The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-12-10
Railroads.

Railroads.
On our second page we print, this
morning, couple Of articles from the
| GRANVILLE Independent, relating to
Railroad enterprises IN which the
1 people of that little town are greatly
interested. Two roads are now at
tracing the attention of the citizens
OF GRANVILLE. One is to run from
Vincennes to Cairo, aud the other
from Mattoon to GRANVILLE, with the
ultimate design of reaching our city.
/ Our merchants will at once see that
we, too, are vitality interested in both
| these roads. One, because it will have
powerful influence in bringing addi-
tional trade to our city, and the other,
because it will be potent in robbing
us Of much that we already possess.
The railroad from indianapolis to Vim
cennes seems to be fixed fact Work
men are engaged upon it at different
points, and will prosecute the under
taking until it is completed The
counties on this line of road have
subscribed large amounts as bonus,
and G. eneral BURNSIDE. who is in the
habit of building roads without max
ing much fuss about them, is pushing
the enterprise with his wOnted energy
and skill. The finances of the new
road are managed, we understand, by
the Pennsylvania Central Road, one
Of the most powerful corporations in
the country. Under these circum-
stances the road can hardly prove
failure. The Pennsylvania Road
must have Southern outlet, and will
make great sacrifices to secure it.
From the Independent we learn
that Gen. BURNSIDE, in behalf of
himself and the Pennsylvania Central
Road, has promised Gen. RAUM, the
President Of the Vincennes & Cairo
Road, that if the people on the line
of the road will subscribe s80O,0O0 as
a bonus, he will build the road from
Vincennes to Cairo. So anxious are
the people in Southern Illinois for
railroad outlet, that they viii easily
raise that amount Should this road
be finished our merchants will find it
impossible to hold a large amount Of
the trade of that section which they
now enjoy They would of necessity
be compelled to build a branch road
to connect with it or be content to
! lose many Of their best customers.
On the other hand, the construction
of the Mattoon and GRANVILLE Road,
/ and thence extending it to this point,
viii open up a large and rich section
! Of country to our commerce, and ma
terially add to the growth and pros
perity of our city The people
of Posey County are ripe for rail-
road, and will make large sacrifices
to secure one. All that is necessary
to give shape to the enterprise is that
some prominent railroad men be con-
suited, and steps taken to communi-
cate with the friends Of the GRANVILLE
and NATION project, and so consoli-
date the sentiment and desires Of the
people as to have them resultin sub
scriptions by individuals and eoun-
ties Chicago wants an additional
Southern. outlet, and "a better one
could not be obtained than by the
proposed road in connection with the
Henderson and Nashville Road,
which will unquestionably be COM
! pleted, sooner or later.
We direct the attention of our
business men to these enterpri ses,
that they may be posting themselves as
to the best policy to be adopted, aud
when the emergency is presented, be
able to act with promptness aud
energy.