The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-12-10
Dubois County and the Black Diamond
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to the Public Messenger" of
Dover, KY, thus expresses himself
Jasper, Dubois Co., Ind, Nov.
ID. '97.-EDIToR PUBLIC MEssEN-
GER:
AS it is often the case in isolated
communities, there are very few
men if any, who see any of our pro-
jects beyond the lines Of their own
county.
They are, one and all, highly in
terested in the Black Diamond, or
rather in the Springfield, Ohio River
and Southern Atlantic Ry, provided
it passes through their hamlet or To-
cality, and reaches the next county
seat.
For Typographical reasons, on ac-
count of nearness 10 other lines, we
happen to strike eight or nine coun-
ty seats through ten counties in
Southern Indiana.
Everybody is highly elated over
the prospect and is willing to help
along all he can by donating for the
survey and by granting passage
through his farm.
How much more elated will they
be, when they realize that their en-
tire line is merely one Of the three
great feeders of the Great Black Dia-
mond line.
The full value Of the Southern In
diana coal fields will be revealed to
the world, and to its own inhabit-
ants at the same time. Beds of
coal of ten and twelve feet In thick
ness, short distance below the sur
face are of common occurrence and
the frequent drilling for gas wells
has revealed large deposits Of camel
coal which can always be shipped
with profit across the Atlantic.
While waiting for the gradual de-
velopment of the coal fields and in
terests contingent thereto, our new
railroad will have an abundance of
timber to ship, aside from the out
going mill and farm products and
the incoming supplies OF the COM
munity, because there are vast
stretches of virgin forest just wait
ing for such an opportunity to be
cleared of their merchantable tim
Der. OF quartered oak alone one
little sawmill at this point sends a
car load each day to Tonawanda,
New York, and the Jasper Desk
Factory and also the Veneer Factory
make regular shipments by car load
to England and Scotland.
The first week was here in JAS
per, this little bobtail of switch
from Huntingburg here, called here
the Sassafras X r., took out % cal
loads from this point and imported
"A full cars.
| am otherwise reliably informed
that the Station Agent at this point
had 100 different freight bills to
collect on one single day last week.
Without harming in the least any
existing line of Railroad, the natur-
al increase of commerce, industry
and agriculture to be expected in a
section like this one will bring freight
enough from the beginning TO iusti-
fy largely the capital expenditure OF
our road.
This point OF Jasper is merely
one of the fifteen or twenty points
of nearly equal Importance in
Southern Indiana, and if ever there
was a community which needed anC
merited to be connected with a great
life giving artery Of trade you viii
\ find such a one right here.
Communities have no debts, and
ieven individuals orbanks have none
at least as far as the outside world
il concerned. County warrants ART
unknown, and the people always
keep from $40, 200 to $4,000 cash
lin their County Treasury for future
Improvements as their needs arise
4 The entire delinquent tax list ol
1.-The county for the past year amount
ed to only $500 on the lst day o.
Nov. when the county Treasurer
Iclosed his books for the half yearly
settlement with the State Treasurer
In coming to this county the
wri er was prepared to meet only
White Caps and remnants Of tn,
I Knights Of the Golden Circle who's,
headquarters were just across tn,
county line, he was more thar
surprised in seeing a cathedral
costing 800, 900, and in fndin,
that the county Of Dubois held |
Words Fair Diploma and Media
for its public schools, which j
earned in Chicago in 1893, in com
petition with the world.
!, II il this new and coming genor
alton which is now clamoring 70
recognition and wants Railroad
and wants it bad, and will make an
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