The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-04-08

To more than the license would amount 10
in four or five years at $500 per year.
AGcr some other remarks bearing on
the same subject. Alderman Mckee sara
that he had very little doubt put tha' 'ur
r,al desire was to drive whari-boats ava!
suppress them entirely lie saiu I"h'
the theory of doing without whari-b9a''
sounded very well when talked about ou'
could not be carried out here ia pract'ce
for many wears to come. IL sounded yer!
ano IN talk of all the thou-
.ands of tons of freight, now re-hip-
ned here on the wharf being compelled 10
be hauled up our levee to ware houses III
our city, and, after storage then 10 pe
| hauled down again to the steamer which
| was to convey it to IL destination. m,
would make our wharf n busy one, ana
| give employment not only to our draymch
and teamsters. but to hundreds OF others
If the speaker had the most remote iuea
that thi, could be done, or would he 'he
result ofthe removal of wharf-bonts, ne
would advocate with all the energy ana
ability in his power, their immediate re-
moval. But would this be the result
He then proceeded to show that no
such result would follow. Commerce al
ways followed the cheapest channel OF tram
por,ation apd the only. reason Carr" hn o
become so great reshipplng point wa
because the system OF whari-pau
nresentcd so Cheap a means for the trans
fer and forwarding Of freight, that TIT
local packets were, in that manner
only enabled to take il away from tn
tho rough boats plying between ports abo,
Cairo and to New Orleans, and BRING u
here for reshpment. Destroy these faciii
ties. and YOU destroy the reshipping husi
ness. Drive away wbarf-boats and you driv
.w,y.tbe business they transact. ana IN
freight they now handle, would remain a
no;nts on the rivers above Cairo, unii
ibrouch boats running to New Orleah
came along and took il on board, ate
which no citizen or Cairo, whariboatinc'
or drayman, would ever be- benefited on
cent by it.
: The speaker then proceeded to show hoy
the reshipment of freight received by tn
Illinois Central Railroad would be affect
ed by driving away competing wharf boat
t;,ntlcmcn talked much against the raj
road monopoly, yet in this matter the
, would ne playing directly into the hanc
Of the Illinois Central That compan
would then control oil the rc-hipments
, railroad freight n, this point, instead
only "A portion, n at present, for they couI
casily frame excuses for not being able
carry any freight not consigned 10 the
= agent at Cairo. All freight. not thu, @"
A.. signed would be- left over and delayed
their pleasure because they would be cot
= PEELED, SO they would SAY, To- carry the
own freight first. Experience has Prov
n that we could do little ar nothing again
n 40 strong and opulent company NJ
"A very loon they alone, would make al
possess facilities for the rcshipment "i g
ery pound of freigh, they brought to Cal
for reshipmcnt South.
Or The speaker also showed how maj
=. thousands of dollars would he lost to Cal
merchants, bakers, saloon keepers, be
II store men, butchers, etc, by the killing
the lines Of local packets which now ma
money only by bringing freight here
I, reshipment, and how much would be i
when no steamboats, full of passengers
manned here two or three days loadii
and thus allowing tine their pass
ch gers and crew to GOO, the city n
:, spend money with the classes of ci,ik'
!" mentioned. and after fully illustrating
ID subject, closed by hoping that the DO
to would avoid litigation and avoid hnI"
in Gus experiments by adopting the anne
. msnt OF $500 per year for license.