The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-10-30

work completed, and the tracks laid ON
either side of the new transfer sheds, the
yard, the depots and all the facilities for
greatly enlarged business will be quite as
complete as they can be rendered without
wping off the whole arrangement, and
starting anew.
The country merchants along the line
of the G. & ", hence to Carmi are, very
naturally, hostile to the continuance of the
Saturday accommodation train, and are
bringing every interest they can control to
bear upon the company to bring about a dis
continuance of the arrangement. AS we
have said, the hostility is natural, as it
takes from those merchants aud brings to
Cairo a very considerable cash patronage.
The fare is SO exceedingly low that the
party who desires to expend So or $40 can
| afford to board the train and come to Cairo.
OF course to the extent the running of the
trains diminishes the trade of the village or
country merchants it augments the bust
ness OF Cairo. 1t is only right, therefore,
that their hostility should be Offset by the
friendship, encouragement and kind Offices
of the merchants hotel keepers and bust
ness men of Caro-.
The Cairo and Vincennes railroad com
pany express purpose, we hear, to keep
the Cairo and CNmi accommodation train
running another month, or during the
month of November. Although these
trains bring into Caro- an average of one
hundred and fifty passengers each trip, the
fare is so low that the margin for profit is
very small, indeed and as nearly or quite
one half of the passengers, would come in
on full fares if the accommodation were
not running, the running Of it subjects the
company to actual loss. But to the mer-
chants, the hotels and saloons of Cairo. the
enterprise is certainly big thing. Some
of the passengers expend hundreds of dol
lars and it Is safe to say that every trip
brings to Cairo and leaves here, at least
thousand dollars A large portion of this
money would never come here but for the
cheap and convenient means of reaching
our city presented by these weekly trains
This tact our business men no doubt under
stand, and it should incitc them to an eff
fort 10 render the accommodation project
permanent thing. 1t is certainly con-
tributor to Cairo business that no liberal,
thorough. going business man should feel
willing to see withdrawn, or the company to
maintain at pecuniary loss.
Goose Island, Beech Ridge, Unity
Sandusky, Lake Milligaa and Santa Re
precincts ought to cast good vote in, favor
Of the proposed road tax; but the reports
from there are not very encouraging. Op.
position from the farmers of Clear Creek
and Eas. Girardeau was anticipated. Most
Of them find sale for the surplus of their
farms in Cape Girardeau or st. Louis, Mis-
souri,. and would maintain but little land
communication with Cairo in any event.
But the farmers Of the precincts first named
make Cairo their market-seil their potatoes,
fruit, butter, eggs, etc. TO Cairo merchants,
and buy their supplies here Good roads,
therefore, that would enable them to reach
our city in wagon or On horseback at any
time-turnpikes, over which they might
haul full loads at any season--ought 20 be
considered an indispensable necessity The
people there should be unanimously in
favor Of such roads: hut they are not On
the contrary, many men Of Influence are
working to defeat the taX--thcrehy declar.
ING to the world that they are content with
our horsc.killng mud roads, (ihatarc only
tocrable at the best, bu, most Of the time
intolerabe,D and want no better This
fact ought to teach the people Of Cairo
their duty--ought to inspire them 20 an
activity that will overcome this opposition,
and give to the county system Of good
roads.
The WEEKLY CAIRO BULLETIN, visiting
every postoffce within fifty miles Of Cairo
having subscribers along all the railroads
running out Of Cairo, and coming into the
hands of hundred, OF persons who procure
their supplies in Caro-, its value as an adj
vertising medium cannot be yer.estimatci.
And touching the advantages of .udicious
Advertising one ofour exchanges discouTses
os follows; "The wide awake business