The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-05-29


Total Tonnage Report for 1909.
Combined rail and water and local
and through shipments.
The following report Includes all
in and outbound local shipments and
all shipments passing through to
points reached by our rail and water
transportation companies and theh
connections:
190s-Tons
Rail ...... .............,...6 ,37o.3
Water ....., ...............3,6 90,056
IptdI .,,...... ....t.a.'...iU ,u6U,4Oo
Cairo has two hospitals.
Cairo has 10000 miles of inland
waterways as an outlet for her pro-
duets.
cairo's Public Utilities.
The public utility corporations op-
Grating in Cairo are progressive and
are managed according to modern
ethics and the best requirements OF
the city. There is complete harmony
between the management Of the var
ious companies and the city officials,
each striving in their way to promote
the material welfare and prosperity
OF Cairo.
The following Is list of the vari.
GUS corporations and statement of
the facilities furnished by each:
Cairo & St, Louis Railway Co.
This company operates eleven miles
OF interurban railway extending from
Cairo to Mounds and Mound City.
This company will shortly extend its
lines so as to connect with the inter
urban lines operating in and out Of
st. Louis.
Cairo Electric & Traction Co.
The Cairo Electric & Traction Co
furnishes the street railway trans
portaton facilities for the city of
Cairo. They have liz miles of track
and furnish most efficient service.
Cairo Ra lway & Light Co.
The above named company fur
nishes the electric power for the
street railway and interurban line,
also current for lighting and indus
trial power purposes in the city OF
Cairo The plant has a capacity OF
1900 K W., and will shortly add
1000 X. w.
Cairo CITY Gas Company.
The Cairo City Gas Company has
laid sixteen miles of mains within |
the city limits. and furnishes excel
lent service to the public in their de-
partment Their facilities are being |
constantly increased to meet the de-
mands OF Increased population and |
use OF their product.
Cairo has the finest shipping facif; |
ties of any city in the Mississippi |
valley.
What Cairo f7as.
Cairo has every modern conven- |
fence and facility that is necessary |
to wellordered community. Its
schools. II not superior to any city |
of its size in the United States, are
equal to them, both as to numbers
and investment, their arrangement |
and management. Practically every |
religious denomination is represented |
in its list, all Of the larger and more
important fraternal societies are
here, four banks, that are progressive
and liberal and managed according to
the most modern banking ethics,
parks, places of amusement, live daily |
newspapers, working continually for
the upbuilding of Cairo, hospitals, a
public library, the peer of any in the
country, building and loan associa-
tious, paved streets, sewers, paid fire
department and an efficient police de-
partment and many other features
not found in many communities OF
equal size and population.
Oairo's organizations and her rail-
roads are working for the industrial
ami commercial development of the
city.
Where commercial Cairo Stands.
Strictly local receipts and ship
ments for the year 1909.
The following figures relating to
the inbound and outbound carload
shipments refer exclusively to Cairo |
and no shipments otherwise than
those for Cairo have entered into
this computation. The figures We're
furnished by the local agents of the
Mobile & Ohio. Illinois Central, Big
Four Cotton Belt and Iron Mountain
Railways, and were verified by the
writer:
Cars Tons
Inbound 4G,97G 1,409,2S |
Outbound ...... II. 36Cs4 l,1O0520I
Totals ..... .83,GG0 2,509S00I
che above statement can be dl
vided In the following manner: