The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-01-18
survey Ing the Route for a Road from,
Cairo 10 Paducah.
from the Chicago Railway Review

BY tue completion OF the LOG mile. %
road from Jackson, Tenn, to Cairo IN.
aud the construction Of n railway ferr,
boat, al sll-rsii line is now for the 0r.,
time provided between Chicago and New
Orleans, via the lilinoi. Central. Mis.i..
sippi Central, and New Orleans. Jacgson
aud Great Northern roads. The distance
by the new line is gl2 miles, being ora
mile less than the distance from Chicago
to New York by the Pennsylvania lines
via Pittsburg. twill, In effect, form con.
solidated line o! road; as the Illinois
Central company have guaranteed the
ncComb bonds 10 the value OF Oil. mil.
lions of dollars, with which the new road
has been built TO jackson, and the old
roads between jackson and New Orlsaus
brought 70 condition for the most efsiciept
operation. The lines south Of Cairo arc
All held in the intores. OF henry S. Ne.
Comb, who obtained possession of the
Great Northern through the purchase Of
Tue stock hold by Louisiana and New Or
leans, and who controls the Nissis,ippi
! Central through the Southern Railway
Association lessees. Mr.. McComb's own.
ership in those lines and his policy for
their improvement. hss fro N the Ara, had
reference to the Chicsgo connection.
now al accomplished fact, AMI the
line is, at this early day. the
best between the Ohio river and tb.
Gult Under the present winter ar.
rsnsernent OF timetables, through trains
VIII be run between Chicago and New
orleans In 80 hours--sn average of 2e1
miles per hour, including stops and Win
the opshing OF the summer season. IL NAV
be reduced TO 80 hour., or az average Of
~ miles per hour.
The terminus Of the McComb sys,en /,
Cairo, and no. the south bank Of The Ohio
aud tbs Terry therefore transfer the Mis-.
si'slppi Central trans. The Missl,,ippi
Central gauge lie i've feet, and the trucks
will 10 changed under the through cars by
The same device employed ct Suspension
bridge in too transfer between tb.
Michigan Central and Great Western and
Erie rosds. For the present only the
sleeping cars will run through bat
A. m early Day the whole espre.,
train Will NJ doubt run through .Thetr.
raugenent for the change OF pa,senpers
aud baggage on the day care will be en-
hrely convenient, az the iugoing and ont
gong trains viii stand eide by side in the
CAIRO depot. through car will in like
manner run between ST. Louis wis Cairo
short Line and New Orleans, route
presenting obvious advantages ss COM
pared with the present roundabout, one
over the Iron Mountain and Mobile and
Ohio roads via Mobile.
The srrsgements, now definitely com.
pleted VII! lie inauguraiei BY January |.
1874. 1.-THE time which had, necessarily.
10 conform 10 the winter schedule
already adopted south OF the Ohio
10 greater than some have an
hclpsted that It might he, the public can
rest assured Of one thing: il will be reg
uIsriy made. Col. Fro.t, the manager Of
the McComb, roads, and no les. the Him
oi' central managers, are characterized
oy that grateful conservatism which-un-
dertaking no more than 10 practicable, nev.
or fail TO accomplish what they under.
take. The trsveivt st-r,inr from Cbi.
cago at o'clock on Sunday evening can
rely en- reaching his hotel in New Or,eon,
at / m. On Tuesday.
The opening OF The now through line
VIII be, literally, God. send to the
numbers Of invalid and oyer.yorked, AL
ready SO large, who SEEK res. and re.tors.
lion in the South during the late
winter and early spring moths.
Those who have undertaken the iour.
ney hitherto will not need to be reminded
Of the ease, the luxury, Of a journey
through 10 h comfortable sleeping and |
draWing-ro0m Gar, a. compared with the |
programme necessary hitherto-chapginr |
TO a day car at Centrslis, 20 a boat at |
Caro-, and agsin from boat to car At Co. |
lunbus. Certainly 10 arrangement ever
heretofore made will be better appreciated
by the travelling public, and il must at
once result in material increase IN a bus.
iDe,s already large.
The result 20 through traffic will be no
less acceptable. The new tran sfer boat
probably the largest and most convenient
yet built in this country--has . capacity
II sixteen loaded freight cara. The ar.
rangement is the Inauguration Of q policy
to long delayed which will revolu.
'ionizs the entire interests of our gull
commerce.
CAIRO AND PADUCAu.
The PadUcsh 'Kentuckisn' of Friday
avs:
We had tho pleasure Of meeting with
Mr.. Axtsll, chief engineer of the Cairo.
and Texas railroad in the city
yesterday. lie leaves this morning to sur
'ey line from here 10 Cairo. The G. A.
IT, road was completed some time ago,
making an air line frup, Cairo to Texsr.
'ans, OF four hundred miles, where it
onnects with other roads. We shall have
more to say about this road and It's con.
ections.