The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-03-16

u ihdt NhlTo SiiipplHS DusiheHS
II enormous stands to reason Were hi
nor so it would not be a railway cer
Ter. and had ii nor been great con
!. mercial point naturally il would neve
Q have become a railroad center But. n
: TO the extent OF Cairo's commerce tn
public has only a vague idea, and. il
the absence OF definite, colectiv,
records, Il has been hitherto impos
lsible 10 ascertain just what Cairo.
railroad traffic amounts 10. Years ago
when the Lumber Exchange was ii
leNistence, fairly accurate record wa.
kept of the volume Of business in thai
line. but since the death of the ey
change no such record is kept. In the
matter OF grain also the record is kept
by each shipper for himself ana ii
would be almost impossible To obtain
any correct data for the entire city
during ANY given period OF time Yet
il Is known thar such data would be
OF immense value 10 Cairo. in placing
her commercial importance effectively
before the world.
Efforts have been made within the
last several weeks to collect data
with reference 10 the lumber and grain
business Of Cairo and have been fairly
successful and the result win snr-
prise even those who have always
made the most liberal estimates on
the subject. II is ascertained that the
lumber an grain shipment, from Cairo
will run up 20 $4,000 cars a year.
divided nearly half and half between
these TWO great commodities: ana that |
the produce, -four and general mer
shipments will furnish from
four 10 FIVE thousand cars additional.
This business which originates in
Cairo. and which the several railroads
here ger from Cairo for des-
inaiion TO all parts Of the country.
mainly in the south. over their own l.
ines and their connections.
These data have been made mp from
lccn1ate statements obtained from the
zig shippers and conservative esti- /
mates with respect 10 the smaller ship.
ers and can be relied npon 10 be ap-
roximately correct.
This means that about 300 trains /,
T 30 cars each are loaded IN cairo /
very year, or more than l0Q trains S
er month and over three trains per {
ny. And this. does not take into ac. i
cunt tho greater quantity of freight Z
fhich comes through Cairo enroute c
orih CT south or east I
Cairo's mmber Interests are the I
faatost n tA' elton of the coun. &
~ AMI nor elevator capacity ia
raatef than that II any city on the b
'hio river Louisyilie'q capacity is the q
reatest excepting Cairo's II is 800 $
10 bushels, While Gairos is BOO .00l <
usnels
Is il any wonder hat the big rail. Il
pads in this section of the country S
re- striving for Cairo's business and 81
re willing to spend hundreds of thou t.
inds OF dollars TO reach the city? f
he Nashville. Chattanooga & St. q
Duis railroad company has been get
NJ nuch oi CaiFos grain business
a the Illinois Central, at Martin. N
ann. but since the latter company N
IS gone into Nashville 1t has turned a
is business over to other connections Ct
ere and the ~ c. & St l.. is de s,
rmined 10 gel the business for itself. &c
building a line Of its own to the IN
no river opposite Cairo The com HI
NY reaches the river al Hickman W
d Paducah. but ar the former place d
e conditions in the harbor are such s.
al the business can not be handled Ia
d at Padncah again the company vi
g only the Illinois Central as to
ader. Cairo is the objective point N
Il the company seems 10 have made
its mind thar The way 10 get Cairo's be
slness u 30 come TO Cairo. The same eli