Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1874 — New Railroads. [ARTICLE]

New Railroads.

Our Frankfort neighbors have another railroad enterprise in contemplation. They now talk of building a road from Frankfort to St. Louis, or some other western village. Railroads are good things to have, and are very necessary to build up large business cities. In most cit ies of something less than 50,000 inhabitants, the enterprising citizens thereof content themselves with the building of one railroad at a time. Not so, however, with the railroad celebrities of Clinton. They have now on hand, and yet to finish, the L., C. & S. W. R. R., the F. & K. R. It., the L. &B. R. R., the F. & St. L. R. R., and there is some talk of the O. &S.A.B. R. Wo are inclined to believe if Frankfort would abandon for the present the roads first mentioned, and unite with the friends of the 0. & S, A. road and build

•a xL.i it- a__ .# it ■ ■I ■ n ■■if ¥1 a a a it, that the day tnair prosperity aa a thriving little city Wvold much sooner dawn. It i* evident that the A county, and is the beet toed as an outlet to a good market for their corn, wheat, cattle and pork. It is a more direct line by about 40 miles to Chicago, and by about 26 miles to Indianapolis than by either of the roads above mentioned, and equally near to any point eaat. We do hope that before our Clinton neighbors go too for with the enterprises spoken of, that they will netarn to their “first love,” the I. D. A C., and help us put that through. We admire their enterprising spirit, but'not their judgment in the selection of roads to spend their time, money and enterprise on. —Delphi Times.