The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-07-29
TIE STOCK IOH TIE SUOPS-\
QUIET DISCUSSION on vIsG SsU.

~ 80" HIS UIi any bii'iI'l VI N'''''
ing all subjects of public importance, and
in this way i now handling the PROPOSE
ton that the narrow gauge stock oi the
city and county should he sold to thr
railroad company Mt nominal price,
provided that by such sale We can secure
the location at ,hi, place of the machine
shops of the company. The SIN, labor
ing 10 prevent the arrangement beng
made, docs not meet the issue fairly. II
slurS the subject, hints, talks about INIT
Sic and prctcnds to be wise about the
matter, in which ii processes, by implica-
ton, to see q -tupcndous scheme OF rob-
| berry. If our neighbor does know OF any
such scheme. there can be for him no en-
cu-c offered il lc longer refuse To make
his knowledge public and brand the
would-bc thieves with dcnunciaton.
But, we take it, the SIN is talking at
random. AMI doe, not believe what ii
says and hints ON this subject. Some
body has been "s,uliing" the little lumi-
nary with suggestions of the rascality
that turks in the stock.shop. PROPOSE
ton. We do not think there is anything
in the suggestions Of the So, suffers.
Let u look at the matter Il moments
The Cairo Il st. Loui. railroad conf
pany must have machine shops located at
some place along the line Of It's road.
Railroad machine shops are good things
to have at any place. The shops of the
Illinois Central, at Ccntralia, are the life
of that place, and SO the shops of any
road add to the prosperity Of any place
at which they are located. Therefore, TO
say that we should make an effort to Sc
cure the shops OF the &. X st. Louis road
to Cairo, is clearly "A suggestion in the ILL
tcrest of the city. Even the Stol will adj
nit this. The Virgins ferry company
has, we have been Informed, offered 10
the company several acres Of very yalua.
Bile land at East st. Louis to secure the
location of the shops at that place Sparta
proposes to make il TO the advantage of
the company to locate the shops there
Red Rud |. after them with Il con-
sidcration in hand to be paid for them
and a movement is also being made at
Murphysboro TO secure them.
In view OF these facts, j. it wise in Cairo
to do nothing? We know that, out OF
consideration for what Cairo has done
for the Cairo & 81. Loui, railroad, the
COMPANY ought 10 establish the shops
here a. matter of course but, unior'
tunatcly, the gentlemen who control the
company are bushes, Shylocks, who
stand by the bond they hold. We say lhi,
i'm no sense offensive 10 Mcs,r,, Paysol
& Co., or their lawyer, but to express
with some force, The fact, that they arr
not emotional gentlemen, who ever do
| liberal act because there is upon them
| moral obligation 10 do il. We say ii I,
convey the idea we have that they coldl.
take all they can get, and give only wha
they must. They know the obliga
tions they are under to Cairo
but that fact does not >oitc
them, and if Murphysboro or Spari'
or last St. Loui, will give more thai
Cairo for the shops, Cairo will not =,
ceive them. These are cuisines, men, c
In other words. and more exactly spcal
ing, they are men who "mcan business
!, when there is in sight Il loose dollar {
= two. We must deal with them as sucl
Then. since the ,hops are TO hc dc.ir,
' by the city, and we must give somclhil
for th IN. what shall We olcrf our pcop
have no spare money, and cannot ihor
!, fore raise purse the city and coun
;, cannot legally Issue bond, lor ~,
; urpose; and neither can give cent iro
n its treasury. What then. Why he sto,
a Of the narrow gauge road, of course, II
. stock of this road owned by Il
n city and county would not sell to-da
N except 10 i. u Co., aud associates, /
l. one cent OH The dollar in the market, Il
n less, "a may be possible, some gcntlcm,
e who would like to have u voice in Il
company for business purposes mig
q give a slightly larger sum, IL j. almo,
n If not entirely, worthless, and will he I
i years, II not forever. We therefore 81
q "If this stock will secure the shops ii
it TO the company.
d Now, the SIN need not say, that II v
a give the stock we will not get the shoI