The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-12-16

which 2 given mile OF tracN WoNIu pro-
duce, the late Stephen \, Douglas
and other representative Hi
nOls statesmen provided that safe with
Il trunk line charter. The Illinois Cen
trail railroad was built rs the necessities
OF the people required, though close toll
lowing its graders and track-layers came
the pioneers. For over a Qpf"rr OF 4
centuary that company has operated its
road wholly and entirely in the interest
OF the people from whom 1t receives its
patronage. Often It's rates have been
deemed excessive, but the directory only
LEVIED ali insignificant per cent on Irailic
Tor the provision OF Il fund TO be used IN
charging lis facilities aud connections.
eventually 10 benefit every patron. II
has never, 70 any extent, been the victim
of unfriendly legislations, and, although
relieved OF local taxation, yet it annually
pays into the state treasury gross per
centum reaching the heavy sum Of
S300,0O0
While other trunk roads have been
operated by their directories for the pur-
poses OF political elect OF securing subsl-
dies and OF robDlng the people, the lIN.
| nois Centrsl directory has steadily pur,
| sued the one aim and object tor Which ii
was organized OF providing safe
and speedy outlet from the granary OF
the world. Io>day II feels that mission
is accomplished. 1t now only remains
for the people OF New Orleans 10 fulfill
81, mix, H, tlt. n,It-nlil il a.
the New Orleans, Jackson and Cairo lines
with the Illinois Central, an unorokcn
line is given between the Gut and Lake
Michigan, between New Orleans and
Sioux City. This line taps u country
equal in extent to the empire OF Kaiser
William, in productiygpcss OF cereals,
equal to The regions OF the Baltic, in
cattle. in multitude, rs the pampas o!
South America; IN swine, more Than
enough to make glad The heart oi every
IriShnan IN the world. What the Had
son il to New YORK the Thames 10 Lon.
don, so can the Mississippi be made rom
New Orleans to the Gult-a highway iOr
the commerce OF a continent. That was
Henry Clay's idea-that the dream Of
Nallandigham
Chicago has no jealousy of ST. Louis;
Oh the contrary, Chicago Tor u riy years
has been building and improving her ca
nal between Lake Michigan and the Hi
nois river with the single object of cheap.
ening transportation TO the Gut. The
vast region drained by the Illinois Cen
tral is not tributary 10 81. LOu!s-ntYCr
eau be; too many east and west roads
traverse il. 1t can only be made tributa'
~ 10 New Orleans by the Illinois Gen.
| trails facilities and what New DT'rlu,
may have 10 offer in IN way Of elevator,
warehouses and steamship lines. Ny
understanding is that the charter OF Il @
! nols Central company does not allow
I IL TO own or operate steam mp ijHsS. lls
| contract viii be amply fulfilled when u
| brings he immense wealth vi The nOrtn~
west aud lays 1t in the lap Of New Or
! leans.
Railway luen are startled at this move
| on the part OF the Illinois Central. II
has been done 20 quietly and YET 30 sure
! ~ that they have not lad time 10 est,
| mate the terrible blow 1t Will be to them
how completely it will eOunteract eY-
cry movement they Rad IN contemplation
touching pUrceling out OF The traffic be-
! tween the Northwest ahd a market. ! on
| see for the past ten years the principal
Summer emplOyMents OF the SCOTS. Car
refs. JewettS and Nanderbilts have been
| those OF cutting ut one anOther's Threats,
ami the only winter employment that OF
| cutting the throat. OF the paOple. Last
summer these railway kings entered into
q conspiracy against the public and made
truce with themselves. 4 syndicate or
pool was iorme! to go into operation so
soon as the great lakes should close. But
hardly had the details been arranged than
| this move OF the Illinois Central comes to
| lie bit and they are in despair. The press
ent tariff between Chicago and Liver
pool, 20 cents, is not too much, but the
| the Eastern pool dare not raise it fra6
ton, for the Illinois Central can, il the
proper marine interest is secured, adhere
TO the old rate and make little money.
Taking Sioux City as the gathering point
of the vast products Of the Northwest,
and the distances TO Liverpool are as
| follows
From Sioux City via Boston, 1876
miles.
From Sioux City via : r Orleans,
G,lQO miles.
| Without explanation, ihe-c figures
would stand 10 the prejudice Vt the New
Orleans route. IiUl YOU rem mber that
TO get loaded car from the northwest
to an eastern sea port, II must pass ever
three or four different liz, Vi railroad.
Railway men tell me that ii is impossible
to get freight tram in and out OF Chicago
under twenty-four hours, and twelve
hours at Toledo or Detroat and Buffalo.
Whereas, the car loaded at Sioux City,
Chicago or anywhere on the line of the
Illinois Central, goes direct to New Or
leans with Que billing and only the delay
OF changing crews. IL is safe to assume,
when the Illinois Central enlarges its side
tracks on the divisions south OF Cairo,
that it will transport the products OF the
northwest to New Orleans in Is short q
time as they can reach an eastern Sea>
port. But il will be no use TO dumr
those products down here without olhel
facilities Tor forwarding them. The
jetties must be made success; steamers
now lying tied to the piers of the Merssy
the Clyde and the Thames must be pur
chased or chartered; additional elevator
facilities provided; capital in largo
amounts brought into requisition: Mark
Lane nabobs eajoled, Scotch. Ercncl
and Irish mlllers interested, IN fact.
The men of New Orleans must &c al
active and enterprising as are the men o.
Boston or New York. DO these things
and then send your drummers into Iowa
, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska
a. now you send them TO Mississippi o.
Alabama; trade coffee, sugar, mJlasses
all your products, for bacon and grain
az now you trade tor cotton; establish
| honorable commercial relations with thi
new world, and you will lind the llllno
Central a great highway equal TO all you
, demands. You will find what we OF Ill
e inois have al ways found tan honorable
4 high minded directory that never souch
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