The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-06-06

n the river, and The other via Btmnyill
4 ana Evansville. They did not demon
!. Atrate that II would lie more beneficial
10 Evansville. and the sole reason or IN.
!, preference Is the fact that il will viy,
q liuntimgbmrgh cheaper frcights by com
petiti0n. There are number Of citizen,
there, however, who realize the fact tha
the Lake Erie route Is not as probabl,
il as the other. These accept the rompro.
4 mise that, II the Lake Eric road cal, no
be completed Immediately. they will
4 favor the Spring Station gap. II will
!. give them an outlet to Evansville. and
!, that Is really the absorbing desire oi
!. everybody along the road. If they can
o have their choice OF routes. each town
!, wants one which will specially benefit
itself; but If all routes promise 10 fail,
I tncy VIII agree upon accepting Spring
I Station. Huntingburgh's feeling Is
strictly and purely selfish and umrcason-
able, and with the Evansville rcprcsen-
stativcs had little weight.
4 Ar JAsrFR.
j The party arrived at Jasper nj II 80.
! This Is the county seat Of Dubois county,
-luwealthy and prosperous community.
u Is about as large rs IIuntingburyh
containing about 200 inhabitamtsl and
both towns present that air Of solditv
aud industry, which are characteristic Of
All Dubois settlements. IL direct contrast
10 the feeling at untingburgli, the peo-
pie Of Jasper are unanimously IN favor
'of the Spring Station route. Ia cOnver-
safiOn with score Of aiding citizens
not ah objection was urged. against ii,
while on the contrary there was de-
cided feeling Of enthusiasm tor 1t. The
Jasper people do not expect COMPETE
tive road, and can. therefore, view the
project from an unselish standpoint.
They trade with Cincinnati and Louis.
vile now, and they want to trade with
Evansville, which is nearer, aud wlic
n bound to them l,y ties OF local aud
sectional feeling. They think The Spring
Station route would give them daily
connection with Evansville, and both
places would be benefited.
The excursionists dimed at Jasper and
at o'clock set out on their return. All
were pleased with the condition Of the
road and the aspect Of the towns aud
country through which II II passed. The
mercantile opinion was that the Spring
Station connection would nj once and
with the smallest expenditure open up
to Evansville trade the whole section
drained by the Rockport road. At
present Cincinnati and Louisville after
shipping to RockpOrt are compelled 10
pay M much II not more freight in
getting out into tho country. The Spring
route would give Evansville
immediate rail connection with the same
section. and treightage 80 much lower.
That Cincinnati and Louisville would M
once he shut out or competition. The
country there Is rich IN produce. grain.
4 foreign market via the river Ia Louis
vile. Cincinnati aud the South. In
shipping. this goes by rail 10 lsockporf.
md must be broken and transferred 10
boats. II makes serious inroads into
profits and consumes valuable time.
rsil connection would stop this heavy
Train and enable Evansville to handle
he products Of section justly tributary
o II, and from which il is now cut or
or lack Of cheap and rapid communica-
ion.
In fact II was generally thought that
no Spring Station road would. for the ,
mallest sum. open mp the largest possi-
,ilitics TO Evansville. The opp ,sing ,
Projects and suggestions might all he re- !
erred TO local preferences. and would
adopted. result 0uly In local accessions.
While the Spring Station route would
M the entire section. In case Cincin- |,
ati should ever build a connection from 4
fitchell to Jasper IL would require two |
ears, and IN that time Evansville will
ave made hcr advautaQes felt and can
how her patrons that she can success r
lilly compete with her rivals. :.
BUSINESS INCIDENT.
Upon returning TO IInntingburgh
eIcgation Of their people insi tel upon :
he entire representation remaining. but =
his was inexpedient. The five gentle- =
zen who remained came 10 Rockport Y
estertlay morning, greatly pleased with 2
heir reception and treatment aud re- =
ortel the Inauguration OF business in :
ercourse. Messrs. Hinklc aud Kellogg y
ad made arrangements for sales to all 7
lc leading merchants. p
AT RoCkroRT.
The feeling at R0ckport Is intensely | y
gainst the Spring Station gap. The i
Majority Of the citizens prefer direct I
10 from Rockport 20 Evansville. via =
,cwburg. Some are 50 wild ~ to ask a :,
,ad from Boonville direct 10 Rockporl. u,
a number Of the most prominent tax
ayers Of Rockport assert that the cor Il
nrxtion would vote liberal subscrip- I,
On 10 direct road. The amount /.
'uuld be about t2O,00O or more, and \
DuId be Increased BY private subscrip- !