The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-02-04

ton and Iron Mountain and st. Louis rail-
roads from Little Rock TO st. Louis will be
about twelve hours, when the road bed
Is in condition to warrant the running
through Of express trains, and the Cairo
and Fulton railroad will connect as fol-
lows North with the st. Louis and Iron
Mountain railroad 337 miles from Little
Rock and 49O miles from the Texas line :;
northeast with the Illinois Central and
Cairo and Nincennes railroads at Cairo !;
east and west with Memphis and Little
Rock, and Little Rock and Forth Smith
railroads, and Little Rock, Pine Bluff and
| New Orleans railroads south with the
Mississippi Oachita and Red Rive, South
ern, or Texas and Pacific, to the Pacific,
and tho international railroad of Texas To
Laredo and City of Mexico, and terminal
! ing at Mazatlan, Mexico, on the Pacific
| coast.
The through and local business of this
important line of rairoad from st. Louis
southwark, and from Texas northward,
will tax to its utmost capacity a single
track TO accommodate. Notthcrn.bound
trains will carry cotton, sugar, tropical
fruits, stock and lumber. South-bound,
merchandise, grain, coal, etc. The fran
| chise of this road is now in the hands of
powerful and live corporation, and the
promptness with which it has met all its
obligations has won the confidence of the
whole people in the enterprise. From
present appearances we have every assur-
ance that the Cairo and Fulton will be
furnishing us beef from the plains of the
Preside before the Christmas of 10.
LANDS.
BY act Of congress, July rs, 1866, a do
nation of land was confirmed to the COM
pany of 6,4O0 acres to each mile of road,
extending to twenty miles on each side of
the track, thus securing ten full sections
to the mile, or ,92G, 400 acres upon 30l
miles OF road. These lands are exempted
from taxation until the road earns 10 per
cent and the road being located along
that portion OF the state where the hlly
regions of the western and northern meet
the level lands of the eastern and southern
part of the state, will enable the company
to accommodate all classes Of buyers. for
bottom, valley or hill lands; for cotton,
grain, fruit, grass, or stock growing. All
this country adjacent to the route abounds
in coal, iron and fine clay. Pine,
black walnut, oak, ash, cherry,
and poplar oaks measuring
six and ten cuts TO the tree, to an
inexhaustible limit, are found all along
the route. The cultivated lands adjoining
the lands of the &. and p. company pro-
duce cotton, corn, wheat, oats, tobacco
potatoes, Irish and sweet, pens, beans
hops and the grasses. Peaches have not
failed for thirty years. 1t is the Object of
the company to offer these lands at very
low figures to actual settlers Of a thrifty
and industrious character. The officers of
tho road arc Thomas Allen, president;
II. q. Marquand, vice president ID.
w. Williams, treasurer; w. r.
Donald son, secretary; j. NJ. Loueh-
borough, land commissioner; James ii.
Morley, chief engineer.
Directors-Thomas Allen, S. H. Latin,
Elon G. Smith, l.. B. Clark, W. r. Dom
aldson, W. Il. Allen, ST. Louis II. G..
Marquand, VIM. r. Blodgge;, VIM. II.
Smith, ii. NJ. Alexander. John H. Swift.
Geo. Cabot Ward, New York, and j. NJ.
Loughtorough, Little Rock.
Trustee of the bonds-The Union Trust
company, 10 Broadway, New York.
Principal office, St. Louis.
=, Agency of the company. 100 Broadway,
New York. Capital stock, Sl2,OOo,0OO,
First mortgage bond first lien upon lands
railroads and equipments), seven per cent
gold, coupons January and July, due
1891, SS0OO000.
Through trains will be put on in ten
days, leaving st. Louis pm. IN sleeper
as far as White river take breakfast at
White river; arrive at Little Rock at p.
m. next day. Leave Little Rock at 7 a.
M; arrive at st. Louis next morning
at o. H.