The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-03-10


will alike be benefited bv II. And =,
der lite influence, and the influence
:" other improvements clustering arour
the Falls, population, wealth, and IN
- pr0vement, will march forward. dispeI
=, sing their benefits to each and every pa
" ticulsr class Of citizens alike.
II A. BRADLEY, President.
h REPORT OF THE CHIEF ExGlxEKR.
e Hon. Augustus Bradley, President
/ the Louisville, New Albany, and S
i Louis Airline Railway Company.
SiR: herewith respectfully subm
\ report Of operations In the Enginee
. department of your road for the flsct
year ending February "a, 1871.
Q AS the position Of Chief Engineer wa
;. not rendered to or accepted by me unit
the middle of July, 1870, ann unable t
make personal report Of what trans
pired in relation to the placing of tina
2 portion OF the road from Princeton I,
Mount Carmel under contract.
The orders received from Won. afte
accepting the position as engineer. wer,
that should proceed to organize a party
and put that pa:t Of the line known n,
the Knob division extending from New
Albany west about seven (7) miles. In
readiness for letting as soon as possible
The location was completed and the
necessary maps, plans, profiles. and ap.
proxiinate estimates ready for the in.
spection of bidders, by the 18th of Sep
tember, 1870. There were in all, some
hity bids received, some for all, and
some for part Of the KnohIdivsion also
propositions from three different parties
based upon the preliminary estimates
made by Gen. j. NJ. ST. John, for the
construction Of the line from New Az
Oany to Princeton, the road to be deliv-
cred TO the CoIDpany ready for the roll
ing stock. One of the proposals made
Dy Messrs Chamberlain, Mathers e. Co.
OF Ohio, after some notifications. was
accepted by the Board Of Directors. and
Immediately afterwards the Contractors
took the necessary steps TO commence
the work. The first four sectiops were
sub-let to j. NJ. Ried Of Louisville. and
the last two sections ii. G., Nos. s and 81
to Messrs. Cummings & Cannon now
Cummings & keyscr. Both sub-con.
Iracnng parties are pushing the work
rapidly and performing it to the satis-
'actloh oI all parties interested. AS it'll
was necessary TO have the whole line To-
catcd as soon as possible, engaged Mr..
7. "A. siayback. who had been previously
appointed by the company, to locate and
superlntchd the construction Of the line
from princeton to Mount Carmel, tol
make the necessary preliminary surveys
rom princeton east to Huniingburg, |
Dubois county, with view 10 making
quick location early in the spring. So
az, several lines have been run from
Princeton east To Francisco, differing in |,
ost Of gradients and alignancnts hut
Nightly. FOCAL interests will probably I
'ovcrn the location. |,
Il party was also organized and nut I'm /,
ne HELD under charge Of Mr.. q. W. II
'ichards the latter part Of December 4
18th instructions to extend the location n
Georgetown, ten miles west Of New e
Albany. and from thence run trial lines /,
trough to Huntingburg. The party, y
the bad weather they have &
nd 10 contend with, have progresesed b
cry satisfactorily, and nj this time, Feb. d
nary eleventh (1l), are engaged IN cx- a
mining and making surveys Of the
.untry between Hartford and Anderson !,
ity. =
Several new routes have been exam b
ed and surveyed bctw cen Gcorgc,o own y
I'd Hartford, and ut present ii is im-lb
'ssiblc 10 say whether the preliminary II
rvcy, made under tho direction OIL N
rn. }. M. st. John, will be much deyi- Il
cd from or not. The Typographical oi
'turcs Of the country are OF such ma lca
re, however, Us to prevent any great IN
Terence from the general alignment. m
adicnts, and cost, as determined by lti,
first survey. would say In conncc- lirt
n with this, that as far as the line has M
EN- located and examined, the original m,
rvey shows evidence Of much more r :
IN ordinary engineering skin. uG
Ia this report am unable TO ssfvc you lha
usual tabulated statement, showing oil
analysis of the located line, AZ tho fo,
alton will probably not be finally con- Ithj
dcd for some months to come. In nIvr.
icluding this brief statement Of opc- tiu
ions ] would wish 20 make special co:
ntion OF valuable services, rendered ,
u on location, construction, aud gen /,
J work by Messrs. Boydcn, Richards. -.
kcs, Reed, and Bullock. '."a ~.
iaviny also been requested by you 10 -.
nisll approximate estimates Of cost ,.., ,a.
road, as also estimates of the proba- ''o'
revenue and expenditures per annum ". ~
'ould wish In the first place 10 make
following explanatory remarks: su. ~"
'hc estimate Of cost has been deduccd .,'s a
~ preliminary estimates. and approx .aa' .',a
'tions IN regard to rolling stock, ma ~.
ne shops, real estate, etc., made from /!
iparisons Of equal lengths Of rail. raj
ds, and the amounts specified will, OPP
*, be ample to give YOU road well Pre-
. to do the estimated business. yo'
he sources from which the business A
0 come, may be classified under two
cral heads, viz: through and local.
first comprising through freight and
sengere, and the latter way ditto.
estimate for both has been commit.
from q number Of aut nentic sources. Grad
clerks of various counties travcrscd r,.s .S
Dur line having taken groat trouble am
p0ins to furnisl, ann ,narica evf thcir Dspo