The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-28


have here, such as ine,iaos and track
barges Irmber for ctnsr mption II
the cities Ct Cincinnati or Louisville,
can lie Delivered to these points by an
all water shipment about 500 per M
less, that Is when TIE ag1 If Wa'er
and ice vi permit y,u to 90 there,
Our advantage here however has been
somewhat modified by the recent al.
vance in charges from the i rel mes to
/ our yard. But in reshiJ ping from
Cincinnati to prilts nGitl their rat
are practically tie sane as ours, but
the rates cast ar lower than ours;
/ tie difference e the river rate and
handling expense. | have Just el-
toned more than lisets the adva1ta e
in rates to eastern points, VIII r as to
merit ern points Cilc,nnat' IS at a dis
advantage cf $1.75 to 32.00 FER NJ feet
over Cairo Now right here is where
! want to tell you W at was the i'm
mediate cause of cur locating in Cairo
We had for a long time. however, teen
talking occasionally of locating here
lou have often beard about MAJ
| lesng his job. aud at the time he
thought it was the worst thing that
could possibly happen to him tut on
the contrary 1t was the best thing as
no dorbt most OF you have ol,en
noticed. Three Y "a a 20 last whit r
we had seyFra' b4rg $ co ing t. Ci1e
cinnati and Louisville and as usual
were for or fiya IN nths in transit
The Timber supply at NEST Cf tie ia
tories was very low and tsey al
knew about this stock VIII | Ind
coming up and needed it badly. but
they all got their heads together aid
made an agreement amongst them
selves. that they would not pay me
over a certain price, and tAeT argue
amongst themselves this way He
cannot get any more for his mn
in Chicago or Ind ala"ois or Detroit
than he can here aud the freight Of
$500 or $500 per NJ will have to be de-
Quoted. so we might as we'll Ir fit 10
this extent at Hurl's expense" they
said. saw which ny the win was
blowing and as did not relish tn
idea of being squeezed | did sell tie
stock in indianapolis and Ch'cage, and
lest about a Thousand to fifteen hrn-
dred dollars that could have been
made had ] sold the stock to the Gin
cinnati crowd: and they were tie
NJ
they wanted the stock and wanted 1t
bad. SO as soon as We could shape up
our business we pulled stakes and
came to Cairo. and am mighty gla |
we came
I'VE still do business with our Gin.
cinnati friends, but If we cannot get
our price there, We can deliver it in
indianapolis, and Chicago for the SAM
money as we can get in Cincinnati
bv shipping them from Cairo, so by
storing and yarding our lumber here,
we can ship to any point from the
Mississippi river to the Atlantic ocean
ar great advantage over some, and
can compete with all the lumber ship
biUE IlbllllS VI itlF itAlN'EiH N'Hhs
In addition to the great river fact
ties Of Cairo, we have four great trunk
lines. with all their branches running
sorth from here, through eight of tie
greatest lumber producing states in the
union. and it is all tributary to Cairo
The through rates from points on the
Iron Mountain and Cotton Belt r. r..
to northern and eastern points, is th
combination of the two Locals; to
Cairo and out of Cairo. This also
holds true from some points on the |
c. and NJ. & o. but not from them
all. Memphis prior to last winter, had
a biz advantage over Cairo. in the way
Of reconsignng Arrangement. which
we did not enjoy, but the inter state
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