The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-10-29
RAILROADS.
A REPORTED GIGANTIC CON-
SOLIDATION IN WHICH
CAIRO Is INTERESTED.
THE IMPORTANCE OF CAIRO BE-
COMING RECOGNIZED
ANN ARBOR. Oct. II. 1872

ANN hRBOk. oct. ~. lctS.
]. II. OBERLY, ESQ.,:
SIR-I cut the enclosed railroad article
from to-days Detroit Free Press, and
thinking it will be interesting to your
Cairo readers, send it to you.
The assertion in the last sentence, that
othe consolidation is one Of the most gi-
gantic ever formed on this continent"
may give q wrong impression, and yet be
literally true, as the majority Of them are
Of smaller proportions. Tho Pennsyl-
vanis Central railroad, with its two or
three Pacific railroads, and several others,
are considerably more gigantic. Tho
Toledo, Wabash and Western railroad
has been closely allied with the Lake
Shore and Michigan s. and N. Ind. rail-
road; but, though Vsnderbilts son-in-
law, CLARK, is still a director Of the T. W.
and w. railroad, a rival railroad to the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
railroad, and the Vanderbilt railroad, east
of Buffalo, is TO compete with it each way,
both east and west of Toledo, between
New York and Chicago, and by means of
the N. Y. Midland railroad, is to be near
one hundred miles shorter than any other
railroad touching Buffalo or Albany, N.
Y.
That tho Pennsylvania Central made
the Cairo and Vincennes railroad a link
in its South Pacific chain, and that the
N. Y. Midland and South Canada railroad
extend branches to Cairo, (but evidently
not intended to stop there), with the half
dozen or more other new railroads ap.
preaching Cairo in different directions,
shows that the superior advantages of loca-
ton possessed by Cairo are fast becoming
better understood and appreciated by the
business men Of the United States, and
proclaim with no uncertain sound "a
glorious future for that fourishing city
Yours respectfully,
+. w. MORGAN.
The following is the article referred to
by Mr.. Morgan in the above letter;
NEW RAILROAD coMBISATIoY.
At Toledo Saturday, Sunday and Mon
day last were Daniel Drew, Azariah
Body, A. b. Baylis, A. NJ. White and
John Ross. These gentlemen are noted
railroad men, and have all recently been
elected directors Of the Toledo, Wabash
and Western railroad. Besides these gen.
tlemen Milton Cartwright OF the Canada
Southern, John +. Tracy Of the Chicago
and N orthwestern, and John +. Easement
> Of the Chicago, Rock Island and
a Pacific, were also chosen directors
Added to this lis another fact
, namely, that of all the directors
chosen ut the last meeting Of the stock
holders but two are in the interest of the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Z Horace +. Clark and Augustus Schell
quite o change from the old board
J An other fact, that may have signifcanc,
|. or not, is that the net earnings Of the road
last year, $4,000 were not divided, bn
D by vote of the directors have been devoted
n to the increase of the equipment of tn,
road.
Is The Toledo, Wabash and Western has en-
m tered into combination with the Canad
Southern, and it is said with the Chicago
1t and N orth western companies. The road o
g. the former in Canada is being pushed witt
the greatest energy. A survey has bee
10 made of the extension of the road from Tc
Of ledo to Detroit, and on the portion iron
Toledo TO Trenton considerable work hs
"a been done in the way of grading and pre-
D. pairing the road bed The bridge acrOs
the Rasin ut Monroe Is in q state of &c
10 wardness, the abutments being completed
II and the foundations Of all the piers but on
being we'll above water.
10 The line of the Chicago, Michigan an,
1. Canada Southern road has been surveyed
through Michigan, and considerable wor
"a in the counties of Monroe, Lenawee an
10 Hillsdale completed.
The New York Midland railroad, is ais
q in a state of forwardness, composes tn
@. eastern outlet Of the Canada Southern
and will afford il an independent line t
10 New York city.
,r 1t Is asserted that Q consolidation ha
been effected between the New York Mid
D. land, Canada Southern, Chicago, Mich
10 gan and Canada Southern, Chicago an
North western, and the Toledo, Wabash an
10 Western railroads. The Toledo, Wabas
Is and Western being very largely inter
ested in the Canada Southern, and bot
q roads In the New York Midland, tn
e Chicago and Northwestern saw the ad
vantages that would be likely to accru
10 BY combining with the roads above-name
. and building an independent line throug
Michigan. The Toledo Wabash an,
10 Western is also to construct and attain b.
purchase or lease roads beginning at som
point on its line within short distance o
i Toledo, and extending through Indianap
r oils, and thence, in as nearly an sir line u
possible, TO Cairo.
b II 10 asserted that this combination BY
B. the companies mentioned was entered init
upward OF year ago, but has been KEEP
W secret, and has, in fact, not yet becom,
" known except TO very limited circle.
II the consolidation is as maintained. |,
y 10 one Of the most gigantic ever formed or
IN this continent 1t reaches from the sea
board At New York to the Red river az
r tho North, the Missouri on the West ant
8 the Mississippi At the junction Of the Obi,
on the South. 1t passes through MIN
t. states and provinces, and with its numer
m Gus branches controls an aggregate mile
" AGE nAarlv A great a that from tho Al