The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-06-07
TO BUSINESS INVESTORS.


Come 10 OHSpere
To honest. industrious men. or men ofl
ranital. seckimga Q location TO establish
lhemselves IN business. We wish sol
whisper that Jasper presents superior
by fine Agricultural
which ships annually HUNDREDS
Of cars OF agricultural prodmcts-con'
seQuently subsistence is cheap.
il is under laid with fine qua'',y o.
scmi-block coal. easily mined by driu-
inc into any OF the hills surrounding ~
For steam purposes the pea coal IRON
these mines is delivered anywhere IN
the town at fifty cents ton, ana u prac'
tically iuexhaustible. lump coal - Iur
nished IN The coal house or bin, at any
place IN town, at from 81 30 TO 81 70
= ton. according TO quantity desired.
The county gets its coal delivered Tor
use IN the court house and jail ct $llS4
Il Il surrounded by . fine body Of
timber. OF eli kinds indigenous TO the
latitude.
patoka river skirts the south and east
lsides OF the town. and furnishes never
falling supply OF water for manufacs0-
rIea along its banks. Good soft water
f. obtained in abundance tor domestic
usee Any place im the town st . depth o.
from 20 to 80 feet.
y fine quality of good building gray
sand -stone is quarried near me 'own
This stone has demonstrated ts exce'''
ence BY standing good for over % years
the severe test OF freezes ann thAwe y
the pier Of bridge across Patoka river
House patterns Of good brick are de
Ilivered at e5 to'$5 so per 1000. and small
ler quantities Ct . slight advance, anf
building lumber, rough. at SO per J. ~
fleet surfaced and seasoned at 80 TO -
per U0O, as to quality.
The community il liberal and inse'''
gent one: with handsome and commo
dious Catholic and Methodist churche'
q and good public schools, and citizens
without exception, heartily welcome o.
new business enterprises.
II IL the northern termtnous Of ~
LAS per and Evansville division Of the L
IL. s. St. L. Ry. aud has three trains eac
way per day.
llishments using steam power, em0rac'n
IL steam -four mills. 3 planning mills,
saw milla, 1 spoke factory, l stave an
Ishiurle factory, I furniture factory,
Ibrewery. l machine chop, 4 wage
factories, and 2 brick-yarde, which did
: e.lhnsiness last year aggregsting ov
e275 600. II has three large welI-stock
h. dry Roods snd general stores, and
|smallcr ones. 4 grocery stores, none
them extensive. 4 coufectionariee, sh
shops, good photograph gallery. 30
stores. drug stores. 4 hotels. 2 printi
" l.fices. 4 state bank, 3 livery stables. q
" several other branches % business,
doing well. ami 2 building assoc's''o
of 100000 and $4,000 capital respe
~. lively.
M 10 persona who are seeking an 'nve
/. ment ior capital in manufacturing en-
~ prizes of any kind, and have skill and
dustry 10 apply 20 their business. JAS
presents rare inducements. and her 9
= lxena will extend = hearty welcome.
~ Among The branches Of business WI
lo,,vht 10 be established here and wo
lcertsinly pay, are w0olcn mill, : sn
.,,. foundry. 4 large fruit counery, . *
col. butter. and cheese dairy, . tiling fsctf
handle factory, good broom fac'e
o. 4 good pottery, . general produce de.
who would pay cash for tarm PROD
lof all kinds In any quantity ano'
-four mill might possibIy be made 70
IN also, as over $1,000 bushels Of WI
y Swere shipped from Jasper
year which Il seems to us mi
have been made into -four here =
profit. and the manufactured prod
sbipped. II IL probable, too, thst
.sS|chant with sufficient capital TO carr
~. good stock OF any single line Of 60
- would be able by his larger assortu
Elof that line. aud consequent lower
lchsses, 10 secure enough trade from
general stores aboundinR 10 The cou'
lEsIto make Il profitable but this wou''
Ian experiment, while the others me-
counted o. certainties. At oil event.
YOU are seeking location, come and
ssS one ofus.