The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-09-17
The lake Erie Railroad.


The memhrrs of the Construction
Conpan, ilisi undertook ~ huiid the
like Erie. Evansville 4 Southwestern
Railroad io NOT act A. IL they had the
,emoicsi idea If building the rosd. They
have dilv-,lall, -ei anl fretted over the
matter until tie people If this city have
In.t p n patience with them. Aside from
Inc fact that they have behaved very
badly in declining 10 take advantage OF
The present low price IF iron and un-
precedcntedly cheap labor. some ofth"m
have spoken contemporary al our
husines. community. and one OF them.
NJ lesst. ha. rcnestedly charged our cit
izens with dishonesty. becsuse we have
been prudent ia seeing To II that not a
dollsr OF the citv's suhsc option shall he
paid 10 ne company until il has COM
piled with the terms Of the contract as
modified by the Trustees. II j. time
thai hi, ius olent assumption of superior
virtue on the psrf of certain members
az the Construction Companv should
have on end. We presume there is no
very great difference a 10 human ma
ture or common honesty between the
people East and West OF the Allie
ghenies. II there is. il il fair 10 pre-
sumo hat tie men Of the East whose
talent for money getting is notorious.
having enioyed greater opportunities
Tor gain nave yi-lird more frequently
10 temptation than those whose sole
capital j. their muscle aud brains. The
Eastern gentlemen who are interested
with others ia the Construction Com
psuv. may rs well understand that their
su>pirion of q Integrity OF the people
o. -iiv. j. offensive in the highest
ce-.e+ '' ilai we 10 not propose 10
pr liz gratuiious insults with
.yu. ertr N the Construction
mfHu~ business. it, members
l l ttiking IT, the language
1H4,ts and lulles shout the
U rrople OF Evansville" and
Western ,vini'er.." aud 20 to work.
- t"n n. The c'y are ready To be
N.trf, tN the Dnpanv when the
'' 'i0f -ial o>sl nv the Trustees shall
f's, been COO piled with. and not one
minute before. More rban that unless
the road j. completed To- Dubois county
by the first Of .Iannary. the Construction
tompany will never ret so mnch as a
picaynnc OF the subscription money.
IL the COMPANY csruo' build the road
When ii'.ii ran hs hnii IA n one-half the
price raii fur that now laid aetw cen
III, cii, aud Eoonvile: when labor In
sLunrrrce may he hired at seventy II We
cents io one dollar per day. the ccnclu-
sinn is irresistible that the company
does not intend 10 build il. and we have
= right To !ook upon any proposition
a.lfuu fnr 40 ~ c..,sl;.t.. :,L
.cion aud disirIst The faith Of this CITY
stands pledged to the delivery of the
100000 bond- when the company shall
have complied with their part Of the
contract. and when INV one of the men,
bers 81 lhe company asks that we paw y
part or all Of the bonds In advance. there
can be but one inference drawn. either
that the company believes the civ ~
Evansville does not intend 10 act hon
orably and Justly. or that the compan,
Intends IN defraud the city. Ia any
view OF tho case. all propositions other
than that made bv the Trustees. only
consumes valuable time. IL the Con.
tifuction tomnanv means business.
there should tie five hundred hands at
work on the line before Sa.urda, nigh,
IL they DO not mean business le, ,hem
step down anu ont. Evansville intend.
10 hav" road running through warricL
and Dubois. and thai. too. before anoth.
or eighteen months shall have come and
gone Evansville Courier.
The last sentence OF the above article
sounds extremely nice to our people.
hut little less gass in the way Of prom.
ises. and a little moro clear cider wonld
taste considerably better. Evansville.
In our opinion. Is standing in her own
light. that she hasn't completed the road
to this county twelve months ago.