The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-02-12
THE FORTIETu PARALLEL
KOl1TE.
lSpringtield Journal

Springfield Journal.
The proposition started at Quincy, IL
this state, for q con INVENTION, TO he held il
this city on the 4th Of March next, to dis
cuss the feasibility Of a trans. con tinenta
railway for the transportation of freigh
and passengers, about the line of the 40tl
| parallel Of latitude, IL beginning TO a..
tract wide attention, not only among the
producing and commercial classes, but
among practical railroad men, also
Tho arguments in favor of thi:
line 40 direct national highway across
the continent for the transportation OF
the commerce Of Europe and Asia, az well
as we'll as our domestic and local traffic,
are 90 apparent and weighty as to com.
mAnd universal aequiesccnce Whenever
attention 10 brought TO them.
We have before US letter from prac-
teal railroad man--ohe deeply and sue-
cessfully interested in railroad construc-
ton and management in this etato and
Inc iana-cslled out by the report Of the
Quincy meeting published in the Journal
OF tho 26,h ult. The author, writing
from Tuscols, Douglass county, Illinois,
says;
IL think our people would 60 in for the
10th parallel RAILROAD very heartily. l
have given. the Journal here the paper
to call tho attention of the people
Of Douglas county TO il. 1 think this
county will send . good delegation TO
Springfield I, the proposed convention on
Marca 4th.
"lf Congress is going into the business
of cbsr,ering and building railroads at all,
this is the route 10 adopt, 40 /, will sub
serve the Interests Of the greatest number;
and the road would be the great spinal
column or backbone railroad, with
branches ribs running 81 Cleveland. To-
leio, Fort Wayne, Chicago, Peors ST.
Paul Lnd Omaha, on the north, and Gin.
einnA,i, Madison, Louisville, Evansville,
Cairp, 81. Louis, Jefferson City, Texas tviA
the NJ. h. i T. railroad and Kansas City
on The south. Then too . greater popu,s.
iion coali Be rallied 10 its supper, shan
any other route Tia; could be named, be-
ing central 10 New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Osio Indiana Aaa lllirois, and nearly 90
- Missouri
Il uill ca.. the attention o!
cs, people n New York 10 ii;
Tsis 10 The Argxmeni i. 3 "sz.s:ell,
AID evidssiy oolnts .rS.n prAs,ical NAT,
Wis s:asFs ne vho,s project vke;ae. j;
WITH fssa--e VIA la - ~ =
Consress 10 eol,s int business 0! charter.
lsg az t1;ieins Railroads q; al, Jhs $,
1is TD41f 70 sdsBi, 10 la sigmsai aoa
". itlisvt ]; WI Agree " III TIE judgment
81 zine og; q. Ten q TIE psgy,ls q
sts liltes Stt..s, vne W. SEX
q, ibt question tpk-I 1-On PEI
snl.hl O, lpnsa irtsrsst Tia; suDe.llrr
O! The 30. W. bs : DD. sitaHr ~ G.rsci
Sia n he rrpHrrmsui 0r atos-S IN. We
be.Hrs 10 -t,nGr rseIH.iir orldar. An5
tht ri:.sHnf Il ts-nk.sc IL ttlf -put. a.
,iiutI1e abe whul. rsElp- i,s:vss- New
fTs And Dsirsr. ms. NJ ;,sf,lie tsrti-
mani 10 ihf ng FROM 81 ;tn fp.lert, car
pH ssa-. 20 perm; C91gnsss kks lie L..
tint 81 lost SIGH: u IL inplcts,es-
]. IL p.e proposed. specifically, We t,s-
htrs - .ts ca. q lie 0gis:y meeting,
stk. ibt gers-rr-ec ttkl! e.gtcs directly
II lie cacF:-.esjoa o. such lie. Ta.t
10 matte; 70 - decided vtsa tie eoz.
ve.Ioa sssll meet. i; Is proposed; how
ever, 10 urge that vhs,ever s.eps may be
taken by Cosgssss toward the cons.ruc-
iion Of 8 national highway f,his character,
shall have reference 70 this line - moo,
central TO the territory and population Of
the whole country, and - comforting the
largest benefits upon the largest number,
including the great body Of the agricult-
ural, mechanical and commercial classes-
the producing regions Of tho West and
Middle ttates, As we'll rs the commercial
and manufacturing cities of the East.