The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-03-29

Como to Jasper.
\ To honest, industrious men, or men o
capital, seeking location TO establisl
themselves In business, We wish q
whisper that jasper presents superior
inducements.
J Ii IL : town OF about l,s00 Inhabitants
surrounded by fine agriculture
country, which ships annually hundred,
OF cars Of agricultural products-con.
,sequentIy subsistence is cheap.
IL is under laid with . fine quality o
semi-block coal, easily mined BY drift.
ing into any Of the hills surrounding II
For steam purposes the pea coal from
these mines u delivered any where Ia
the town At fifty cents ton, and IL prac-
tically inexhaustible. lump coal 10 fur.
ni-hed in the coal house or bin, at any
lace In town, at from 81 80 to tl.75
ton, according TO quantity desired.
The county gets its coal delivered for
use IN the court house and jail at $l.l63
ID ton.
Its surrounded by . 6ne body OF
timber, Of oil kinds indigenous to the
latitude.
Pstoka river skirts the south and east
sides OF ne town, and furnishes . never
failing supply Of water Tor msnufscto-
riea along its banks. Good soft water
is obtained Ia abundance for domestic
usee any place In the town q . depth Of
from ~ TO 30 feet.
A fine quality OF good building gray
eand-stonc is Qnsrried near the town.
This stone has demonstrated its exceII-l
ence BY standing good for over so years
the severe test Of freezes and thaws in|
the pier Of bridge across Pstoka river.
House patterns Of good brick are de-
livered st IS toss 50per 1000. and small-
er quantities q . slight advance, and
building lumber, rough. at SIS per l. 900
feet surfaced and seasoned at $50 to $40
per 600. as 10 quality.
The community is liberal and inteIli-
gent one; with handsome and commo-
dious Catholic and Methodist churches.
and good public schools. and citizens.
without exception, heartily welcome ali
new business enterprises.
Ii IL the northern terminous OF thel
jasper and Evansville division Of the l. Il
+. 4 -. L. iy. and has three trains each
way per day.
The town has Is ufacturing estab-
iishments u-ing steam power, embracing
steam hour mills. 2 planning mills, 81
-sw mills, spoke factory, I stave and
-hingle factory, furniture factory. III
brewery. ! machine shop, wagonl
factories, and 2 brick yards, which did 81
business lsst year aggregating over
1875, 900. II has three large weII-stock ( ed
dry goods and general stores, and 81
smaller ones. : grocery stores, none oil
them extensive. : confecfionariee. 3 shoe
-hops. : good photograph gallery, book
stores, 3 drug stores. 4 hotels. 2 printing
oficce. I state hank, 3 livery stables. and
several other branches OF business. all
doing well, and 2 building associations
Of elUOOO0 and $4,000 capital respect
iveiy.
To persons who are seeking an invest
ment for capital ia man nufacturing euter-
prises Of any kind. and have skill snsl IN
dustry TO apply TO their business. jasper
presents rare Inducements. and her citi- /
zens will extend hearty welcome.
Among the branches OF business which
ought TO be established here and would
certainly pay, sre . woolen mill, . small
. large fruit connery, . good
butter, and cheese dairy tilimg factory "
; handle factory, good broom factory.
good pottery, . general produce dealer.
who would pay cash for iarm produce
ofsll kinds In any quantity; anotherl
-four mill might possibly be made to pay. |,
Also. % over $1,000 bushels OF wheat
we're shipped from Jasper lasf
rear which Il seems to us mightlI
rave been made into -four here withls
,rofit, and the manufactured producis
hipped. II l. probable, TOO, that mcr. q
liant with sufficient capital to carry as
lood stock Of any single line OF goods
would be able BY his larger assortmentlt
4 that line, and consequent lower pur- Z
hsses, 70 secure enough trade from thell
'eneral s'ores abounding in The country II
Q make II profitable this would be-
q experiment, while the othera may be III
ounsed as certainties. Al al events. itIt
ou are seeking : iocstion, come and bela
ne ofus. lt