The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-02-15

COmo I'd J00D6fs
To honest, industrious men, or men ol
capital, seeking location to estsblish
themselves In business, We wish "a
whisper that Jasper presents superior
Inducements.
II is town Of about 800 inhab abitants,
surrounded by . fine agricultural
country, which ships annually hundreds
OF cars Of agricultural products-con.
sequently subsistence 10 cheap.
II Is under laid with fine quality 0l
seini-bIock coal, easily mined by drift
ing into any Of the hills surrounding II.
For steam purposes the pea coal from
these mines is delivered anywhere IN
the town At ffty cents ton, and is prac-
tically nexhaustible. lump coal 10 fur
nished 10 the coal house or bin, at any
place In town. Ct from u 80 TO tl rs
3 ton, according go quantity desired.
The county gets its coal delivered for
use in The court house and jail at tl.l63
Il ton.
Ii u surrounded BY . Gne body OF
timber, Of eli kinds indigenous to the
latitude.
Patoka river skirts the south and east
aides OF the town, and furnishes : never
failing supply OF water for manufscto-
ries along its banks. Good soft water
il obtsined in abundance TOR domestic
uses any place In the town q . depth OF
from 70 to 20 feet.
A fine quality Of good building gray
sand stone IL Quarried near the town.
This stone has demonstrated its excesl-
ence BY standing good for over SO years
the severe test Of freezes and thaws iu
the pier Of bridge across Pstoka river.
House patterns Of good brick are de-.
Iivered at o5 tol&5 50 per ZOO. and small-
er quantities at . slight advance, and
building lumber, rough, at SIS per !, 100
feet \; surfaced aud seasoned ct so 70 $50
per no, - 10 quality.
The community is liberal and intelli-
gent one; with hsndsome and c0mmO-
dious Catholic aud Methodist churches.
and good public schools, and citisens,
without exception, heartily welcome I'll
new business enterprises.
IL IL the northern terminous Of the
Jasper aud Evansville division Of the l.,
+. 4 ST. L. Ry. and has three trains each
way per day.
The town has Is manufacturing estab-
li-hmenss using steam power. embracing
z steam flour mills. 2 planning mills, 2
|eaw miils. 1 spoke factory, stavo and
Ishiugle factory, furniture factory.
brewery, machine shop, wagon
and 2 brick-yards, which did :
business last year aggregsting over
| Io275 900. II has three large we'll cd
Idry goods and general stores, aud
smaller ones. = grocery st0rea. none ol
them extensive. Z c0nfectionaries, : shoe
shops. good photograph gallery, , book
Istoses, 3 drug stores, 4 hotels. 2 printing
lofiices. I ptate bank. 3 livery stables. and
lseverAl other branches Of business, all
doing well. and building associations
|of $4,000 and $4,000 capital respect.
lively
| 10 persons who are seeking IN invest.
ment Tor capital im manufacturing enter.
lprieee of any kind. aud have skill and in.
dustry 10 apply 10 their business. jasper
presents rare inducements. and her citi.
zens viii extend hearty welcome.
| Among the branches OF business which
Iought 10 be established here aud would
pay, are : woolen mill, . email
foundry, . large fruit connery, . good
butter. and cheese dairy, . tiIimg factory,
70 handle factory, . good broom factory,
II good pottery, general produce dealer
who would pay cash for farm produce
|of sil kinds In any quantity; another
-four mill might possibly be made to pay,
|sIso, % over $1,000 bushels Of wheat
we're shipped from Jasper last
year which it seems TO us might
have been made into -four here with
profit, and the manufactured products
shipped. IL IL probable, too, that mer-
chant with sufficient capital to carry .
good stock OF any single line Of goods.
would be able by bis larger assortment
of that line, and consequent lower pur-
chases, TO secure enough trade from the
general stores abounding IN the country
to make Il profitable 81 but this would be
an experiment, while the others may be
counted as certainties. At all events, II
you are seeking location, come and be
one ofus.