The Cairo bulletin., 1910-05-29

Win maTVelOuSIy Tlch country sur
rounding the city, II can only be a
question of short time when Cairo
will be one of the most important
manufacturing and distributing points
in the Middle West.
cairo's Industrial Development.
The substance which Cairo has ac-
CURED in the way of Industrial inter
ests during the past few years has
been very gratifying, but not at all
commensurate with the exceptional
advantages which the city presents to
this line Represented in the list oil
'Gairo's sixty-eight manufacturing in
situations are many that have estab
lished regulations and manufacture
products that are sent to all parts Of
the world. There are over sixty-eighi
bona fide Industries located in and
Immediately contiguous to the city
such as rough and dressed lumber
plants, planning mills, handle factories
IGuI u3iflS, SuIllElC StlQpl
and iron brass and copper foundries,
and iron, brass and capper foundries,
ice plants, marble works, overall fac.
tories, saw works, saddle and harness
factories, creameries, wagon and bug
gy factories, gas and gasoline motor
works. cotton oil MILL cigar factories,
brewery, bottling works, boiler works,
brick plants, large bakeries, cider and
vinegar works, furniture plants. soda
water. packing houses and many
others.
Cairo has spent almost million
dollars in internal Improvements
Within the past year,
Cairo will soon have model roads
running into it from every direction.
industrial Expansion.
Today Cairo is enjoying an expan
sion along every line which is with
out precedent, and which exceeds the
hopes OF the most optimistic Of its
citizens This expansion can in no
way be termed boom, or even tenn
porary I'm its character, but is the re-
suit OF an awakening of its citizens
and an appreciation OF outsiders of
the splendid advantages and facilities
which this city possesses. There is
a spirit abroad in its business sec
ton which carries convincing assur.
ances that Cairo is now heanly alive
as to its splendid resources, and this
spirit is reflected in. the many i'm
and extensions that are
being made looking to a
larger and better city
In manufacturing Cairo is rapidly
coming to the fore, and the facilities
available in this section are so con-
luciye to economical operation In
most all lines Of manufacturing in.
lustries that those manufacturers OF
other localities seeking vantage
point should investigate what Cairo
has to offer thoroughly before going
elsewhere These facilities include
plenty of good coal at cheap rates,
and both water and rail Transports
ion in abundance for receiving raw
and shipping the finished
products both home and abroad
But a farm in Alexander County, IT.
inois, and be near the worlds great
cairo's Tributary Country.
1t can be stated that for products
at this point, Cairo's
tributary country is the whole Missis-
sippi valley, In fact, wherever the
and Ohio rivers and their
tributary streams penetrate, there
viii be this city's logical trade terri
tory But, to be more literal and con
fine the statement to the territory
contiguous To Cairo an
It's resources, agricultural mineral
and timber, 1t extends through the
States of Illinois, Kentucky, Tennes-
see, Indiana, Missouri and Arkansas.
with their vast crops OF corn, cotton.
wheat. oats, alfalfa, potatoes. and all
kinds OF truck and fruits hundreds
of thousands of acres of pine and
hardwood timber, and such minerals
as coal, iron, limestone and clays oil
Various kinds.
Cairo is the natural clearing honsc
through watch all Of these products
can be distributed by rail or water
10 all portions OF this great continent.
In fact. so lavish has Nature been in
gifts to this section and in supplying
The substantials that are necessary to
economical development in all lines,
that inalmost every enterprise under
taken here the required materials
and facilities for successful manipu-
lation will be found waiting in the
territory for which Cairo Is the piy-
otal point
Sairo's S-perb Industrial ADVANTAGES.