The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-02-18

fled by the company in another way. But
in the future the little narrow gauge will
be a great benefit to the city, thanks, in
part, TO the action of the councils joint
committee. 1t will come in on new
right of way outside of the city'S now
levee, obtained from the property company
in lieu of its right of way inside of the
leyee; or, if it comes into the city inside
of the citys levee, it will conform
to certain conditions, established by The
city council, from which the city at large
will derive q lasting benefit
"A man, negro, named Lacy Hamilton,
was arrested by Officer Mahanny on Thurs
day for stealing shirt, of the value Of two
dollars, from business mOnsnamed Colin,
on Chic levee, and then attempting to sell
it. He was brought before Magistrate
Comings and held to bail in the sum of
one hundred dollars to appear for trial
in higher court. He was
taken to the county Jail in default OF
payment Of bail.
The result of the conference between
Col. Hamilton, Of the ST. Louis End Cairo
railroad company, and the council commit
tee Thursday morning. was the subject of
some comment on the streets Of the city
yesterday. Those who were able to con-
slider the subject fairly standpoint
Of public interest only, without reference
to what the results to private interests
would be-eXpress themselves well pleased
with theresuIt, because they are satisfied
that second levee, outside the city's new
leyee, would be a benefit. Some others,
who have unfortunately gotten into the
habit Of opposing or favoring every great
dublic improvement, or ell attempts at it,
as such improvement benefits or Injuries
certain individual interests, are not so well
satisfied with the council committees propo-
sition. They totally ignore the fact that
nothing which the committee has done so
tar has tended in the least to keep the mar
row gauge out of the city, but that it has
been kept out by high water only. They
ignore the fact that double levee would
be desirable thing and great benefit to
the city at large, and would have had the
committee say TO Col. Hamilton "We will
withdraw the injunction COL; we are sorry
that we made such asses Of ourselves and
we beg your pardon. 1t is true, your com
pany, under its old organization, induced
the people to subscribe one hundred thou
sand dollars, with the understanding that
they were to have standard guage road
within certain time, and then gave them
a narrow guage road within five years az
ter that time had expired; it is true, your
company, under its old organization, did
agree to keep up the Mississippi leyee, and
it did allow said levee to fall into the river,
promising up to the last day, to send down
construction trains to have it repaired, and
although your present company is the same
as the old one, having only changed It's
name, the company is, in equity, if not in
law, responsible for all the damage result
ing to the city in consequence of It's failure
TO keep its contract; it is true, your com
pany, the company which you now repre-.
sent, the new organization, did, be trick
swindle the city out Of her hundred thou
sand dollar stock in the railroad, and did
swindle her out Of twenty per cent. cou-
pons to the tune of twenty thousand dol
lars, to pay which, the railroad property
was expressly sold; it is true, your com
pany is even now swlndling al its small
bond holders out Of their interest in the
road, and has already, in this way put SIX
hundred and fifty thousand dollars into the
pockets of the "big" bond.holders in Am.
sterdam, Holland; it is true your, company
under its old as well as under its present or.
organization, took advantage and swlndle
whenever it could, without even passing
thought of honesty or right, sparing neither
the widow and her orphans in the country
nor the wealthy incorporatored city. Al
this is true and stares Us in the face from
the records of the past, but we will ignore
it all, we will close sur eyes to the record
We will look upon your company as upoI
an angel OF light, Of honor and Of immac
ulate purity; and upon ourselves as culprits
who have prosecuted weak, but scrupu
lousy honest little band of foreign specu
lators, poor fellows, who are compelled
through shear povrty, to live in palacia
residences and who eat their bread in tn,
sweat of their brow while laboriou, ly count
ing over the millions they made by thei
little transactions in this country. You
company, Col. Hamilton, has smitten us oI