The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-10
THE DAILY BULLETIN: FRIDAY MORNING To- 1882


State Of Illinois, railroad companies may
institute condemnation proceedings with
out "hAving any money in their treasury,
BUT THEY CAN NOT USE THE PROPERTY
SOUGHT To BE ONT NNED IN ANY FosM, OR
TO ANY EXTENT, WITHOUT HAVING FIRST
PAID FOR THE SAME. Furthermore, the
parties owning the property sought to be
obtained by condemnation, need not, as
the grandmother suggests, institute pro-
ceeding, against the other party 10 recover
the amount the property may have been
appraised at The covert meaning of the
above from the evening paper, smacks So
strongly of bold suggestion to our
city fathers to make Il bungling and neCes.
sarily futile attempt at fraud, that all
honorable men will instinctively recuil
from H. THE BULLETIN is very much sur.
prised, and weeps ttcrly over the ruins Of
what it once Supposed to be an ideal old
creature, eccentric, fo ,lish sometimes an !
intellectually beinl, but model uf hon
esty and honor .lwavs, and under all cir.
,unstances.
The proposition to build levee
through the centre of the city to furnish
sure protection from overflow to the lover
portion, met with considerable opposition
NJ the mass meeting of ci,iz ms held ut the
Ten h street hall Monday night. 1t was
the only one of the set of ten read by the
secretary upon which action by the meeting
was sau sht to be urged 1t was the su ,iect
ot unf,vorabe remarks from various por-
tions OF the house and vas finally voted
down. The object of the gentleman who
introduced 1t WAS good enough. He de-
sired to rem Ter the lower portion Of the city
entirely safe against owe, fl Nv, even though
the NJ ssissppi levee gave way, and thus
provide some place of sifety to The people
OF HE entire city in such an emergency. He
would have had the lever built at the ex-
pense 'f the people whose property it Sc
secured out of fund raised by special
assesSmsn mt from the property enclosed
by the lrvce; and h W, u Il have had the
| wee rye as beginning for filing up
the entire portion ol the city enclosed by it
to grade tven with the top o. Ohio lever.
These are all good ol,j CT and their ut
tainment would be desirea5e. But there
are also some serious obj 'ctions to the pro.
jact, which will pr,b ,hly Weigh enough to
prevent any step being taken 70 accomplish |
it. Aside from the general, indefinite feel |
ing of opposition to the movement from all |
the citizens 0u side Of the lrvee, which !
would be serious barrier, even though |
none of the expense we're to be borne by |
hem, there are other good reasons why I
such levee would not he desirable |
Thing. The embankment Straight acrrss
Twelfth street. Of a width tqnai to the
street, W. uid pr,p4bIy cost nst less than
twenty-five thrnsand dollars. The new
evee cost about that, and the earth If which
i WAS built was near at hand which wruld
not be the case here, and when finished, il
would furnish complete protection only to
he lower portion Of the CITY. Whereas,
he eXpenditur" Of one half that amount
N the new Mississippi levee now, would
i've exactly rs completc protection to the en-
ire city. tits certain top, thar bv the time
mother flood comes upon Us thu NJ sslssippi
ide Of the city will be andy projected, not
'qly by the combined If IRIS uf the city of
jtlro and the property COMPANY, hu; a 80
" the Cairo and 81. Louis railroad, which
Will make the nee s,nry arrangpmcnts aud
,uld its embankments ou side of new
Icvee street as soon rs tie water will per.
nit.