The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-04-15

, ANY responsibility, by heading II "(advcr'
isemcnt'D. No proof; no responsible au-
thority. What can an intelligent public
thirsting for knowledge upon an important
matter, do with such an indictment-wh
else but spurn it as base libel, penned
and published by bringing towards for
selfish purposesG The difference between
such an "(advertisementD and patent nos
truIn advertisement, is that the author OF
the latter is bold enough to sign his name
as guaranty of at least some good faith
to show that he is willing to be held
responsible for the truth or falsity of his
statements. If old Grandmother Argus
would give the public important lnforma-
ton" why does she not do it as THE Bull
LErIN did some time ago, when it pub
lished, free of charge, and over the sigma
ture of an honorable gentleman and with
out any attempt to evade responsibility, all
that can be said and PROVEN of the past
and present relations between the people
and the property company2 This
thing of giving our intelligent
public "important information" at
the rate of ten cents per line, and
over "nomc de plume" which may re-
present an honorable gentleman, or m un
principlcd scoundrel is "too thin" OLD lady,
and THE BULLETIN" advises you to prove
to the public that you are at least sincere
in your efforts to mislead them, and to
prejudice them against their own interests.
Do this, old lady, by giving your "impor-
tant information" in a more reliable, more
honorable, less gauzy, less contemplate
manner.
While out on the Miss issppi levee
Thursday evening, viewing the artificial
cataract created under the direction of the
mayor and city council, bylShich, contrary
to all the "information" given to Grand
mother Argus" by any civil engineer" and
to the established lava of nature, the low
er portion Of the city had, up to last even.
ing, been relieved of about four feet of
water within marvelously short space of
time, Captain Halliday explained to the
party of prominent citizens present his
plan Of preventing the accumulation of
water in the city in the future. The cap
tain was assisted and confirmed in lis ex-
PLANTATION by the trench which had been
dug to permit the water to pass out into
the river, which gave visible proof of the
correctness of his theory of the foundation
of the city's bottom. The trench, outside
Of the city's leyce, was dug in northward.
!y direction for about hundred and fifty
feet in order to reach point, where
the water could empty into the
river without damage to the bank or the
narrow gauge railroad companys cmbank-
ment. The trench had been dug about
fifteen feet wide at the top and about six
feet wide at the bottom and, at the points
where it pierced the levee and where it
opened into the river just beyond the mar
row gauge railroad embankment, it had
maintained the dimensions, against the
constant fri;tion of stream Of water not
less than two feet deep, running at rate of
about fifteen miles per hour. But between |
the two points named the water had played |
sad havoc with both sides Of the trench;
it had widened the trench to fully twenty |
feet at the base and the sides had caycd in |
until the cavity was from thirty to forty
feet wide at the top. The cause of this
strange break was plainly visible. Between
the two points named, and about six feet
below the surface of the ground, a light |
sand strata was visible which had |
been Gu. away by the water in large
masses and allowed the upper soil to cave n
and all was carried away into the river. At |
the two points where no washing lad been
done the sand ridge run out as could be |
plainly seen and the whole ridge was not !
over one hundred feet wide. The captain
called attention to the fact that where this
ridge ran out into the river, the bank had
been seriously Tapped off and washed away,
while at either side it protruded out into
the river, This same irreSularity in the
bank was observable all along the Missis-
sippi side of the city and the captain con-
cudes very reasonably that wherever the
bank has succumbcd to the wear OF the
water, sand ridge exists which runs under
the city and serves as sewer through |
which the water enters the city when !
the river is high. Capt. Halliday also
called attention to the fact that the sand
ridge as seen in the trench runs under the
city's lcvec and EXTENDED diogonaly acroso
the city, devding lake Edwards from the
pond above. He claims that most if not all
of the water in these two ponds entered by
means of this sand strata (Which is nearly