Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-11-12
SDeecHeS Of Hon. Robert
Bel <xnI Gen. Ram.
Financial Condition Of the Illinois
Southern Railroad Company.
The Resolutions Passed.
Invitation Extended to the Guests
to take a trip to Columbus,
Kentucky.
They Accept the Invitation and will
make the trip to-day.

Pursuant to call, large number of Cairo
| ties and citizens residing in the counties
lying on the line of the proposed I. s. R. R.,
convened at the rooms Of the Cairo Chamber
OF Commerce Oh Saturday afternoon
At24 o'clock, J. NJ. Cyrus, Esq, called the
meeting to order, and nominated Gen. G..
B. Raum as President of the meeting, which
nomination was unanimously ratified.
Gen. R., on taking his position the stand,
returned thanks for the honor conferred upon
him. He said the object of the meeting was
to ascertain the financial condition of the
Illinois Southern Railroad Company and its
future prospects, which those present would
be enabled to do through the Pr esident of the
Company, Robt. Bell, Esq, who was
preseLt and would address the meeting He
considered this was an suspicious time
to resurrect this great enterprise, the people
along its line and at its northern and southern
termini are now deeply interested in the work.
The farmers throughout the country are out of
debt and feel the want of Railroad, and are
ready and willing to subscribe literally to pros
ecute the undertaking. Its construction is es-
pecially important to Cairo and Mound City
its benefits to these places could hardly be cal
cuated. The design is to make the Road a
broad gauge one, so that all traffic and trade
from New York to Cairo and the South and
from the Southeast, would come and 60 by
this Road. The original design was to make
Mound City the Southern terminus, and at ore
time considerable jealousy existed between the
two places on the subject. But all jealousy is
now dead, and there certainly should be nome
He was in favor Of the Road running through
Mound City and terminating at Cairo, and I'M
derstood that in order to effect this additional
legislation would not be necessary. All we
had to do now was to fix the exact point and
build the Road.
Joel G. Morgan, Esq. was then elected
Secretary of the meeting, after which
Hon. Robert Bell was called upon, and on
appearing was received with applause.
After returning thanks Mr.. B. said he did !
not design making a formal address. He in
tended rather to confer in a general and formal |
way, with the people relative to this vital and |
interesting subject. fin an interior county |
he might consider it necessary to elaborate |
upon subjects not necessary to enlarge upon
here. But in Cairo it would to him appear like
an exhibition of arrogance to attempt to dem
onstrate the importance of such an enterprise !
Is the building of the I. S. r. R. Where the peo-
pie have ocular profit is unnecessary to illus
rate by logic or rhetoric. He was pleased to see |
he interest manifested by the people of Cairo |
"a this enterprise. They are vitality Interested |
in it. That commercial city and great business
mart, an important emporium will spring up al
the confluence of the great rivers here, |
hoods sstss.city doterninc- This is a central
,oint for the trade of the Ohio, Mississippi and
Missouri rivers, there being llg -
seasons of the year full fstaf S atfe
here to the Gulf,, - r - Of 7vatsr from