The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-03-26
THE BEST UNBUILT RAIL
WAY IN INDIANA.


Jasper TO Worthington.
ODoN, IED., March ~, 1885.
! To THE JAsPER CoURIER: ! zee in Z
late Issue of your paper that . COMPANY
is to be organized 10 build : railroad
from your city 10 some point on the U.
3 N. n r.
| A railroad from your cItv pointing
this way looks good deal like cannon
In time OF battle. If the thing were TO
go OF and shoot this way, the gun might
shoot with force enough 10 let its influ.
ence be felt much further north than the
I'D. b N. railroad. Consequently the
writer OF this 10 led to offer your paper
s abort discussion on the extension Of
the proposed rosd north TO Worihing-
ton and extend south 10 your city.
| Now the writer IL no railroad maRnate,
BY any means. but We do claim to know
more about the country between Worth
IingtOn and jasper than any Of the mon.
leyed railroad kings Of America; hence
our desire to speak In connection with
this MATTER. We think ~ you think
about the matter. only We think longer
railroad than yon do, and, by the way,
u road still more desirable than IL II
were to end somewhere on the o.
Ia M.
Now We propose to join you in push-
ing Q pencil in favor Of this North g
South enterprise, but would like to Gee
III extended TO Worthington on the I. &
". r. Il. 1t the terminus Of the Z. w. g
lB. r. X. lately completed. A descrip-
tion OF the country from Worthington
will not Be ont Of place, and an inquir-
Ing individual can take map ind very
Ieasily trace our statements.
A railroad running south from
Worthington. would traverse White riv-
Ier TOR about eight miles, passing through
Bloomdeld, the county seat Of Greene
county, . thriving business town on the
=. = b. narrow guage road, town tso
that offered Aackey forty thousand dol
lars for his north and south road. Pas
|sing south from Bloomfield the route
would strike : nice section Of country
called the "4sple fatr; leaving II. it
would traverse . creek called Bunkum,
and by the way Bunkum traverses the
only pass In chain OF large hills which
extend from New berry, in Greene coun-
ty, east to Martin county. The route
would follow this water course about
four miles, reaching our town Odon-.
formerly called CIarksburg.
By the way, Odon's vicinity Il the
finest agricultural region In Daviess
county. Leaving this point, the most
available ronte would be due south I an.
ltance Of about twelve miles and over 4
country entirely level, striking The q. 4
m ct CanueIburg, the whole distance
from Wortbington 10 Csnnelburg max.
ing . distance Of about thirty miles or|
less. and passing through country un-
surpassed In Southern Ind. This rOuteI
described 90 far would 2ass through
iron ore. good timber. coal fields, and asI
fine IN agricultural region - any rail-
road corporation conld desire. Iron orel
near Bloomfield, timber all along thel
line. as well as coal, with the climax
capped, for coal. when reaching Camel
burg. enough ~ that point alone to inakel
; north and south railroad . magui-
llcent Northern and Southern traffic.
The rest Of the country from that
point 10 your city has already beenl
pointed out in the Courier. OF our own
Town. must say that too much Of its adj !,
vantsgee. its enterprises and its people
IN not be said.
Odon u . place destined to become s|'
place Of commercial importance pro-
vtded We can get On outlet BY rail. The
own 10 second 10 but one place in the
county, and that IL Washington. It 10
ocated IN beautiful and grand wheat
yr0wing section Of country, contains
bout 500 igtabitants, has large stores,
many shops, factories Of various kinds, 4
md In fact every thing which goes to
make up business place except rail- !
Dad, and that We. certainly ought toll
ave, the ends Of which should be ct Jas |.
'er and WOrthington. The citizens, to0,l !,
long the line are anxiOue for Z road. =
two per cent. tax al along the line asl!
yell as right OF way could easily be oh. 4
aimed, while Bloomfield would Be gladli
D come In with extra donations rather 7
ban miss the road. 70
The line from Worthington TO Jasper|SS
vOuld be about lifty-two miles long. sndle
ivide : country that has railroads east, s
rest, north and south, and In fact give y
irect northern outlet from the Ohio
Iver to aIl the great northern cities. 7.
ne great question with our people.
owever, is. who will come 6ret ?v||:s'
We believe that 1t no distant day We are|
estined 70 obtain On outlet BY rail. II
"Faie' certainly murmurs the blessing :.
hat not only lies In store Tor Jasper. !
)dou and Bloomfield people, but Il also: !
Ihispers Il continually In the ears OF \
iderent railroad corp0rations. The !
hicag0 and Great Southern ere work 2
81; Evansville b Indianapolis are !
'oking q each other via Odon; Msckcylvo =
ike Of switching 70 us; Jasper ought !
zee direct to Chicago; and other corr ;
orstions ere just about 10 zee the gold. J.
? opportunity spread out before them. Z
he question now is, "Who will draw Y
- lucky Dumber?"
Will the Chicago and Great Southern
|uster through with their gigantic en.
'rprisef Will Evansville aud Indian 4
polls shake hands, viii Mackey make q I
'riko for the BONANZA, or Will the cor.
oratIon spoken Of by the Courier Glide 4
oiselessly from Jaspsr 70 WorthlnSton. !