The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-10-04

Come to Jasper.
To honest, Industrious men, or men OF
capital. seeking . location 10 establish
IN business, we wish 10
whisper that Jasper presents superior
Inducements.
II IL = town of about I 800 Inhabitants,
surrounded by fine agricultural
country, which ships annually hundreds
OF cars Of agricultural products-con-
sequently subsistence is cheap.
II 10 under laid with fine quality Of
semi-block coal, easily mined bv drift
ing into any Of the hills surrounding II.
For steam purposes the pea coal from
these mines Il delivered anywhere in
the town a. fifty cents ton, aud il prac-
tically inexhsustibIe. lump coal 10 fur
nished In the coal house or bin, at anv
place In town, at from $50 TO el rs
9 ton, according 70 quantity desired.
The county gets iis coal delivered for
use in the court house and jail at 81 l63
10 ton.
II ts surrounded by = fine body OF
timber, Of ell kinds indigenous to the
latitude.
Patoka river skirts the south and east
sides Of the town, aud furnishes Q never
falling supply Of water for manufacto-
rics along its banks. Good soft water
is obtained 10 abundance for domestic
uses any place In the town at depth OF
from ~ to 30 feet.
A fine quality OF good building gray
sand stone IL quarried near the town.
This stone has demonstrated its excell-
ence by standing good for over SO years
the severe test OF freezes and thaws In
the pier Of bridge across Patoka river.
House patterns Of good brick are de-
livered at - 10 IS 50 per 1000, aud email
or quantities at siight advance, and
building lumber, rough, st SIS per 1000
feet; surfaced aud seasoned At o20to sac
per 1000, ~ to quality.
The community is = liberal and intelli-
gent one; with hsndsome and commo-
|dious Catholic and Methodist churches,
aud good public schools, and citizens
without exception, heartily welcome III
new business enterprises.
Il IL the northern termInous Of thu
Jasper and Evansville division of the l..
r. Il 81. L. Ry. aud has three trains eacl
way per day.
| The town has Is manu- featuring estab
iishments using steam power, embracing
2 steam nour mills. 2 planning mills.
saw miIls, l spoke factory, 1 etave and
shingie factory, furniture factory,
brewery, I machine shop, 1 wagol
factories. aud 2 brick yards, which did
business last year aggregsttng owe
e275.O00. II haa three large welI-stocke,
ldry g0ode and general stores. end
smaller ones, Z grocery stores. none o
them extensive. : confectionariea, 3 sho
/. lshope, good photograph gallery, = booI
stores, . drug stores, 4 hotels. 2 rrintiBI
otIicee, I state hank, 3 livery stabIes. AMI
lscvcral other branches Of bueinees, q
doing we'll. aud 2 building asaociation
of $lO00o0 aud $4,000 capital respect
lively.
TO persons who are aeekiag an invest
Iment for capital IL manufacturing enter
: -lprises Of any kind. and have skill and in
dustry TO apply TO their busineee. Jsspe
: 'Ipresents rare inducements, and her citi
liens will extend hearty welcome.
Among the branches Of business whicl
|ought 10 be established here and woul'
lcertsinly pay, are wooden mill, email
foundry, q large fruit copnery, goo,
butter, aud cheese dairy, q thing factory
!. d handle factory, good broom factory
/ . good pottery, general produce dealer
Iwho would pay cash for iarm produc
lof all kinds In any quantity; anothe
lfour mill might poasibiy be made TO pay
lsso, O. over $1,000 bushels Of wbea
were shipped from Jasper lac
.lyear which Il seems to us nigh
have been made into -four here will
lproft, and the manufactured product
Ishipped. II IL probable, TOO, that mer
lchant with sufficient capital TO carry
Igood stock Of any single line Of goods
would be able by his larger assortmep
Of that line. and consequent lower pur
. .Ichaees, to secure enough trade from th'
general stores abounding in the countr!
Ito make Il profitable but this would b
Ian experiment, while the others may b
lcounted AZ certainties. At all events.
|you are seeking location, come and b
lone ofus.