The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-04-05
TO BUSINESS INVESTORS.


To honest, industrious men, or men Of
capital, seeking Q location to establish
themselves IN business, We wish 10
whisper that jasper preseDts superior
inducements.
1t il town Of about 800 Inhabitants,
surrounded by . fine agricultural
country, which ships annually hundreds
OF cars Of agricultural prodncts-con.
sequently subsistence is cheap.
II is under laid with fine quality Of
semi.block coal, easily mined by Drift
ing into any of the hills surrounding L..
For steam purposes the pea coal from
these mines IL delivered anywhere in
the town at fifty cents ton, and 10 prac-
ticaily inexhsustible. lump coal 10 fur
nished in the coal house or hin, 1t any
place in town, At from 81 30 to el.75
. ton, according TO quantity desired.
The county gets its coal delivered for
use in the court house and jail at el.l63
. ton.
III surrounded by . fine body Of
timber. OF ell 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-
ries along its banks. Good soft water
is obtained in abundance for domestic
uses any place In the town sta depth Of
from ~ to 80 feet.
A fine quality OF good building gray
aand-e,one is qnarried near the town.
This stone has demonstrated its excell-
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-
iivered At e5 to'$5 50 per 1000, and small
er quantities a. q slight advance, and
building lumber, rough, at SIS per 1000
feet /: surfaced aud seasoned st $40 to $50
per 900, ss 10 quality.
The community IL liberal and intelii-
gent one with handsome and commo.
dions Catholic and Me'hodIst churches.
aud good public schools, aud citixens,
without exception, heartily welcome all
new business enterprises.
II is the northern ierminous Of the
Jasper and Evansville division Of the L.,
liz. l. 81. L. Ry. aud has three trains each
va, per day.
The town has Is manufacturing estab-
lishments using steam power, embracing
l2 steam -four mills. Q planning mills,
.aw mille, ! spoke factory, l stave and
shiugle factory, I furniture factory,
brewery, machine chop, wagon
factories, snd 2 brick-yards. which did {
busincss last year aggregating OveI
&275, 600. IL has three large weil--tocked
ldry goods and general stores. and
smaller ones. 4 grocery stores, none o
them extensive. & confecsionaries. . shoe
.hope, . good photograph gallery, 2 bool
lstosee, q drug etores, 4 hotels. 2 printing
offices, state bank. 2 livery stables, and
several other branches Of business, al
doing well. and z building association
of $1,000 aud $4,000 capital respect
lively.
To persona who are seeking m invest
meht Tor capital III manufacturing enter
Ipri-es Of any kind. and have skill and in
ldustry 10 apply 10 their business, Jaspe
lpresents rare Inducements, and her citi
zene will extend = hearty welcome.
Among the branches Of business whic|
ought 10 he established here and wOul,
lcertainly pay, are wooden mill, smal
foundry, 4 large fruit connery, a goo'
butter, and cheese dairy, thing factory
"a handle factory, good broom factory
Ia good pottery, general produce dealer
who would pay cash for farm produc
of all kinds In any quantity; anothe
-four mill might possibly be made 10 pay
also, - over $1,000 bushels of whea
were shipped from Jasper las
Year which II seems 10 us nigh
have been made into -four here wit
profit, and the manufactured product
shipped. II is probable, too, that . mer
achant with sufficient capital to carry
good stock OF any single line OF goods
would be- able by his larger assortmen
.. OF thst line, and consequent lower puT
chases, 10 secure enough trade from th
general stores aboUnding In the countr
, TO make Il profitable but this would b
an experiment, while the others may b
counted as certsintiea. At al events,
you are seeking location, come and b
4 one ofus.