The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-05-04
j. BURGER 81 BRO.
AtPalace Clothing House,
1OS Commercial Avenue.

Jefferson, "V P, U. So Thomas Miiilin,
Governor Of Pennsylvania; Richard Howell,
Governor of New Jersey; Rev. DR.. Ashbel
Green; John H. Stone, Governor of Mary
land; Alexander Hamilton, New York !;
CadwalladeI c. Golden, New York and
many others Of historical note,
The bids for doing the city printing
for the next fiscal year, submitted and
opened at the council meeting Tuesday
night, were very. giugerly handled. They
were both nearly alike and left but little
room for choice The BULLETINS bid
was three hundred and sixty dollars per
year, payable monthly in city scrip. The
Argus bid was thirty dollars per month,
| cash. The council smole broad smile
when these bids were read by the clerk
and when other bids for doing city work
had been disposed of the printing bids
We're taken up. Before any motions were
made some humorous sallies were INDUCED
in by several members. It was suggested
that the bidders be required to draw
strsws cast nickles or play encher; objec.
tDn was made to The BULLEIIN's offer to
take ''clty scrip, because, it was said, no
city scrip was issued now though the OBJ
jector did not state in what manner an or
der Of the city treasurer differed from city
scrip. Perhaps in anticipation of the
city's possible annihiation by earth quake,
cyclone, fire, flood or chronic grumblers
in which case it would Of course, have no
council proceedings to publish, it was al
go suggested that, as the Argus offered to do
the work by the month, thus giving the
council an opportunity TO break off its con-
tract at any time at the end Of any month,
it would perhaps be to the city's interest to
accept that papers bid. A motion was
finally made, however, 70 reject both bids
and order the city clerk 10 advertise for
new bids To this motion an amendment
TO refer the bids to the finance committee
was offered, and to this amendment was
offered another amendment to award the
contract to The BULLETIN. After some
discussion vote was taken upon this trip
let, which resulted in defeat of the
amendment to the amendment and the
adoption of the amendment. The matter
is therefore referred to the finance commit
tee which is to report upon the matter at
It's earliest convenience. In the meantime
the proceedings Of the city council must
remain unpublished, as THE BULLETINS
contract expired on the lst instant
Several days ago Old Ledy Argus an
nounced in column article with great deal
of bombast that the Illinois Central rail
road company had been secret party to
the war against the st. Louis and Cairo or
Cairo and ST. Louis railroad, and that said
Illinois Central railroad company's main
object was to hinder the said st. Louis and
Cairo railroad in its attempt to make ar
engagements with Col, Paramore to make
connections at this point for st. Louis with
the Texas narrow gauge. There is no
truth in the assertion; the old lady has
either again been u willing, sghtless dupe
OF designing men, or she is still engaged
willful Misrepresentation II would
seem that the result Of the late cleo.
ton should satisfy the old lady that her
efforts to prejudice the public mind against
the city council in general, andl certain in
dividuals in particular, are all in vain; but
she appears to be too deploraby obtuse to
take hint without kick. The real rea-
sons why the st. Louis and Cairo railroad
company did not receive the contract for
doing the st. Louis business of tue Texas
narrow gauge road at this point
is just as THE BULLETIN said
several days ago; because the
officials Of the former company were
too slow to act and were guided by bad
judgment Observation-Disclosures. AS evidence
of this II is only necessary to quote Col.
Hamilton, superintendent of the narrow
gauge road, who, while on a visit here and
when asked concerning the negotiations
then pending between Col. Paramoro and
the officials of the ST. Louis and Cairo
company, said in substance, that they, the
officials, were in no hurry to be bound up
by Col. Paramore; tive arc between two
narrow gauge roads, one OF East st. Louis,
and paramore's At Cairo; we have the key