The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-11-25

| OnCe rs Uelup enllTely poselole anu pi'oo
ble--Major Biitt, j. O. Saunders and Win!
Lee are characters met with every day, ant
are nor an iota overdrayn. Buder ha
tickets on sale at rs, so and 20. No ex
ira charge for reserved seats.
OF the Mississippi river as formida
bic competitor with astbound railroad
in the carrying of freight, the ST. Lou''
Globe. Democrat says in a recent issue
During the PAST two weeks there have beer
some extraordinary movements in Hour thai
should teach the railroads the strength OF
the river route as an antagonist to the over
land trunk lines in winter. The railroad
managers are discussing in New York the
propriety of raising the summer tariff to
more profitable standard after the with
drawal of competition by the lakes. The
capacity OF the Mississippi is overlooked
although it would be well to weigh care
fully is influence in the se.board move.
ment. Within the last fifteen days local
millers have shipped 10000 packages OF
| -four to New Orleans for export. or this
amount 5000 barrels in sacks Of ESQ
pounds each were exported by the bark
Una, which cleared last night to Mslpas
for Redruth, Cornwall, by the Atlantic
Milling company. The second lot, or $4,000
packages, was sent uponsn order by Breed
love, Smiths Co., to thecity Of Havana, after
transferring to the steamship at New Or.
leans, Only two mills were called upon to
fill the orders, and others are doing equally
well with railroads to New England points.
The gross amount was taken in three bar
ges, the last of which leaves to-day. A
simple calculation will show that TO carry
1900 barrels OF -four wou d require the
use Of 100 cars, divided in eight trains, eight
locomotives and thirty.tSo train.hsnds.
Yesterday thetracks of the Wabash, St.
Louis and Ptcifc railroad above Second
street, were entirely clear of all distractions
in the form of rolling stock. Their was DO
making up OF trains either, no constant
running back and forth over two or three
street crossings by long rows Of cars block
aiding them for five or tea minute, al a
time to the Inconvenience OF pedestrians
and teams,ers and the injury Of property
holders and business men 10 the vinCinity.
Mr. More, who was away from the CITY, re-
turned Thursday night and Immediately
gave orders tn I the order of the city au-
thorities against making up trains and
leaving cars on the tracks above Second
street be rendered obedience This prompt
action on the part Of Mr. " ,ore and of the
employees Of the road justifes the opinion
that there ls no disposition on their part to
"bullioz4T the su'horilies, or 10 useiessly
and recklessly disregard the law and brave
public Opi1i n. There is no doubt but
tha. the evil. complained OF were the
necess ,ry results of the roads greatly in-
creased traffic: that the great quantities Of
freight the rDai was called upon to handle
stthis point, necessi,s,ed one Of two things;
either the construction Of sddinonsl tracks
or the use Of the existing tracks
10 an extent beyond the limits prescribed
By the ordinances. The officers here, who
would dOuhtiess have to await the decision
Of those shove them ia authority before
the could avail themselves Of the fr-t
means, were compelled to use the second
in or Ter to prevent the accumulation of
many tons OF freight on their hands. But
they have now been given TO understand,
that henceforth there must be little, or no
overstepping Of the bounds prescribed by
the city ordinances regulating switching,
etc, and the action Of Mr.. Moore leads US
to believe that there will be scrupul Us
observance Of the ordinance. The com.
pany will now be driven to the construction
of additional tracks in the extreme lower
portion Of the city, or around the westerly
side of the city where 1t owns right Of
way, in order thatit may conveniently and
expediciously handle IFS immense quaint.
ties Of freight, This the company would
have had to do eventually, even if no re.
s'ric'ion were placed upon its uso of the
Commercial avenue tracks, and it may pre-.
fer to do this now, before there is an open
breach between tand thepublic, than to do
i, afterwards in compliance with an angry
popular demand. II the condition Of
things above Second street on Commercial,
remain 1s they were Yesterday, there will
be no further cause for discomfort on the
part of citzans, or for aggressive or often.
sive action on the part Of the authorities
But will this remain so1
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