The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-17
HON. WALTER WARDEP MAKES
ELOQUENT PLEA FOR CAIRO
In His Argument Before Illinois Railroad and
Warehouse Commissioners In Cairo
& Thebes Railroad Case

Santa Fe would be a positive detri
ment to the interests Of the citizens
of Cairo for the reason that it woul,
render impossible O connection by tn,
G. & I. with the c. K f. |. at tha
place. He Unlisted that what hi
clients want is a connection with thu
G. & L. |. at Santa Fe TO make com
| peting line to Central and Northern
Illinois and a terminal road between
| Cairo and The bes that will bring all o.
the roads crossing the Thebes bridge
| into the city of Cairo on equal ant
competing terms. giving to the ship
lpers of Cairo a competitive freight
| rate that will enable them succs IS
lfully to push their business into new
fields Of trade He stated that an
overhead crossing al Santa Pc would
lmaEe Thebos the only connecting
point and preclude the hone of avail
able competition over the c. & E, l.,
north, and furthermore, shat the great
c. st Of such crossing would destroy
|fqe plan sor'a ter hinat road and the
.eel. :itiye. fge!gh.s ratss cifisGiiegt
tlieEacn... e. % -. :.
~ ..sciirei:. 1h~.,' fac .:hiipSi;srs' .Ss
'cd 10. avt. moi iar1saas so far'as rail;
roads are courdrned' and >dr2 moi: max,
ing .1ar' on the. railroads already here.
but what they do want is.moie and
better railroad facilities; they are
alive and sensitive to their own in.
terests and urge such decision in
this case as will help to build up the
CITY Of Cairo and extend its trade
still further into the Mississippi Val.
ley.
In support of this he directed the
attention of the Board to the pres
ent rapid development and the won
derful future possibilities of Cairo
and Southern Illinois and read an ex.
tract from a message which Governor
Deneen will next week send to the
9 neral assembly recommending the
Importance to the state of Illinois of
encouraging and aiding in the con.
str ction Of a deep waterway from
Lake Mich gan to the Gulf Of Mexico;
the extract Is as follows:
Vsctsr Than Egyptian Domain
ITO the south of St Louis in south.
ern Missouri and Illinois. Arkansas
eastern Texas and northern Louis
'ana Mississippi and western Ten
nossee and Kentucky is the great
'ndeyelopcd region of the United
states with NOR resources and
especially for population than any
oiher part of the national domain
'hat remains for exploitation In the
ielta land alone below Cairo, is an
area four times greater than all the
lands that were ever cultivated in
Egypt. ancient or modern. and with
4 II and climate as favorable.
Here are the future cotton fields
which are TO go north TO the future
water powers. Along the route from
he lakes TO the gulf is belt or terri |
DRY which for any width that may
be taken contains more soil resources /
han any equal belt elsewh re in the
world"
Senator Warder coniended that /
cairo will be the trade center for 4
great part of this vast area Of rich /
md yet undevf loDed country and viii I
iced and now needs more and better I
venues for commerce and the dis F
ribution f the products of industry. 4
He portrayed in glowing words tn
allure wealth. prosperity and com
nercial greatness Of Cairo and closed .
With an earnest plea for such a decis-
on Of The crossing problem as viii I
Hable the consHmmat on If the orig
nal plan Of "a terminal railroad and
hereby hasten the day when Cairo
hall onme into posse SIGN Of the con- \
1ercial power and greatness which
ature has decreed she f. to attain
nd which The pluck enterprise aHd 4
ssacify Of her business men entitle
er 70 enjCy.