The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-12-12


found occasion again to remind the officers
of the Wabash company here, that they
must allow no cars to stand and do no
switching above Second street on their
Commercial avenue tracks. Since Mr.
Moore was informed by the authorities that
the company had no right to switch cars
on the avenue and permit them to stand
above Second street, he has sought to have
the ordinances IN this respect obeyei by
the train men as far as circumstances and
the large trade of the company would pos
sibly permit There has been considerably
less reason to complain since then, for the
tracks have been kept clear OF cars most Of
the time But owing to the immense in
crease of the business of the company, by
reason of its connections with the Iron
Mountain aud Mobile and Ohio railroads,
which has compelled il to run two lncines
and two transfer steamers, it has been ut.
terly impossible for Mr.. Moore to bring
about complete observance Of the ordi.
nances referred to, much as he desired to
do so. 1t but justice to Mr. Moore that
these mat er of fact statements should be
made in order that the impression may not
gain ground in the public mind that fail
ure to comply entirely with the
ordinances is the result of stubbornness on
the part of the local officials here But the
fact remains that the ordinances are still
beng violated occasionally, and that the
| property-owners and business men on the
lower portion of the avenue
are complaining, and that the increase Of
the bushes of the road must not be per.
mitted TO serve as an excuse for the compa.
ny in its encroachments upon public and
private rights and interests, 1.-THE large
increase Of business renders the yard privil.
eyes vouchsafed by the ordinances and
agreements of the city inadequate, then the
company should increase its yards in size
and its switching facilities in extent in a
direction in which it has right to do so,
which the Wabash company can do with
comparative ease, rather than persistently
overstep the bounds established by the or.
dinancss. And this, we understand, the
company is now about to do Col An.
drews, of st. LOUIS, general superintendent
of the Wabash system Of railroads, came
down yesterday and was in consultation
with Mr.. Moore upon the subject under
consideration. Together these gentlemen
looked over the ground and examined into
matters pertaining to the new scheme. II
is probable that the downtown yards Of
the company will be removed entirely from
Commercial avenue and transferred TO the
company's right Of way near the Mississip-
pi evee. Thus much we understood from
a conversation last evening with Mr.. Moore
who feels hurt that, though he has done the
best he possibly could have done under the
SllcumstaHCcb, lneTe tHOuIu btlll De any
manifestation Of bitterness Of spirit, and
disposition to take advantage of even &C.
cidenal and unavoidable offences to show
this spirit against the Wabash road, while
no effort is being made to enforce the same
ordinances against other roads which are
equally guilty with less excuse. He spoke
with much feeling of the refusal of the
officers to permit the removal from the side.
track Of the passenger train which came in
yesterday, for the purpose of re-arranging
It, while other railroads are permitted to
make up their passenger trains
daily upon the public streets
Of the city, without the slightest
molestation from the authorities. But
while this may prove unjust descrumina
} ton In favor of these 'other railroads." II
will hardly bear to DO construed into In.