The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-02-01
TO BUSINESS INVESTORS.


4 To honest, industrious men, or men O.
capital, seeking a location to establish
themselves In business, we wish e
whisper that Jasper presents superior
/, inducements.
! 1t IL a town of about l, 800 Inhabitants
surrounded by fine agricultura
country, which ships annually hundred,
OF cars Of agricultural products-con.
} seQuently subsistence IL cheap.
j II is under laid with fine quality OIL
scmi-bIock coal. easily mined by drift.
ing into any Of the hills surrounding It.
For steam purposes the pea coal from
these mines IL delivered any where ia
the town At fifty cents ton, and il prac.
tically inexhaustible. lump coal IL fur.
nished in the coal house or bin, At any
place In town, at from 81 30 to 81. rs
. ton, according TO quantity desired.
The county gets its coal delivered for
use in the court house and jail at $ll8l
a ton.
4 II ls surrounded BY q fine body Of
timber, Of oil kinds indigenous to the
latitude.
| Patoka river skirts the south and east
sides Of the town, and furnishes . never
failing supply Of water for manufacto-
lries along its banks. Good soft water
lie obtained In abundance Tor domestic
uses any place ia the town ct . depth OF
from 20 TO 30 feet.
A fine quality Of good building gray
sand -stone is 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 III
the pier of bridge across Pstoka river.
House patterns Of good brick are de-
|livered at e5 to'$5 SO per ZOO, and email
Ter quantities a. a slight advance, and
lumber, rough, at SIS per /, 600
feet; surfaced and seasoned at $40 TO $50
per 1O00, rs TO quality.
The community Is liberal and intelli-l
gent one; with handsome aud commo-|
dious Catholic and Methodist churches,
snd good public schools, and citizens,
without exception, heartily welcome ali
new business enterprises.
IL ie the northern terminoue Of thel
Jasper and Evansville division Of the l. i
Z. 4 St. L. Ry. and has three trains each
way per day.
The town has Is manu- featuring estab-
lishments using steam power, en-, bracingl
p steam flour mills. 2 planning mills, 81
saw mills, l spoke factory, l ssave and
|shingle factory, l furniture factory, II
brewery, machine shop, 4 wagon
factories, and 2 brick yards, which did Al
business last year aggregating over
e275,0O0. II has three large well stock ed
dry goods and general stores. and 81
smaller ones, grocery stores, none oil
them extensive. 4 confectionaries. 8 shoe
shops. good photograph gallery. . hook
stores, 2 drug stores, 4 hotels, 2 printing
Offices, I state bank, = livery stables, andl
several other branches of business, all
doing well. and 2 building associations
Of 100000 and $50, 200 capital respect
lively.
To persons who are seeking an invest
ment for capital III manufacturing enter
prises Of any kind. and have skiII and ia.
dustry 10 apply 10 their business, Jasperl
presents rare inducements. and her citi. /
zene will extend hearty welcome.
Among the branches Of business which
ought 10 be established here and would
certainly pay, are wooden mill. : email
foundry, . large fruit connery, . good.
bu' tier, and cheese dairy, tiling factory,
handle factory, good broom factory,l
: good pottery, general produce dealer.
who would pay cash for farm produce. !.
,f all kinds In any quantity; another
iour mill might possibly be made to pay,
AIso, 90 over $1,000 bushels Of wheat
we're shipped from Jasper last
1car which II seems to us mightl,s
lave been made into -four here With.
,rofit. and the manufactured products !.
hipped. II is probable, too, that mer- J,
hant with sufficient capital to carry al
'ood stock OF any single line Of goods. !
you'd be able by his larger assortment
{ that line, and consequent lower pur- :
hsses, TO secure enough trade from the :
eneral stores abounding in The country \ !.
. make II profitable- but this would be =
y experiment, while the others may be =
ounted as certaintiee. At all events. i'll x
ou arc seeking location, come and be \,