The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-08-18
KOCKPORT AND CINCINNATI
RAILROAD.
Report Of the superintendent =
Advantages of the Route Rev.
enucs Ofthc Tributary Country,
Etc, Etc.

cnucs Ofthc Tributary Country
\ Etc, Etc.
To the Stockholders Of tho Rockport &
Cincinnati Railroad:
GENTS In compliance with instruc
tions received from President Kirby.
herewith present you g report Of the
area. resources and products OF the cOnn
try penetrated by our line Of road, and
OF the counties SO situated rs To be tri.
butary thereto. AS you are aware. on,
line Is practically an extension Of the
Owcnsboro Il Kusscllvillc X. IL. north
10 an intersection with the Ohio Il Miss.
issippi railroad. thereby making for Gin.
ciniiati convenient and direct line IL
Nashville and The southwest.
The point of divergence from the Ohio
y Mississippi road not having been de-
tcrmincd. give you the statistics Of The
counties Oh each proposed route.
From iockport 10 jasper il is com.
mon line, and whcthr, ..ic road shall 90
from thence 10 Loogootcc or Mitchell is
vet TO be determined by the facts and cs-
Inmates to be furnished by the cngi,ccr's
report.
You will be able, from the exhibit l
herewith present, to furnish a Just idea
OF the country and resources from the
=. x NJ. railroad to Nashville, cmbra-
cing portions Of Indiana. Kentucky and
Tennessee. Dy reference 10 the man
You will sec that there is not so large !,
district in the middle states Except east
crn Kentucky unsupplicd by railroad
Facilities rs The one we propose TO tra-
va hV la -
this line must Of necessity be tho mos,
convenient and desirable line OF trans.
'portation fora district of country ricl,
lin agriculture and mineral resources.
200 miles in length and about Gu il,
breadth.
Let INC remind yo,. too, that tli, line
CONNECTS two great districts oi country.
The dissiniilarity OF products and avo-
cations makes il a question of business
interest and convenience to exchange
commodities.
The following statement, however, IL
illustrates to you the use and general
products OF the country whose com.
mcrce is to be controlled by this line o.
road:
tilcrc follows in detail elaborate STA
tistics OF all the counties along tic line
of the road, from Tennesscc 10 the q. Il
y. *. H., tie great length Of which
statement prcciudcs our publishing IT,.
except those o! our own county and
Spcnccr.)
Dubois county, Ind. Number square
mics. Al (: number of Inhabitants, lo.-
60; character of population, all Swiss.
principally Germans; character OF land.
aIa
cultivation. W.12U number of acres not
tln6cr cultivation. ls94fD; kinds oftim-
bcr-- oak. ash and walnut: average value
per acre Of improved lands. $50: aver
age value per acre Of uninprovcd lands.
So: total cash value Of improved lands.
>i.s94,OOU: total value OF unilnproycd
lands. S1.I36.6i4; mineral block coal
'nd iron ore Of good qualify: number
pf churches, % : Catholic. Methodist.
Lutheran. Baptist and Christian: num-.
II school houses, 70. Principal produc-
ions of agriculture: Tobacco. wheat.
'0ri,. barley, beans, oats, pork and beef.
lumber Of bushels OF wheat, I5O.ucO:
number bushels Of rye, $500; number
bushels Of corn, 10000: number bush
is Of oats. 10000; number bushels Of
,ar!cy. lOCOO: number bushels of peas
nj beans. 5000; number bushels of
wect potatoes, 45,O q; number tons or
av, 1910; number pounds of wool co.
W number pounds Of tobacco, 3 5OO.-
10; number gallons Of sorghum molas-
rs. lu,OoO; number gallons Of wine. :
4 %; value of orchard products. S2u.- !
-; number Of horses, 4.UGO; number !
( cattle, 2O.tOO: number OF sheen. TO- :
10; number OF hogs, G3,0,O: value OF
Oultry, t5,OtO. G
Spencer county. : Population, 1898 Q
l,iarc miles, 41O; character o: popu- =
mon. Onc-ciHhth German, balance ;
lmerican character Of soil. clay and y
cli loan number of acres in cnltiya- Y
on. l".OcO; number Of acres not in 2
nltivation. IGo. co: number acres Of q
nbcr land. 1900: kind of timber "
ik, ash. walnut, hickory and poplar 4
'cragc value per acre of improved u
nds, S25: average value per acre of
ninprovcd lands. $40, total cash value v
improved lands, s25tN,uUO: total "
'sl value Of uDimvrovcd lands. Sl.GcO- u
~, Mineral Block coal and hrma,jte
on orc. Number OF Touring mills. :: y
iurrhcs. 20: school h0uscs. 100: col ~
gcs, 2; towns, Is: total taxable prop y
~ OF county. $5,muO0u principal !
'oducts of agriculture. tobacco, corn. IL
heat, oats. potatoes. hay, barley. rye u
'd hops; number of bushels Of wheat.
o,'OO:corn. 6OU.rOO ;ryc. 1OWO; beans.
Dto: potatoes, L0GOo: tons ofhay 5000: g
'nnts Of wool. 2O.0tO; pounds OF TO- II
'cc". 6.COO.tUp: value Of tobacco crop. o
'd".om: number gallons sorghum mo- e
sscs. '2GU; gallons wine. LOCO; value y
Or hard products. $3.50 O; number of y
'rscs. 5000; value OF horses, 1900 -
'mbcr OF mules. 1000; value Of muIcs. g
90 U; number of sheep, 5000; valuc "
sheep. SiO.mO; value OF poultry. u
'.MO; number Of hogs sold in 1870. !"
900. IL
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