The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-02-11
From the Cincinnati Enquirer
RAILROAD PRO-
.JECT.

JECT.
"A Direct Route to Nashville and
Meniphis---A Representative OF
the New Project in the Cham.
Der OF Commerce.
At the close of the regular business
hour on Change Yesterday, the Prcsi-
dent, Mr.. Gano, announced that there
was project on foot for building rail
road rom Rockport, Indiana, on the
Ohio River, to connect with the Ohio
and Mississippi Railroad, and he intro
duced to the members DR.. i. II. Sabn
who briefly presented the advantages 10
the city OF Cincinnati of the proposed
connection. AS his address was deliv-
cred at an hour when the members were
too much occupied to give that attention
due the speaker, We are induced to give
an abstract Of his remarks, TO the end
that the business community may prop
crly realize the Importance Of this new
railroad project. The speaker said:
/ feel some embarrassment in address
sing this body. Just now SO full of care
and anxiety consequent upon the press
Of business tina. forces itself on you at
this hour. But ! will take for granted
that body Of men representing in a
large degree the commercial life of the
city, will judge our enterprise by its
merits and not by the mode of its pre-
lscntati0n.
The subject to which l call your at
ltcntion is one of real value to the COM
mercial and manufacturing interests OF
cincinnati, and you will so regard ii
when you fully understand it. The pro-
posed road from Rockport on the Ohio
River TO Il point on the Ohio and Missis-
Isippi Railway. in the vicinity Of Loo
gootce, is fiity-cight miles. This line
passes through Spencer, Dubois. and
parts of Daviess aud Martin counties.
The local commerce Of these counties
lis large and increasing. and worthy of
being sought hy Cincinnati or any other
commercial city.
But what adds most Importance TO our
enterprise as a railroad proposition, and
makes it still more valuable TO you as a
commercial question, is the Southern
connections it secures.
From Owensboro. Kentucky. immedi-
ate.y below us. on the river. there j. now
in course of active construction a rail-
road TO Guthric,on the Memphis branch
of the Louisville and Nashville Road. =
From Guthrie to Nashville there is road
alrcady in operation distance AZ miles.
From Owcnsboro 10 Guthrie, SO miles.
Hence from OwcnsborO 10 Nashville,
l23 miles. From the Ohio and Missis-
lsippi Railroad TO Naslvilc.b by this route,
l31 miles. The road from Owcnsboro
to Guthrie passes through tic Green
River country in Kentucky. unsurpassed
| in agricultural and mineral wealth by
any district in the Union.
| This road passes through DavicsS, Nc
Lean. Muilenburg and Todd counties. :
M;.hlcnburg is the richest county in tho
State in iron ore. both in quantity and
quality. Tobacco il the great agricultu-
raj staple of this part OF Kentucky, as
il is of Spencer and Dubois counties in
Indiana.
Iiy the report of your Board Of Trade
| sec that YOU handled. in this city, last
year. 10000 hogshcads of tobacco. Tho
district Of country in Indiana and Ken.
lucky penetrated by this line Of road
lproduccd. last year. about 5000 hogs.
heads. and not yet 1000 Of them reached
your city to be sold or passed on TO Eas.
tern markets A large amount of this
tobacco went by river 10 Evansville
thence by rail TO indianapolis and tho
East.
The chief reason that your factors and
conimission men did not have the hand
ling of it is attributable TO the fact that
you have 10 direct method of reaching
this most desirable district of country.
There is no district OF country posses
sing the resources this does but wha,
YOU have better facilities for reaching
ihan you have for this.
The best country south and south
west is situated not only west Of your
proposed Chattanooga road, but west 4
the Louisville and Nashville Road.
| The best country in Kentucky and
Tennessee richest in agricultural and
mineral W calth, and hence desirable To
a commercial and manufacturing city -
is in the western part of these States -
not reached by your proposed Southern
'route-and between il and this desirable
region is the Louisville and Nashville
road, running like great artery into the
very heart Of tho best country SOUTH
l mean by this remark not to dispaMge
your great Chattanooga road. In that l
bid you God speed. Indiana looks OH
with aniazement at the efforts making to
prevent YOU building that road with
your own means. But you need this,
too yes, you need it impcrativcly.
l need offer no arguments to satisfy
you as TO the value of Southern trade. -
This I onnrchend Won fi,lly comnrc.