Karl Kae Knecht Cartoon

Description:	Three men representing the Indiana Bridge Commission offer to buy the New Harmony bridge, which is currently privately owned. They plan to charge a toll only until their purchase price is made back, then make it free. Crowds of people in southern Indiana approve of the idea, but a few organizations in Indianapolis object, which makes the elephant so mad he stomps his foot. Image Access WideTEK 25 Illinois. Well buy it--use toll to pay for it and make it a free bridge. Indiana Bridge Commission. Private owned. New Harmony. Take it out of private hands. Evansville. This one to be free soon. Toll paid. Ohio River. Vincennes. Sure. Hurrah. Tolls will make it free. Fine. Wabash River. We object. Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. Hoosier Auto Club. Marion County. We too. I.F.B. Indianapolis. We want the state to take it over. Takes in $100,000 a year. Do that. Do. U.S. 50. B & O. Great. Washington. Kentucky. Green River. So it has always been upstate tries to keep things from this section, south of the tracks.
Origin:	2014
Created By:	Karl Kae Knecht
Source:	http://digital.evpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/karlknecht/id/1418
Collection:	Karl K. Knecht Collection
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Subjects:	Regional Affairs Politics Evansville (Ind.) -- History -- Caricatures and cartoons United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Caricatures and cartoons Caricatures and cartoons -- United States Bridges -- Indiana -- New Harmony

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