The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-11-05
ON TO DUBOIS.
BoOnyille Anxious for the Com
pletiOn of the Lake Erie
Railroad.


From ihe Evansville Courier
a very interesting railroad meeting
was held in the Court House here Thurs
day evening.
The attendance WAS large and com
posed Of the prominent men nf this
place.
a lively and apprecative interest in
the successful progress Of the Lake Erie,
Evansville and Southwestern Railroad
was cyinced.
col. paitison explained the present
condition of the road, and the hopes
and expectations or the company. lie
said they all Understood tie great disap-
poinincuis which the company had
suffered by the unexpected repeal Of All
aid voted them al BooE vile. and. in
fleet the same result by the action of
the trustees ol the Evansville bonds.
or the : 10000 promised and expected
on The completion OF the road here, all
the aid received h1- heru about $4,000.
from private subscriptions. The bal
tncc over -350VDO--wilich has built
Fhc road. has been paid alone by the in
3iviaual members of the company.
: hey are therefore intcrcS ted in it, eN-
tension aud development. Evansville
has benefited by this enterprise; YOU
here lave all benefited by. It, and both
'places. together with iiuntmgburg and
he industries along The line, are still
more greatly 10 be- benefited by IT, COM
plelion 70 lIuulingburg and finally to
.Scymour.
lie confidently expected to get $50
ClN n1-cribcd 10 the stock. ia aid Of
this & tension. here aud at iluniingburg.
lf lhis ms done by the l5,hof Noycm-
Der DE- Ns confident That The road
would be completed and RAINING to
lIuntingbnrg a.. me ~ of Augl-fncNf
lhe.e -ul1cripti0, 1rc tO ~ n q ~
(. on r,ia thar pfovis distinctly ,ti~d.
Nor need thee -ibsc. niion. toe paid
in csh: labor OF men ~ teams. thc
poutliug OF men. furnishing cro>s-iies
,nd timDe goods from stores. or any
thing hat enter, into the construction
.of tie road would be taken As an cquiv-'
iient for the whole sub. cription, or TOR
part. a. suiTed the subscriber. They
wanted to get the road built. aud they
needed aid lie confidently expected
hat the Evansville Trustees would aid
them justly. aud thus the completion
would be assured tie spoke of the
large amount of money which would be
expended through this section OF coun-l
'trN during the next 81, months ii 'he
work went on. Eastern capital would
Initiate" the country with greenbacks.
and every industry hc stimulated
thereby.
Congressman elect Fuller then spoke.
He said he had been. and still was. in
favor oi this road. Had subscribed 20
il and hoped il would 20 on 10 compile
tion. lle compimcnted Coi. Paitis0ns
persistent and faithful W ork in the mat
ter. Thought All the people about here
could afford TO aid this enterprise Ii
was certain 10 increase the prosperity
of this section Of the country very
much.
Mr.. Allen also said he thought the
road should he helped. and remark ed
on The interest felt in its success sful com
pletion.
Col. pattison explained that the com.
pany had no claims on any Of the origi-
nal subscribers Of two years agA and
Instructed the Trustee Mr.. Baker. to
give notice that those who wished,
could yet their unpaid notes at the
Boonvillc Bank.
Other brief remarks by gentlemen
present. showed apprcciatirc interest in
The success OF the efforts OF the com
.panv TO build the road. Colonel j.. il
confident OF being u,-tantially aided
here. lie goes TO liuniingburg this
week where he anticipates even more
interest in tho roaS.
rr The report has been current upon