The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-04-15
CAIRO, ILL.,, AND HOLLY
SPRINGS, MISS.
THE PROPOSED RAILROAD con.
NECTlON.
THE PEOPLE AT WORK.
The DESIRED COMBINATION ASSURE


The following extracts from papers pub
lished along the route of the Cairo and
Holly Springs railroad, show that the reo-
pie are dc,erminedly at work, and that the
early construction Of the road i. already II
certainty.
The Holly Springs Reporter say:
There is project on foot, with every
assurance of success, TO build railroad
from Holly Springs, to point on the ONO
river. immed lately opposite Cairo, taking
in its route Moscow, Someryil!e, Browns
willie and Union City. When completed
and put in running order, this road will
form the last connecting link of I'M air line
route from Chicago to New Orleans,
and will be one of the first class road, IN
the country. Our citizens held an infor-
NAL meeting on the 3lst of March, and
appointed u list Of delegates to attend the
railroad meeting at Somervillc, on Monday
last. We learn that the citizens of Ten
nessee, along the line of this road, are
liberal in their subscriptions in further
ance of this important enterprise, and feel
sangunc, that they can, and will raise
the necessary sum TO build the road from
Cairo to Moscow. What will the people
of Marshall county do? They will be- called
upon 10 build the road from Moscow
too Holly Springs, distance of twenty
miles, over good route and easy
grade They can, and We feel assured
will do their duty. This road viii
connect at Holly Springs with the Mis-
sissippi Central, and the Selma " Ho,-
ly Springs road when completed; ut
Moscow, with the Memphis Il Charleston (;
At Brownsville, with the Memphis * Ohio
and at Cairo, connections are made. with
roads running in almost every direction,
showing conclusivcly that the Holly
Springs, Brownsville x Ohio railroad,
when completed, will be one Of the most
important thorOughiarc, for trade and
travel, in the Sou,h.-Hoiiy Springs Re
porter.
From tho proceedings Of the meeting
referred to we clip the following;
On motion Of Colonel ". II. Waltcr--
Resoired,-That We heartily approx the
enterprise which looks 10 the building Of
n railroad from Cairo, H. 90 Brownsville,
Tenn, with view 20 IL. further extension
south 10 Holly SPRING.; and pledge our
earnest cooperation with those who are
engaged in that work Of internal In
provemcnt.
The Brownsville Bee publishc'a letter
from II. w. Walter, prominent citizen
of Holly SPRING, 10 Dr.. j. ID. smith,
present, etc, from which we make the fol-
lowing interesting extract;
In 1867 conceived and started the pro-
icct of bui: ing the Miss. Central Il. K.
through this place and on the line of your
road 10 Cairo. | devoted years Of my life
10 the work on the Central, and have lived
to see Il II great enterprise My plan was
t. build il 10 this place, through Moscow
Somervilc and Brownsville 10 Cairo, with
stem from this point TO Nashville. The
building of road from jackson to Grand
Junction Tenn, determined the location
on that line. nm ready 10 work for my
original plan.
Ii, construction makes the mir line from
Cairo e. New Orleans. 1t will be practic-
ally II continuation of the Illinois Central
10 hi, point. Here ii will iUtcr,cct the
Memphis and Selma Il. Il. which will in
effect make but two roads, the Memphis
aud Montgomery and the Illinois Central,
from Chicago 10 Montgomery, Ala 1t
will connect the grain and coal fields OF
Illinois with the cotton and rice plantt-
tions of South and Middle Mississippi,
Alabama, George, South Carolina and all
of Florida. We must exchange products.
Our cotton is in quanty incNhaustiblc, and
in quality the best, On this line, North Of
the Ohio, hreadstuifs are cheap and abund-
ant. Coal field, ARE incxhaustibe
Il. NJ al
rimack; invite the spindle and the loom
Nader and other dye stats can be
grown there. New England, gather
ing her food from the West, her
coal from Pennsylvania, her cotton from
the South and her dyes from other land,
must WELD to this combination. But, the
dreams and hopes of my earlier manhood,
crowding thick upon me, are drawing me
to letter too long for an apology and too
short for n compliance with the request of
my fellow citizens. must close. With
an earnest desire that your project may
succeed, and that Somcryille, Moscow,
Brownsville and Cairo may be placed on
this great thoroughiare, and with promise
TO aid YOU to the full extent of my ability,
beg To subscribe myself, most respect-
fully, Your Obedient servant
II. W. WALTER.
To DIR. J. ID. Smith, President,
From the Union City Mail.
The Brownsville Bee, in discussing the
merits of the proposed railroad from Holly
Springs, Miss, to Union City, Tenn,
complains that the earnest friends of the
enterprise receive no encouragement from
the points along the route which will be
greatly benefited by the building Of the
road.
We take pleasure in informing the Rec