The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-23
EVANSVILLE AND HER RILROAD
- INTERESTS.
The Danger when Inae'iOH Threatens
4 F7RGTBLE. STATEMENT OF THE
yTTUA TON BY GEN. sBOYLFE
LOUISVILLE. April 2lst, Is

LOUISVILLE, April Zlst, 1868.
Dr. m J. Bray and J. s. Hopkins, EsQ J,
EUoHsUILe. Indiana:
GENTLEMEN:-I wrote the Hon.
Mayor Walker. yesterday, 10 regard
to the proposed aid from Evansville
to the Evansville, Henderson q Nash
Vile r.. r.. and being sure of your
friendly and earnest interest in this
enterprise, also, and Of your proper
appreciatiOn of its Importance to your
city, I now write you, to beg that you
give the question of aid to the f.. ii.
& N. r. r. your prompt and efficient
influence. and that you urge favorable
action and decision by all the mer-
chants, manufacturers, mechanics,
laborers and all classes whatever.
While the aid of Evansville is of the
greatest importance to the E., H. &
Y. r.. R., il is Of equally vital i'm
portance to your city. Mi s-t {
Heretofore Evansville has reliedon
the Ohio River and its tributaries and
one railrOad-the Z. q g. Il. II. The
advantages derived by your city from
these means of transportation are
threatened to be weakened and i'm
paired. Certainly these outlets to
your commerce, this means of trans
portation, if unimpaired and left to
the exclusive advan tage of Evansville,
are not sufficient if she would ad-
vance in growth and prosperity.
But Evansville will not be left to
enjoy these advantages without com
petition, and without being Impnreds
An exclusive embargo can, and may
be laid on the commerce Of the Green
and Barren Rivers, which Evansville
has so long enjoyed, and which
the. enterprise Of her business men
has almost Appropriated exclusively
to herself. If the Evansville, Hen
derson & Nashville Railroad is not
built, she may lose the commerce and
business Of all the counties contigu-
Gus to Green aud Pprd Rivers.
The Indianapolis, Niacennes q
Cairo Railroad Is In process Of con
struction. General Burnside gives as
surance. of his ability to build the
road. Part OF it Is now built and In
operation. The counties on the line
have given liberal g bonuses " to Sc
cnre the building of the road. Coun-
ties with not one third the population
of your city gjUe-make a gift Of from
$4,000 to 100000. and probably
one county gires $500 OOO-as much
as your city is asked to subscribe and
to take pay in stock.
This Indianapolis, Vincannes &
Cairo Railroad sweeps north of
Evansville from northeast to north
west. bearing the products and COM
merce Of all the counties adjacent to
it in Indiana and Illinois, from Cairo.
to the vicinity Of Ind annapolis, from
your city to indianapolis, Cincinnati
and New York A large portion Of
the business and trade Of these many
rich counties, Evansville has hereto
fore controlled aud enjoyed. With
the E., H & n. r. r. built, much Of
it. very much of 1t, your city would
draw to her, to be shipped over the
Z. Ell. & n. r. r., to Nashville, aud
thence over the railroads radiating
from that center, to be distributed
over Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia,
and the Carolinas.
The Elizabethto8n and Paducah
Raj road connecting with Louisville
bv the Louisville q Nashville Raft
road. viii be built, passing fifty miles
south of Evansville, draining all the
counties from Hardin County to Pa
ducah. including the counties border
ing on the Cumberland, Green, and
Pond Rivers. This rich section of