The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-29

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objections, raised to the subscribing of
stock to this road, and stated en-
phatically that its enemies. were in
terested parties in that great swindle,
the defunet Straight Line Railroad,
and that their objections were not
tangible ones, but based on the fact
that with the building OF the Il.
III. Il MR.. r., 1.-THE opportunity to
sell to the city the road
bed of the Straight Line Road
which was bought up at $5,OO0-for
the sum of 100000 would forever
pass away, He also showed that by
waiting, the. Straight Line would
eventually be purchased by Evansville
at a greatly reduced price, or that en-
terprising men would complete it soon
after the h., III. a. N. Road was built,
at no additional cost to the city. His
speech was listened to attentively,
and it is matter of regret that want
of space forbids more extended no.
tice, AT the close of his speech, Mr..
w. h. French called for a vote.
Those who favored the subscription
should respond g aye" those opposed,
nay" We believe all the voters re-
sponded F" aye "--there were none
who responded no." aiia mf
MEETING AT THE OLD COUNCIL CHAM
f .afN
AT a quarter before nine o'clock
last night, Mr.. Willard Carpenter
commenced speaking at the Old Coun-
Gil Chamber, to an audience of just 30
persons, though quite a crowd came
in afterwards, swelling the audience
to near one hundred. Mr.. Carpenter
spoke for one hour aud twenty-five
minutes, during which he depicted the
wonderful results that would have ac-
crued from the Ia, building of the
Straight Line Railroad, and showing
to his own satisfaction, and to that of
three other gentlemen present, that
the building of the Henderson & Nash
Vile Road would result in no good to
Evansville. s Il. .fs..-..
He commenced with the first con-
ception of the Straight Line Road,
and followed its history, and recount
ed his own great efforts in its behalf,
down to the present time, and showed
that if the Road had been completed,
that the city Of Evansville would now
contain'a populati on of 10000; that
rents would be merely nominal and
the price Of living almost nothing.
Whereas, with the construction of the
f. H. & n Railroad, the progress of
the city would be checked, and rents,
and the prices of living would be
enormous.
The Il. & c. Railroad had never
been of any use to Evansville, and
was controlled by Chauncy K ose, of
of Terre Haute, and if the Il. III. & N.
Railroad was built, the building of any
road north from Evansville would be
forever prevented, and Louisville and
New Albany would send down boats
and carry all the freight from Hen
derson to Louisville, and elsewhere.
He avowed himself friend of the
E., III. & N. Road, and had done
more for it and for the X. a. G. and
for the Straight Line than any man
in America, but he did not want the
former built unless the Straight Line
was built first. The speech was the
the same with the same array of sta
tistics that our citizens have been re-
called with periodically for the last
twelve years There were four or FIVE
persons present who fully sympathized
with Mr. Carpenter, who almost
wrung tears from them by depicting
the gross injustice he had received at
the hands of this community, and de-
claring that he was the best abused
man in America.
Mr.. r. Sproule was called on, and
reviewed Mr.. Carpenter in a most in
teresting manner He exposed the
sophistry of Carpenter arguments on
the subject of cheap rents and cheap
living, with an increased population
Of $4,000 He avowed himself bet
ter friend to the Straight Line r. X.
than Carpenter himself, as he had
large pecuniary interest, while Car
penter declared he had none. He
exposed the ate mpt to swindle the
people of Evansville by dema nding
100000 for the road bed that had
only cost the present owners 80, 100,
by Carpenters own admission. while