The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-22

! points, many of it. finest churche.. and tho
! hnuinerHDle m ,puidctories when abo,, nd
/ iu o. sixth ward
When the smoke Of tie fire bad cleared
. away rud people bean to look about
I .1rm, ih'y worrs '1rIsrd 90 s.e what they
never Jriore o So ed, the numlcr of inc
| book DO the west diNsion and the cen
.'a part of the nth .ide. Thpse few re-
IN ming Limestone fr,n MS relics Of the
nrrh t'ctu al sp.rp1or Of Chtcdy were
looked ~ vita peculiar affection. and the
,".J micE L.ock., vhich have
b. looked 80 Only wi.h inIiff.r
cncc, became valuable and n.de
worldly structures. While the business
houses driven south. had ms n general
thing, TO take refuge In private dwellings.
aud 20 put out their sign, on street. hitler.
To- unpoautei 10y t-udc those who moved
across the river found commodiou. store,
where they were able t. ut once recon-.
mence operations. The large buildings
on Randolph, Canal VI olson. aud other
streets, winch Ind not been rented. exceut
Tor trlfling sum, suddenly became objects
of competition and desire. 1t then be-
came apparent that the west side was n
city in itself and fully able to take care of
itself It's residents had ships and stores
coal and lumber yards; churches anO
manufactures. Ii had miles of paved
streets, severed aud lighted, ana
was deficient SO far ~ water was
concerned. 1t had the only theatre.
left in the city-the Globe and various
German halls-and hotels, which. with
changed names, are accommodating the
rush of people now visiting the city The
buildings dc.troyed in thi, division by the
fire were of little value, aud almost enough
will be pnt up this season to replace them.
There ate, to be precise. about 80 churchs,
coo stores, GOO manufactur establish
mrnt, and workshops, 5000 saloons, anL
300 dwelling houses, stiil standing ~ the
West Division, SO there is Yet, no reason
for excessive desp onderc,. The North aud
South 5 dc Rolling Mills are still furnish
ing employment to hundreds of wOrkmen.
This same discovery was also made on
the south side Much rs had been lost
much remained. The widening of State |
street had stimulated improvement. far |
down on dat thuroughfnrc, While the east |
crn part % \ cher avenue and Twenty. !
second -.rcat lud been greatly improved |
Those railroad which came ~ there wer,
enabled 10 carry on their business, and |
thu remaining elevator, have been able tu |
manage hr grain delivered TO them. The |
loss ~ seAoJ. building. ha- also been light |
only one having been consumed, and |
Thirty churches and over 1900 buildings |
in all yet remain. Ehc.r street railroad. |
are uunjutcl, and their ten di.ull,rirs |
md brewerics are still N full operation. |
WHERE THF GREATEST Loss OCCURRED.
1t wa. on the North Side that the lo.. |
was greatest, for there it WAS the most
thorough but the Water Works are
there, the sewer. are there. the filled streets
Il there; the churches are ruined, but |
they are still holy points, the first 10 be r.
built, and around which buildings viii |
rapidly arise. Two schools REMAIN, ana |
the pcrpleNing question Of the kiuzi |
school ]. tied for the me being: Will, |
the problems for opening aud straghten- |
iug street, can be satisfactorily SOLVED.
The gas works arr left and are ready 1,
supply the North and South side, wniic
much of the lumhor and coal LAYING nrn,
the basin ha, gone Trough unharInc
The bridge. on .he EuIth Branch are ~,
materially injured; and while none r..
aimed on the RIVER, yet there i the La.
SADIE street tunnel.
THE OUTLOOK.
In 1850 the city had lO9, 900 people. OF
lcs, than are now comfortably dumicilc1
IN the Wet Side alone. We had no lake
tlhItl' ana the tdUdl mao not been dee H. [
rnod. The mean, o. crossing the rIvcI
aud the South Branch at L. Sale al,
Washintun streets did not exist Thei
tn work of r.l,iug the streets To grad.
had hardly begun. Now more than hal
OF those ~ the burnt districts have been
filled In. Then there were les. than
three miles of block pavement, VIII C now
there are forty, IA conn arauvely large pur.
non Of which !, IN the burnt district. anu
damaged though it j.. the streets are H.
better condition than they were ten yrur
ago. We nave watnf-p pes laid und sewer,
bu u, aud We have railroads and olhl
mat. rial resources winch did not taci
exist. The city has been put back-it TIA
met with a serious blow bat 1t Is furlhcI
advanced than N 1860, and it, recuprra.
uyc lOWy.s orc - great tGat II will not
take it long 60 rc-un the gtuuun that 1
uu- lost and to r,a,,ume its prominent
position among the Gates Of the Unite.
States,
An Is not lost, the un, on1Ierab.a will
ADD cuuiugc utV rto u ~ or yell"