The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-10-20
it'rcm the I ineiuaa,i Gazette.
Our Southern Railroad COnnec.

soI.c Oh tic advantages that may he IIn
by adopting the Mitchell route for Il,
cincinnati \ l~sockrort Railroad I
Nashville. We arc gratificd that thi
route was agreed upon on Monday. an,
that the contingent extensions will nov
be started into active organization. Tn
{. 4 II. Company held also "a cllartc
from Mitchell to Jasper and Mt. Yer
> non therefore, all the chartered right
was had. by IL consolidation of the two
which were provided for by the laws O
Indiana. There is n gain TO the mali
line to Nashville by The choice of Ill,
Mitchell route. by making il IL mile,
shorter. and by opening up that distanc,
OF new territory and crossing a valuabl,
roal field. But this is small IN compari
son with tho grain OF an additional
southwestern route down the valley o,
tho Ohio.
Mt. Vernon is a town Of 6.OOO iMhabi.
tants, oil the Ohio river. and already a,
important railroad point. Its citizens
are ready 10 cooperate with tho G. 4 II,
Company. and they give good ground
that 10y i subscription of that county,
and by township subscriptions on tie
route, the means can be raised to grade
the line. We hardly need to inform the
public that upon this local basis the
means can bc raised by a mortgage OF
the road to buy the iron and pre- pare the
road for business. Thus this additional
route will not draw upon the resources
OF the o.. Il. Company ut all, but will
give them a broader foundation in busi-
ness resources. So much for the jasper
X Mt. Vernon line, than which there is
nonc of the same extent that is more
important both for local business, and
as q part of a great Southwest and
Northeast trunk line.
n prolonyation OF this route in the
general southwest course will car
~ it through Slawncctowm 10 Cairo.
The citizens Of Sl;awmcctown arc already
moving in this matter, and it is believed
that the same proportion of local aid will
DC raised as on the rest OF the line. 4
route was projected some years ago
rom Cairo to Vinccnncs, and consider
grading done, and then the work
1t is believed that the prin-
cipal part of this line below Shawnee
can be appropriated the Cincinnati
4 Southwestern line TO Cairo, and that
he citizens of Cairo and along the line
will take the same active interest in this
'Oad that has been shown on other parts
If the line.
When the river was the commanding
'hanncl Of trade, the greater part of the
cgion through which this route runs
raded with Cincinnati. But railroads
ave created various other routcs to di-
'crt this trade, and their number and
indicate that there has been "a
old and far-reaching railroad planning
Or the trade Of this valley Of the Lower
)hio. Besides the Illinois Central from
afro, and the road from Evansville to I,
'crrc llautc, running north there is u
DAD from Mt. Vernon to 1t. Louis, pro-
cctcd by the st. Louis people, now APP
'roachiny completion, and another road .
! process of construction from Louis :
lille to st. Louis, called an air line. Both .
lcsc arc ambitious enterprises, and arc =,
rcditablc 20 the ambitious towns of,
louisville and st. Louis; but neither OIL
lcsc will rank in importance with tlcl |,
'iicinnati s. Soutliw cstcrn road.
We have at various times remarked {
lat the great currents Of trade in the )
Western. and in the Southwest +,
IN region are southwest TO northwest! /
, that course the great trade Of that
ast region finds the commercial me- a
in the East, and the great trad i
g and manufacturing towns of the l
'ortlicrn and Middle States. In the &
,ncral directions of this great current {
c must build our Southern railroad /
,nncctions, if we would get the highest q
suits from them. Wherever a Cincin- Il
iii road presents a shorter route in the c
nc of this current, will take the trade. $
The Cincinnati, ROckport & Nashville r
ne presents these advantages to tho d
'untry upon the line, aud 10 all the Il
'untry upon connecting roads west of J.
until it reaches the vicinity of Nash il
lie, where tho Cincinnati. Louisville e. Q
ashyillc line completes, and will have Il
little the advantage in point Of dis O
nee. But in order to compete, the &. Il
l. n. line must have no distractions n
Louisville, and no determinations .
,a!nst Cincinnati freight and travel. a
he working ofthis will therefore give to n
.incinnati two competing lines to Nash Y
lie. a
The Cincinnati & Southwestern road 8
Mt. Vernon Shawncctown, and Cairo. n
also on the line Of the great current ofltl
and is in this feature superior to D
y other route in that region. There 81
re all crossing lines will be made fee n
to it, instead of drawing from 1t. a
nus the road from Mt. Vernon to St. n
Duis will he turned end for end TO II
hat the st. Louis people calculated \
,on, and instead Of drawing trade 4,
uarcly against the general current, to s,
J. Louis, will draw the other way, and s.
become an important feeder to the
{. Vernon Il Cincinnati line. This !.
ad will have a similar working on "
at part Of tho Louisville u st. Louis Il
lc which lies west Of ii. Why should !,
Q trade by that line, coming from the |"
est, keep on a southeastern course to ii
,uisvillc, crossing the natural current II
trade. when ut tho Cincinnati & Mt. -