The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-11-22
TO BUsIN Ess INVESTORS.


TO honest, industrious mcn. or mon 81
Icnpital, seeking q location 10 establish
themselves ia business, we wish IA
whisper that Jasper presents superior
|
lisa town Of about 1900 Inhabitants.
surrounded by fine agricultural
which ships annual y hundreds
lof cars Of agricultural products-con-
|scquentiy subsistence IL cheap.
1t IL under laid with fine quality Of
|ecml-bIock coal, easily mined by DRIFT
Ing into any OF the hills surrounding II.
For steam purposes the pea coal from
these mines IL delivered anywhere In
the town At fifty cents ton, and IL prac-
tically inexhaustible. lump coal Is fur.
Inirhed Ia The coal house Or lin, 1T any
place Ia towii, at from 81 30 10 Sl.75
II ton, according 10 quantity desired.
IThc county gets iis Goa! ac.;ycrr.. ~,
use IN the court house and jail at $I.lss
Ia ton.
II is surrounded by fino BODY OF
timber, Of TALL kinds Indigenous TO the
Patoka river skirts the south and east
sides Of the town, and furnishes never
failing supply OF water Tor manu- facto-
rics along its banks. Good soft water
il obtained in abundance for domestic
uses any place In the town at Z depth Of
from 20 70 80 feet.
A fine quality Of good building gray
sandstone IL quarricd near the town.
This stone has demonstrated its cxccl-
ence by standing good for over 50 years
the severe test Of freezes and thaws in
the pier Of bridge across Patoka river.
House patterns Of good brick are de-
livcred at Is to S. 80 per 1000. and small
cr quantities AZ slight advance, and
building lumber, rough, at s is per / 900
feet surfaced and seasoned at $40 to $50
per 900, as to quality.
The community Is n liberal and nfcli-
gent one with handsome and conimo-
dious Catholic aud Methodist churches.
and good public schools, and citizens,
without exception, heartily welcome eli
new business enterprises.
IL il the northern terminous or the
Jasper and Evansville division of the T..
f. h 81. L. Ry. and has three trains each
way per day.
The town has l6 manufacturing estab-
lishmcnts using steam power, embracing
2 steam flour mills. 2 planning mills, q
50 mills, spoke factory, 4 o(av9 and
oAloglo factory, furnIturo hc(ory, q
5gowovy, machine shop. WHGo6
cn1oovlos, ed briok-yasda Whlch ala d
busIncao last year sGgregAlIng over
e256 600. Ithas threo large w I-stockod
dry goods and general stores, and 81
smaller ones, grocery Moree, mono OIL
them extensive. Z con fectionaries 3 shoe!
shops, = good Photograph gallery, 2 book
stores, 2 drug stores, 4 hotels. 2 printing
offices. ! state bank, livery stables, II
commercial college, whore q thorough
knowledge Of bookkeeping can bc had
and at very reasonable price. and
several other branches Of bnsiness, all
doing we'll. and 2 building associa ions
Of $l0O,O00 and $4,000 capital respect
lively
To pcraona who are seeking an invest
,urnt for capital III manufacturing enter
prises of nny kind. and have skill and in
hustry 10 apply ~ their business, Jaspcrl
presents rare inducements. and her citi-
zens will extend hearty welcome.
Among the branches ofbusiness which
oughtto hc established here and would
certainly pay, arc wooden mill, small
foundry, large fruit connery. good
butter. and cheese dairy, a tiIing factory j
a handle factory, good broom factory
. good pottery, . general prod ucc dealer,
who would pay cash for farm PRODUCT
of sll kinds In any quantity; another
flour mill might possibly be made to pay,
also, as over $4,000 bushels OF wheat
were shipped from Jasper last
year which Il seems 10 us might
have been made into -four here with
profit, and the manufactured products
shipped. tie probable, too, that mcr.
,hant with sufficient capital TO carry al
rood stock Of any single limo Of goods
would be able by his larger assortment
n that line, and consequent lower pur-
hases, to secure enough trade from the
,cncral stores abounding in tho country
o make II proflta blc- but this would belr
n experiment, while tho others may bel \
ountcd as ccrtainties. AT all events, iflc
ou are seeking location, come and bclo
ne ofus. u