The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-07-26
TO BUSINESS INVESTORS.


To honest, industrious men, or men Of
capital, seekinga . location 10 establish
in business, We wish TO
whisper that Jasper presents superior
inducements.
II IL town Of about 800 Inhabitants,
surrounded by fine agricultural
which ships annually hundreds
OF cars Of agricultural products-con.
sequently subsistence is cheap.
II Is under laid with fine quality Of
semi-block coal. easily mined 5y drift-
ing into any OF the hills surrounding u.
For steam purposes the pea coal from
these mines IL delivered any where In
the town Al nifty cents ton, and is prac-
tically inexhauetible, lump coal IL fur
nirhed In The coal house or hin, 1T anv
place IN town, At from 81 30 to el IS
ton. according to quantity desired.
The county gets lie coal delivered for
use in the court house and Jail at $l.l63
. ton.
Itis surrounded by . fine body ol
timber, OF all kinds indigenous TO the
latitude.
Patoka river skirts the south and east
sides Of she town, and furnishes never
failing supply Of water for msnufacto.
ries along its banks. Good soft water
il obtained in abundance tor domestic
uses any place IN the town ata depth oi
from 20 TO 80 feet
A fine quality Of good building gray
sandstone IL 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 Ia
tho pier Of bridge across Patoka river
House patterns Of good brick are de-
livered at e5 to IS 80 per !. 900. and small
er quantities At slight advance, and
building lumber, rough, 1t SIS per ]. .00t
feet: surfaced and eeas0ned at go to &3(
per 1000, rs to quality.
The community is . liberal and intelli
gent one; with handsome and commO
|dious Catholic and Me,hodist churches
and good public schools, and citizens
without exception, heartily welcome 81
new business enterprises.
II il the northern terminous Of III
Jasper and EvansviIlc division of the J.
4. T. st. L. Ry. and has three trains eacl
way per day.
The town has Is manu- featuring estab
lishmenss using steam power. embracin,
2 steam h"nr Milis. 2 planning mills,
-aw mills, | spoke factory, 1 stave ant
shingle factory, furniture factory,
brewery, l machine shop, 4 wagol
factories, and 2 brick-yards. which did
hnsiness last year aggregating owe
lt275,0O0. II has three large well-stocke,
ldry goods and general stores. and
smaller ones, 4 grocery asorcs. none o
them extensive. 4 4confectionaries, 5 sho
shops. . good photograph gallery, , booI
stores, 3 drug stores, 4 hotels, 2 printing
loficcs. I state hank. 2 livery stables, ans
several other branches Of business, vi
doing well. and 2 building association
of &lOOOO0 and $4,000 capital respect
lively.
To persona who are seeking an invest
meni Tor capital IN manufacturing enter
lpriees Of any kind. and have skill and Ia
dustry 10 apply 10 their business, Jaspe
presents rare Inducements. and her citi
lzens will extend 4 hearty welcome.
Among the branches Of business whicl
ought 10 be established here and wouIt
certainly pay, are = wooIcn mill, email
foundry, a large fruit connery, . goot
butter. and cheese dairy, a tiling factory
q handle factory. good broom factory
. good pottery, . general produce dealer
who would pay cash for farm pr0duc'
ofalI kinds IN any quantity; anothe
-four mill might posaibly he made to pay
also, 40 over $1,000 bushels OF whes
were shipped from jasper las
year which II seems to us nigh
have been made into four here will
profit, and the manufactured product
shipped. II IL probable, too, that mer
chant with sufficient capital to carry
good stock Of any single line Of goods
would be able by his larger assortmen
OF that line. and consequent lower pur
chsses, 10 secure enough trade from th'
general stores aboundIng in The country
to mako II profitable but this would b
sn experiment, while the Others may b
counted as certainties. At al events, !
you are seeking location, como and b
On0 Of M.