The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-03-08
TO BUSINESS INVESTORS.



To honest. Industrious men, or men OF
capital, seeking q location 10 establish
in business, we wish TO
whispcr that Jasper presents superior
Il isatown Of about 800 inhabitants,
by fine agricultural
which ships annually hundreds
OF cars OF agricultural prodncts-con'
sequently subsistence is cheap.
Ii Is under laid with fine quality OF
eemi-hlock coal, easily mined by drin-
ing into any Of the hills surrounding IT,
For steam purposes the pea coal ron
these mines IL delivered anywhere IL
the town at fifty cents a ton, and is prac'
ticaIly inexhaustiblc. lump coal IL fur-
pished 10 the coal house or bin, At any
place in town, at from 81 30 to III 70
a ton. according TO quantity desired.
The county gets its coal delivered for
use in the court house aud jail a. $l'ioa
Ia ton.
II is surrounded by . fine body Of
timber, OF all kinds indigenous to the
latitude.
Patoka river skirts the south and east
sides Of The town, and furnishes never
falling supply Of water fore smanufacto.
lries along its banks. Good soft water
lie obtained In abundance for domestic
uses any place IN the town at depth Of
from 20 TO 80 feet.
A fine quality Of good building gray
sandstone il Qusrried near the town
This stone has demonstrated its excell'
ence BY standing good for over SO years
the severe test Of freezes and thaws u
the pier Of bridge across Patoka river
| House patterns Of good hrick are de
livered At IS toss so per coo, and small
or quantities at q slight advance, anf
building lumber. rough, At SIS per ], ,0O'
feet; surfaced and seasoned at e2Oto So
per I 700, as 10 quality.
The community isa liberal and inte''i
gent one; with handsome and commo
dious Catholic and Methodist churches
and good public schools, aud citizene
without exception, heartily welcome 81
new business enterprises.
| II Is the northern terminous Of th'
Jasper and Evansville division Of the l.
IL g. St l.. Ry. and has three trains eacl
way per day.
The town has 16 manufacturing estsb
Iishments using steam power, embracing
IL steam -four mills. 2 planning mills,
saw mills, ! spoke factory, l stave an
shingle factory, l furniture factory,
. brewery. machine chop, wsgo
factories, and 2 brick yards, which did
|husimrsa last year aggrPgatinR owe
'le275, 900. II has three large weII-stocke
|drv goods and general stores. and
smaller ones, 4 grocery stores, none
them extensive. 4 confectionaries. 3 sho
shops, good photograph gallery, 2 boo
|stores. 9 drug aiores, 4 hotels, 2 printin
Iofiices. 1 state hank, = livery stables. an
several other branches Of business, .
doing well. and 2 building association
Of 100000 aud $4,000 capital respect
lively.
no persons who are seeking an inves
lment for capital im manufacturing entel
|prises Of any kind, and have ekill and II
dustry TO apply 10 their business, Jasps
elpreeents rare Inducements, and her cit
Eene will extend = hearty welcome.
Among the branches OF business whic
Iought 70 bc established here aud woul
lcertainly pay, are woolcn mill, . sma
.|foundry, = large fruit connery, q goo
= butter, and cheese dairy, a tiling factor
Ia handle factory, good broom factor
a good pottery, . general produce desIc
Z who would pay cash for tarm produ'
Of all kinds in any quantity anoth'
flour mill might possibly be made to pa
also, as over $4,000 bushels Of whe
were shipped from Jasper la
year which II seems to tie migl
..|have been made into -four here wit
4 profit, and the manufactured produc
shipped. II IL probable, too, that me
chant with sufficient capital TO carry
, good stock Of any single line Of good
you'd be able by his larger assortme'
! OF that line, and consequent lower pu
chaeea, to secure enough trade from q
general stores abounding In the countr
TO make il profitable but this would
an experiment, while the others may
FIcounled as certainties. At all events,
you are seeking location, come and
one 0fus.