The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-01-07

last time any extended reference to this
subject will be made in these coumns) it
may not be out Of place to record the
noble part taken in this fight by some Of
our moned citizens, more especially
since III former accounts the acton !
of these gentlemen was al
most entirely over looked Mus
Gle aud courage and judgement were
necessary to DO the work effectively, and
much Of these was supplied voluntarily;
but when the voluntary supply was exhaus-
ted or proved insufficient, which it did
at time when the danger was
still at its hight then greenbacks
were needed to purchase fresh supply
OF these necessary qualities aud right
there is where the noble work OF these
citlzons came in. AT time when most
men OF large interests here would natural
ly be panic-strlcken and hugg
closely every dollar they had Or could
command, and when the army Of idlers in
the city who would have had nothing to
lose but much to gain in the way of
spois if thee worst had happened, when
these refused to take the places of the ex.
hausted volunteers without the daily pay
ment OF stipulated wages, and when city
securities we're almost vaueless--it was
then these citizens stepped for.
ward and every morning issued to
the small army Of unwilling laborers
the money due them for their
previous days work. Many thousand
dollars were paid out in this way by these
men then, and all the security they had
or couldhlye had was the promise t>-payat
som time in the distant future, Of CITY
which, for all that could then he known,
might have no future at all. Such dis.
play OF confidence under such circumstan.
ces Indicated courage which it seems to
Us deserves some mention when reference
is made to the levec and those who main
tanned 1t, But this is not all The work
just concluded, by which the evce has been
finished, was q necessity, in order to create
entire confidence in the public mind in the
ability OF the lcvee TO withstand any prob. |
able flood Of next spring, The work was
begun and finished at the end OF n fiscal |
year when the funds in the city treasury are
usually low, AMI it was paid for with IAN.
tlcipatlOn warrants that H. warrants
drawn upon the city treasurer, and to be
paid by him out Of moneys placed in his
hands tor the purpose when next years
taxes shall have been collected, winch
will bc in May This work.
HAD to be done, money or no money, and
these warrants were the only substitute for .
money which the city could provide, They
will not be paid by the city until Muy and
the receivers of chem, those who did the
work, would have to hold them un-
I'll that time, unless some one cashel them
before then. They are securities of the
city for the time being and are as good a.
money to those who can afford to hold them
until pavon'r. But, rs rule, men who
labor VI ,c CITY are not such as can give
their labor on eight or ten months time,
even at premium OF eight per cent. per
annum for every dollars worth; aud there
fore, unless there had been some prospect
that the money would beadvanced upon these
warrants by some person or persons who
had confidence in the city, honor and abili-
ty to meet is obligations, and who would
be willing to beiriend il in time Of need, 1t
is likely that the city would have met
with some serious obstacles IN the way of
its late levee Improvement scheme. This
time a number Of good citizens again
stepped forward aud advanced the cash
on these warrants to the laborers who held
them, and will hold them until they fall
due aud the city shall have provided for
them. Thus these men of means again az
sisted the city in its struggle to recover
from the several hard blows it has received
during the last few years, which action,
when compared to the action OF some others,
aud in view of the fact that they al.
ready held the city's securities on account
of the food of 80, to the amount probably
of between eight and ten thousand dollars,
is certainly deserving Of iav-
orablo mention. We consider that,
in stating these few facts, we are
simply dong tardy justice to some who
were prominent IN the ciiy's struggle for
existence and prosperity, aud we feel that
the people Of Cairo will feel likewise,