Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-09-23
To-day we prcscn,

To-daywc prcscnt
! ing tho position which Can,
Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. ana
eating its position as Railroad contro
ent and prospective. or course we do not ,yist
to represent all the Roads on tho diagrara a.,
! completed, but believe We venture notbir, n,
asserting that within two yoars they will ~.
fairo5 5iS Is praIdlRfd9aHy HIlRf9H tEe EYaaE EYaaEk op lqi,
When tho Mississippi is at it, lowest stages
boats of the heaviest tonnage and greatest
draught, can always reach this city. So, too.
in the winter season. Jack Frost has never
beer able to construct bridge across the river
AT this point, sufficient to impede navigation to
and from the lower river
1t is n wei! established fact conceded 10y III
steamboatmen, that no section Of the Miasis.
sippi is 80 difficult to navigate in low water or
in the winter season, rs that stretching bc
tween this city and ST. Louis, thus pcremptor-
ly demanding the speedy construction of the
Cairo and st. Louis railroad. Nor is this all
The railroad companies cast Of st. Louis are -
dcsirous that such road be built, that il CAIRO
and the people on tho line of the proposed road
do not construct it they will. But the people
of this city and those living in the country
through which the Cairo and st. Louis Rail.
road is proposed to run, are not only dcsirous
that it should be built, but have evidenced
their determination that il shall be bnilf anil
their ability to build it. 1t il now being, or
has been, surveyed, and but little remains to
be done ere the work will pc commenced
The ''Cairo and Vinccnnes Railroad il an
other enterprise which is now being agiu.ted
and which will soon be realized. The "Ohio
and Mississippi Railroad Co. want an outlet.
to enable them to communicate more readily
with the lower Mississippi A branch from
their road, running from Nincenncs TO this city.
will supply the want. The distance will bc
short, tile country through which it will run is
quito even and inviting, and the expense at
tending its construction but very light com.
pared to the advantages which would accrue
to the Railroad Company named, tho people
living on the proposed route and our citizens.
so that we feel assured that its construction.
within short period, is q fixed fact
Tho Mobile and Ohio Railroad" il now IN
running order from Mobile to Columbus Tho
terms ofthe Charter authorizing its construction
requires that its Northern terminus snail bc al
the Charter will be complied with at an cnrly
day. At present we have u scmi-day packCt
running to Columbus in >connection with thai
Road, and Cairo now is, practically the North
crn terminus Of the "Mobc and Ohio Rail
road - Before the war effected tho cquli-
brum Of Commerce and divided the people OF
the South from us, Cairo was The mart TO which
the planters and monicd men Of the section oi
country through which tho NJ. & o. K. Il. run
4 4. 10, tha
came To supply their necessities, and exchange
their staples for produce or money through our
business or commission men for goods by thosc
Of Alabama and the States lying between. On
Friday last we noticed one OF our hduor mer.
chants iilng large order for a Mobile Grm.
and other have informed us that tlicy too has.
shipped goods Cid the NJ. n q. Il. Il. to Mobile
and other points. At present Cairo il hul
lorty-eight hours distant from Mobile. In u
tcw days, when tho road ia better baastca.
tho time will bo reduced to thirty or thirty-siy
hours. Argument is not needed to demonstrate
the fact that Cairo il tho natural feeder To ths
Road and presents 10 the planters along H.
line, and the commercial men of tho cities
towrs, ana villages through which it runs
overshadowing inducements To establish IL as
their cntrepol.
Tho New Orleans, Jackson & Great North.
ern r.. r. commencing AT Now Oreans, taps
the NJ. & %. H. r.. at jackson, Tennessee, thus
making g. latter named Road medium
through which all tho staples and wealth of the
richest section OF tho South can be conveyed
North.
BY reference to ihc diagram which we pre-
sent to-day, il will bo readily seen that no
freight or passengers can come from the South
either by the Railroad or by River and roach
the North without passing through Cairo which
stands as gateway between the Northeast amt
Southwest