The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-02

on the south side Of Nineteenth street. A
petition signed by all the business men
within square each way OF Thomas
Clarks place of business on Ohio
lcyee was presented, ,and referred to
the committee on police, Jail and fire de-
partmcnt. A petition from Mr.. John Il.
Rcnnie asking that the city council REIN
burse him for the loss, by tire, of claim
against the city, was read and referred to
the committee on finance. Another petit
ton of Messrs. Rennic and Lcnnard,
asking the councils PERMISSION to build a
two story brick building, on the vacant
lots near their present machine shops, to
be used for foundry, was read and re-
ferred to the proper committee. The or
dinancc, raising the mayors salary from
six hundred, to one thousand dollars per
annum, became valid through the failure
Of the mayor to return it with objections.
--M Mr. Bell has submitted a resolution to
the Illinois legislature instructing our mem
bers in congress to do everything in their
power in favor Of an act to divide the
United States into postoffice districts, and
requiring all post masters to be elected by
the voters Of their respective districts. 1t
is nothing more than just to the people OF
each city and county that their wishes
should be given full weight
when it comes to the selection
of any one of their local officers; it is a
right, in fact, which the people ola rcpub
lie are entitled to, and which has, Of late
years, been very much ignored by the au
thoritleS at Washington. 1t will, perhaps,
not be a surprise to many when we say
that the number of the public servants
elected by the sovereign people is as a
drop to the bucket when compared to the
horde of Office holders placed over them,
and sometimes foisted upon them against
their will, at the instance of the man at
the national capitol. 1t is true that some
of these officials must have the consenting
voice OF the senate and in some in
stances the people are graclously
permitted to express their preferences; but
what does the petition signed by merads
OF legal voters amount to in the face Of re-
concentrations from such men as Logan,
Conkling, etc. A irown upon the swarthy
brow of the former would consIgn to the
presidents waste basket the mute petit
tons OF thousands, But enough. We be
licve that no good citizen can help but
wish that Mr. Bells resolution will reach
congress and bear the desired fruit.
In an interesting letter written by Mr
w. II. Robertson, of Carlinville, H., to
Hon. Eugene Underwood, president of the
Valley States River commission,
the causes of the general
blockade Of ireights upon many of the
railroads of the country are very ably pre-
scntcd, He concludes as follows: 81
would direct your attention to the fact that
between st. Louis and Cairo, and between
| Cincinnati to Louisville to Cairo, transpor-
tation is impeded not so much by the free2-
ing OF the river as by the want of suf-
ficient depth OF water to carry much else
than an empty barge or to float raft Be
tween all Of these points there is plenty of
water, but at places it is so shallow that
boats Of small calibcr are often impedcd
and detained and frequently the cargo is
endangered In view OF these facts, and in
view of the fact that if the rivers between
these points were properly improved the
freight embargo, now so disastrous to the
country could hereafter be avoided by
meansOt the opportunity affordedto railways
having terminal facilities at Cincinnati,
Louisville, Cairo, st. Louis, and other
points, to relieve themselves of freight they
are not able to handle on account of the il
sutiicicncy Of facilities in the east, it will
not be only OF great profit to them, but will
add to the prosperity of the Mississippi
valley and secure to the producer, both
north and south, the full value OF the pro-
duct of his soil It must not be forgotten
that the foreign trade Of America is inSig- |
nlfcant compared with the inland trade
It IS the interest of the east and the west |
the north and the south, that must be con.
served, not that of the east and Europe |
alone.
THE PAVEMENT.