The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-12-09

4 vats roads. Here 10 the nrst heavy cu
-95 or 30 feet.
, From station $3.50 TO station 2,5<6. I
!. distance Of 1890 feet, (nearly one-hsl
!, mile, the fell 10 10 feet. This is nesrlS
Ithe natural surface.
From station 9,s46 there il a level
I iIrosdAbed for 400 feet to station 1850
This station is on the banks OF . small
creek near tho property line OF Leistuer
and Englehart. From station $3.50 10
station 1850, distance of 1000 feet, the
rise is teet. The cuts and fills arg
light.
From station $3.50 TO 2 594 the fall ia
feet over Q distance Of 40 feet. This
station Is on the land OF Mrs Julius
Nordhof, near small creek. The cuts
and fills are light
From station 2. .594 to station 2.65O. Q
distance OF 5000 feet. the proposed road.
bed 10 "desd level" With scarcely auy
cut or Oil. The last named citation is on
the land Of the Poison helrs. From is
10 station 2670 the rise is q IT,. distance
1000 H. The road. bed 10 about the
same 90 the natural surface. Scarcely
any cut or flIl required.
from station 2.670 TO station 1850 the
grade rises II. in the 2,OOU II. of dis.
tsnce. Station 2 600 10 In Marion tn.
not very far south Of Knoxville, be-.
tween the town and the small creek that
fows into PstokA river. The grade for
this 2 600 feet also follows the surface.
From station $50 to station AGO. =,
defiance OF 1000 Il. there 10 rise Of 10
feet. Station 200 is in Marion Tp. on
The south side of Main street in the tow
pf Dubois (Knoxville.) The rosd-bed
here would be 80 feet above Mill street
10 Jasper. The natural surface how.
sver, 10 about As feet, higher while tie
difference In the river is only about -
Feet
From station AGO 10 station ASST. =
distance Of aoout miles, the profile calls
or . dead level. Station 2,S57 is
very near Davis Creek, in Columbis
ow Osbip. This three miles has Q bro.
Ten surface, the deepest cut is less than
10 II. and heaviest Oil about 10 or Is
eet. All are short. At this station
he corps Of enginssss srvm the west
net one coming from the east, 90 that
tation 1857 from the west became sta
ion Tao from the east.
From station 749 (2657) to station
'05, . distance Of 4,l0O feet, the gradc is
! level, with surface not very much
,roken. station 708 is on the lsod OF
ieorge Zeigler, From this station TO
tstion 695, distance Of 1900 Il. (about
'ne-f0urth Of . mile,) the rise 10 II. and
be greatest I'll about 8 n. From sta
lon 696, 10 station 005 . distance OF
100 feet, the fall in the proposed road
,ed IL 10 feet, There are TWO short cots
II 20 feet cach iu this fell.
From station 605, near Patoka river,
70 the land formerly owned BY Koerner
Bros, TO station $40, on The south bank
Il Cane Greek, near the property line of
3epj. Simmons and WIN. Nicholson,
he road bed is on . level, and for dis-
auce Of 1900 feet. In THE distance
here are two short cuts, one 10 It. and,
me about Is II.
From station 6io to station 40, die
snce OF IA 600 feet. the proposed road.
,ed rises IA n. There are no heavy cuts
Il fills Ia this 1900 n. Station 40 Is
10 the land OF Philip Conrad, and near
Dillon creek. This long grsdusl rise Is
lp Union Valley, and station No. 545 l.
'ot very far from the scbool-house.
From station 40 TO station $50. . dis
ance Of 1900 IT,, the grade runs up H.
The last named station 10 in the road o.
be bank Of Dillon creek. The surface
nd grade sre nearly the same over thu
100 feet.
From this point to station 43O. The
oad-bed il level. distance OF 1000 #.
There is one cut of = or 10 II. In this die
aDce.
From station A3O to station 414, which
8 on the county line, the grade 10 up:
tstion 4l4 being II. higher than sta
ion 430. the surface and grade line
re nearly the same in this i 6O0 feet
The line OF the proposed road crosses
nto Orange county on the bank OF Dill
on creek, and on the land Of Chrieto-
,her Cox. Itcrosses the county line ON
he surface, and In round numbers 90 Il
higher than where ii crosses Mill street
u the town OF Jasper. The line OF this
urvey is nearly i64 miles long, (l8 mi
li6O ~ and the gradually up grade
rom Jasper to the county line 10 NOT
Iuite three and one half feet to the mile.
For ten miles Of this line the grade
ine on the profile 10 level. This leaves
,nly 8 miles Of up or down grade. and
hese grades are by no means heavy.
This eighteen miles would not cost o.
much - the "Air line" did from Hunt
ngburg to the county line near Bride
rye. Why NOT let those facts bs fully
understood aud some day q Moses ma
cad - out Of the wilderness?
GEo. X. WILSON.
Jasper, Ind. Dec. Sd, 1891.
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