The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-05-03


sive days in daily paper" If such is pub
lisbed 10 the city in which such assessments
are made Mr. Scott could of course over
come this and other obstacles by liberal
expenditure of money; he could begin the
publication Of "a daily newspaper" or he
could have either of the two existing dailies
in the city do for him such of the city
printing "a must be published in "a daily
newspaper" The latter would of course be
the less expensive plan, but il would cut
good big slice from his monthly allowance.
The work of improving the Wabash
tracks on this division is going rapidly for
ward under the direction of Superintendent
Moore. 1t is expected that fifty miles Of
the tracks will be made entirely new dur.
ing this summer Several hundred thous-
and ties are on hand; Eve hundred tons Of
heavy iron rails and thousand tons of
steel rails are being distributed along the
line. An unusually heavy traffic is expect
ed; more freight will be taken out of,
brought into and passed through, this city
during this spring and summer, on the Wa
bash road, than ever before. In order to
facilitate the handling Of this freight
perfect system of fast freight has been
adopted, by which every agent along the
line is telegraphed just exactly what Car
and what freight to expect at his station,
and when to expect it, the moment the said
car or freight is started on the road. Cars
loaded with freight intended for rapid
transit all bear marks which, being seen by
the train men and yard men, will inform
them that said car must 60 through without
delay to it's destination. BY this system
which is now in full operation, freight
trains are as punctual as passenger trains
are and there have been some remarkably,
rapid shipments under it, for long dis
tances.
Captain Waldron has gone TO Memphis
to stay - that is, he will not return here to
run the cotton compress and the Halliday
Guards. The many people with whom
he became acquainted during his ftiul
stays here, will regret this very much and
the Halliday Guards will regret it very much
more The reason of the Captains perma
ncnt withdrawal from Cairo is to be found
in the fact that he has q certainty of i'm
proving his prospects in peculnary way
by remaining in Memphis. he came here
this last time only to compress probably
two thousand bales of cotton for the COM
panyand then to return; but when he got
started, cotton was rushed in on him in such
large quantities that he had to put on an
extra force, run day and night, and had
compressed seventeen thousand bales Of
cotton before he got through. The bust
ness of the compress is therefore as lively
as could be wished for. The company is
entirely satisfied with its investment here
and will send man here next season who
will make the improvements contemplated
by the company and referred to in these
columns some days ago Captain Waldron
will rejoin the Porter Guards at Memphis
and prepare them for the grand competitive
drill that will take place there on the 2lst
instant, in which companies from all over
the country will take part. His departure
will be severe blow to the Halliday
Guards here, who were making such good
Roadway iu military tactics under his in.
struction; but they will probably survive
and get along well under the increased
exertion of Captain English.