The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-09-13

Democratic principles Temperance Dem
ocrats can not fail to see that the success of
Mr.. Thomas Logan, or any other Prohibition
candidate in this district, would not be so
much a success Of Prohibition as of Repub-
licanism, not nearly so much success of
temperance principles as of Republican
bossism and machine politics, and they will
govern themselves accordingly.
--Messrs. Halliday, Thomas, and Gould,
who attended the session of the Mississippi
River Improvement commission at st, Louis
last week returned very well pleased with
the manner in which they had been received
by the commission. Among delegations
from various other points, all there for the
purpose of offering information regarding
the condition of the river at their particu-
lar localities, the Cairo delegation was given
first audience and its arguments
were patiently listened to and well received.
The object of the Cairo delegation was not
to urge the beginning of any work for
Cairo or even near Cairo, as has been as
serted by the St. Louis papers, but to in
duce the commission to slightly change
its plan of operation, so as to give those
parts of the river, which need improvement
first because they present the most danger
Gus distractions TO commerce, the speed
lest attention. 1t is the plan
OF the commission that the work Of i'm
proyemeut must begin above and proceed
down stream. This is correct. The work
cannot proceed up stream and be well done
The river improvement appropriation bill
divides the river into sections and deslg-
mates what sums ofmoney shall be expended
for each. One Of the sections lies between
Cairo and II. Louis, and it is with reference
TO the manner of the prosecution OF the
work on this section that the Cairo delega-
ton conferred with the commission. TINS
section Of river is perhaps one OF the worst
in the rivers winding course, but on the
lowerportion OF the section, beginning
about At Commerce, work is most neeled.
If the commissions plan were
carried out the work on this section would
beuin at St. Louis and would slowly pro-
coed down stream toward Cairo which il
would reach st the end OF many months,
perhaps, and after the condition OF the
stream st this end of the section had be.
come very much worse than it now is.
The delegation urged upon the commission
the wisdom and the necessity OF dividing
the work, Of putting two squads Of men at
work-one at St. Louis to work down to
Commerce, and one at the same time at
Commerce TO work down toward Cairo.
Thus this end Of this section OF the river,
which is rapidly growing worse, would re
ceiye much earlier attention and the work
generally would progress more rapidly AMI
more satisfactorily. The importance of
giving this end of the section early atten-
ton will be apparent to any one who knows
aught of its condition and can Judge of the
certain results of much longer neglect.
During the progress Of government work
in this vicinity in former years several dykes
built from the shore near Cairo out into the
rlyer by the Cairo City Property Company
in order 10 protect the bank from the rapid
current, were partially taken away near the
shore in order to not interfere with the
government work. When the river rose
the current forced its way through between
the dykes and the bank, cutting the latter
away rapidly, and the channel moved stead.
lily inward until now the rocky dykes are
nearly in its centre, and are a dangerous
obstruction to navigation during low water
such as we will now soon have. But the
channel of the river is slowly but steadily
moving further east and the rocky piles are
just as steadily and certainly moving nearer
the centre OF the channel, and if the work
be not hastened the dykes will stretch clear
across the channel and almost cffectually
obstruct navigation. The longer the
work is delayed the more work will have to
be done ana the greater the danger to river
commerce. This, however, is but one in
stance among many which show the neceS-
slty and the wisdom and the economy Of
dividing the work on this section Of The
river 50 as to give all portions Of it the
speediest possible attention.
MISUNDERSTANDING ADDnIN rrprn