The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1869-10-22

lWest 10 81. Louis, Will be given TO you
lby the Secretary, who went 10 secure
from personal observation and inquiry,
absolutely certain information for Your,
/, Company.
/ but upon the Eastern Illinois division,
from MI. Carmel 10 Mi. Vernon, | report
upon the usual engineering data. based
upon my own personal examination in
1.-The vicinity OF Mt. Carmel, and from the
notes and map OF Mr.. NcEliatrick. as
isisi ant engineer, whom 1 sent 10 examine
all portions OF the line which my engage
lmchis did not pcrmi, me to see.
! The line from Mi. Carmel 10 Mt. Yer
), non, with the exception OF Ii few cross
.ings OF low grounds tthe most important
now graded, is almost all surface work
land wo,iiu-bc cll.as,d as light railroad
.Igrading.
For this distance (62 TO 64 miles. ac-
: cording 10 final location and cut oil lines
ndopted) the alignment is unusually
ligood. the grades very easy, anu in the
!, grading heretofore done % miles are now
liavallablc after twenty years wear, pre-
, scnling an almost continuously good
road bed, which, with slight work on
fculvcrts and trimming up, can be quick
ly maie ready for track laying. Five
rlInles more of the grading j. partially,
and the residue. 35 miles. can be cheap!
rand quickly constructed. Mr.s ", Ill
r i;itriek ic ors a local interest III the
: work, local wealth and movements for
! county subscriptions. which confirm the
: pledge OF the President to complete his
work from Mt. Ecrnonsto Mt. Carmel
: before the Indiana work can. under any
: s!possibiIity, reach the Wabash at Mount
!. Carmel.
I. Combining tie Illinois and Indiana
Il Divisions. you have thus distance with
Il good alignment and moderate grade OF
G l75 miles from New Albany, Indiana, to
y Nj. Vernon. in Illinois. Also adopting
: I. connection Within South Eastern line
rliiom Mt. Nernon, Nashville. and Belle.
tlvillc 10 1t. Louis, now well under wa,
G land rapidly approaching completion
4 ilthrough very desirable country, YOU
have through distance from the Fall,
e OF the Ohio of 25l miles and thi- dis.
tance can lie reduced at le;s<t five miles
or total of z4o miles should occasion
q require. Upon this line the running
: sltiine from Louisville and New Alban,
otto st. Louis could easily he made in tel
,tlhours without change OF gnage, tranship
3iment, or any obstruction or discri,nina
/, ton in freighis.
ii OF THE COUNTRY TRAvERsED.--Oui
y lines in Indiana pass directly throuql
u .the counties OF Floyd. Harrison. Craw
i ford, Dubois and Gibson, with Foscy
n Perry, Nanderburg. Warrick. and Or
,. lange adjoining. The latter contribute il
J. part. and not inconsidcrahly, 10 the lc
Legitimate d wSy traffic of tie proposed
y route. This will be considerable a. com
: -Ipnrcd with that OF all railroads leading
> 10 the Ohio Falls.
i OF the counties above noted. Gihsor
,s Iis the third wheat producing county il
T. Indiana, with corn and other agricui: nrs
4 yjproducts in corresponding proportion
1t is highly improved. with fouri-hins
-ltowns, large mill improvements and 9th
u Ter indications of local wealth and ihriff
Harrison county IL or was recently th,
I fourth wheai-producing county in III,
n State. and Is rich i'll other agriculture
! -,products.
sl Pike and Dubois counties besides III,
% cereals. have large tobacco crop. IL
4 the latter county. tie town of Ilrnfing
a burg. with four large stcmincrics. way
a ons seven hundred hhds tobacco from 2
II 10 80 miles north and south. for 4 mar
i ket. The present tobacco crop of coun
ties travcrscd by our surveys may b,
y safely estimated al from 4.5uO To 500
!, lhhds. lis natural market is the CITY o
q Louisville: ali surplus products orc,
> went there.
!, OF the remaining counties noted. Po
o 'scy, Perry. Warrick. and Ianderbural
l. stand well in the Indiana returns OF ag
} ,ricultural products and wealth
T. Crawford j. agriculturall, the poores
d of the counties named. but in niateria
4 and mineral resources. Yet undcycloped
ii j. one OF the most interesting. Wiihi,
$ forty-iivc miles OF Louisville first aualii
4 lumber. oak and poplar. Is sold for 81
'e per thousand. board measure. al H.
u, mills; and the timber tracts arc larg
$. and valuable. Its saline springs suppl
= salt water 10 justify even now mot III
S. from the Ohio river Il considerable sal
: manufacture for honc consumption. II
r caves (among them the Wyandotic) an
N their mineral deposits are among III
ct most Interesting in the Western comntr,
Of Iron ore is found 50 widely spread rs [
is suggest good ore beds under the suriac,
IN Thccoal formations. however. OF Craw
l. ford. Dubois. Pike. and Gibson com.iic
4. demand special mention.
IL Our lines touch carbonifcrons i,ldica
G. tions on the western edge of lIarriso
lie county, thirty miles from New Albnn,
cs in the eastern sections Of Crawfor