The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-08-20
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1897.
Another r. z. Project.

vile, ONO, the promoter OF a larg'
proposed system Of railroads from
the Ohio river to Charleston, S. c..
is engaged in working up variou,
links in his proposed system o
railroads. f.om Ripley, Ohio, south
and from Springfield, Ohio, south
and west, via New Albany, French
Lick, Jasper, Petersburg and Vim
cennes The newspapers at Mays
vile, KY, and Chattanooga, Tenn.
speak Of him as a very eloquent ant
convincing orator, to whom it is 9
pleasure to listen, when he talks OF
any subject.
The CoURIEs 8 no. sufficiently
informed as to MI. Boone's propo,
sails to speak advisedly in regard tc
it, but he will find our people ir
favor of any railroad enterprise
which will give us another railroad
independent of the Air Line, and in
such a shape as not to be likely to
be absorbed by it, nor to be used
simply as a project to extort money
from the present owners of the Air
Line, without securing the building
OF any road. Any road, to be of adj
vantage to this locality must have a
western or southern connection, in
dependent Of u present one, or it
will be absorbed by the latter, and
leave US in a worse condition than
at present. The Air Line now is
giving good rates to all of our large
unprecedented than it would give
if there was no danger to it Of a COM
peting line. 1t thus ecures their
friendship, and their silence when
any other project is prop ,sed which
would compete with the Air Line
for business.
Mr.. Boone's system Of proposed
roads is called the "Black Diamond
r. r." Its headquarters and gen.
eral offices are at Knoxville, Tenn.
His proposed main line was first
pointed out as a profitable road by
Senator Calhoun, Of SC, fifty years
ago, and had the great Senator lived
ten years longer would probably
have been built. The road from New
Albany to Vincennes is called the
wabash DIVISION" and has Mr..
S. A.. Day as its local agent at the
Opera house, New Albany, to whom
we are indebted for a list Of appoint
ments for speakings as follows:
Along the line Of the proposed
Springfield, New Albany and South
Atlantic Railway meetings will be
addressed by Gen. j. c.. J.. VIII.
Of Knoxville, Tenn Hon.
VIM. Kirby, of Toledo, Ohio; Col.
Albert f.. Boone, Of GAINESVILLE,
Mr.. James N. Boyd, Of Dover,
Kentucky.
Mr.. Kirby is president Of all the
Black Diamond Lines north Of
Tennessee. Mr.. Boyd is vice presi-
dent Of the Ohio River, Frankfort
and Western.
Wednesday, Sept. LIST, 1897,
Mooresville, Floyd county, Up m.
Galena, 1880 p. m.
Thursday, Sept. I'd, Greenville,
county, 2 p. M; Palmyra,
county, 7;3O p. m.
Friday, Sept. Sd, fredericksburg,
Washington county, 2 p. M; Har-
1880 p. m.
Saturday, Sept. 4th, Chambers
Orange county, 2 p. m. Paoli,
Orange county, 1880 p. m.
Monday, Sept. 9Th, West Baden,
Orange county, 2 p. M; French
Lick, Orange county, 7:3O p. m.
Tuesday, Sept. 7th, Hillham,
Dubois county, 2 p. m; Jasper,
Dubois county, at $50 p. m.
Wednesday, Sept. 9Th, Peters
Pike county, 1880 p. m.
Thursday, Sept. 9th, Vincennes,
Knox county, 1880 p. m.
Col. Boone and party will be in
New Albany Aug. 3lst and a meet.
ing will probably be arranged for
that night.