The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-10-02


cost him from five to six thousand dollars,
which would be more than he would like
TO eXpend He fears also that in case the
street were raised and Washington avenue
remained low, business men would leave
Commercial avenue for the bottoms and
business would follow, which would hurt
him material y. lie would have a law
| passed compelling owners OF low lots to I'LL
them up TO the present grade, would have
half u dozen pumps put in operation, run
| 10y the several steam mills and manu-
featuring establishments, and would
trust 70 the leyees for security against the
rivers and to internal enterprise for ad-
yancement,
Mr., Peter Saup was also hearty supper
ter OF high grade not a month ago; but he
has reConsdeled the matter and changed
his opinion entirely, He has several houses
on the avenue now and draws good rent
from them. He believes he would not re-
ceIye any more rent if he were to raise his
houses, so that he would only be out the
cost OF raising He believes also that bust
ness would be driven away from the street ;
that his property would decrease rather
thsn increase in value. He believes that
Cairo has not the facilities TO become city
CT any size, anyhow; that there is no de-
maud for large city here, as the surround
ing country is not such as would require a
large distributing point,
Mr.. Peter Netf was also strongly in favor
OF raising not a month ago. He is strongly
in favor of it yet, provided the filling will
not be confined to Commercial avenue for a
number OF years. He fears that retail bust.
ness will be driven back to the low streets
if high grade is inaugursted on CONNER
cial avenue alone, which would cause the
abandonment OF the houses On Commercial
avenue, Just SIS was the case Oh Ohio levee,
The change would cost him not less than
fifteen thousand dollars, which he could not
now afford to spend, He would have to
tear down his little brick at the corner of
Eighth street and put up a new one, much
more expensive, and the new one would not
bring him any more rent than the present
one does, He was getting high up into the
fttes now, and did not care to 60 into huge
enterprises requiring heavy expenditures Of
money. He believed that we are safer
against overflow than ever before and might
not be troubled with another flood for
many years. He WAS dong very well with
his property now, but did not think that he
would DO any better il he made the changes
suggested, at least not enough better to
justify the expenditure, hence could see no
good reason why he should make it.
Capt. T. n, Kmbrough, of the Waverly
house, two years ago offered to raise his
large house and the street in front of it
above high-water mark, and would have
done SO if other property holders had
agreed 10 do likewise. lie believed then aud
be does now that whereas, under present
conditions, his property is worth probably
ten thousand dollars, II would, if raised as
proposed, be worth forty thouand-he
would refuse TO take the latter sum, if il
were raised now, But lately he had invest
ed his surplus money in another enterprise,
from which he did not desire to withdraw
It, hence he had signed the foregoing paper
Yet, II his neghbors were IN favor Of going
up aud the council ordered the street to
be raised, he would be among the first to
60 to work and would put his hotel up to
the new line.
Mr. Desdimon,a said he gave his name
to Mr.. Saup and didn't know what that
gentleman did with it. He is for raising
if Mr. S,up is, and is against raising if Mr.,
SAupIs against it.
These Eve are all OF the signers we were
able t. interview last evening. Of
the other four Messrs, Cunningham aud
KJeb were mot advocates Of street filing
before, and Messrs Cary and Koehler were
condltcnaIly so and are probably the same
yet There are several on the avenue who
are uncOnditionaIIy opposed to filling, and
whose views were printed in these columns
before, If the object Of publishing this
card was to influence the city council
against the street raising ordinance pend
Ing in that body, the means, it seems to us,
are entirely Inadequate, The council might
assume with good reason, that, taking it
for granted that the card is intended as a
protest against street raising, there were
only nine property holders on the avenue
who are opposed to the ordinance now and
half Of these only passlvely so, and that the
dozens Of others are all in favor of it, upon
the well-established parliamentary rule that
silence always gives consent. With this
. a a.. A - =.