The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-11

and i yellow with ifs q lelrs Mr
Easterdly believes na' ~ sifs Il
from Mr. Darius Holb3ook of Rea'an. a
q relative Of on u .le early etilcra
of a.ro who was capitalist u, large
means and owf u large tracts of real
estate in this territory
Regarding cairo q book has an in
tciesting account a f1lIows which win
be road with muca iniesoat by rcai
lent cf the city as an idea ot tlc
progress CAIRO has made u f5 years
may be gained:
Cairo.
ON the peninsula formed ~ ne con-
auence Of the Ohio aud Nj issippi
rivers, at tae southwe d nor Of the
state of i.,s Il locar the site ot
thc City cf e.. 10" The an Of build
ing a city at this point ogiginatal IN
1918, in VIII ch year The Territorial
government Of Illinois. granted to a
number Of person promictors Of tla
land, a charter. ineorp1 eatine tlem,
heir heirs. ruccassors and as igns as
Ihc THE Cir" ana rank OF Cairo
nder the provisions Of this charter,
the plan of the city was laid off on a
most extensive scale. anl the cOm
u9ny designated q gentleman Df thelr
number, who wa the originator of Inc
scheme 70 proceed to Europe and pro
cure means ana Immigrants to carry
ihe onicrpm into effect This gentle
man died just about the time fixed for
his embarkaticn. and in consequence
of h. death and The deaths of some
1ther members Of the company, and Of
the pccuriary embarrassment of
others, the proiec fell through. until
about the year 1896, when IL was re-
newed and improved under the aus
pee Of The present shareholders,
'i'he only objection % the site ef w
city, ari es from the fact that Il Il
snbject at times. 70 aariial inundat on.
This objection once fully obyiatel,
there ii perhaps no situation on the
map Of the tTaited States. that sff FITS
more advantages for a great iala !
c ty. than are offered by The location
of Cairo Situated in tie center 81 the
Mississippi valley, at taa junction of
two Of the greatest rive Of the west.
the middle point commanding twenty.
iiyc thousand miles OF inland steam
navigation in different drectisrs. and
surrounded on all sides by rich and
rapidly popua,inR country, + woVll
appear 10 be the natural site for a
great commercial emporium In the
report of Messrs. Strickland ana Tay-
pr, engineers, (1S3SD The site Of
Cairo ana the ~ cans Of making II hab
table are set forth as follows
Upon ar examination Of the penin.
'ula at the junction OF the Ohio with
be M Sis ippi river at the lowest
stage Of the wafer the elevation of
he lanl : found TO he from 30 70 35
'eet in he ght on both rivers The
'anks are made up in horizontal lay
FRS Of alluyial iepositions cf various
hichnosscs. composed of loan. sand
ma clay. Tho Top surface is formed
IF a rich Oh. slightly undulatire in
lircciion acroas the point Of land from
i've" - river; tbs uaeveane has
evidently been formed al some remote
)c!iod by the overflow of the superior
current Of the Missi siupi, The hanks
If which river being somewhat higher
han those of th OHIO. ie d-ainag
when the freshets sub ide 4 directed
owari5 tle latter s.ream this m
ace. hOweye~. may be cons dered
nearly a level plain. With slight linden
atiols formed OF parallel ridges and
aHks fer a di fauce of several miles.
% q nouha-ly direction from he cx
rene southern point of land.
The whole penin.ula {. covered vita
thi-S growth of forest trees. many
II which are exceedingly heavy. M ,1s-
.rng from three 30 five feet ia
.'amtter. The cotton wood. sycamore.
mulberry maple ana boxHocl abound
yer The Grface
AZ he elk rome southern point fo~
distance Of liyc a. siX hundred feet
rom tae water. tae land is evidently
g recent formation. bcing net more
ham from fifteen ~ twenty feet in
eight and sustaining a g-ea quar'i'y
Young saplings of cotton wood
On The Mis- i-sippi. at the i lance
two and q half miles above tho lrnc. .
on Of The Ohio the riT in IFS low
stage flow rapidly through q very
eep caanaci and makes hsat eu-
rnachmcnfs on is banks by under
.ashiDg the 9th. wbica IN many
lac jlg he extent of a mile is in
n orerhansinE AMI pcrpendic1l fr o. -
fio- hgf raj abrasion Gf tAe banks
.ay te ca iiv prevented by -emovine 4.
boz oTerAansine Das7 Of ca-th ami
ie heavy FOREST trees growing near Z
10 margin Of fhe sive-. ana hv me \
lrstrs zion Of a sing dam projected +
the turn Il the stream above ne
b nor however. perc i've thar the
ssiss'ppi side Of this peninsula can
Ell he made si'eitle as a landing
ace for this froat of tie e5niemp-at-
city. pa-iicnlarly so when il Is