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


or the two hundred and forty two
thousand dollars prayed for until the
company spends two hundred and
foriy-two thousand dollars and pay
out the money, and that then they can
get bit half until the cars are running
to The cORaty tine. But why would
this pr" of the law be no re-
strains q. gual antee as to the Straight
Line? Because as soon as the appro-
priation was voted by the people and
the tax collected, they could demand
half of the money, saying that iney
have already done work and PAID lo5
il to the amount of four hundred ana
sixty thousand dollars, over three
times the amount of the d0nAtloh'
and when cars run to the township
IN. the whole amount could b de-
T6a illinois company propcsel T.
t..e r;en6s d lie Sjrs'ght Line
thati hey 9oa.j help lie Illinois
a. onary IL Cbtaia the an0Uns 2skei
a. tac coUstg. then thc Iiuup S
coz pa.8 would assist thcm t. obtain
he auouu 3eS.ic3 ~ them :;oUl The
city Ih-r a.STeI vas that tie city
could not make a donation, and could
oaly take stock, and that they did not
propose to allow the city 10 take
stock. If the city should take stock,
it can be taken upon such conditions
as will secure the payment only when
the Straight Line has kept the prom
| Uses made on the street.
But suppose we build the Straight
I line for these capitalists, they own
| ing the road. The road makes the
| lands given by the people to build the
Straight Line, valuable. These "'capI-
talists own the lands and the road.
They sell these lands, amounting to
many thousands Of acres. They next
sell the road, put all the money IN
their pockets, and then go home to
| Connecticut. :" Capitalist" indeed
"Dost thou like the pieture2
| In the face of this the Illinois COM
panv have proposed to help the
Straight Line, and have avOwed
| themselves It's friend. And when we
make this admission, we are fearful
some of our readers will call US weak
and indiscreet, and regard that action
as ill-advised. :,
AS to the Illinois road, we need add
but little. Its Importance needs no
discussion, for the importance OF
such a road is admitted. When the
people of the county vote the two
hundred and forty-two thousand dol
lars, the company propose to add a.
least two hundred and fifty thousanC
I dollars to that amount, and witt
these amounts to reach the niddlt
/ of the Wabash River. where they
will be met by the people o.
Illinois, and the track OF the road an
sured to st. Louis, our first aim
When the track is done the company
expect to be able to mortgage tai
track for money to put on the rolling
stock.
Do the people believe that the. Di'
rectors or any other mem bers Of TIT
company will put two hundred ant
forty-two thousand dollars into The
road for the only purpose of getting tn
two hundred and forty thousand dol
lars from the county, Or that tn
Directors, DIR. VI. J . Bray, John A
Reitz, DR.. H.. w. Cloud William
Holman. Peter SemoniL David j
Mackey. James L. Welborn, j ohm s
Hopkins and Robert a. Hill Will be
| gin by spending two hundred anC
| forty or fifty thousand dollars of tn
company's money without being abl
to see a high probability OF the com
pletion of the roadl These men sa.
to the people that If they will vot'
the sum Of money asked, they cal
and will build the road to st. Louis
and the people will have three year
, In which to raise the money voted.
Again, as to the Importance of al
/ n d. MI
increase our facilities for transporta
, ton of produce. We spend thou
{ sands of dollars each year, of none
raised by taxation out o. the people
to repair our powdered streets tina
are worn out by the drays that trans
port the property and produce o
the planters of kentucky, Tennes
see and other Southern States An
all the tribute they pay to US IS pai'
to q few commission men and tn
| Transportation Company. When
| commission man receives an hundred
dollars, Dinety-niDe dollars of tina
amount goes into his pocket, and on
dollar is divided between his book
keeper and his dTaymen. Western
roads bring Us not only this trans
porting business, but also purchaser
for ali that we have to sell. If we sci
, a manufactured article, the money
divided among the working classes
: who manufactured it. When one 0
E our manufacturers receives an hun
+ | drcd dollars, he does not put ava
| ninety-nine OF it to be invested i
= / bank stocks or other non-taX- payiD
securities, but he pays out ninety
? nine dollars of it to the mechanics G
O the city, and puts but one IN hi
: packet as profit.
s The money that comes here 10 bu
}. our manufactured articles goes TO fee
' and to clothe the children. Of the Ia
e boring men. The population &
! Evansville is several hundred les
5 to- day than it was a year ag'
n And why? Because there have NJ
! been purchasers for all that we manu-
i facture, and mechanics have bee
e discharged from their shops and hay
: moved awpy In search of employmcn
/ The trade of all American cities lie
q to the west of them. New Yorl
: Chicago, Cincinnati, and st. Lou
. look to the west of them for the
\ trade, and Evansville must do th
: same, for Evansville can claim to
) no exception. The Illinois road
our first remedy for the stagnation
: our business so apparent to ell.
: will bring a demand for the labor {
:. all classes, and will feed the moutI
of the Workingman' s children.
!, ROBERT A. HILL.