The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-04-12
he Bulletin.
THE GAMBLE NATTER.
I, THAT SHOULD RE KNOWN.

,nccpti N of the facts. connected with
areatened failure TO consummn,c mn
,gement with Mr.. John r. Gamble
'nkakce for the erection, in Cairo, of
rricultural manufacturing establish.
The difficulty Is charged to several
'nt'. but chiefly to the account of the
, Property Trustees. .1.se Fr
ie fact are rs follows: The Cairo
,eriy Trustees receiving an intin,ation
+. CANDLES desire to erect here An
@ltr'd Implement mandatory. sub.
ed to him spropcsition. (the term. of
u h. liiu~c'fhic;atcd) Of the following
&c; Thst'if Mr. Gamble should, with.
be months. erect or otherwise provi,
able buildings. and commence the psN-
futc of wagons, etc, ~ soon rs the
hes' should hnveso far progressed ms
reach the manufacture, of too
pns per week, the Trustees would
ateto him deed for fifteen valuable
ee lots in block 8, first addition to the
Mr.. Gamble covenant ing that he
I'D manufacture at least 100 wagons
ing the first year, and thereafter in
Use the number as fast as the demand
ut Justify, to an ext Ont that would re-
re the employment on his
of from sixty to one hundred
DIS. To all Of our citizens It Is known
1.-THE Trustees owe to parties in the East
O,0oo, borrowed by them and expended
IN the levees. There is mortgage for
amount on all their property, and :"
cement that $lOO Of the purchase money
each lot sold shall be paid by thera
Il the principal Of the debt Is liquidated.
", exclusive of the fifteen lots which the
istees proposed to give TO Mr.. Gamble,
70 are three thousand lots for sale, and
en- one thousand II these shall have
n sold there will be no lien upon the
ance. II, however, the Trustees should
] to sell one thousand lots, Mr.. CANDLES
cen lots would be subject to the lien Of
70 each. The contingency was remote
Mr.. Gamble asked the city TO guar an
him against II. The Council did; but
,yor Wilson, who was absent when the
uncil took action, Immediately seized
on this guarantee and began 10 magnify
G mole hill into a mountain. IL was
,ll enough, he said, to give TO Mr.. Gamble
solutely any amount, but TO guarantee
M that he should net 10 required TO pay
g Trustees 800 on each lot in tho event
Trustees could never sell n thousand
+, was outrageous, and the Council were
oekheads! He bowed with all the energy
porpoisc for awhile had the Council
'lled together, and fnally settled down to
q assertion of his determination ~ not
gn the resolutions unless the TH,.iees
lould guarantee the city tina, the kmsOO
ould not H. collected he he
rent tho lots should rev King to
lem. The bond for the deed being alb
'lute-not conditional-thc Mayors
romise did no good-did not make the
~ more secure; but tho remarks that
ere made at that meeting and the evident
'stility Of the Mayor aud Councilman
r;cr 10 tho project, made Mr.. Gamble
gin To- believe that he was not going TO
ave smooth sailing aud that hi, services
ere not wanted by an element IT our
'pulstion
Blu, all these difhrultics were .moothci
'er, and matters would have gone on we'll
iough, IL the croakcr- had not taken up
lie cudgels against this effort To bring
-o.pcri,y To the city, happily now assured
spite their opposition. They as
'ilcd Mr., Gamble on the streets aud told
m the Trustees were swinlling him
a' they would have II mortgage on all
: property within year; that he could
~ lots In the business part of town for
- money than the State and city taxes
the lots proposed Ia be donated and 90
nth. A high official told him that he
'ald sue "ut nm injunction ~ restrain the
~ from giving him any aid whatever
ID said in the hearing If citizens; II
'derstand, that the people Of Kankakee
e Offering this Gamble many induce
ent' TO keep him from removing his
,rks to Cairo, and hope to God they
III succeed. Instead Of encouraging
m, high city officials threw ice water on
e project and then reported that Mr..
'nble had left in disgust, and that Col.
'ylor was responsible for the
lure Of the entcrprise-Col. Taylor
no had agreed to give away
solutely fifteen lots, and who had
owed Mr.. Gamble to dictate his own
rmsl And some sensible citizens were
4 into the outcry against the Colonel
til they learned that he had done MI that
nan could do TO make the enterprise a
ccess and that, in despite the efforts of
g croaking enemies Of the city, he had
,ured Mr.. Gamble as fixed fact, provi-
d the Council does not, at the command
men who boast that they lead it, eat up
promises, and become the allies OF the
IN who have wept tears whenever new
'ident arrived in the city, and who put
mourning when business becomes brisk
closes the food gates Of their COM