The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-26

But the News OF last night ettempts 10
d, ,eive our citizens and to shield Mr..
Nellis by the following remarks;
"Fair minded persons do not expect Mr..
Nells 70 bi 70 dow giavel when the water
on The CHI \ IS '''ree feet or more shallower
than what bis boat draws. Mr. n. pro-
poses to stand by his contact With the CT :,
yet he cannot defy Providence"
In reply to this we have but to say, what
al. our people know, that the river has OF
late been sufficiently high to enable Mr.
Nelis to land the desired gravel at our
wharf. When the rise was coming down
the river we called the atten' on Of the
authorities to the tact that it should be
taken advantage of but, apparently willtul-
ly blind to the Interests OF the CT /, they
turned deaf ear to orr timely suggestion
and, through indecision end Incidence, per-
mitted the rise to pass away without as
much as making single effort in that d.
rection and this, too, while they knew that
in all probability it would be ne last rise
during the year and that the giade of
Eighth street was already being lowered
preparatory to receiving the gravel. The
rise was ample to permit the barge to pc
over the chain. But we Will 60 so far as to
concede the News statement lat "'he
water is three feet more sha ow than what
Mr.. Nellis' boat draws, 'rld what theni
| is we'll known the barge Mr.. Nellis us,i
was one of the largest N the Mississippi
valley and, when loaded, drew SIX feet of
water. But is the city to suffer because
| Mr.. n. could not get over
the chain with the largest barge
he could procurei Could he not have OBJ
tanned smaller barges which drew only
half that much water and herewith deliv-
cred the gravel desired, Most certo My.
True, by so doing he would have iTcu. ed
extra expense aud as result would have
cleared little or no money by the Opera
ton. but this was his own lookout when
he signed the contract and no one else's.
As an old rivel ,man he must have Town
what he was doing, and il he did not intend
to fulfill the con. tact heshoud have stepped
aside and given some other man q chance
who would have taken sufficient interest in
the city's welfare TO cel.y out whatever
promise he made. But" says the News in
its attempt to smoothe the matter over, "Mr.
n. proposes to stand by his con act " tn
the citJ.' If We were to Judge from his
action n the past however, we cen safely
conclude that he proposes to do nothing of
the kind but if what the News says is au.
thorized, then we have to say that Mr.. Mel
lis should prove that he proposes to stand
by his contract" by, even at - late day,
giving the desired bond as
guarantee that he means
what he says.
But Squire Comings' organ (the News
attempts to throw discredit upon our state
; ment of facts by terming them unjust, un'
gentlemanly and contemp bile slurs upon
men simply because they are Republicans.
We would rem nd or brother of the quill
that we have long ago acquired the habit OF
| obtaining the proof for what yer state
ments we make in regard to men or things
and that mere statements Of facts, when
, made a the interest of pubic good car
5 not be regarded as "slr-s" by r1y sane
5 man. 1t is ma. r of supreme lnditfer
!; ence to US what Mr.. Nellis
, politics are, but the fact tina
e = seel 70 his ON inter t he Nolated hi
, contract til the city fld the negligence
of or ci,J otficials-the fact that through
/ these our Improvements have probably
been reta-ded until next yer" is matte
of great concern to US, end should be II
: every citizen, who desires the prosperity 0
our little town.
t In order to prove to the News man anC
everybody else that we speak the trutl
when we say that the gravel could hav
been delivered at our wharf during tn
late rise, we quote the following from tn
e report of City Engineer Thrupp, submitte
e to the council on the 18th inst:
S II would also call your attention to tn
l. necessity of procul 1g gravel, or other ma
~ terial, for the completion Of Eight street
has been graded and prepared for the sam
= and, if left in its present condition durin
Vt the winter,N, be almost unpassable. CA
is SEE NO REASON WIZ THE PRESENT STAG
q OF THE WATER is THE RIVER IS NOT TAI
EN- ADVANTAGE OF. 1t is uncertain as to at
% other rise this year. 1.-THE contractor FUR
SC ishing the gravel cannot do it, the cit
10 should take it in hand AS THERE is Bu
" LITTLE TIME TO LOOSE
in With this we submit the the matter
ID the public, feeling certain Of a verdict i
" our favor, and will but say in conclusio
,e that the person or journal that would a
,e tempt to deceive and browbeat the publ
n. in matters of such vital Importance d.