The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-04-19
TO BUSINESS INVESTORS.


Come to Jasper.
To honest, industrious men. or men o
capital, seeking location 10 establish
themselves In business, Ne wish a
whisper that Jssper presents superior
Inducements.
II 10 town Of sbout 800 Inhabitants
surrounded by fine agricultural
country, which ships annually hundred
Hof cars Of agricultural products-con.
lsequentIy subsistence Il cheap.
II il under laid with fine quality ol
eemi-bIock coal. easily mined BY drif.
ing into any Of the hills surrounding II
For steam purposes the pea coal from
these mines il delivered anywhere ia
the town A. fifty cents ton, and is prac'
ticslIy inexhsustible. lump coal IL fur
ni-hed in the coal house or bin, At anv
place In town. at from ~ 30 to el75
= ton, according TO quantity desired
The county gets ito coal delivered for
use In the court house and Jail at 41.l83
q ton.
Itis surroundcd BY fine body OF
timber. Of al kinds indigenous TO the
latitude.
Patoka river skirts the south and east
sides Of The town. and furnishes never
failing supply OF water for mar ufacto-
ries along lie banks Good sol. water
IL Obtained in abundance for domestic
uses any place in the town at depth OF
from 20 10 30 feet.
A fine quality OF good building gray
sandstone il quarried near the town.
This stone has demonstrated its excelI-
~u~~ ~ seeoIs..v sn~xI To- ryar En ......
the severe test Of freezes and thaws In
the pier Of bridge across Patoka river.
House patterns Of good hrick are de-
livered II e5 toss 50 per 1000, and email
er quantities at . slight advance, and
building lumber, rough, at SIS per 1000
feet; surfaced and seasoned Ct go TO $40
per 700. - TO quality.
The community is liberal and intelli-
gent one; with handsome and commo-
dious Catholic aud Methodist churches,
and good public schools, and citizens,
without exception, heartily welcome all
new business enterprises.
II IL the northern terminous OF the
Jasper and Evansville division Of the L.,
+ & ST. L. Ry. aud has three trains each
way per day.
The town has Is manufacturing estsb-
iishments using steam power, embracing
u steam -four mills. 2 planning mills.
saw mills. spoke factory, ! stsve and
single factory, furniture factory,
brewery, machine shop, wagon
factories. and 2 brick-ysrds, which did Z
business last year aggregating over
| t275,O0O. II has three large welI-stocked
Idry goods and general stores. and 9
smaller ones. . grocery stores, none OF
them extensive. 4 4confectionsries. 3 shoe
-hops. good photograph gallery, 2 hook
stores. 2 drug storcs. 4 hotels, 2 printing
Offices. I state bank. = livery stables, and
several other branches Of business, sIl
doing well. and 2 building associations
of $lOO 900 aud $4,000 capital respect.
lively.
| To persons who are seeking IN invest.
ment for capital iu manufacturing enter.
psises OF any kind. and have skill and 10.
dustry 70 apply 10 their business, Jasper
Ipresens- rHre inducements, and her citi.
zeas will extend hearty welcome.
| Among The branc hes OF business which
fought 10 he established here and would
certsinly pay, are woolen mill, . small
foundry, large fruit c0nnevy, . good
bustsr. and cheese dairy, . tiiing factory,
: handle factory. good broom factory,
. good pottery, general produce dealer,
who wouId pay cash for fsrm produce
lofslI kinds in any quantity; another
flour mill might possibly be made to pay,
slso. - over $1,000 bushels OF wheat
were shipped from Jasper last
Iyesr which Il seems to ne might
have been made into -four here with
lprofit. 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 his larger assortment
or that line. and consequent lower pur-
|chases. 10 secure enough trade from the
general stores abounding In the country
Ito make II profitable but this would be
Ian experiment, while the others may be
counted % certsinties. At al events, II
YOU are seeking location, come and be
one Of us.