The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-11-09
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For the Palladium
Street RI railroads..

Il Having attended the meeting. held for COM
suitaton insregsrd to the feasibility ofthe con-
j struction of Street Railroad from Richmond to
Centreyille, ard was highly entertained by the
remarks of Mr.. Bickle and DR.. Woods; yet
thiLk the strong points in the case were not
set forth. Internal improvements increase the
wealth of the country. Thirty years ago.
farms adjoining Richmond could be bought
for $25 to $40 an acre--tLe same farms now
could not be bough4 for S15O- What has
caused this advanced aFf4 ri s-s9 sys43z atj l7
The energy and enterprise of our citizens
have built up our public works; this attracted
capital and skill. and to-day our city is the
pride and boast of Eastern Indiana. Now let
. the ball roll on. There is MT a prominent cit
I, zen in the place. but will be- benefited by
making this road; though some of our winners
may say st will not pay a rdividend-I am
afraid can never get my money baca.' Now
sirs. look at the past year, Property has adj
vanced in the last twenty years, five times
ever; yet you have received a very small moi>
city in shape of dividends from the public
works; yet you are five times richer! -.
o. But some will say, "a Street Railroad is not
needed do not want to 60 to the little
Town Of Centreville.' That may be the case;
but others do. However this is small point
Build the road, and in less than five years,
you will have town from Richmond to Gen.
trevilie, and give cheap homes to your present
operatives, and make room for more, and, like
the fabulous flowers. live on its own aroma
I and feed those around it. Labori the basis
of all wealth-Invite it and it will come Your
Machine Shops will be enlarged and new ones
bailt. Your population will be thus increased
which will in all cases build up your CONNER
cial men. Bus this is not all. The time is
not far distant, when the force of circumstances
will require the removal of the Court House
. and other County Buildings to Richmond.
That of itself will cost the city about one hun
dred thousand dollars. independent of the
county tax necessary to do her part under the
act passed for that purpose. Now build the
the road, and that difficulty and heart-sore is
dispensed with; for there would not be sane
! nan in the county, who would not then advo,
cate the remover.
If the estimate OF fifty thousand dollars, for
constructing the road, and stocking it, is cor
rect, the city Of Richmond itself, even in f.
nancial view, had better build it; but our citi-
zsns are only asked to help. The citizens of
Centreville extend the right hand of fellow
ship, and say: only assist and we will do our
full share, and bury the old Court-Hou Sc
! grudge. The moiety that Richmond will have
z to pay will be small-say thirty thousand dol.
2 lars, and if by spending That, we secure per-
manen. Improvement and save seventy thou
sand dollars is therc any property holders in
Richmond who will object to lend helping
hand to che enterprise? If there is, nc must
|, he q hybrid--a cross between the man that
docs not love money, and the one who will not
b take it when offered. e ~ WI.