The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1872-12-22
THE NkIko9AI1Y BULLETIN, SUNDAY, DECEM1kk 23sls79

have paid hand TO- divi1snds. II Is with.
kthe means Of ~ pecpls, when this road
10 be built 10 raise sufllcient funds to
Build apd it wil do ~ the business re-
buried ofMwAh siysGS care and comfort
CnSAt INTERPOLATION.
| There isSnothing strange or mysterious
In the manner In which railroads enrich
countries. II IL done by cheapening the
cost Of Transportation to market OF all
articles produced, either on farms, in facto.
ries or IN mines. The real value of land de.
ponds. not only oh the amount It produces
but also upon the facility OF getting pro-
auctions TO good markets ut cheap rates.
Land thirty miles from q railroad IL not
worth more than half rs much as land yield
Ing the same amount Of productions lying
two, three, or even fve..miles from rail-
road. The difference In the cost Of trans
portation TO market makes land clone to =
railroad more valuable than land remote
| from railroad. 10
INCREASE IN VALUE OF REAL ESTATE.
The whole cost Of this road from Johnson
vile to Cairo will not exceed el zoe, 900, and
the country through which twill run IL now
worth q, 900. aud when this road 10 COM
plcted, will be worth not less than oi2,.
OOO.OOO. y. b. t..f Hi.,.. 4.
| ia THE MEANS TO BUILD. Iai
II Is idle TO say then. that there arc not
sufficient means to build the road. There
may be want Of will and dstsGmined action,
but there Is no want Of ability. The Increase
In the value of the property on the line Of
this road, caused by It's construction, will
DC three times as much a. the entire cost Of
the road.
| As AN INVESTMENT
| We believe IL will pay, on account of Its
small cost and light running expenses, to-
gether with the heavy business 1t must do
inShe transportation Of freights, to say moth.
| ing of It's passenger business.
These are some of the considerations which
cause us to recommend this road TO the
favorable consideration Of the people along
itsline, and also TO capitalists who are seek.
ing safe investments. ...
JOHN Ii. OBRRLY,
| g. ..... Tuos. II. CoRBErT,
w. 5. MAXWELL,
Committee.
CHARTER.
Hon. Thos. II. Corbett of Ballard county
Kentucky, moved the following;
Resolved, That the Executive Committee
| ~ hereby instructed to prepare . charter for
the road through Kentucky and Tennessee.
| Adopted. ...
Mr.. Oberly said the proposed company
should be named SO that the Executive
Committee might proceed under Mr.. Cor
belts resolution, and moved that the
name Of tho company should b. The
Cairo and Tennessee River Railroad Com
pany." Carried. lI'
PUBLICATIONS OF PROCEEDINGS.
DR.. Dickinson Of Paris, moved that the
Paris, Mayheld, Cairo, st. Louis and other
newspapers along the line Of this road,
and the Memphis and Nashville papers,
be requested TO publish the proceedin g Of
this convention. Carried.
In seconding this motion, Mr. OberIy
Of The CAIRO BULLETIN, remarked that
the proceedings Of the invention ought to
be placed in the hands Of many people
who would not SEQ either Of the papers re.
ferred to in the motion, and that he would
print the proceedings in circular form,
and gratuitously send one thousand copies
to each Of the local committees for distri-
button in its county. 1901.
| THANKS.
Votes Of thanks wero rendered to Mr
Obcrly for his liberal proposition to print
the proceedings grituitonsly, and to the o.
iccrs and committees for their services
The convention adjourned to meet .,
Mayiield, on the call Of the executive com.
mittee. +. NJ. PARSONS, Sec'y.
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