The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-07-15
CAIRO.
What n Correspondent Of M Eastern
Journal Has 10 Say About 0s.

The following correspondence. writ
ten doubtless by an admirer Of Cairo,
we clip from an Eastern exchange
CAIRO, LII, July 3, 1870.
MEssRs. EDIToEs several years ago,
your correspondent left the ''city OF
shoes, as many others had done before,
in search of 4 home and a fortune in the
West. Like most Yankees | hardly
knew my destination. but fortune
brought me to the much maligncd city of
Cairo. where, for the past six years.
have made my home, contrary to the cX-
pectation OF many OF my friends. who
had an idea that Cairo was such
al, an unhealthy place. that one could not
H'c mere '"o-" than six months. Few.
probably, OF our rcuu.--, I,..y.,-x-, hoo,
here, but nearly all have listened In ,vi,
at our expense, a. Cairo has been fear
fully abused by people who, passing
through, lost no time in commenting
on our peculiarities. without giving us
due credit for our many natural advan-
tages.
People in general, from what they haye
heard and read, have an idea that Cairo
is dirty, swampy. unintelligent city,
where only thieves and gamblers find EN-
ployment; but short visit will counter
act all such impressions, and, instead,
they will.find Il thriving ,well-built, clean,
well-gOverned city, whose people are
| i'm FOL yxyt.t. IN 10 I'M
The climate is unsurpassed for salu-
brity, and the healthfulness Of its inhab-
itants cannot be eXcelled. There was Il
time, however, before the swamps were
cleared, before the leyees were con-
structed, and before the dead and dying
| cottonwood, sycamore and other trees
gave way to fine streets and buildings,
that Cairo, like all other river bottom
| towns, was unhealthy. Cairo dates its
| existence from 1854, when the first lots
were sold and the first improvements
commenced, and to-day has q population
of about 10000, divided about equally
between foreigners, negroes and Ameri-
cans. The country about Cairo, in Hi
nois, Kentucky and Missouri, is Of the
most fertile and productive character; all
the agricultural products of the North,
and many products of the South, includ-
Ing tobacco, cotton, hemp. flax and sweet
potato, are yielded in great abundance,
and large quantities of every variety OF
fruit are annually shipped from this
neighborhood. Strawberries have been
gone for two weeks, and peaches are be-
ginning to make their appearance.
OF our schools we are proud we are
credited throughout the State with I'M
surpassed educational facilities in our
public schools. Our churches are nli-
mcrous and well attended. am often
asked il Cairo offers any inducement to
capitalists to invest, and to all | would
say, yes. Every inducement that could
be desired, except capital ITSELF The
Cairo City Property Co. will assist, as
far as donating land is concerned, all
who desire to erect any mandatory ;
and every description of raw material
which enters into the production OF man
ufacturcd articles, is found here In abun-
dance. The coal, which fur
nshcs the power, iron, tim
Der, of every description, &c., lie at
our very door; and market North,
South, East and West, with seven rail
roads and over five thousand miles OF
river communication to carry our wares
to every part of the country. Speaking
about railroads, reminds me OF the fact
that Lynn is soon to connect with Boston
by narrow gauge road. also see by
f Lynn papers that there seems to be 4
. distrust In the minds of some rs to thu
practicability and safety of the narrow
. gauge roads, and perhaps word in THU
, connection would not be out of place
The Cairo & st. Louis railroad, running