The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-08-18

las. There were pa ii'rl p.OlD no -
heals os to5l cco, rom watch i.cm alni.
we skoa..l derive probable rcvcnve o
.rci at.
This with other -ri,n,;nril proluc.
p, ,ccs ~ on PR with other lines %
rJ,d and when We remember th,t III,
territory on which we rclv i wider thar
iaat pDiscssc, hy most roads. We may
siHc'y coIat Oh large AMI pgo.it,ble
toAIls,.
Prof I. T. Cox. q ,'ogi.t OF the state
0. H. liza. justly rem ,ri- IN his rcpnr:
Next 10 agriculture corl AMI iron
fl,n the bsis OF anliinIs wealth.
Epg!ll to-l,y owes her greatness n a
n,tlpl mos, u the c,ll fields TINT lie
within har b,.'lrrs tl1a TO any otbcr
can',. Without cheap .Nel what wcuh.
hccon" OF her vast workshops, that hlva
mil her mistress o. the m irl:cts OF the
World. rs Bat Ea-ilnl is now
In the zcni.h OF her manufactures :
ktrcay,h her warelon srs are filled with
goods, ani All the N iv<cls 81. the world
ARE g,n!.el with the pro lucts Of her
skill AMI enterprise. Still, with hsr
vastly superior natural resources. Amor
icl can lool; ahead to the time when the
filling coal fields Of England will IN ,rt;
tac decline in her manufactures. anil
p.l'c the former in the as.ci, lcncv.'
Overlooked rs southwcs; Indiana has
been. with her almost cyhausllc.s gen
craI ''block coll" supply. she will vet
contribute her share To the improvement INT
an development, Of The iron AMI m,nu-
featuring interest in the wcst-o Of which
Cincinnati my AMI ought to be the cen
tre- TINT We mast yet reach in oar race
o. successful competition.
Claiming that the block coal OF south
west Indi,nl is eqa,l in quality AMI
Gnsrtity TO TINT foul il Clay county.
Indiana (aal daily shipped TO Chicago
and st. Louis, and other manufacturing
cities, il Is fir 10 pres,ii statistics from
that comfy rs Illustrative OF what NAV
be don, in Dubois AL spencer in the
sane line. quote from pro.. Coy's re-
port: The following is an exhibit of
the quantity aal vilnc OF the block co Il
aud bi.uminoIi cohing Goals mined daily
in Clay county:
Block coil shipprl daily from 4
Clay county, 40 ions, valued
at 81 80 per Ton !1,Oo3
Block coal used daily in blast fur
n1ces in Clay coaniy, 20 tons
at 81 80 per ton $50
titnminous co.ing coal mined
daily in Cily To-. 6itots, ut 50, lol
Clock coll mined daily in Clay
county, no tons, ut - ) per ton 1.77J
'o!al tons OF coal miuci daily in
Clay couu,y no
'otll value S1,sa5
Approximitc WELL for one year
10000 tons; value $3sSGOOI
Why should not the same be written
nj spoken OF Dubois anl Spencer coun-
les within the next few years! And
'h,tever Of prosperity they have rs the
eSut ofthis, naturally accrucs also to
our city. 10
The earnings Of the roll from this ~
'ailic can not iail TO be large.
| submit another Illustration. giving =
ic approximate earnings of the road in
re shipment of coll. ] t,.,c them from
ic aetna! figures OF one coal bank on a
-cstera rllroll whose market ficiii-
rs are not equal TO what Ours will be.
ID based on bitu,ninous coal alone. =
II Is this: Forty chr loads. OF $50 RI
lshels each. per diy. m,kin. lluOO
lshcis. or 5JS tons, ut tic moderate
tie Of - cents per ton: mixing daily :,
lrning Of :; 80 or Sl2j,oj0 per ann,.m
l submit oac more fact. -Four miles
ON Rocnport, in a suyar-lotf shaped
III, was whit was called the Knob Fl
al bank From two mines, using
agons and i tram railroad for trans
,ration, they used frequently to sell NO
~ ship from the bank OF the river az
ockport IS 900 bushels of coal per day.
steamboat. ana for shipment south. =
hcsc facts aud figures will illustrate 10 r
,n in some measure what we may en-
.ct as the local earnings oitnc road.
We it as my deliberate opinion that the II
rnings OF the rold from the coal
Fights alone will be cqull to the .srun-
ng expenses" OF the road.
This report is lon ger than supposed r
would be when l commenced il. and 4
will only offer the facts in the case in
,olory therefor.
In addition to the income from freight
! gcacra agricultural products Of The :
'untry, with an average local and
rough passenger income pos scsscd bv
her roads We have whltevcr my be
ale from the '.coil traffic" and claim
at the facts and figures given above n
lily warrant large and profitable in cd
me from this source. ''s'
THE LUMBER TRADE III
ust form proit,blc source OF revenue
the roal. When il il remembered 81
1T there IL 2.,2j.s73 acres Of timber on
i'll near tn, line OF ro,l. timber Of SUI
ror quality oak. walnut. poplar and Sta
ckory the reason for this assertion j. an, ~ !,
lite apparent. To = ci,ya largely en-
gcd i'm the manufacture OF articles in !;
hich wood is the ''r,w mltcrial," this
All important consideration. 'cr
A yr;rnltur,l nrolucts gary with fill 'rie
short crops. But not 50 Of coal and
nbcr. We have these two now staple
'.'cs '" scN"'c W "''iiorNi 'hu never md
ling source of revenue. on,
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vested your money III rclsUniblp III