The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-12-07
CAIRO AND ST. LOUIS.
From. Cairo TO 81. Louis In Six Hours.
Facts OF Special Consequen.c 10 Trnv-
olcr0.

| Its passengers in the city of st. Louis at
the usual reakfasttime-say half past
am. By any other route the time invol-
we'd in making the same trip will fall but
little, if any, short Of nine hours.
The southern passenger, coming north,
ola Mobile & Ohio railroad, can board the
transit steamer at Columbus a I'll o'clock
| pm, rest and refresh himself during O
pleasant run Of two hours, secure sleep
ing car on his arrival here, and
after six hours, sleep, arrive
in St. Louis, fully two hours in advance Of
the arrival Of the Iron Mountain railroad
train that left Columbus when he did.
From Columbus 10 St. Louis ola the latter
route is 1914 miles; ria tho former, 1S2
miles.
If the passenger desires to make but q
short stay in st. Louis, he can take the re-
turn train at half pas; 10 am, and reach
Cairo at AS pm, tho same day. On the
transit steamer hence to Columbus, which
he will And ready to Depart on his arrival,
he can secure an excellent supper, and
much refreshed by the interval Of rest,
take the same train south that he would
connect with had he ld. st. Louis an hour
earlier By the train Of the Iron Mountain
road.
Ano,le fact worthy Of especial consd.
Grafton isthi.. To the lightning train tina,
leaves Cairo every day at $3.50 pm, ia at
taehed aluxurious passenger coach for St.
Louis. At Du Quoin this coach is attached
20 the train Of the Bellevillc and Southern
Illinois .rain in waiting, and, like the
morning train, goes through in six hours,
arriving Mt st. Louis at $50 pm, two hours
ahead of the Iron Mountain train, which,
leaving Belmont, an hour before tho do.
parturc Of the train from Cairo, docs not
reach st. Louis until 1880 PIN. Thus the
travelling public are furnished two st.
Louis rains from Cairo daily, ono in the
morning and the other in the afternoon,
both arriving in st. Louis in time to form
close connections with trains leaving
for the North, East and West, and with
the steam packets Of the upper Mssissip.
pi and Missouri rivers.
The coaches forming the Cairo and st
Louis express trains are the finest In use in
the State, presenting all late improve.
men,s that have been found conducive 10
ta 49, ' o. o. hA a.. II
The fare Is as low rs hat by any other
route, and tickets may be purchased on
board the transit steamer while sH route
for Cairo, or at the ticket Office in Cairo.
Travellers taking the transit steamer at
Columbus are not called upon to exercise
any closer supervision Owes their baggage
than would be nece sary could they remain
in the same car and complete their trip to
st. Louis. BY tho time they are seated In
the SPLEEN lid saloon OF the transit steamer
their baggage Is all on board, safe under
lock and key, and they are stcaming away
up the Mississippi at the rate Of twelve
miles M hour. At Cairo tho boat lands
within few yards Of the passenger train,
and the transfer OF both passengers and
baggage is effected in about three minutes.
The traveller during his short steamboat
ride having been afforded an opportunity
10 rid himself Of "thc dust Of travel" TO
wash, brush and to generally refresh him
self, is fortified for the balance Of the trip,
and enters upon It feeling like now man.
For the reasons above stated, and Others,
we claim tina. the roue to St. Louis Ga
the Illinois Central and Bellevillo and
Southern Illinois roads, is the hes, now ac-
cessible to the citizens Of Cairo, or to tho
St Louis-bound traveller arriving ut Co
lumbus by the Ohio and Mobile railroad
or otherwise. To briefly sum up; 1t is
shorter, quicker, plcasanter, and to the
traveller who regards time as money,
cheaper,
Taking Columbus as the starting point
the distance to st. Louis by the various
routes, is as follows By the Iron Noun
tain railroad 1914 miles; by tho Mississip-
p river EOS miles by the Illinois Central
and Ohio and Mississippi roads ls3
miles; by the Illinois Central and Belle
vile and Southern Illinois mo change of
cars, remcmbcr) 1862 miles. If all other
were equal, the saving Of
% miles travel and one hour. time, should
distinguish the last named route rs much
the most desirable. To tho advantages
rected, however, We may add the presence
of the finest and most luxurious
passenger and sleeping coaches in
use in the West u route of travel
presenting scenery Of almost unrivallcd
beauty, and railroad officers and employ
es noted for their courtesy and kindness to
the passengers in their charge. These
facts should and will make the new Cairo
and st. Louis "short line" the most popu-
lar and most literally patronized Of all the
lines connecting st. Louis with Cairo and
the South and Southeast. Tho traveller
who once patronizes it will always patron
ize it.