The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1870-01-25
ITS COMMERCIAL AND MANUFACTURE.
ING ADVANTAGES.
It's Business Facilities and
Educational Advan-
tageS.
EXTRAORDINARY INDUCEMENTS TO
MANUFACTURERs.


cular. II being desirable to give IL the
greatest possible circulation. We give 1t
place In our columns:
The city of Cairo, the county seat Of
Alexander county, in the state OF Illi-
nois, is centrally situated In the Valley
of the Mississippi, at the junction of the
Ohio and Mississippi rivers. During the
| season of navigation in the rivers above
| it, Cairo mas river communication with
the whole country north, from the ALE.
| gheny to the Rocky Mountains; and be-
| ing below any obstruction I'm the rivers
| by ice I'm the winter, or low water in
| summer, il has the same communication
with all the Southern country and the
Gulf of Mexico at all seasons OF the
year, without interruption. II thus has
the advantage Of cheap river transport
tation to and from all portions Of the
country the greater portion OF the year,
and with the South Mt all times.
BY means Of the Illinois Central rail-
road in the North, and the Mobile Il
Ohio railroad in the South, with their
connections and intersections, Cairo has
now convenient and direct railroad com
munication with all parts Of the North,
South, East and West
Ry means of the Cairo IL Vincennes,
Cairo x st. Louis, and Belleville y
Southern Illinois railroads in illinois,;
the Cairo Junction, and Paducah 4 Cairo
railroads In Kentucky, and the Cairo d
| Fulton and International Pacific rail-
roads in Missouri, some OF which are
now in course of construction, and the
construction OF some of the others pro-
| vided for the railroad communication
| with Cairo will be shortly greatly mul.
tiplied.
The country on every side Of Cairo, in
| Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri, is Of
the most fertile and productive character.
All the agricultural products of the
North, including wheat and corn, and
many Of the products OF the South, IN
GLIDING tobacco, cotton, hemp and flax,
are yielded, In It's immediate neighbor.
hood, In the greatest abundance and
perfection.
Timber, valuable In manufactures,
abounds In the immediate neighborhood,
on every side, and II this supply should
ever be exhausted, Cairo has the entire
country above to draw from, as materi.
ais can be floated down stream to 1t from
all quarters above, at tritiing cost.
Coal, OF n superior quality, some OF
which can be used In its natural state In
the Manufacture Of Iron, exists In mex
and IL brought to Cairo, by railroad from
a point sixty miles distant, and by river
transportation from a point Oh the Miss
issippi river eighty miles distant. SINH.
lar coal Is foated To Cairo down the Ohio
from Pittsburgh and other places at COM
paratively trifling cost.
Iron ore il found in Illinois within 40
miles fCairs and inexhaustible quanti-
ties are accessible at cheap cost both from
the Iron Mountain OF Missouri, which il
nearer 10 Cairo than 10 ~. Louis, and
/ no. Ftn ha
Tennessee river and other tributaries o
the Ohio, and experienced manufacturers
after personal examination have assert
ed that the junction OF the iron and coal
can be effected more cheapiy at Cairo
than at any other point In the Western
country.
Every description OF raw material
which enters into the production oi
manufactured articles-the coal which
furnishes the power, and the supplies
which render the cost Of living moderate
being thus easily and cheaply provided
nj Cairo; aud the communication, both
by river and railroad, with all points o.
the country being so numerous and com
plete, the facilities for cheaply producing
and distributing manufactured articles
OF every description at cairo are unequal
ed.
Cairo dates its existence from 1854
when the first lots were sold and the frs
improvements commenced. II has now
about 1900 inhabitants, who are noted
for their intelligence, morality and gen
eral enterprise.
Its public schools are Unsurpassed by
any i'm the State and its public sehoO
buildings, one OF them costing $50, 90,
and the other $1,000, besides several
| others less costly, would be credit Il
auy city. These, with Female College
| OF a high order, and several private acad
emies, afford the most ample education-
al advantages.
| Its churches are numerous and well
sustained, embracing many OF the reli'
pious denominations Of the country.
Among its public buildings are cOun
| ~ court house which cost over $50, 900
u. =. Custom House. Post Office and u
s. Court Room building, nearly c0mplet
ed, at a cost OF $500, 900; ono Hotel which
mas cost over 100000, and others OF less
| size and cost.
Among its private dwellings are o
number which have cost from 1000 Il
$4,000 each.
Cairo has two National Banks Of large
capital and esta blished credit Gas works
OF large capacity; five Foundries and
Iron Works; two tlouring Mills OF large
size: three Saw Mills; one Distillery
two Bre weries; two Barrel factories; two
Furniture factories; two Sash and Blind
Factories; two Planning Mills; one grain
Elevator, of the largest capacity, fol
handling and storing grain in bulk
seven enormous grain, tobacco and 9th
or Warehouses for storing, handling and
shipping the agricultural and other pro-
ducts of the country; one Broom Factory
one Dry Dock for repairing teamboats
and other vessels; numerous wholesale,
retail and commission Houses OF every
description; five WharfbOats Of great size
and capacity for storing, and reshippins
freight; and paved wharf, equal In con-