The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-25
WOULD OPEN SECTION OF BAL!
LARD COUNTY WITH GREAT
PROFIT TO BUSINESS.
IN CAIRO AND VICINITY
Paducah is Enthusa s.,c on Subject
and is Plann ng to
Finance Pro.
ject.

few days, means more possibly t
the people CT Paducah than at frs
appears, provided, C course, that tn
line fultills the purpose of the ne'
railroad and developes and opeas u
territory which is now to a great g,
tent inaccessible to the business il
terests Of the city
The line is TO run through tn
northwestern part of MeCracke
county and into Ballard. From tn
McCracken county line there hav,
been two surveys made through e
| its western termiurs. one through
the northern part of Ballard county
about five to eight miles from thC
Ohio river, aud one to parallel the
line of the Illinois Central from Pa
ducah into East Cairo
Insofar as the interests Of Paducad
are concerned il would be of immeas
urabiy more benefit to have the line
run according TO the first survey. /
e., north of the Illinois Central raj,
road about five or seven miles ann
about the same distance from tn.
river. The territory adjacent to tha
Illinois Central through to Cairo is
already tributary 10 Paducah There
are two trains a day each way and
the residents of that section OF Bal
lard county have no difficulty IN ger
ting to Paducah in the morning AM
going home at $50 or in the evening
This is even now practically a sur,
burban train service. The line ira
verses the south central part Of the
county and its two trains daily are
enormous feeders TO This city
In the northern half of Ballard
county though there are several en-.
terprising little towns and villages
such as lngleside, Bandana. Oscar
lakewood, Holloway Ogden and 9th
ers several of them rather good
sized hamlets and one, Bandana, a
town of some size. This half of the
county is that which lies between
the Illinois Central line and the Ohio
river. If anything ii is the larg +
half and is from 20 to 50 miles wide
md about 2G miles long It is by far
the better farming section of the
county. The land is uniformly level
there being just enough roll to 1t for
it to be sally drained In tails par;
If the county are the smaller farms
of from 50 to $50 acres. The resi-
dents for the most part own their
own farms and tenants are rare. Ia
he central part of the county. along
he Illinois Central route, the country
S broken and hilly and large farms
are usual thing rather than the un.
usual thing, there being one of almost
i.OC0 acres in area. Others of from
500 TO LOCO acres are frequent IN
the southwestern part of Ballard
county the country is rugged ami
Lroken in the extreme. there ching
quite a number Of hills from one 10
three hundred feet high The half Of
the county north OF the railroad be
ing cut mp into small farms is oI
course more thickly populated What
is known as the first district" polls
the largest vote OF any district while
being the smaller IN actual area
This is probably because of the mum
rous centers of population and the
mail towns such as Inglcside. Ban
a a
lately adjacent TO Ogden is alsy
.hickiy populated
Taken altogether the northern hali
of the county is by far the richest
both in fertility Of me soil and the
personal worth Of the farmers. ia
political fights il is always the bsJ
tie ground as the other parts Of the
county look to the FIRST district" ia
take the lead, granting taus th,
greater influence. not 10 a few lead
ars but TO the whole body of the in
habitants.
The one greatest draw back this
-cclion Of the county has to conteaj
with D. the lack OF transportation IA
ilities To get a long drive to the
Illinois Central line or a longer drive
through the country TO Paducah has
10 be- made Freight Is haulted b,
wagons from The railroad stations o.,
rom the steamboat landings IN the
summer when the water is low SOM
auis have t1 Doe made about Is miles
rom fhe nearest station on the rail
cad. in this way the people at th-
northern half Of Ballard are hauli
appel Through the south central
section 81 The county The people al ID
served By the Illinois Central through
be- western end &C fhc country by the
iohiic and Ohio and Illinois Central
main line. This territory belongs 90
TaIucah. DIS hers bv every right. AMI
DO incense fraIe of IRE people shou .
se diverted from the other channels
nd conferred 0H Paducah. ~ fhe Pa
lucah and Cairo Interurhan lire BE-
=un through This section this vf1 he
lnnc
No advantages 10 Paiucah have
beea urged IN rauuins ths line par