The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-07-16
CAIRO AS MANUFACTURING TOWN,
SOMETHING ABOUT THE SINGER SEWING
MACHINE AND DixIE,corToS SEED OIL
COMPANIES

MACHINE AND DixIE-c0rToS SEED OIL
COMPANIES.
The importance to our city of the estab-
lishment here of branch of the Singer
manufacturing company's works is so great
that more extended notice of it than has
as yet appeared seems to he justified.
The Singer manufacturing company is
an Incorporated company, organized under
the laws OF the state of New Jersey and
has a capital of ten millions Of dollars, the
principal establishment of the company lie.
inc located al Elizabeth in that state. y
branch of the establishment is located at
South Bend, in the state of Indiana, in
which about one million of dollars is in
vested and at which the frames and wood
work of their sewing machines are manu-
featured, from five hundred TO six hundred
hands being constantly employed there, the
pay roll for last month having seven hun
dred and fifty names on il. From failure
principally in the supply of material a;
| South Bend, required for the manufacture
of the frames OF their sewing machines, the
company have been compelled TO look for
new location and after sn extended exam
NATION for new site in Missouri, Illinois
and elsewhere by the superintendent of the
general works at the east and the superin-
tendent OF the branch at South Bend, Cairo
has been selected, upon their reports by
the board of directors at the general Office
in the city Of New York as the
| best location for their business,
inesmuch, as, in addition 10
other advantages afforded them, it Sc
cures certain and permanent supply of
raw material. Additional significance is
given to the selection of Cairo when il is
| known, as stated in communication by
the agent of the company to our neighbor-
ing town OF Metropolis, that Cairo WAS the
only place of all with which they had com
municated, that had not offered them dUua.
tons OF ground and other Inducements to
locate with them. That is, that they pre-
fened TO pay for ground here rather than
| take il as donation at any other place
The company have secured by purchase
from Messrs. Halliday, at very reasonable
figures, the old hub factory property, com
prlsing the hub factory building, with ten
lots, in block one and ten lots, in block
eight, 10 the fifth addition to the city of
Cairo, and two hundred and fifty feet Of
rlyer front on the Ohio, in front Of the
hub factory building. From the city they
have acquired that portion Of the railroad
strip abuttlng upon the lots purchased from
Messrs. Halliday, for which they are to pay
the city one hundred dollars, and from the
trustees of the Cairo Trust Property they
acquired by purchase sixteen and half
acres in the rear of the hub factory prop.
erty, extending from Thirtyhfth street TO
Thirty eighth street and from Commercial
avenue 10 Sycamore street, that portion OF
the plot OF the fifth addition, from Thirty
fourth street TO Thirty-eighth street and
between Commercial avenue and Sycamore
street, having been vacated by
the trustees to afford 10 the manufacturing
company an unbroken space Of ground for
their operations from the river to Sycamore
street, excepting the Intervention Of Com
mercial avenue, over which connection can
be, without doubt, made by bridge. For
the property purchased from the trustees,
the company will pay about twenty-f five
| dollars a lot, not fourth Of the value upon
a very low valuation. From the trustees
the company also acquire, without cost, an
entire exemption from all wharfage charges
upon all materials landed from RATS or
! boais Tor use IN their business.
The agent Of the manufacturing compa.
ny is, as we understand, already here, max.
ing his arrangements for the commence.
ment Of work, and active operations will
soon begin, the intention being, as we I'M
derstand, to eventually transfer the business
Of the branch at South Bend to this place.
sThe selection by the Dixie Dill Company
OF this location fp their IA works is an.
other significant fact in the interest Of our
city; the representatives of the company,
although having been offered strong in
ducements In donations of land, exemptions
from taxes and otherwise at other locations,
prefer to purchase here, which it is under
stood has been done Of block sixty-one, ia
the city of Cairo, from Messrs. Gallagher
and Halliday and Mrs. Stafford.
The selection Of this point Tor the location
Of these extensive manufacturing establish
ments having been made by men, who,
from their positions in controlling such
vast interests as they are in charge of 1t is
allowable to presume are men of great
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