The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-12
NEW COUNTY
MAP ISSUED
AND PULASKI cOUN.
TIES SHOWN IN DETAIL BY
NEW PUBLICATION.

/ A publication Of very sgrsat inter
est and Importance has j'ES appeared
by issue OF The Bulle'in o4ipany- :
consists OF a thoroughly complete and
up-to-date county map of Alexander
and Pulaski counties. The Bnllesih
company has been working on the
new nap for number of months. Il
was realized some time ago THAI great
need existed for such an article. Tho
last map of Alexander county, an OK
cellent one at the time, was published
IN 1889. fifteen years ago 1t showed
a very small part of Pulaski county
and there has never been until this
time a complete map of our neighbor
ing county on the north. The Bulle.
tins new map supplies this demand
In a most satisfactory manner.
1t IL safe to say that map on such
plan as the one alluded to has new.
err been issued in this part OF the
country The Bulletin eompany's map
not only shows township and section
al boundaries but 1t clearly defines
the exact acreage of every land owner
in the two counties with the name or
the proprietor printed thereon AT 9
glance at any farm canbe located and
the exact number of acreage deter
mined. This may well be
considered an accomplishment In
man making and it was only
by covering every foot Of
ground in the counties by represent.
alive OF The Bulletin company follow,
ed BY a minute and detailed compart-
son with the county records in Cairo
and Mound City that such detail could
be obtained. An expert map man
spent six weeks on the roads alone
and after the proof of the map was
struck as an extra precaution it was
referred TO prominent abstractors in
this city and Mound City who verl-
fed the work done, There is no quas-
ton, therefore, of the completeness,
accuracy and up-to-date qualities OF
the publication.
The new map is approximately five
feet wide by four feet high Il ia
mounted on a high grade OF map linen
with sticks at top and bottom. color.
ed by townships and vanished. Its
size has permitted the larGe scale OF
over one AMI three-fourths inch to
the mile In addition to showing thu
shape and size Of all farms much oth.
or valuable data has been gathered
and is contained in the map. All
churches. district schools and GENE.
teries are plainly marked and bust
ness interests such as gravel pits
coal yards and railway yards are
shown. OF course every railroad "a
located including the new railway
lines. the C.. and L. l., ST Louis and
Valley and the new Illinois Central
Mounds-Oliye Branch-Thebes diyl.
sion. Clank, Cache and other new
towns are shown and defined as are
all river landings and the actual
course of all waterways.
Perhaps no feature is of more value
than the thorough representation Of
all public roads. Amy one desiring to
tour the Two counties or make deliv.
cry of articles or merchandise in the
most remote corners can drive there.
to with ease and speed. Every road
and branch is carefully drawn in the
map showing intersection with other
roads. railways and streams. This
taken into consideration with the fact
that the map is a complete directory
OF every landowner in the two cou1.
ties outside of the towns makes the
publication commercially valuable
and quite indispensable to the aver
age business man.
These maps usually sell for not less
than FIVE dollars. but by purchasing
in quantities The Bulletin company
IS able to offer them at the close
price of 1916 as is stated with fun
particulars in the advertising columns
of this issue. The new map is on
exhibition at The Bulletin office
where it may be examined at any
time and orders left for one or more
copies.
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