The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-06-01
Talk About RailrOads-InteFesti
TO Evansville.

We print several articles In con-
nec.ion with railroads whose success
or failare will have much to do with
the future prosperity of Evansville.
First. we copy the following para
graph from the New Albany COM
nercial of last week, showing that
the New Albany & St. Louis Railroad
is to be surveyed, if nothing more is
accomplished;
The Chief Engineer of the New
Albany 81 St. Louis Railroad, Mr.. ].
st. John, has organized his corps of
engineers, aud on Monday next will
commence the survey Of the route for
the road. This read is one of the
most important enterprises ever pro-
posed, so far as the material interests
of New Albany are concerned, and 10
order to insure its building, the peo-
pie of this city can we'll afford to pay
half million of dollars il necessary.
The following paragraph we find in
the Shawneetown Mere7ry. 1t shows
that the people of Southern Illinois
are in earnest in making railroad i'm
provements, and that if Evansville is
to retain her supremacy on the Lower
Ohio, she must take steps to strike
hands with some one of the many
projects now progressing in that
part of the State:
ST. LOUIS AND SOUTHEASTERN
RAILWAY.-We learn from JOS. j.
Castles, Esq, Vice President of this
road, that the work on the Mt. Yer
non and Ashley end is going on, and
that it will all be let ina few days.
Also that General Winslow, Presi-
dent Of the com pany, accompanied by
citizens Of Jefferson and Hamilton
mites, will visit this county In
about two weeks, and we hope that
o1t citizens viii be prepared to show
them such attention and give them
such Information as the nature of the
case demands, because it is an enter
prise in which we are all equally IN
terested in seeing succeed. We are
informed also by Mr. Castles, that on
the 9th day of June Washington
County will vote on a proposition 70
donate 5000, 600 toward the road.
Thus it may be seen that the people
on the western end Of the iine are not
asleep, but on the contrary, wide
awake and at work.
But the most interesting and alarm.
ing of all, is the following article
from the Vincennes Times 1t con
veys to our readers the astounding
schemes of commercial aggrandize
ment at the expense of Evansville
which are now floating through
the brains and warming tn
hearts of the citizens of our pleasan
little neigh Dor, Mt. Vernon. We ar,
grateful to The Times for its timel.
warning. To Be forewarned is to b
torearmed
The VINCENSks a. CAIRO RAIL
ROAD. &c.-General Burnside's grea
through line Of railroad from Indiana
polls 10 the mouth oi the Ohio Rive
is so nearly completed between In
dianapolis and this place that tn
contractors are preparing to transfe
their stock and laborers south G
Vincennes, on that portion of Oh
line between the latter place an
Carmi, in White CoGaty, Illinois
Nearly the whole of that portion q
the road was graded by forme
company, and but little work will
required to put the road-bed in a cor
ditlon for the superstructure. Wit
proper efforts. there is little dout
that the road may be completed t
GRANVILLE BY the first day Of JanuaT
peat, and the road thence to Mour
Vernon may also be finished BY ths
time. That will give the Burnsid
road a terminus on tho Ohio Rive
a. an carly day. and bring it I
once IN competition with th
Evansville & Charlottesville Roa