The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-21


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The Evansville, Henderson H. Nashville
Raflr0ad-Its influence Oh the
i Working Men OF Evansville.
4. When the Evansville and Craw.
/ louisville Railroad was first begun, in
1850. there were in all 5,305 in
habitants in Pigeon Township, 647 of
whom were outside the corporations
of Evansville and Lamasco. To this
lpopulatidn there were only fifteen or
sixteen licensed drays in Evansville.
Under the influence Of this K. 4 G..
| Railroad, which is the chief advantage
Evansville has over fneighboring
towns on the river, Evansville has
now one hundred and sixty licensed
drays. The population has increased
not exceeding five-fold, whilst the
drays have increased ten-fold. But it
seems to be the impression amongst
draymen, that all the work which
railroad makes for drays, is to haul to
and from the railroad depot. IF they
will only consider moment, they will
find that the mere hauling to and
from the depot, does not support
40 drays the year round out of this
100; nay, that 1t does not keep 80 OF
these drays in constant work the
year round-not One-fifth OF the drays
which are supported in the city
1t is q not in hauling to,
and b. from the depot that
railroad helps draymen the most, but
in building up commercial and manu-
featuring establis hments, in increas-
ing the drayage and carriage of the
city by increasing its population and
business. The T., III. 4 n. II. r.,
only completed to Henderson, with
Its ferry boats carrying freight of
every description several times day
between the Evansville wharf and
that railroad, would increase the
drayage OF this city as much in five |
years as the II. a. &. Il. X. has in |
creased it in fifteen years. Not |
merely by the drayage it would give |
them to and from these. ferry boats |
(Which of itself would be great |
help to the draypien, but in giving |
Evansville growth and an increase |
Of business in every department., such |
as no two roads in any other direction
could give her. This road would give
US Il trade with the whole south Just
as surely as Louisvilie has such "a /
trade, maiEas jfrst1but destined to
grow larger than that Of Louisville |
itself, because We have the facilities for
manufacturing here which LouisvilIel
has never had. and never will have, /
for want OF rome coal, aud 1t has I
been shown tEat We shall be s nearersi
by railroad ,aas well as by river, than
LouisyiIle is to, tile whole South I'll
it lsIobjected that WEE ought to build
the Straight Line Railroad at the
same time that we try to build this
road, 1t Is a clear case that the only
way possible to build the Straight
Line Railroad is to begin on this
road, to get this road built in the d.
rectlon OF wheEe our greatest trade
comes from, as a means of enabling
us to build other roads IN search Of
trade that does not now seek us, the
Straight Line Railroad with the
rest. Nashville and Tennessee have
already put a million and al
half of dollars in this road
running towards US, and are ready, poor
and torn upas they are by the war, to
put a great deal more in if we, at this
end, only show ardisposition to meet
hem in this great enterprise What +
other city orsState has done as much
Ter a road towards Eyansyilles? 1t is
4 clear case that the drayman, or the
,artman, or the WAGNER of Evans "
vile, who votes against taking stock
u this enterprise, votes against his
OWN horse and dray, and wagon and
,art, and wife and family, and bread
md butter--all pf1 them, 1t is the
ame case with any other working !
nan. To vote for this railroad, is to | !
zote for better supply of work,
md better pay. indianapolis COM :
.lalns very much Of hard times. ~
soiwouM Eyansvillesif it8W was not for
southern trade Let us help build
his road and double our o Southern !,
rade. Men who live near the rivers,
nd will ship their goods by steam
'oats, will then come to Evansville Y
y railroad, as they now go to Louis r.,
lille and Cincinnati by railroad. They
7ill then purchase here who now go r
here to purchase, because they can il
ravel fast aud loose the least pos
lble time. "
Help to build this Nashville route
nd still increase the supply and +.
heapen the price of coal at Evans
lie. No mines in the West have so
ign a reputation 4 as the Mad @
onville mines. Biologists pro-
ounce much of the coal equal to
ittsburg coal. We now have half a O
ozen coal mines running against a.
lch other in our market LET us !,
duce our fuel for heating aud man Elp
acturing purposes to the lowest post fa !
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