The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1869-04-09
On Railroad Interests.

Tie New Albany Commercial II
noticing the Railroad meeting held
here last week, in favor OF road II
Vincennes. presents the following
cheerful view in regard To the pros
Poets Of building the New Albany.
Noun, Carmel and s.. Louis Road.
Our people are in favor of any pro :
jet which will give them road. and
will aid to the extent Of their ability.
all companies proposing to build a
railroad through Dubois county. bnt
their confidence in the success of an
enterprise should not be called in
question if they follow the example
set onthe corporate authorities OF New
Albany, and make their subscriptions
payable when they begin to receive
The benefits Of the road. or whenit is
completed to their limits. The Mount
Carmel project is received more favor
ably by our people than any hereto
fore mooted for years. The Com.
mercial Gays:
1T appears ilat the Nhcennes inter-
est in the Ohio and Mississippi railroad.
backed. 10 doubt. by the managers
of that road. arc frightened at the GER
iainty of the building of the New Al
bally and ST. Louis Air Line Railway !:
and they have accordingly gone To work
10. il possible. defeat the enterprise.
1.-The Courier says that a subscription
Of $i2.5oo was raised for this proposed
road of Judge Baker. Ito be paid when
Tic road is completed" This shows that
The people of Jasper and Dubois county
have 10 confidence in this wild project
of Judge Baker and the Ohio and Mis-
sis>ippi road and fully understand that
lis object j. simply 10 defeat The road
from this city To 81. Louis via Mount
Carmel. and thus prevent the people of
Dubois county securing any railroad
connections or outlet whatever.
We can assure the people of Jasper and
Dubois county that the New Albany and
st. Louis railroad will be built. New,
Albany leads Off with city subscription
Of $4,000. and individual subscriptions
that will. tho present week. reach $780,
WO. thus giving the substantial sum of
S40O.OOO to start the enterprise. Harri-
son county will add Sl5O.C0O 10 this sum.
and Crawford county not less than
$lOO.0 600. So that between this city and
the Dubois county line there will bel
$3.50. 900 subscribed. which cannot fail TO
assure the people Of that county that the
road will he put through with cncrgy.-l
Then Gibson county is good for $780,
W0 to the road. Pike for 100000. and
Mount Carmel for an equal sum. giving.
without Dubois county, the sum of zone
million dollars which is more than
enough TO make the road ready for the
iron from New Albany TO Mount Car
mel.
The people Of Dubois county will see
from this that il is TO their interest to
mt least 100000 to the New
Albany and ST. Louis road, and withhold
their subscriptions from wild scheme
that will never succeed. and that is onlv
gotten up 10 injurc the road from thisI,
city,, They should turn their backs upon
this impracticablc Vinccnncs and Falls
City project. Louisville. herself. will
never. subscribe dollar TO the project
the business men of that city know that
il is impracticablc and impossible. and
they will not touch il. If the people of
Dubois county will consult their true in
terests by keeping hands of this wild
scheme Of a few men about Vinccnncs
who arc under the manipulation Of the
Ohio and Mississippi railroad company,
and lend their aid to the New Albany
and ST. Louis road. they will have the
ears running through their county with
in the next eighteen months, ut the far
thcst.'