The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-11
CAIRO'S BUILDING BOOM
Manufacturing, Business and Resi-.
dence improvements Being Push
ed With Energy.


Friends of progress in The city
have cause to feel more than pleased
over the evidences given at every hand
that the city is growing rapidly. The
improvements are not of public
character for there has been a stand
still in this direction for some time
but they are OF private and corporate
character which indicate that
private enterprise is active in spite
of the lack of public or municipal en-
terprisc. Among the various projects
now in course of execution are some
very important ones, which promise
not only temporary employment for
all the labor and artisans in the city.
but permanent employment for a con.
siderable number Of skilled working,
men, which will add much to the
prosperity Of the city as time passes.
Contractor Fraser has the contract
for building the new ak handle factory
now under way in the north westerly
part Of the city. 1t is brick building
lSS feet long and IS feet wide. and ii
will take 100000 brick to raise
the walls Ii will be one OF the i'm.
portant industrial establishment of
the city when it is in operation. will
be supplied with the latest machinery
and turn ont AK handles for vide
territory controlled by The owners of
this factory.
The new ice factory in the upper
part Of the city will be ready to serve
the public III few weeks The foun.
dation work is all done machinery is
being put in as rapidly as possible.
The Cairo Brewery an establish.
msnt costing S150.000. or more. will
probably be ready TO turn out a fine
specimen Of that popular beverage
by May L. If not sooner. Some of the
machinery needs to be placed and
connected up
The new candy factory, over Winter
Bros. Ice factory is assured. and work
on the additional story to he occupied
by this establishment is under way.
The big Grinstead building. The com
pletion of which will mean another
wholesale grocery house for Cairo. will
20 ahead as soon as the trouble with
the bricklayers and carpenters is adj
iusted, which will probably not be
long.
The new ice house which Winter
Bros. are putting up means additional
business for that big plant in the com
ing summer, in supplying one of the
big meat packing establishments in
the city
Mr., Ira Hastings Is getting bids on
a fine residence which he will have
erected this summer
Mr. Mccarthy will omen bids TO-
night on fine residence. which he
win have erected on Fifteenth street
next to Aldermans Egan's handsome
home 1t will cost in the neighbor-
hood Of $500
The Alexander County National
Bank Will have new front put into
the bank guiding, which will cose
over $4,000 It will be an attractive af.
fair with five massive columns of pol
ished granite. % inches in diameter
extending from the ground to the
second story.
John Burgoise win have ston
front put into the building at the cor.
ner Of Fourteenth street and Wash.
ington avenue. with a big arch in the
center, resting on heavy columns on
either side.
Work is going ahead on the Wood
ward Hardware company's big adli-
ton, on Ohio Levee street, which
means an extension Of business for
that great establishment.
A long list of lesser improvements
in the way of residences in various
parts of the city might be noted for
which permits have been granted by
the city council at recent meetings.