariso
for local business, with the White riv
. valley
Some ten or twelve days ago, at Ne
Albany, / heard the President OF q
a New AIbanyroai SAYS that road Eas {
: ing good paying business and 20 sht
that be was net mistaken, ha stsA
somewhat ins6eiail the ziad sn2 aEsa