The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-03-08


Road which. under the present ar
rangement,would meet the South east
ern Road at McLeansboro. Possibly
Mr.. Morrison himself has never heard
Of our enterprise. We cannot see why
he should overlook so valuable a
connection with his road, unless he
is interested in the Sbawneetown
branch, and feared that the st. Louis
merchants would comprehend at a
glance that their best way to Nash
vile was via Evansville. At any
rate, Mr.. Morrison succeeded in his
mission, for Mr.. Shyrock, President
of the st. Louis Board, presented the
following resolutions which were
unanimously adopted:
ResolUed, That we recognize as one
of our most pressing commercial
wants a more direct and certain COM
munieation by rail from the city of
St. Louis to Southern markets by the
way of Nashville, Tenn.
ReSOlved, That we look upon the
construction of q railroad from st.
Louis by way of Belleville, Mascou-
tab, Nashville, Ashley, Mt. Vernon
and McLeansboro to Shawneetown,
upon the Ohio River, thence through
Madlsonville, KY, to the city of
Nashville, as one of the most feas-
able and important railroad enter
prises now projected from the city OF
st. Louis.
Resolred, That in the opinion OF
this Board such road will give to the
city of st. Louis q shorter and more
direct connection with the Southern
cities generally, through Nashville
than any other line now projected. OF
likely to be built from st. Louis tC
Nashville,
| ResolUed, That in General &. E
WinsloW we recognize an energetic
honorable railroad man, and that, IL
his efforts to secure the building o.
such road. he has our cordial sym
pathy and support, and that We com
mend its importance to the citizens O.
st. Louis, and pledge ourselves, at tn
proper time, to extend to it such sub
stantial aid as its importance de-
mands.
A glance at the map shows that j
is only some twenty miles furthe
from McLeansboro to Madisonvill
via Evansville than by the way 0
Shawneetown. If. therefore, our roa'
was finished to McLeansboro by tn
time the st. Louis road was compile
ted to that point, the road fron
ShawneetoWn to jacksonville woul
not be needed, and would no
be built for many years. Indeed
with the early completion of bridg
across the Ohio at this point it woul
never be made at all. Hence GU
people can not fail to sec that every
thing depends upon the promptnes
with which the Directors of the Car
mi Road meet the present emergency
Our dispatches of yesterday morn
ing announced that the committee @
the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerc
which recently visited the propose
line of the Rockport and Loogoote
road, and also running south froI
Rockport through Greensboro t
Russelvile, recommended strongl
that Cincinnati aid in CO lstructin
said road. All these facts demonstrat
that we are in danger of being cut Of
east and west by roads penetrating
the county from which we obtain tn
largest part of Our trade. Our peopl
recognized this danger last year ant
voted money apparently in the mos
reckless manner to secure the promp
construction of the road int
Southern Illinois. They will
not patiently submit to have time frit
tered away by the Directors of thei
road, of whom they expected bette
things, until rival enterprises so ia
? get the star # US that we can neve
recover the lost ground. The peopl
are getting anxious to hear from tn
Directory. They want to knoV
whether anything has been done, o
is likely to be done. The facts W
have given show that we have not
moment to lose. There is no goo
reason that we can see why lin
should not have been determine,
upon. No stops have been taken, s.
far as we can learn, to ascertain wha
Posey County intends to do, o
whether the county or any of tn
townships or individuals will aid il
the enterprise at all. In short, th
whole concern, so far as outsiders cal
judge, is wrapped in the most pro
found slumber. It is time to wake up