The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-03

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I farmer to the other. .Judg,
r Wellman then went on to sa,
r that he believed the extension o.
5 the railroad would be of incal
culable benefit to the busines:
interests of Jasper and of al
g Southern Indiana, as it woulc
: furnish an outlet to Indianapolis,
! Chicago and the North.
The New Federal buildings, OF
: How We Fellows get all the Post
Offices, was responded to in a
jocular manner by our post-mas-
ter. w. S Hunter, who explained
the advantage it would be to Jas
per in the way of getting quick
mail service and getting papers
and letters here at an early hour
in the day, when the extension
was built.
In reponse to the toast Our
New Depot" Mr.. c. Coffee, the
chief engineer, said that he had
been authorized by the manage
ment Of the Southern Railroad to
erect a new brick depot, at Jas
per, at the earliest opportunity
and that it would be begun in
the OpYt ciV months
Prof. Alois Better responded
to the toast of The City Coun-
Gil, - and said that the town
board had done its part towards
getting the railroad as it granted
free use of the streets Tor the
track.
General traffic manager, K. X.
Mcheller, responded to toast
Foreign Railroads. He said
that the -outhern Railroad had
more track than all the railroads.
He said that he had just returned
from the British Isles; that
the Southern Railway Company
had more track than all other
railroads in England. Ireland and
Scotland put together and ira
yersed a far larger territory, ten
times larger territory That il
was always a pleasure to the
managers of the Southern Rail-
way Company when they could
say of a manufactured product
that it had been made on the line
of the Southern Railroad. That
when he went to Cuba, he saw
desks made by the Jasper Manu-
featuring Company: that this
week, in their Office in Chicago.
he saw a writing desk, in the
office of the manager of their
Chicago Office; made by the same
company; that it was the policy
of the road to increase manufac-
turies all along the line; that
they stood ready to help to locate
factories any place along the
Railroad. when it was
in their power and had hundreds
of men constantly on the road 4
whose sole duty was the locating
Of factories and finding a market (
for the product of industries
along the line; that they had es- +;
.ablished an agency in Cuba andC
n a short time would establish {
me in Mexico. i
In response to the toast. Fast I
Trains" superintendent "A. Nj I
made a few pleasant re- t
marks and was followed by FREQ !
'ollmer, on How | Elected Par t
.er," which set the house in ALI
oar. He said that a town with
ut a railroad is like a home |
mother. 5
The trials and troubles of a s
ouncilman, was ably discussed ii
Y councilman John Lorey. A
In response to the toast, t
Greater Jasper, w. +. Cox, el
poke of the hope of the peo- ii
lie of Jasper to see the extension Il
rom Jasper to French Lick built NJ
nd these hopes were now being n,
that he believed that 9,
asper would continue to grow 81
nd spread out and in a very few de
ears. we could boast of popu- oil
ltion of more than ten thousand; sa
lat we had more manufactures
ian any town in Southern Indi- Sc
ma, a good college, the largest M
1urch in Indiana and two other of
ne brick churches of which we C,
,uld well be proud. The JasperI
,llege, he predicted. would be tn
ne of the leading institutions of kr
lis country. dt
A hilarious time was had. m
ealth to the ladies', to the Rail- it.
,ad officials, Jasper Business sli
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