The Cairo bulletin., 1910-05-29

Wnlie Cairo needs manufacturing
institutions, which places 1t in the
same category with most all other
communities, there is not any city Of
equal size and population in the
United States which offers such SUBJ
stantial and logical advantages TO
manufacturers seeking desirable To-
cation. The elements which should
attract those seeking location for
manufacturing enterprises are acre in
abundance; First, raw material In
plenty, efficient and contented labor.
cheap fuel, pure water, twenty thou
sand miles of water transportation
courses, traversed by many steamboat
lines, nearly all touching at Cairo, and
rail transportation facilities fur
nished by six of the great railway
systems of the country. who, with
their connections, reach every por.
ton OF the United States. The rail
and water lines have made and are
continually making freight rates that
favor Cairo, thereby placing this city
upon legitimate competitive basis
with all the great trade eenters of
the country.
Cairo has plenty of available fac
tory sites.
cairo's Exceptional Transportation
Advantages.
Because Of the unsurpassed trans.
facilities, Cairo is in close
touch with practically all of the large
cities Of the country. Leaving Cairo,
Chicago can be reached in nine hours,
st. Louis in four and one-half hours,
Louisville eight hours, New Orleans
sixteen hours, Cincinnati eleven hours
eleven and one-half
hours. Mobile in sixteen hours. Jack
sonville, Fla, twenty-six hours, Sa-
Ca, twenty-four hours, New
York twenty-seven hours, St Paul
twenty-five hours, Atlanta fifteen and
hours, Pittsburg twenty hours
Dallas and Fort Worth in twenty
eight and twenty-nine hours, respec.
lively. OF course, this refers to pas
senger traffic only, but it shows con-
elusiyely that Cairo is in possession
of transportation facilities that gives
Il direct access to any portion Of the
United States.
The roads operating to and from
Cairo. the Mobile & Ohio, operating
through and local trains between St.
Louis. Mo, and Mobile. Ala, through
Cairo: the Illinois Central System,
with Cairo on its main line, extending
rom New Orleans on the south to St.
louis, Chicago, Omaha and st. Paul
u the north; the Big Four Route
New York Central Lines) from Cairo
q Chicago, with connections to all
larts OF it's great system; theCotton
Belt Route, to points in Arkansas and
Texas the st. Louis, Iron Mountain
z Southern, TO the Southwest, and
he Cairo & Thebes Railway, now I'm
course of construction between Cairo
md Thebes, connecting at that point
With all roads using the Thebes
bridge, and giving Cairo direct con-
lections with the roads operating to
Western points without having to go
Q st. Louis. all contributing towards
bringing Cairo and its manufacturing
Institutions in touch with all great
markets OF the nation.
While the railroads are practically
Indispensable to the development OF
yairo's commerce, her location in al
most the geological center of the
United States and at the confluence
If two of the nations greatest arter.
es Of commerce, the Mississippi and
ohio rivers, these rivers and their
furnishing 10000 miles of
water communication, make a combi-
nation of advantages from a trans
iortatlon standpoint that manufac-
urers seeking location cannot af-
ord to ignore.
Fuel Problem Solved.
Cairo cheapest Coal market in the
United States.
The question of cheap fuel is one
II the most serious questions affect.
ne the economical operation OF manu-.
acturing industries. Cairo is the
cheapest coal market in the United
States, mine run coal being delivered
! Q. b, Cairo for approximately $500
Ter ton, and factory coal on large con-
raets is delivered for as low as SLIPS
Ter ton. Cairo draws It's fuel supply
from the Southern Illinois
ields. which are only about sixty
niles distant. This coal from the
Illinois fields Is most ex-
client quality OF bituminous, possess
ng all the desirable features for fac.
DRY and domestic use. The supply
II anthracite coal Ia received from the