The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-10-17
FRIDAY. oCToBEr II, 1878

P.reo.n MrrrrSa. The citizens OF
P,,ota township, held a meeting nj
u~,n,ingNrry upon last Tursd,v. I'm the
Interest Of the Like f., 10 and Evansville
v,flro,a. Thev were addressed nv Col.
r. Patterson, General Suprrinfenden''
and others. upon the railroad sitnailon.
and the proposition was made nv Mr.
Patterson. that n the town would raise
suhscrip,ion os $4,000 pavable when
tho railroad should be completed TO
Turt;rrhnrg. that town should be made
= noin,. 4 petition was circulated Tor
siyns.u~cs asking the County Commits
s'o-ers % o~'er IN election TO determine
whether ~ nf ten per cent. should be
lvi..i IN r. o. township. in aid of the
c,t.rpr;sr ari more than the requisite
number o. signatures we're soon OBJ
taired.
In fnrticrance Of the object of the ne-
titioners n special meeting Of the Board
OF Commissioners has been called for
next MONDAY. 20 AXE official action up
on II. The election will no doubt be
ordered NJ an carly aav, and as II OF
the great needs a Pitoka township. and
in fact Of the entire county, il a railroad
rnrneciion with somewhere. we hope.
the proposition 10 lew a tax may be
successful. The way tho amended rail
road law now is. there is not a great deal
ofrfsk ron. in voting for a tsx to aid the
building of q road. ~ the tax is not put
upon the duplicate for collection until
the company in whose aid il has been
vo'si has expended in the township.
where voted. in the construction OF their
railroad. n sum or money equal to the
tax voted in their aid. SO there is no
dxnger OF The money being paid IN aud
laviRg idle in the II ssury. ms is the
case will lie r%li'roed money now in the
Treasury
Tie company seems to have more
lite iu r.. and capital To back il. now, than
any other company proposing to run
through this county, and as twenty miles
of its southern end, terminating at a
prosperous city. IL already constructed,
and cars running thereon, IL seems there
NAV be reasonable hope INDUCED Of iis
completiou. Ii either the Louisville or
Cincinnati roads had expended The
msmey that was paid out. in building rs
many miles o; road rs could be built
and equipped with it. where they would
have .iven q connection with either city,
there rtixis, AYE Leca = fair prospect
forthc completion finally ofeach OF them
but their Directory chose to eXpera
their money ia tile backwood-. connect
ing ia each ease With little Villages
where no business, comparatively. was
transacted. or could be. aud rs a conse-
qucnce their opportunities for compile
ton have gone glimmering." aud the
morey expended i, tn " away al
least for several wears. Not SO with lie
Ev nsville road. Its 20 miles of o l.
already doing a thriving business, aud
Evansville rcsps the advantages. and
will see is,ai the road Is pushed onward
So Patoka township, whose population
wealth aud enterprise would be so vastly
increased ty the completion OF the roat
through her borders, should unhcsi
%tatingly vote the tax.
But right here we would suggest tina
In our humble opinion the interests q
Evansville demand that this road should
not only go TO Huntingburg. but shoul'
also come To Jasper. and extend OF
through Columbia township. toward
the northeast. By NO other rout'
through this county can Evansville tai
90 rich deposits of block coal aud irol
orc as on this route = and these are wha
Evansville demands Il facilitate hcr man
ufacfuring interests. On othes ronie
will be found bituminous coal simi,'u I
he New burg and Cannelton Goals. hu
by running on a route to Huntin, nurs
Jasper and thence TO French Lick. ia
road would ran over miles Of bed (
rich block coal. the equal of which Cal
not be reached as near Evansville upo
any other route. We throw out thes
hints for tho consideration OF the pow
ers that be-" with the addition that OF
opinion IN this respect is based upon II