The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-12-27

dent OF the Pennsylvania lines west OF
Pittsburg Mr.. Il r.. Osborne. vice-presi-
dent. lives In Cincinnati and IN secretary
or the Big -Four system. Mr.. w. T. Cam
non. secretary and treasurer. II a native
or indianapolis and "A member OF the CO.
iumbia, Commercial, Marion and other
clubs. He has been Identified with the
company for "A long time. Mr.. c. A. Vim
hedge. auditor. and Nj. A. A. Zion. super
intendent. have also both served the com
rany for many years.
Present Railroads.
II may be stated In very truth that no
capital city In any Of the states il more
advantagcously situated with reference
10 convenience Of access by the citizens
OF the state. There are but few county
seats from which II il not possible to
reach indianapolis and return the same
day. In the early years Of railroad build
Ing In this country there was not much
expectation that the roads would be i'm
portant for long distances. and those
FIRST projected from India ma polls confined
their operations within the state. These
first railways were not only locally pro-
tectcd but locally named. as will be seen
by enumeration OF the titles OF the hrst
eight railroad built to this city. which
WV 'ft fa1t'f " Wv
Bellefontainc railway. the indianapolis 4
Lafayette. tho Indiana Central. the In
Hama polls Initial. the Peru g. Indianapo-
lis and the Indianapolis a. Vincenncs.
These roads. or as much OF them as was
ever built. are now parts Of larger sys-
TENS. and the various lines which enter
In the city at h present time are as
follows.
Ohio. Indiana & Western. from Indian
.n.Itu -. D..rta III 90 rnilao- Ipdian-
apolis to Springfield. O.. 149 miles.
Cincinnati. Hamilton g. Dayton. Indi-
annapolis to Cincinnati. i23 miles
Cincinnati. Indianapolis. st. Louis e.
Chicago. Cincinnati 10 Indianapolis. 10
miles. Indianapolis to Kankakce. 139
miles: Kankakee to Chicago. ffty-three
miles.
Lake Erie & Western. Indianapol to
Michigan City. lGl miles.
indianapolis * Nincenncs. indianapolis
to vincennes. Ind. III miles.
Chicago. ST. Louis & P~ittsburg. Column
tus to Indianapolis. ISIS miles: Indianapo-
lis to Chicago. 1874 miles
indianapolis. Decatur & Western. In
dianapolis to Decatur. H.. 1873 miles.
Chicago, Indiana polls & Louisville. In
dianapolis 10 Chicago. 1873 miles: 70 Gin
cInnati. i.3 miles, to Michigan City. 15i
miles.
tlrftldnu. &OltfitDds, SifttitiiAp - III
d~ianapolis, Indisi apolis TO Cleveland. $50
miles.
Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan. Indi-
annapolis to Benton Iiarbor, Mich. FOL
miles.
Jenersonville. Madison & indianapolis.
a. Louisville. Ky. ITO miles.
Indianapolis & st. Louis. TO St Louis.
26l miles.
rerre naute Z Indianapolis. to st
Louis. 240 miles.
other roads. notably the Indianapolis
Southern and the Illinois Central. are
seeking terminal facilities here. and will
add largely to this immense system In
both freight and passenger business. No
city In the country has a more complete
n-t-worx or roads and few can boast the
same amount OF mileage. They are the
avant courier Of an enormous community
OF commerce that will eventually outstrin
the cities ~ this entire region and make
Indianapolis the chief distributing center
Of the middle West.