The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-30

To honest. industrious men, or men Of
capital, seeking . location 10 establish
In business. we wish 10
whisper that jasper presents superior
Inducements.
II isa town OF about 800 Inhabitants
by fine agricultural
country, which ships annually hundreds
or cars Of agricultural products-con-
sequently subsistence Is cheap.
Ii Is under laid with fine quality oi
coal. easily mined by drift
ing into any Of the hills surrounding u.
For steam purposes the pea coal from
these mines il delivered anywhere IN
the town ~ fifty cents ton. and is prac'
Iticaily inexhanstible. lump coal is fur.
nished in the coal house or bin, ~ any
tpIace in town, at from 81 30 TO 81 20
"a ton, according to quantity desired.
The county gets lie coal delivered for
Iuse in the court house and jail at $l.lsa
Ia ton.
Itis surrounded by = fine body Of
Timber, OF all kinds indigenous TO the
latitude.
Patoka river skirts the south and east
sides Of the town, and furnishes never
failing supply Of water for manufncio-
lries along its banks. Good SOFT water
lie obtained in abundance for domestic
luses any place in the town at depth Of
from 20 to 30 feet.
"A fine quality OF good building gray
lsand-slone IL Quarried near the town
This stone has demonstrated its excell'
Ience by standing good for over 50 years
1.-The severe test Of freezes and ihaws In
1.-The pier Of . bridge across Pstoks river
House patterns Of good hrick are de-
llivered At e5 10 IS 80 per 1000 and email,
Ter quantities At q slight advance, and
lbuilding lumber, rough, At SIS per ], ,o0t
feet; surfaced and seasoned 1t e2Oto So
lper / 600, rs TO quality.
The community Is . liberal and inieiIi
gent one with handsome and commo
dious Catholic and Methodist churches
and good public schools, and citizens
without exception, heartily welcome 81
new business enterprises.
IL is the northern terminous Of th'
Jasper and Evansville division Of the l.
E. 4 ST. l.. Ry. and has three trains eacl
way per day.
The town has is manu- featuring estsb
llishmeuts using steam power, embracin
IL steam -four mills. 2 planning mills,
law mills, l spoke factory, stave an
Ishingle factory, furniture factory,
brewery, machine shop, wago
factories, and 2 brick-yards, which did
business last year sggregating owe
lt275,OOO. IL has three large well-st0cke
Idry goods and general stores. and
Ismaller ones, grocery etores, none 9
'-Ithem extensive. ( confecfionaries, 5 sho
.I.hopa, good photograph gallery. 2 boo
stores, 3 drug stores, 4 hotels. 2 printin
lrffices. 1 state hank. 2 livery stsblee, an
-everal other branches Of business. 81
doing well. aud building association
Of 500, 600 and $4,000 capital respect
lively.
To persons who are seeking an invest
lmcnt for capital in msnufacs uring entei
rlprises Of any kind. and have skill and IL
ldustry to apply 10 their business, Jaspe
: presenfs rare inducements. and her cit
zens will extend hearty welcome.
Among the branches OF business whic
lought 70 be established here and woul
, eIcertainly pay, are wooden mill, sma
foundry, = large fruit connery, . goo
butter, and cheese dairy, 4 tiIing factor
q. Ia handle factory. good broom factor
y IL good pottery, q general produce deale
who would pay cash for farm predn'
lof al kinds In any quantity; snoth
flour mill might possibly be made 70 pa
laieo, as over $1,000 bushels Of whe
were shipped from Jasper la
syear which IL seems to us mig
have been made into -four here wi
profit, and the manufactured produc
lshipped. 1t is probable, too, that me
Ichant with sufficient capital TO carry
..Igood stock Of any single line Of good
!. would be able by his larger assortme
Y of that line, and consequent lower pu
= Clchases, to secure enough trade from u
general stores abounding in the countl
. Ito make Il profitabIe-b but this would
'slan experiment, while the others may
lcounted as certaintiee. At all events,
lyou are seeking location, come and