The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-04-16
TAX PAYERS, MEETING.

committee OF twenty goodly number
Of citizens gathered at the Tenth street hall
last night, for tho purpose Of hearing the
joint reports of the committee OF twenty
five of its subcommittee of five, with re-
ference to matters referred them at previous
meetings. The reports consisted principal
ly of the result Of consultations by the COM
mittees with the officials of several railroad
companies, with view to learning whether
or not they could be induced to join with
the city and the property company in
Strengthening the city's levec. The reports
were substantially as has already been in
timated they would be in these columns.
No very satisfactory conclusions had
been arrived at, yet some
progress had been made. The reports were
accepted by the meeting after some com,
mcnt.
A motion was made by Col. John Wood,
to the effect that the sub. committee of five
be instructed by the meeting to .continne
its conferences with the railroad officials
and esTrust Property company, not only
with view to arriving at some satisfactory
conclusion as to raising and strengthening
the levees, but as to the best means
of permanently Kidding the city
Of sipe water. In this connection the Col.
took occasion to speak at come length of
the plan proposed by Captain W. P. Halli-
day, and set forth in these columns at va.
rious times, namely, of pudding the sand
ridges outside Of the Mississippi levee.
The Col. thought the plan practicable, and
easily and cheaply tested. He thought
that small amount of the work might be
done at first as an experiment, and that II
it proved satisfactory more could be done.
Captain Halliday offered an amendment
TO the motion to the effect that the SUBJ
committee of FIVE and committee appoint
ed by the city council act jointly and carry
on their consultations and negotiations
together. The captain offered as reason
for this that the officials Of some OF the
railroad companies had hesitsted in con-
ferring with the sub committee alone, be-
cause said committee was not the creature of
body authorized to conclude agreements
He said that in conversation with Mr.. JEFF
freys, of the Illinois Central railroad some
days ago, that gentleman had signifeda
willingness to meet committee represent
ing an authoritative body at any time, and
with great pleasure, for the purpose of con-
sidering proposition to raise Ohio levee.
He also understood that the Trust Property
company was willing to raise and widen
the Mississippi levee, and he thought that
committee, such as he proposed, could &C.
complish something with all parties inter-
ested Captain Halliday also took occasion
to touch upon his plan of preventing the
accumulation Of sipe water in the cityin
the future, stating briefly some of his
reasons for believing it practicable and
that he was informed by competent en-
gineer whom he named, tina. the character
of the ground could be tested at very small
cost with an inch.and- a-halfaugc and a
piece of gas pipe.
Col. Wood accepted the amendment and
remodeled his motion so as to increase the
joint committee thus formed by three more,
from the city at large. His reason for this
was that there we're gentlemen who knew
more about the matters with which the com
mittee would have to deal, than did any of
the present members. The motion
as thus amended was adopt
ed without a dissenting vote.
Mr.. Vim. McIIale moved that the chair
be given two or three days time in which
to select and appoint the three additional
members of the committee. Carried.
The chair called for further business, but
as no one responded, Col. Wood stated that,
as all the business for which the meeting
was called had been disposed of, he would
move that the meeting adjourn. Carried.
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