The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-04-12

Come 10 O3spcIs
To honest. industrious men. or men o.
.apissI, seeking . location 70 establish
in business, We wish tol
whisper that Jasper presents SUPERIOR
n Il : town Of about I, 800 inhabitants,
by fine agricultural
country, which ships annually hundreds
Of cars OF agricultural products-con-
ssauenfly subsistence IL cheap.
II il under laid with fine quality Of
coal. easily mined by DRIFT
ing into any OF the hills surrounding IT,
For steam purposes the pea coal from
these mines l. delivered anywhere IN
the town Al fifty cents . ton, and is prac-
tically inexhaustible. lump coal is fur
ni-hed In the coal house or bin. 1t any
place in town. at from Sl.5O 10 SIP
ton. according 10 quantity desired
The county gets its coal delivered Tor
use in the court house and jail at $l.lea
q ton
Itis surrounded by . fine body Of
timber. OF ali kinds indigenous to the
latitude.
Pstoka river skirts the south and east
sides OF the town, and furnishes never
falling supply Of water for manufscto-
rjes along its banks. Good soft water
il obtained in abundance for domestic
uses any place in the town 81 depth OF
from 70 to 80 feet.
A fine quality Of good building gray
lssnd stone il Quarried near the town
This stone has demonstrated its excell-
ence by standing good for over 90 years
the severe test Of freezes and thaws in
the pier OF bridge across Patoka river.
| House patterns Of good brick are de-
llivered at IS toss 50 per 1000. and small.
er quantities II slight advance, and
builting lumber. rough. at SIS per l.oO1
feet: surfaced and seasoned ct e2Oto So
per 700. as TO quality.
The community j. liberal and intelli
gent one with handsome and commo
sdious Catholic and Methodist churches
and good public schools. and citizens
without exception, heartily welcome q
new business enterprises.
II il the northern terminous OF To-
Jasper and Evansville division Of the J.
liz. & st. L. Ry. and has three trains eacl
way per day.
The town has Is manufacturing estab
snshments using steam power, embracing
p steam flour mills. ? planning mills,
saw mills, l spoke factory, stave an
IshiugIe factory, furniture factory,
brewery. machine chop, wago
factories, aud 2 brick -yards, which did
. lbnsiness last year sggregsting ovs
s275.OOO. II has three large welI-stocke
ldrv goods and general stores, and
smaller ones. grocery stores. none
them extensive. & confectionsries. 3 she
shops. : good photograph gallery, , boo
stores. 3 drug stores, 4 hotels. 2 printiS
u Offices. 4 state bank, 2 livery stables, au
several other branches Of business.
doing well. and 2 building association
lof 800. .OoO aud $4,000 capital respec
pliveiy-
To persons who are seeking an inve'
!. R.iment Tor capital Ia manufacturing ente
prises Of any kind, and have skiII and
Iiu-try to apply 10 their business, Jasp
lpresents rare inducements, and her ci
: zens will extend hearty welcome.
Among the branches Of business wbi
lought TO be established here and wou
certsinly pay. are wooden mill, em
4. foundry. = large fruit connery, 20
N butter, and cheese dairy, . tiling facto'
|. IL handle factory, q good broom facto
good pottery, general produce deal
who would pay cash for farm prodt
lof al kinds In any quantity; snotf
'flour mill might possibly be made 70 p'
u al-o. as over $4,000 bushels Of VIII
! swere shipped from Jasper J
wear which II seems to us mis-
have been made into -four here "
profit. and the manufactured produ
Ishipped. Its probable, too. that m
sselchant with sufficient capital to carry
:. good stock OF any single line Of goo
would be able by his larger assortm'
EIof that line. and consequent lower p
lchases, TO secure enough trade from
general stores abounding in the coun
Cslto make it profitable 80 but this would
an experiment. while the others may
lcounted as certsinties. AT all events,
you are seeking location, come and
sr4 one of uo.