The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-05-06
and Northern Central
Railroad.

as being strongly in favor OF the enter
prise and that ii the people along the
line do their duty, the road will be AN
accomplished fact, in comparatively
short time. About $a4O, 600 in donations
were reported as having been obtained
along the line. apa il is considered cs-
sential that ABOUT $4,000 more should
be raised. This can easily be done, II
those who are benefited. but have not
vet subscribed. will pat down rs liber-
ally rs those who have already suscrib-
ed. Ave copy from tic Cincinnati Times.
a report of The proceedings OF the meet
lag in Cincinnati:
! In PURSUANCE Of joint resolution of
the Board of Trade and Oh? AMBER OF
Commerce. a meeting of The friends of
the R0ckport aud Northern Central Rail
road of Indiana was held at the Board
of Trade Rooms this morning. for the
steps as might be necessary 10 insure
succeS'.
| There was large attendance of gem
Itlemep from various points along the
proposed line.
! The meeting WAS called TO order NJ
ialf-past ten o'clock, by John A. Gano.
, Mr.. Josiah Kirby was chosen Prcsi-
dent. who, OH assn ming the chair. made
a few appropriate remarks relative 10
The interest which Cincinnati felt in all
railroad enterprises which would have Il
tendency to increase her commercial
facilities.
! Referring 10 Louisville. Mr.. Kirby
said that city could not compete with
Cincinnati in any enterprise, yet she
could place obstacles in our way which
would embarrass US.
! He thought the completion Of the
Rockrort Railroad would open up the
whole section of the country through
which il passes, to the interest of Gin
lcinnati: and il we do not assist in this
enterprise, some other city will take the
matter III hand.
/ The following additional officers were
lchOsen.
!, Vice-Prcsidents-- NJ. Bishop, Jos.
lKiusey, Cincinnati: j. \. Brcen. Mar
tin county. Indiana; NJ. Friedman. Du'
! bois county. Indiana: Hon. ID. u. Laird
Spencer county, Indiana; j. {. Rudd
y Davies county. Kentucky: Joseph Me-
Cudd, Davies county, Indiana.
Secretary = Captain III. II. Tatem, %
) Cincinnati.
| LETTER FROM MI. WEtE.
The following letter from JAS. Weir
president OF the Owensboro and Rus
: sellville, Railroad, was read:
CrNcISSArI, April -, 1870.
Mr.. Campbcll:
DEAR SrI:-I regret that an import
: ant and pressing engagement Will no
q permit my attendance at the meeting to
!, morrow.
II AS President of the Greensboro ant
lRusscllvillc Railroad. which viii rc;lci
Nashville bv an almost airline, through
, IRusseNvi,.c and .Adairsvi,e, on the lin
.sbctwcen kentucky and Tennessee. ant
''i,Ithcncc by short road of ten miles Il
'lSprmg.icltl, on the Kentucky and Edge
field road, with road finished thcacc t
Nashville, lam greatly Interested in
road from Rockport 10 the OHIO ant
: mississippi road. as this will make
Through connection both North ant
South.
=, I consider such a road with conncc
'Itions made by such road) one of grea
importance, both to Cincinnati and Nash
-lvil!e. as it will add another short am
:. direct line North and South.
= In addition this road will run throug
!, the richest lands OF Indiana and Ken
= lucky, tccming with agricultural an
"! mineral wealth only waiting to pour il
into the lap of the large cite
= OH its Northern connections.
~ Owensboro. Oh the Ohio river. is
! lcity Of some six thousand inbabitan.
y and the county Of Daviess in which it
= situated. is the largest tobacco CROWN
7 county in Kentucky. The exports of Il
Ibacco alone from the city Of Owens
Loro were in 1865. $500 hogsheads; ]
'66. $500: in 1867, 5000 lin 1868, 4.2OO i
1869, $500; and the entire amount Of tt
bacco raised in the counties Of Davies
u; Mclean, Mecklinburg and Logan
a. Through which our road runs, will rcac
/! II at least 10000 hogshcads.
" We have also in the vicinity Of Owen
nc boro. eight distil!crics making over 50
N 600 gallons Of whiskcy monthly.
~ Our road also runs the entire ROM
he through the finest timber in the State
q X cntucky and also through TIC fine
en- coal beds, and Mccklenburg county
OF said by good geologists to contain moi
iron than any other place in tho Unite
., States, with the exception OF the ire
no mountain in Missouri.
Logan, county is the largest whea
\. raising county in Kentucky. and al'
:. .e produces a large. amount Of tobacco.
=. ~ All the counties westward raise lar;
~. numbers Of hogs, cattle and other stOc