The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-06-21
ITEMS from CAIRO.
B Y NJ O s Z
C.1Ro. ILL., June II, ,53.

previously only from report and consequent
" had formed estimates of its size and pre-
tentions, which facts do not altogether corro-
borate. An inconsiderable village at the
junction of two of the greatest rivers on our
continent is not what they expected to see;
and viewing the advantages which nature has
given, and the marks man is making in the
construction of great iron thoroughfares here
the landing and departing of great steam.
ers heavily burdened, which have Travelled
perhaps thousand miles, and areyet 10 cen
tinue as much farther--it is natural for them
to enquire why city is not here rivaling IN
her size, her business and wealth, st. Louis
herself! The question is easily answered.
The owners will not sell the soil. Thus the
will of few men prevents efectcally the up
rising of city. A few men stay ten thou
sand people, who have long desired to make
this their home-preyent al the outlay OF
capital, the work, the planning, the fnan'
ciering, the swindling, the tumult and strife
attaching themselves to the building OF
city. They say to the world as she turns her
attention hereto a spot marked by the Gre
ator as fitting site for the homes of congre-
gated thousands-stand back! By purchase
the soil is ours; and when we wH it, them
and not until then shall you have foothold
Thus has it ever been with Cairo. As often
as the public mind has been directed to Cairo
with q view of its rapid improvement, so
often has it been repulsed with defying
: "not yet"
5 Will this state of things continue another
wear! II it do, the iron horse, burdened
3 with people and products from the far North,
{ will clatter over his iron track here among
9 woods and weeds, viewing almost scene OF
? desolaton where wealth and thrift should
: be.
What are the prospectsl A few more
months-"wait little longer"-and We who
have money it is said, can come and buy
Everything is ripe ming for the event, and The
period is rapidly approaching when II will be
: felt that delays are dangerous. Cairo. then,
. may soon commence her upward strides
: mounting higher, reaching farther, stretching
. wider until, like Cairo of old, she will be
hailed as one OF earth's mighty cities, re.
lnowned former wealth, the extent Of her bust.
:. nsss, and the remarkable shresrdness Of hei
!. people.
LousszSt&Eu .AsP- NEW sQsSkisas- IA RklEkfi Il.
Enough calculated to induce tie belief that
Is the contract for carrying the mail has been
, taken so low that it will never be performed,
e is generally copied by the Western press
u and virtually endorsed. The incorrectness
l. OF his calculations, although on subject in
y which every Western mar should feel
lively interest, has passed without at least,
anything like general notice. For instance
he says, in the paper before me, "the month.
~ expenses Of sixteen express boats required
IN the transportation Of the mail will be
S206,64O." This sum makes the daily ex.
penses OF ech boat 55,5o-much greater
Q than the known expenses of any steamer in
Il the West. These express boats are required
Q to make the trip from Louisville to New Or
!. leans in six days and to return in seven DAVIS,
which according to the above figures could
only be done at an expense of S722I.5O to
% eacn boat. This amount, taking into con.
= slderation that to make the stipulated time
). out little freight can be carried, and, carry.
n ing but little freight a smaller crew will be
requIred-must strike the reader az enor.
mous---an outlay in fact that cannot prudent.
:, ly be made.
IL" believed by steamboatmen running
> our Western waters, who beyond doubt are
INFINITELY better posted in such matters than
the Aforesaid CORES pendent, that the express
ooats can be kept running at an expense of
$500 per day for each, which produces an
, expense for the sixteen boats for term Of CON.
tract (four years) of $4.672,ooo.
lie also calculates that the expenses of the
= fourteen way boats per month will be ssa..
Sao--equal to S3,99s, 1850 for the full term
This sum added to his calculation of expen.
: oltures for the sixteen boats for the same
: .me' gives us the total of sl7,59s, $50 -
. The price to be paid for the Mail service 10
Sl'SoO'Ooo, or S450.O0o per ADMINISTRATIVE
: deficiency in this case of Sl5,7es, $50. to
% made up by receipts for freight and pa,.
sengers.
Now taking i: for granted that s9oo nor
day will cover the expenses of each boat we
Will have quite different result. Guided
thus in our calculations the expenses of the
boats exc coed the amount paid for IN. wi,