The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-03
THE HENDERSON AND NASH
VILE RAILROAD.

Visit of the Henderson Delegation
! CONDITION. INSISTED, UPON
/ -. BY THAT CITY, =
Differences WithtThe Direc-
tors. SIX
w a5noa seed lasF week That it was
contemplated BY prominent citizensoi
Henderson to visit Evansville, and
..fc6hfet with Ahe city authorities and
our people in regard to the projected
1 Evansville, Henderson and Nashville
sRaiIroad. On yesterday, Messrs.
HARVEY YEAMAN, MUM, and others,
representing the City of Henderson
arrived by the Newsboy; and, after a
conference with Mayor BAKER, an in
formal meeting of the new Council
men elect was called at half past one
o'clock.
At that hour the new Council and
quite number Of prominent citizens
assembled in the Council Chamber,
and were called to order by the May
or As the new Council cannot be
organized under the law until the
Wednesday following the election, the
present meeting could only be for
conference and expression of views !;
and no formal action could be had.
HARVEY YEAMAN, Esq, represent
ing the Henderson Delegation, .ad-
dressed the Council and citizens at
some length-giving, from his stand
point, as citizen of Henderson, and
the Attorney of that city, a clear,
concise, and very ineligible state
ment of both, the old Henderson and
Nashville, and the new Evansville.
Henderson and Nashville Railroad
Companies, the relations of the one
to the other. and of the city of Hen
ederson to each; as, also, the mutual in
terests of the cities of Henderson and
Evansville. We can only give a
brief outline of his remarks. He
promised, by saying that it were bet
ter that Evansville and Henderson
should understand, perfectly, each
other on this Railroad project. Hen
derson would insist, as one of the
conditions precedent to subscription
of stock to the Road, that there should
be- no other terminus of. the Road,
in Henderson County than in the city
of Henderson; that she, would not
consent to the building of road
through Henderson in that county to
"a point opposite Evansville, for the
plain reason that she would be giving
money to build up Evansville without
any. material benefit to Henderson.
This might be a. selfish policy, but it
was natural and reasonable; and he
thought that when the citizens of
Evansville reflected upon it they must
agree that Henderson was justifable
in insisting upon such a. condition,
for a number of years to come at
least. Henderson, however, was will
ing that crossing should be made at
Henderson, and road built on the
Indiana side to connect with Evans
vile, and would assist to the extent of
her just ability to such a project.
The third. and as he thou ht the
better plan, was to connect the
two cities and railroad by a
line of steamers. On this question of
the terminus of the Road Mr.. YEA
MAN was very decided in the express
sion of the determination of Hender-
son; but he was at the same time
frank, courteous and reasonable, and
however much dissent may have ex-
listed with his hearers, they were favor
ably impressed with the manner in
which he presented it. .aeM
Mr.. YEAMAN then referred to the
old Henderson & Nashville Railroad,
which, after building about five miles
ard grading about forty miles south
of Henderson, failed. The causes of
the failureIit was not necessary to ex-
anime. The creditors of the Compa
my brought suit, obtained judgment,
apd sale Of the Road was ordered
and made. 1t fell into the hands of
the corporators Of the new Evansville,
Henderson & Nashville Railroad
Company alta cost of $4,000. The
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