The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-23

country. winch has contributed so
much 70 the business, growth, wealth
and prosperity Of Evansville. will be-
come tributary to other cities. If
your city will give her aid at once,
and your people take the bonds and
furnish the money, the T., ii. 4 n.
r r. shall be built, and Evansville
will secure by it a trade and business.
equivalent TO all she viii lose by the
building of the roads, which must in
juriously affect her business and COM
MERGE.
The Elizabethtown & Padueah
Railroad is a fixed fact. It viii be
built, Large individual, county, and
corporation subscriptions have al
ready been secured. On next Satur-
day week, the I'd of May, the people
of Louisville vote on the proposition
to issue one million dollars 10 this
railroad. The city will vote il. The
road Is Of great Importance TO the
city. The people see It. The road
will be built. Louisville has virtu-
ally decided. and viii certainly decree
il. This liberality and public spirit
of Louisville has, with her natural
advantages, made Louisville a great
city.
If Evansville would continue to
grow and prosper In the future as she
has ia the past, she must exhibit a
large and liberal public spirit. Evans
vile cannot stand still-she must go
ierwarl or ne mu. r cede.
Evansville could afford to take half
million or a million of dollars Ia
the e II. & N. r. r., as easily as
Louisville can take a MILLION In the
Eliza BEETHOVEN Railroad. Louisville
has already contributed from three to
four millions of dollars to railroads,
ard owes a large amount, but which
Us but a very small debt for a large
and prosperous city. Evansville owes
but very small debt, and will make
more now by a liberal aid to railroads
than any cityin the country. She can
afford TO do mOre-t0 give more to
railroads. than any city of her popula-
ton IN the country, as she has so
much to gain by 1t, and SO much to
lose If she does not build the road
The ShawneetOwn ~ Edgew0Od
Railroad, connecting with the Illinois
Central Railroad IN bingham Coun-
~, is projected and will be built. Gal
latin County, Illinois, has already
voted a bonus of $500, 600 and her
slCdn1p lands, amounting to about r.
600 acres, and White and CLAY aun-
ties will vote nearly as nun and
also donate their swamp lands /
learned from Mr. Dagley, Of White
County. that the counties OF the line
from ShawneetOwn to EdgeRood
would donate $500, 900 and the swamp
lands belonging to the counties
amounting to from 30, 900 to 10000
acres. r5
The OweBsboro& Russellyille Rail
road will run west of you, and 1t Ouut
from Rockport or some other point TO
the Ohio Il Mississippi Railroad In
Indiana, Evansville viii have rail-
roads sweeping north, south, east and
west Of her, draining her to drouth
and sterility.
What will Evansville do? This is
a vital question for Evansville, preg-
nant with momeutOus results to your
city. The sceptre Of commercial pre-
eminence which she has welded for
the past few years. doing greater bust
ness than. any city on the continent
In proportion to her population, must
depart from her. VIII she yield, her
vantage ground and surrender her
just claims TO that commercial dignity
to which she ought to aspire and
which she can obtain? VIII she
close her stores aud manufactures,
and shut up her shops? Will she be
content to become the suburbs OF
other great cities for their manufac-
turing and retail business? Orwill she
not rather assert and vindieate
her claims and Importance, and by a
lofty and honorable competition win
and retain her place Of commercial
prominence among the cities of the
great valley?n The enterprise, thrift,
genius and liberality Of your mer-
chants. manufacturers and business
men, as shown in the past, leaves but
little d0nbt that Evansville will prove
equal o the emergency aud move fer
ward il the work OF Improvement aud
advancement. l trust she will take
the first step IA his direction by rem
dering lhc a'd the Evansville, Hen
dersOu and Nashville Railroad asked
fort by decisive vote. ssts-- 4
I am, with great respect
Your obliged and obd't friend,
j, T. BOYLE.
President E., III. a. n. r.. r.