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HARRISBURG, ILLIJ^OIS 



Harrisburg, one of the most progressive cities of Southern Illinois, 

 starting with a population of little over 2000 some twenty-five years ago, 

 now has a population of 12211 by a recent census. Growth has been 

 continuous. The surrounding rich farm lands and two veins of fine 

 coal which underlie them have permitted her permanent prosperity. 

 Her elegant banking houses, fine churches, two modern hospitals, public 



library, retail and wholesale stores, 

 ice and cold storage plant, meat 

 packing establishment, her eight 

 modern school buildings, and the 

 attractive homes all attest to her 

 permanent prosperity. 



Banking resources of Harrisburg 

 alone are approximately $6,000,- 

 000. Business is always good in 

 Harrisburg because the resources 

 are varied and the consumers save 

 their money to tide over the per- 

 iods when the work is less abun- 

 dant. The great number who own 

 their own homes and take pride in 

 their home city accounts for the 

 freedom from serious labor dis- 

 turbances and acts of violence. 



The Harrisburg Township High 

 School has a large modern plant 

 and the largest attendance of any 

 high school in ''Egypt," the enroll- 

 ment being over 750. The city 

 school system of Harrisburg en- 

 rolls over 2500 children below the 

 ninth grade. 



Saline County has 20 large mod- 

 ern coal mines. Six thousand peo- 

 ple are employed and the annual 

 mine pay roll is $5,000,000. The 

 daily capacity of the mines is 40,- 

 000 tons or the equivalent of nine 

 or ten train loads. 

 Harrisburg is on the Big Four Railroad, 70 miles from Cairo, 90 

 miles from Vincennes and 314 miles from Chicago. The electric line of 

 the Southern Illinois Railway & Power Co., extends sixteen miles from 

 Eldorado to Carrier Mills, Harrisburg being half way between the two. 

 The Illinois Central and the Louisville & Nashville Railroads connect at 

 Eldorado with St. Louis and points north and east. Bus lines run reg- 

 uarly between Harrisburg and St. Louis and intermediate points. 



Five of the $60,000,000 bond issue state roads radiate from Har- 

 risburg leading to Chicago, St. Louis, Shawneetown, Metropolis, and 

 Elizabethtown and Golconda. 



The scenery of Southern Illinois is unsurpassed in the state. The 

 ^ greater part of Saline County lies north of the Saline river and is gen- 

 ^ erally level or undulating. Parts of the three southern townships are in 

 ^the Ozark Hill region where nature has carved marvels for the pleasure 

 rv- of the tourist or student. The ''Great Stone Face of Saline County" is 

 on a high cliff about ten miles southeast of Harrisburg. This cliff, sev- 

 eral miles long, stands out overlooking the county and is due to a huge 

 faulting of about 1200 feet. This and other phenomena of equal geolog- 

 ical interest afford pleasure to those who understand them or appreciate 

 their grandeur, and inspire awe in those to whom their beauty and 

 scientific interest are not revealed. 



OLD STONE FACE 



