The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-10-13

| respect ana lOVe OF all VINO were 80 loTtun
ate as to know him, and welfee that every
man, woman and child in CAIRO join with
THE BULLETIN in fervent "God speed" to
him and his estimable family as they now
leave US.
The Paducah News has long editor.
ial in its issue Of the 10th and nearly a
column Of alleged interviews with citizens
of Cairo. The editorial and interviews
are all surmises as to how this or that
might be done by the Illinois Central r. h.
and its consequent bearing on the future
of Cairo and Paducah. Now we
don't want to prevent poor Pa
ducah from drawing all the
encouragement or consolation she can from
each and every small happening, but facts
are stubborn things and we propose to deal
in facts exclusively. TO begin with, Padu-
cab has entirely too much of the mayor and
the judge in her population
" bSADllC IlDlC Nllhu NlhN EIt 10,
a very pretty but very dead country village
Next, the Illinois Central r. Il. has spent
more money in Cairo and its approaches in
the last year than they have in all the 20
previous years combined, and lastly and
what is of greater moment to the Paducah
bridge vision, competent engineer who is
thoroughly posted informed representa-
tive of THE BULLETIN that Bay City above
Smithland is the first point above Cairo
where the river bottom is of such charac-
ter as to furnish foundation for q bridge,
and the worst bottom is the loose gravel at
Paducah, while there is none better than at
CAIRO. The distance from Cairo to Jackson
is less than the distance from Paducah to
Jackson; the river at Cairo is always free
from ice and the company find no difficulty
in making transfers the year around, there
fore do not contemplate building bridge
and certainly would not build one at Pa
ducah where there is no foundation to build
on.
The annual report Of the Illinois Cen
trail, now 10 the hands OF the railroad and
warehouse commission, shows that the com
pany has 1927 miles of track, Of which 900
miles are in Illinois, A net income Of 3d.
0S2, 6G2 remained after paying the operat-
ing expenses and taxes of the company,
from which the usual semi-annusl dividends
sggregatng S2,030,00O were paid. The
gross income was this year nearly $4,000
900, in advance of the last year, having
reached atotal of $l0,574,s42, but the sum
of 1921 was taken from last years sur
plus to meet dividends and construction ex
penses. The earnings Of the New Orleans
division are reported only from January till
June. Last year the operating expenses
were Only s3,S09,674, while this year they
are $G,57G,jS2. Of this amount Sl,342,-
1914 was paid out for construction. Besides
the above expenditures Sj2l ,633 was paid
tor taxes, sl,32j949 on interest on the
funded debt, and $776,G34 on rentals, max
ing the total expenses for the year, out
side of dividends, STG94,7G3, Last year
the total expenditures were SG,327,2Sl.
The liabilities Of the company all on bond
ed debt and capital stock, are S57, $4,000,
and liz assets are sS9,S2jjG7, 1t employs
S,209 persons at salaries aggregating So
67s, 7Oj. In Illinois there are Abb en-
p.oyes, to whom S2,G64 797 is paid, The
earnings for the year were
50, 774,0j7, Of which S5,9l04j9 came from
the Illinois lines. Incomes from other
sources ran up the total receipts to &c.
G74,S42. Seven per cent. OF the Illinois
earnings amounting to $4l2,G33, was paid
to the state in lieu of all taxes. During
the year IS persons were killed, and II
injured all in Illinois.
About o'clock Thursday evening,
while Mr.. and Mrs SCarrtt were quietly
call from an intimate friend Il
vigorous ringing OF the door bell, and an
unusual shimmerng and shutfling seemed
omnous Of some commotion of more than
ordinary magnitude and interest, on the
quiet corner Of 9Th and Walnut.
Mrs. s. responded to the call and upon
opening the door and looking upon the
moonlight scene, she stood amazed to see
the portico, the yard and good portion of
the street, alive with merry mass Of smil-
ing humanity vainly endeayoring to sup
press their glec until the appointed moment
for the "boom" to begin. The interest of
the picture was intensified by a back ground
Of sundry horses aud buggies, and n de-
livery wagon freighted with piles Of we'll
filled baskets and freczcrs, in the use OF
which the Cairo ladies' are acknowledged
experts The general throng was led by
Mrs, Amanda Klnncar, carrying a magnif
,,nt and Cr,nrun, u,.ul o,n. ,,,l, niI.l