The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-08-03

But look at the arguments addneed /
BY these gentlemen: Ihey say IL 70 .
nyonosad n build a road into Illinois /
by way of Carmi; (noW vi! stop |
49, Tarmi has been located In Hi
nois for some time), and they further
obiset 10 the Southern Illinois Road
because the route is not definitely
fixed and yet if you investigate their
proposed route of the Straight Line,
you will discover the fact that these
" capitalists" had forgotten Cor never
knew the name of one of the coun-
ties they have decided to pass through
on their route. | suppose they
are willing to pass through
any good county. no matter where
it IS. The capitalists were evil
IDENTIFY as ignorant of the geography Of
Indiana as the Committee " of these
Capitalists are in regard to the
geography of Illinois. Then this self
c7nstuted " C0mn1ittee " so disinterest-
eaiy informs rs that if we desire to
void financial embarrassment, to
jlst come forward and give these
/ Capitalists only one hundred and
! sly thousand dollars and they will
proceed " at once to complete and
perfect an organization for the con-
struction Of railroad as far as prdc-
ticable on the line of the old Straight
Line Railroad from this city
to a point on the indianapolis
and Vincennes Railroad, in Green
County in this State" You dom
say so! AS far as practicable" l
wonder how far that would be, and
then how definite their route to a
point" And then, to be still more
explicit. they say if they dom
go to Washington, Daviess County,
| they will go to Chelsea. Now,
is not that definite enough
to satisfy anybody? Why its as clear
as mud that if they don't go to one
tplace they will certainly 60 to an
other. But somehow | imagine We
would not get much trade from Wash
| ington, as they would doubtless find
il practicable \" to cut Washing
ton off, as 1 have understood,
for a long time, that somebody
owns large body of land al
Chelsea. Now / submit TO the voters
of Vanderburgh County, do you know
half as much after this Committee
has labored so hard to enlighten you,
in regard to the inteatton Of these
I capitalists" as you do In regard to
. the proposed road into Southern
Illinois; the only point Of difference
in reference to the Illinois Road, as !
understand IS, whether we shall 60 to
GRANVILLE, Illinois, or Carmi. Illinois
or to Carmi by the way of GRANVILLE
Illinois, or Mt. Vernon, Indiana. 1t Is
: admitted by all, that we must, 4 II
order to prosper, or even to keel
whst trade we have, have a road into
Southern Illinois, and l, for one
: would rather rely on the wisdom 0.
! such men as John s. Hopkins, M. J
!, Bray, John A. Reitz, Peter Semonin
VIM. Heilman, D. j Mackey, RObert
A. Hill, James E. Welborn, and II
w. Cloud, citizens of Evansville, anC
Emost of them the largest tax payers
in the county, and who have NJ
, other interest than the welfare o
the city and county at heart, thar
} I would on foreign capitalists, or OF
any self-constituted 8 committee, ,
whose services are suspected Of beinl
secured by foreign money. 10 ml
mind, Messrs. Editors, the people o
this city and county are called upon
on next Thursday, to decide the mos
} important question ever presented
, ITO them, and in view of the fac
that the road from Vincennes t.
: Cairo has been abandoned for the
! present, may we not hope that oul
/ people will unanimously decide tina
, Evansville shall have the only rOat
] running into Southern Illinois
These considerations have prompted
me for the first time to ask a space il
7 your valuable paper.
A TAX PAYER.