The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-09-10
GREGS0N.
HIS JOURNEY TO CALIFORNIA OVER.
LAND.
VIVA: lie Saw Tn Route nna There
For the Cairo Bulletin
OLE ON LIE NAEROM q AI,EI

| orr On The MARROW GAUGE.
Business Offering in California. u
through ticket purchased from the mar
row gauge railroad, furnished the oppor-
tunity of passing through hitherto UNI
known section OF country ito me-, and OF
institutlng comparison OH the score OF
comfort 10 travellers with the broad
gauge cars. That Il marked advantage.
economically considered, exists Is. or
ought to be, well known. The only
drawback to perfect comfort, was in the
palcity OF passengers, not furnishing
weight sufficient to prevent undue oscil-
lation. notwithstanding this want, I
found could walk the aisle of the car
with more ease and steadine.s than /
recollect having experienced under cir
cumstances nearly similar on the /. c. X.
X. or &. n '. With the country and its
| possibilities. was most fivorbIy i'm
pressed, as was with the prescience of
the originators of the road.
THOUGHT FREQuENTLy ExrREssKr.
to friends in Cairo and elsewhere found
confirmation, that the completion OF the
work has secured future for Cairo.
rendering every property holder assured
Of the tenure u his possessions. This
benefit alone amply compensatcs the
county and city subscription. Looking
n, the advantages conferred by location.
in connection with the early manufac-
ture OF iron consequent on the astonish-
ing fact that American iron is now selling
at Wolvcrhampton, England. for $50
u ton. good reason appears on which to
predicate an early era OF prosperity for
Cairo and surrounding country. am
advised that the Cornwall Iron Co.,
OF Ccdcr Bluff, Cherokee county, Ala
bama, are now preparing to ship
to Liverpool 100 tons of their char
coal pig iron, having procured fire lights
from savannah at ten shillings per ton.
| do not think err in asserting the men,
tai illness of W. b. Brown, the Coal
King" alone prevented the establish
mcnt of that industry IN your midst.
DINING At ALTO,
five hundred feet above Cairo on the line
of the road, Il short and pleasant trip for
tourists, found country to charm the
eye in IL, magnificent panorama and to
crafty the unitarian in its business open
ings. Agriculturists, seeking fields for
remuncrativc labor, will traverse the con-
tinent vainly in search of more productive;
capitalists can there find the opportunity
for safe investment, by enabling labor to
draw forth the raw material which the
skilled artisan may fashion into shape for
home and foreign markets, keeping mer-
chants and bankers busy, and diusing
throughout all classes of the community
"A spirit Of contentmcnt.
SEVERE HAIL STORM,
nj Fort Laramie on The 2ith OF July. with
snow visible in the mountains, and fires
in the cars at night, sufficiently attested
our elevation and presented a marked
contrast TO your suffering from oppressive
heat. At Council Bluffs and Omaha. |
found
EVIDENCES OF DEPRESSION,
|
The Union Pacific company are about
commencing the erection OF their head
quarters, involving an expenditure of one
hundred thousand dollars, thus eyidcnc-
ing their faith in the approach of more
prosperous times.
CAIRO CAN PROFIT
by taking copy from the communities
found along the route, and in my pres
ent locale, all are seeking to induce immi.
grafton of capital and labor through ad-
Vertising and disseminating information
Of their peculiar advantages.
Al CoLOMBUs,
hinety-onc miles from Omaha, the place
MI John Browncr was pointed out TO
me- bringing wildly to mind friends in
Mound City.
CHEYENNE,
nve hundred and seventy-six miles from