The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-07
THE CAIRO BULLETIN, JUNE7
body, a petition, which, with your indul.
gence, i will now read


gence, j will now read
10 ot ne Honora1te County Court Of Aoraader Coun
We, the undersigned electors and tar. payers
alexander County, would respectfully represe
unto your honorable body
Thst we believs and have no doubt that the I
lure prosperity Of Cairo, Alexander County al
southernslllinois depends in great measure,
~. Wholly upon the construction Of the CAIRO
. Nincennes and the Cairo and st. Louis railroad,
: ina', IN our opinion the time IL now presen
wneh nm IN order 70 secure the speedy constructiC
pledged faith Of the county, you, the re present,
ives OF the people o, Alexander county, 10 who,
i hss been entrusted the performance u such d.
the court; VIZ P''P'o MI
Therefore. we, your petitioners, being in forme
now desirous Of securing . restoration or IL A.
sets 70 their original basis, to enable said corn
po sny 70 speedily resume work and complete il
ioad ana further, being also informed and be
lieying that without said restoration, said proiec
wlll be indefinitely postponed, II not irretrie
hhestroyed' would respectfully pray that you
made between the County Court and said cor ma n,
SHOWN ms the "donation contract" stipuIsiins
| thpt 10 consideration Of said restoration work
otseptember next and be com pleted not later Than
| the LIST Of August, 1873. VIM
10 this petition you will find attached
the names of nearly eleven hundred voters
and taxpayers of your county-a large
majority Of all our voters and owners O,
quite four-ffths of all the property, real
and personal, in Alexander county.
In urging the petition upon the fayora
BILE consideration of your honorable bod,
tnere are number Of pertinent fact,
which the committee, representing ms II
uoes, the great majority Of the people OF
the county, do not feel at liberty TO dis
mn lasa 81, T. II
ignore.
While the citizens Of Cairo. with gres,
unanimity, favor the construction of tho
Cairo and Vincennes Railroad ON tho
terms understood, your committee is not
disposed to disguise or conceal the fact
that citizens of the county living remote
from the line of road, refuse 10 lend ,be
project their countenance. Oh the plea that
the increased taxation, necessita,ed bv Inc
delivery OF the bonds, will exceed the BEN
fits conferred upon them by the connie
ton and operation Of the road.
In answering this objection, the Com.
mittee need scarcely remind YOU that The
distribution: of burIe and benefits must
OF necessity, be nearly equal; that the
taxes necessitated by the issue of the bonds
must, in great measure, be regulated by
sum Of benefits. Grant that Cairo will be
more largely benefited by the opers ton
OF the road than any other portion of the
county, 1t 10 demonstrable fact that her
burdens will be measured by her benefits.
The total valuation of the taxable prop
erty of Alexander county is S3,Oo3, 55I.
VI this property the citizens of Cairo own
S2,5I6, 10; non-residents, who are repre-
sented mainly by citizens Of Cairo own
$l2o, 600, while the residents Of the county
outside OF Cairo own only 1902 1881. From
this showing it is seen that, if we ackowl-
edge the force of the objection urged. the
directors will be called upon for only one
tenth of the interest on the county dona- |
lion, or the sum of $500 annually. If the
expectations as to the effect of |
he operation Of the road are realized, the |
Of the city of Cairo will be en-
HANGED in value at least 81, 500, 900, which |
idded to the value of the railroad COM
'anys machine shops, foundries, rolling
took and other property liable to taxation,
will swell the increase TO abou,
7, 100000, furnishing a grand total of
bout $4,000, 900 within the corporate lin
Is Of the city, before the rst installment
# interest falls due. Upon this basis the
,ity of Cairo will be called upon to paw
of the interest, leaving
'nly about 5000 annually to be met BY the |
ountry precincts. 1t would be difficult, |
indeed, TO project an enterprise that would |
,onier benefits upon every citizen alike. |
The necessities Of society often require |
from the few for the benefit of |
he many In the present instance, how
,vor, your committee is inclined TO DENY |
hat the benefits and burdens are sufficient
y out Of proportion TO justify hostility in
my part Of the county to the enterprise in
and. The building up here of large city
will enevitably stimulate the growth Of
very portion of the county, create an i'm
'roved market for the products of our
arms, orchards and gardens, necessitate
he building Of new roads and bridges.
nd, in countless other ways, scatter thrift
nd prosperity to the remotest portions of
ur county, compared with which the in
rease Of taxes 1.-The 5000 complained Of
will DO deemed paltry and insignificant.
1t Is scarcely necessary to direct the at
ention Of your honorable body 10 tho eff
orts being put forth by rival localities TO |
ISOLATE Cairo and Alexander county from
be great system Of actual and projected
ailroads In the West and South Evans
lille has projected and is engaged in the
of four and Paducah two
Dads, the aim of which il to control trade
nd travel naturally belonging to Cairo.
10 foil this aim, TO secure to Cairo the
rade Of naturally tributary territory, and
he benefit of great share of the through
rade and travel between the Southwest
md Northeast, the people OF Alexander
county, represented here to-day, ask OF
his Court the removal of the only obstacle
hat Is said to be in the way of the early
Of the Cairo and Nincennes l
abroad. Every days delay stimulates our
rivals to Increased exertion and cores
detracts from the worth Of the
Jairo and Vincennes road as great
Trough route, and as a paying invest
nent, in tho estimation of capitalists upon
whom we rely for the means to prosecute
lie road to an early completion.
Your committee therefore, in the name
If your eleven hundred petitioners, ask,
urgently request, that you take action
consistent with the expressed win of the
people, that Will insure the early resump-
.iop' of work upon the road, Believing that
The payment OF the creditors of the COM
papy is involved, your petitioners also
ask That action be taken with view to the
carrying out, as nearly as may be, of the
original arrangement Of which your hon.
ors are already advised.
The recent proposition of Gen burn