Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-09-21
Cairo's River and Railroad
Communications.

To-day we present map or diagram, show.
ing the position which Cairo occupies on tho
Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, and clearly ind,.
eating its position as Railroad centre, pres.
ent and prospective. OF course we do not wish
to- represent all the Roads on the diagram as
completed, but believe VIC yonturc nothing iu
asserting that within two years they viii be-
built, thus forming y net work oi Railroads
around Cairo.
Cairo is practically the head Of navigation.
When tho Mississippi is at itl lowest stages.
boats of the heaviest tonnage and greatest
draught, can always reach this city. So, too,
in the winter season. Jack Frost has nrvcr
bccl able to construct n bridge across the river
AT this point sufficient 20 impede navigation q,
and from the lower river.
! 1t is wei! established fact, conceded by aIi
Steamboatmen, that no section Of the Missia.
| sippi is so difficult to navigate IN low water. Or
! in the winter season. ~ that stretching be-
! tween this city and ST. Louis, thus pcrcmptor.
! lily demanding the speedy construction Of the
Cairo and St Louis railroad Nor Is this an.
The railroad companies east OF St. Louis arc .J
dcsrous that such road be- built, that II Cairp
and the people on the line Of tho proposed road
do not construct It they will But the pcopir
of this city and those living in the countr.
through which the Cairo and 81. Louis RlII.
road is proposed to run, are not only dcsiryus
that it should be built, but have evidenced
their dctcrminatIsn that it shall be built, 1uI
their ability to build it. It il now being, or
has been, surveyed, and but liulc remains ~
be done ere the work will be commenced.
The "Cairo and Vncenncs Railroad i au.
other enterprise which is now being agifatcd
and which will soon be realized. The Ohio
and Mississippi Railroad Go. want an outlet,
TO enable them to communicate more readily
with the lower Mississippi branch from
their road, running from Ninccnncs to tia. city
will supply the want The distance will bc
short, the country through which IL will run if
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 a short period, is a fixed fact.
llo MODlle ana blllO hilTOill - now 80
running order from Mobile TO Columbus The
terms ofthc Charter authorizing ts construction
requires that its Northern terminus shall bc AZ
q point opposite Cairo, and the provisions or
sthc Charter will be complied with at an early
day. AT present We have n scmi.daily packet
running to Columbus in connection with that
Road, aud Cairo now is, practically the North
ern terminus of tne ~Mobilc and ohio Rail.
road. Before the war effected the equli.
brum Of Commerce aud divided the people II
the South from us, Cairo was the mart 10 which
the planters and monied men of the section of
country through which the NJ. n o. ". r. rtm
and those to whom the Road was tributary,
! came 10 supply their necessities, and exchange
| their staples for produce or money through our
| business or commission men for goods 10y those
| of Alabama and the States lying between. Ou
| Friday last noticed one OF our liquor mcr-
| chants filling n large order for n Mobile firm.
and other have informed us that they too have
| shipped goods Uio the NJ. so. Il. X. 20 Mobile
and other points. At present Cairo il but
| forty-cight hours distant from Mobile. In .
! few days, when the road il better ballastcd
! the time will be reduced to thirty or thirty--ix
| hours Argument is not needed 10 demonstrate
the fact that Cairo is the natural feeder u this
| Road and presents to the planters along IT,
line, and the commercial men Of the cities,
towns, and villages through which il runs
! overshadowing Inducements to establish " ~
| their entrepot
The New Orleans, Jackson Great North.
crn r. RI commencing at New Orleans, taps
| the NJ & O. II. Il. at Jackson, Tennessee, thus
making t.. latter named Road medium
through which all the staples and wealth Of the
richest section OF the South can be- conveyed
| North.
By reference 70 The diagram which we pre-
| scnt To-day il Will be readily seen that no
freight or passengers can come from the south
| either by the Railroad or by River and reach
the North without passing through Cairo which
stands as gateway between the Northeast and
Southwest.