The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-09-20
10 BUSINESS INVESTORS.


To honest, Industrious men, or meu OF
capital, seeking q location TO establish
In business, we wish to
whisper that Jasper presents superior
Inducements.
1t is town Of about l,c00 Inhabitants,
surrounded by fine agricultural
country, which ships annually hundreds
OF cars Of agricultural products-con-
lsequently subsistence is cheap.
II il under laid with fine quality Of
lsemi-block coal, easily mined by drift
ing into any Of the hills surrounding It.
For steam purposes the pea coal from
theee mines Ia delivered anywhere In
the town at fifty cents a ton, and is prac-
iically inexhaustible. lump coal IL fur
|nished in the coal house or bin, at anv
place ri town, at from $50 to e1.75
IA ton, according to quantity desired.
The county gets its coal delivered for
use In the court house and jail at $l.l3a
q ton.
| ills surrounded by fine body OF
timber, Of all kinds indigenous to the
latitude.
Patoka river skirts the south and east
sides of the tc @n. and furnishes q never
falling supply Of water for manufacto-
Iries along its banks. Good soft water
lie obtained in abundance for domestic
uses any place in the town at . depth Of
from 20 to 80 feet.
A fine quality Of good building gray
sandstone is qnGrried near the town.
This stone has demonstrated its cxcell-
ence by standing good for over SO years
1.-THE severe test of freezes and thaws in
the pier Of q bridge across Patoks river.
| House patterns Of good brick are de-
llivcred at 85 to S.. so per LOCO. and small.
er quantities at q slight advance, and
building lumber, rough, at SIS per !, ,00c
feet; surfaced and seasoned at go to $50
per 1000, as 10 quality.
The community is liberal and intelli.
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.
1t is the northern terminous Of thl
Jasper and Evansville division Of the l..
E. & st. L. Ry. and has three trains eacl
way per day.
The town has Is manufacturing estab
Iishmcnts using steam power, embracing
IL steam -four mills. plaIing mills,
law mile, spoke factory, l stave an,
shiugle factory, l furniture factory,
brewery, machine shop, wagoI
factories, and z b.ick-yards, which did
business last year aggregatiug owe
le275,0c0. Ithas three large welI-ssocke'
|dry goods and general stores, and
smalier ones, 4 grocery stores, none Q
'Ithem extensive, 4 confectioDar;es, 3 sho
eIshops, good photograph gallery, 2 bool
stores, 2 drug stores, 4 hotels, 2 printing
: Offices, I state bank, 2 livery stables, al
leeveral othe. branches Of business, 81
ldoing well, and 2 bailding association
! of 100000 and $4,000 capital respect
lively.
To persons who are seeking an invest
mens for capital in manufacturing enter
p.lprises Of any kind, and have skill and ia
dustry 10 apply to their business, Jaspe
Z rare inducements, and her citi
zens will extend hearty welcome.
Among the branches Of business whic
lought to be established here and woul
certainly pay, are wooden mill, sma
foundry, = large fruit connery, goo
butter, and cheese dairy, tiIing factory
.. q handle factory, good broom factory
4. Ia good pottery, general produce dealcl
who would pay cash for farm produc
Iof all kinds in any quantity; anothe
flour mill might possibly be made to pay
ialso, as over $4,000 bushels Of whcs
J were shipped from Jasper las
s|year which II seems to us Nigh
have been made into -four here wit
profit, and the manufactured product
|shipped. II is probable, too, that met
Ichant with sufficient capital to carry
.Igood stock Of any single line Of goods
40 would be able by his larger assortmeu
OF that line, and consequent lower pur
} lchases, TO secure enough trade from th
genera, stores abounding IN the countr
Ito make Il profitable this would b
an experiment, while the others may B
counted az certainties. At all events,
You are seeking location, come and D
one ofus.