The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-10-13
communicated.
The CsFmI Railroad.

incorporators Of the proposed read (
into Southern Illinois, it is intended
that all sums Of money voted to the
road, except the three hundred thou
sand voted or asked to be voted by
the city. in the election to be held on
the tenth of November. are to De
voted instbe form of a donation. The
stock subscribed by these who organ
Tied the. company AMOUNTS to fifty
Thousand dollars, which, with the
three hundred thousand asked of the
| oitv will make but three hundred
land fifty thousand.
But this company has already ser
cured dOnatiOnsof. two hundred and |
foriy.tYo thousand from the county.
They tAl Us. that they aexpsct two
hundred thousand from Posey, two I
hundred thousand from White Couu-
ty. in Illinois, and one hundred thou
sand from Hamilton County, in Illi-
n0is, when the.road reaches McLeans-
hnro, and ask the city bonds on that1
condition IF the calculations Of the /
| directors of this road are realized, /
| and they are successful IN their plans,
/ the available assets of the company
bTill be one million and forty-tWo |
| thousand dollars. And If this sum is
spent IN building a railroad into the
most profitable territory for our trade, |
surely We ought not to hesitate to
take the stock as requested by the !
i company. As viii be seen, our sub
lscription vii make the city the owner
( Of six-seyenths Of what costs one mil. /
L lion and .forty-tWo thousand dollars,
or'we buy with three hundred thou
/ sand what costs eight hundred and
/ ninty-threo thousand one hundred
land forty-tWo aud six-sevenths doll
Elar5. To be sure, tbis viii be ia rail-
lroad stock, and may never pay; but
1 will not the dividend be much larger,
where the stock is so small, in case it
should pay s-a5.-aes. ~
/ But another thing may be said in
{ favor of this road, aud that'is that it
] IS d home-enterprise. We have never
! lost anything by any Tailroad~that has
been controlled entirely by the bust
s ness men of our own city. And we
have every reason to believe Shat this
9 company had its origin In tbs neces-
sity that all felt so keenly for more
railroads to our city. Being gotten
, up. by our own people for our own
, benefit, the attempt is being made to
Hbuhd the road and also to keep it IN
encumbered and wholly under
, the control of this city and
its citizens, That is. just what
81 Evansville wants and must have.
: Louisville has the great Nashville
: and Louisville Road, and the only
!. complaint any one seems to, make is,
. that the road brings business to that
] city faster than the road is able to
accommodate it. Would th9t we
could only have two or three roads
here bringing orders for the products
I, of our industry and skill faster than
I the roads we're, able to carry such
:, merchandise away. tits In this trade
e and. business of every kind that a
!. RAILROAD is made Almost profitable In
y vestment fer any city
II Our old. Charlottesville Road has
= made US the superior of Henderson
5 aud Mt.aV ernon. The Henderson
/. and. Nashville Road is now made sure,
! 4 or tsloast made to- seem. sure, and
; when this road is completed upon the
! plan aoY Contemplated, nothing can
G prevent US from being what we ought
I TO have been years ago-the leading
! / city Of the State of Indiana Fort
. Wayae, is at least our equal, but
+ without any of our natural ad-
2 -ysptages. s-fe
FORT Wayne has spent her last dol
/, Tar, and has used her last cent OF
credit (several times) in building rail
( troads. This has made all there is Of
, Fort Wayne, land strange enough her
J. exhausted credit has revived as often
. as it has been exhausted, and become
: stronger each time than before. In
{ dianapolis, city Of twice our size
t and wealth, has risen up In the midst
b Of the forest, and. in an unexpected
place, monument tothe wealth Great
ing power OF, the greatest OF
modern highways the railroad,
Cincinnati. relying on her wealth and
: former prestige, has at last become
e alarmed for her future safety, and
! learning a valuable lesson from Chr
cage, has voted ten millions to build
!: q road to-. the South The amount
/, donated by the county, together with
] that now asked of the city, Is not halt
, as much per mile OF road asthat voted
, by Cincinnati. When the people Of
Cincinnati say they want a railroad,
: they mean 1t. ..- -5f
8 The Organization on this side the
4 y
/, Illinois line. From there to MeLeans-
I .boro the people have a charter which
!. they offer US, together with their do
T nations. This viii give us sixty FIVE
5 miles Of road and absolute control of
the bridge at the Wabash. AT Nc
Leansboro we have two chances for a
connection with st. Louis-one by
g way of Du Quoin, and one By way of
!. Mt. Vernon, ulinois-Ehich will open
to. US in all .one hundred and sixty
i Eve miles of road But this is not
= all. When we get to Carmi We make
a connection with the Vineennes and
G Cairo Road, and make it available In
:, bringing to our door the merchants
e and dealers Of that line. -
81 Again 1.-THE city or those inter
: ested in the welfare of the city, make
. the line from here to the Wabash
) what it ought to be-, trunk line,
Z with branches into all parts of South
/ ern Illinois, no power can take that
> trade from US, and the unbounded
o agricultural and mineral wealth Of all
e. that section will belong to us. Study
z 4 the map and vote for the road.
q CITIZEN.