The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-02-24
CAIRO-PRESENT AND PROSPECT.
IH I'VE.

Under this head, II. L. Goodall, editor
and proprietor of the Chicago Sum- and
formerly of tho Times Of this city, thus dis
courses on Cairo, her trade, railroads, etc.
A sojourn Of Il few days in Cairo during
the past week, has convinced us that II has
u great future bcforeit.s Not alone by the
residents Of that city are the great i'm
provcmcnts in progress or contempla,ionto
be carried out but strangers are awake to
Its favorable location for manufactures
and business, and are locating there in
large numbers Tho present population
fthe city is about 10000
JouRsALIsTGC.
Ii is natural for q newspaper man to
speak Arst OF the publications 1i town,
and from the influence they have upon
its prosperity, they are justly entitled to
the precedence. The BULLETIN Il still rs
vigorous and able as ever and is the only
daily paper published in Cairo.
! MANuFAcTuREs.
In addition to the anufactories already
located at Cairo, there will soon be COM
! pleted aud in running order,a large steam
box and has ket factory "a spoke and hub
factory n wagon and agricultural iD,PIe-
meut factory; u rurniturc factory and
other esta blishments which will add large
lyto the thrift and Prosperity of The city.
In the man ufacturc of wagons, furniture
and the wood work of agricultural implo-
ments, no city in the Union possesses the
advantages OF Cairo, MS they have at their
very doors the best of timber for these
purposes, while at Chicago the material
Is brought principally from Southern Hi.
nois. n
THE GOAL TRADE
Of Cairo is enormous, o. Ia evncel by the
fact that during tho six months ending
Feb. lst, the Illinois Central railroad
alone delivered at that point 32,370 tons.
The receipts BY river are nj least on o-th.rd
HALLIDAY BROTHERS
are the sole agents In Illinois OF the great
Kanawaf Vas Salt Company, and they
are In constant receipt Of immense quanti-
ties u thcp pure white salt of this company,
snd their sales are very large and con-
s.antly increasing. Partie. in Chicago or
vicinity, who deal in salt will find the ar
ticlc sold by this firm TO be Of an unri- |
vailed purity, aud rs cheap as some infer |
for kinds. Last, but not least, In this |
brief article on Cairo, is q mention Of
III KIL~Abss
Ia addition 10 the railways now in |
operation which centre there, there is u
fair prospect OF an immediate resumption |
OF work on tho Do
CAIRO ASD viSCISSs q. L.,
operations on which were suspended about I
ono and one.Lsl years ago, from want
Of funds. While 1t Cairo We were shown
q dispatch from Gen. Burnside, to one az
our prominent citizens. In which the
General promises that he OF his agents will
be ut Cairo on the ist of March " make
arrangements for AN immediate and Wig
crcus prosecution Of the enterprise. Tho
CAIRO Ambition ~. n.
extending from Cairo TO Fulton, Ark, "
now certain TO DO speedily constructed.
Workmen arc now busily engaged on the
Arkansas end of the route, and operations
ON the eastern portion will be commenced
in the spring.
There are many other installations in
Cairo worthy of note but we have not
space for al enumeration OF all We have
mentioned the most noteworthy, aud know
Of no place offering greater inducements
capitalists and manufacturers. business
men and mechanics Cairo has now "A !