The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-11-02
THE GREAT FATHER OF RAILROADS,
AND WHAT is SAID FOR ILLINOIS.

railroad gave Illinois the impetus that sen
her forward from her position as ninth Stat
in the Union, to the honored place OF fourth
1t opened to the touch of American encrg,
and enterprise the richest agncultura
region and the largest coal fields IN TIT
world; and changed, as II by magic oui
wild and untrodden pralries ana unpeopleo
wood lands, INTO inc MONIES Oh busy
thrifty millions
The Kew h'J oy' wiring lot 'ne Carmi
Times very ap''y says '"o'' Il tue Ni'sSiss'p.
pi may DC c"'''" ''' ''e"' '''''' VI
Na'ers' l'e l'''"o's O'N'i"i W.T." eq'"'
PROPHECY may W '"'''" ''i0 ''''' "'''''
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remarNlnS o' l's piesen' greatness Tue sai'ic
gentleman says ''a' ""lNus '"c 0'''c spas
mode enor' 10 l"' vi 'oo' vast system Oh
internal Improvements '''e ILLINOIS 'cnua'
was paruaily sr"ucu' p"' id''u'e iha'Neo
the attempt anu Tie o'"'o oec'''hc oo'''ei'e"
oy an enormous oeo'' i'loosi' '"c o''oi'S
OF bfeese' po"s'as' ho'oIooN' "n"
ouerS' vast grant Vi government
lahu Was secured 10 '"e "'"''' anu '''e
STATE transferring ulls grant 10 wealthy
company secured 'Ne l''ll''S CGn'i"''
which proved paying investment from 'IIe
start lhueeo' Us i'eV' JOY says INC per-
ren'age On 'le earnings Oh tue 'o"o pau 10
the State would IN few years more than
equal the amount OF the ueot incurred Dy
the STATE III lis unsuccessful attempts at III
ternal improvements. lhe building OF the
Central was the beginning anu lnclung
cause OF l'le raplu "ofH o' I"l'ioao oolloln9
III Tue ''"'e' Inc OcA'i"' eoi'p"ns HAS
leu III tH's "oiN' anu Is "o'e"s' WIN INC
FaiI'oa" enterprise Va INC P'c''N''
he'ioes 'l'c ILLINOIS Oei''"' anu o'"nc''
fo"us WHICH 'hey own Vi nave leaScu
'hey nave business connexions "llL o'her
roaos' especially mann mes SoV'h' FROM
e'' LOUIS souu. ''ley cohhec' py uie 81
LOUIS 'alIo Snort Line forming a
Junction at Du Vuoln' ana connecting III
caro- WIN the mississippi central Inc
company has EXTENDED us lines Oy puiidlhS
ai" Teasing o'Hcr foaus' lHey nave
pfahch across iowa. from Dubuque 70 sioux
Ilty' inns ROAD runs 20 mics or more
from the Iowa and Minnesota Ilne' verYlng
from a due west course to strlk prominent
points, such as Delaware, independence,
Cedar rails, Iowa faIIs, NeOs'eF lily,
Fort Dodge, cherokee ana LemaTs' ~ tIIls
point the road turns southwest to Sioux,
City. II trayelscs fifteen counties. In
Dubuque county a road from Cedar Rapids
forms junction with the D. II 5, at In
dependence 1t is crossed by the Burlington,
Cedar Rapids u Northern and farther west
by the northwest branch OF the latter road
and is still farther west by road from
Oskaloosa to Minnesota. At Le-
mars it forms a junction with
road running northeast and
projected if not built, to St. Paul. From
Sioux City road is built north of west
to Yankton, in Dakota. Besides these, the
Central has a branch from the d, Il s.,
starting at Cedar Falls and reaching to
Austin, MINI.
In Illinois the road starts out from Dun
leith, the northwest corner of the state,
runs down to Galcna and then turns east
and passes near the Wisconsin line to Free
port, and then turns south. Between Du-
! huo,n and Mo,do+o ,ho I,o,+r.l ,roe,,, ,,l