The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-09-07

West. ard our citizens are s. church, going
and a church-loving people. AGAIN
as the City of schools, for go where you
Will, DO place on the continent has better
schools, better governed or In when scne
| ars make better progress than In EVANS
willie, and they are as tree as the sir we
/ breathe, and open alike to the rich and
poor. Truly. they are a bless ng. have
| never. in ali my travels, East or y est, seen
more subsI antial, spacious ana beautiful
| school edtdces; and what more do we
wAnt9 You answer, Water Works: and
are we not now building " alter Works?
They will soon be com pie te, and wi / fur
4 nish our city with an abundance OF pure
1 water tor all purposes, and they viii give
/ a new impulse TO manufa. turfUg in our
city, of which she has already a large
sna g With q mild, pleasant climate, q
| healthy location. ana the com pletion OF
| our railroad, will lOok upon Evans
vile as Offering attractions To all good
and intelligent people to come here and
I cannot close without predicting
for this road a bright future, and that
1t Will be productive o. great good TO our
city IN bulldog ap our commerce., tncreas-
/ ing our wealth and population, and in
| making it large pork and grain market.
ing tobacco market, which bids fair to
| equal in extent any in the West. Indeed,
to mention all the advantages TO be de-
rived from this Road would weary your
pa fence, d almost satisfy you that we
/ need no other.
To the present Board of Directors:
You will accept the thanks of our people
/ for the energy and promptness with which
i you have pushed forward and perfected
Il the arrangem enIs for the speedy building
Of this road, and must say IN 3as stieI 20
/ q dose OF soothing syrup IL was but
| homeopathic dOses and the elects have
gone glimmeTlng. Accept our thanks,
And now, in conclusion, we commit
our road TO the keeping Of General Wins
/ fRtendent, and to Measrs. Douglass q
Dewey, the builders, for the early compile
| ton of the same, feeling that they will
/ we trust that every barrier and obstacle
may give way at their touch, and may
| they feel that while In our midst they are
with their friends; and may the woTk men
that now stand ready 10 engage In the
work, enjoy health, sunshine and Pront;
| see the realization and contamination OF
our most sanguine expectations, and Q
free ride over the Evansville. Carml A Pa
ducah Railroad at an early day.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Reads
address, the meeting adjourned to the
place indicated for the breaking of
ground, when the President. Hon.
John A. Reitz, placed the first show
elful Of earth in the wagon waiting 10
receive it. His example was quickly
followed by all, includi6g the city and
county officials present. when Mrs.
Blythe Hynes stepped forward and
threw few shovelsful of earth, and
was followed by Mrs. Doctor Hal
lock, Mrs. Gilbert, Mrs. Hiram E.
Read, Mrs. Thos. 4. Garvin, Mrs.
Combs, Miss Lilly Hallock and Miss
Gilbert, all of whom received loud
and hearty cheers.
The meeting then re organized, and
brief speeches were made by Messrs.
Willard Carpenter and Robert E.
Hill. Mr.. Carpenters speech being a
review of the efforts to build railroads
to Evansville since 1885, and Mr.. Hills
an eloquent dissertation on the i'm
poFtance of railroads generally.
The meeting adjourned. and after
some liv5ly airs by che Crescent City
Band for the benefit of the laborers,
the party re-entered their carriages
and returned to the city, and the
work commenced in good earnest, un-
der the contractors, Messrs. Dewey &
Douglass.
The account of the ceremonies Of
ground breaking would be incom-
plete without mentioning that the
vigorous commencement and thorough
survey of the road are. in a great
measure, due to the assiduous energy
of Mr.. w. p. Clark, the chief en-
gineer, a young man whose merit is
only equalled by his modesty, which
has hitherto kept him out of the sight
Of newspaper men.