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

TpyC,S v.R R-A meeting of the
Board OF Aldermen viii be held tonight
o. do,ermine whether the vote taken by
,ha, body few days ago defeating u reso-
linton 10 renew the subscription of the
CITY to the Cairo and Nincenncs railroad
shall be reconsidcrcd and the resolution
adopted.
II the Aldermen shall refuse, to roscind
| their action they will strikea severe blow
at the interests of Cairo, which in the flu
ture will rebound and injure the men who
strike it, Every other city and every
county along the whole line Of the road
has passed the resolution which the Board
has defeated, and no other city has half As
much to lose as Cairo by exhibiting to-
ward the Cairo and vincennes road a
spirit Of unfriendliness. Under existing
circumstances Cairo has the best chance TO
procure the workshops of the road, but IL
the Board persists in its present action, we
may bid farewell to all hope Of obtaining
them. There are many other considera-
tons Of this kind which might I've urged,
but which have no doubt presented them.
selves to the mind of every citizen.
What is the opposition to the resolution
based upon Can any Alderman give q
good reason for his opposition He ma,
talk about the inetiiciency of Burnside bu,
that has nothing to do with the matter
He may declare that the q. 4 V. X. X
owe their employees, but, beside not being
true, that has nothing to do with the mat.
ter. The only question is this: "Doel
Cairo want the Cairo and Vincen ne,
Railroad, and, 10 get H.
IL she willing TO say now that she will
abide by the promise her people made q,
the polls couple Of years ago, and which
her council rc-atlirmed some time after 2?
Any alder nan, who believes that majorit,
Of the people Of the city would again vote
for the road, is in duty bound to vote FOL
the resolution on this subject, which wa,
defeated by that Board few days ago,
and which will again be presented to-nieh
for reconsideration. And who can doub
that the people would vote in this way
Let US look at ii. Cairo has said will
issue to the q. 4 V. road, $4,000 of my
! bonds whenever the track Of said road shal
DO laid from Cairo to the boundary line BE-
tween Alexander and Pulaski, and cars
shall be running thereon, and I will issue
| $4,000 more bonds upon the completion
Of the road TO johnson county, Is there
Acitzen who is not willing TO approve
this promise Can Aldermen Winter,
Mendel, Kleb and Lohr who are opposing
the renewal Of this offer, doubt, for mo.
ment that the people with almost unani-
nous voice would vote to renew the offer ?
Suppose Burnside should fail, would the
city be worse Of than II 10 But, he says
In letter from New York, dated the 2nd
inst, ~ leave for Europe tomorrow morn
ing at O'clock, to 10 absent sorne six
weeks, for the purpose Of closing the nego.
tiations had so nearly completed when
was recalled last Summer. If the original
subscriptions can be KEEP, good, am
ready to commence work, say within
four months on the q. and v. road, and
press 1t forward rs rapidly us possible, bu,
II is absolutely necessary that should be
able TO renew my negotiations on the same
ba-i. as before.
From this the Aldermen opposed u re-
newal of the offer may see what IL re.pon-
sibility they are assuming by their present
| attitude.