The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-09-07
GILL UP!'
ISTHE CRY OF THE people,.

portance OF the work proposed to be com
menced on Commercial avenue than we do,
and none who would more earnestly counsel
mature deliberation and an assurance that
the way is entirely clear. Perhaps the most
important OF all points to be considered IN
the matter is the will of the people-those
who will be called upon to bear such bur
lens as may result from the Inauguration
and prosecution of the work. With this
thought uppermost in our mind, and feeling
certain that N every other way the pro-
posed improvement was entirely practica-
bic, would be an assured, magnificent
success, we set about to test the feelings OF
the property holders on Commercial avenue
with reference to the matter, and IN the
following columns we give the result.
The questions put to the gentleman
whose names are given, were, "are you IN
favor of raising the streets of the city above
high water mark }"-"Are you in favor OF
commencing the work on Commercial ave
nue. now2'--"What effect do you think ii
will have upon the city at large and upon
your property particuIarily2"
No attempt was made to induce an atiir-
NATIVE answer in any case. People gencr-
ally hal given the matter much thought,
had settled opinions, aud expressed them
promptly and firmly All understood the
enormity of the work proposed, and nearly
all had, to our opinion, exaggerated ideas OF
the cost Of the work.
There are a number Of owners Of substan.
tiai houses on the avenue who are non-res-
dents here, These, OF course, We did not see.
There are several Others we missed but
they will not number dozen in all. We
aimed to see every one aud to obtain full,
fair expression from them all; and We give
below the substance of what each said In
giving these expressions in full, other in
teresting matter is crowded out but the
great Importance Of the subject fully just
fiss this and will doubtless amply make
up to our readers what other matter OF in.
terest they might have had:
Judge F. Bross owns two wostory
brick houses at the corner OF Twelfth street !
He believes that the city Of Caro- viii never !
amount to anything until tits filled up; and !
hat his property will increase in value to
more than the cost Of the contemplated i'm
,rovement lie is in favor of immediate |
.ction.
Mr.. Daniel Hartman owns one of the /
incst two.story brick houses on the street
i.,y by one hundred feet He is "hesrt
ND hand in favor Of having the work |
at once He has estimates
hat it will cost him $500 to raise his |
Iouse and put basement under It, and |
'uild the sidewalk and pay for the filling, |
lie fixes the amount at $4,000, and "would |
lot be without the improvement if itcosts
$1,000 He wants the work begun at once
Mr., Charles Gayer is a recent convert to
he proposition He owns a two-story
prick house near the corner Of Eighth |
street. Ill believes that Cairo's salvation is |
IN filing up. He has several thousand dol.
lars which he intends to invest. Ii the I'LL |
lng is ordered, be will invest it on Com
mercja avenue; if not he will put it some
where else,
Mr., X. IL, Cunningham is one OF the
largest property owners on the street, He
is strongly impressed with the enormiry Of |
the undertaking. He believes that if cat
ried out, sit will make the town or ruin if,
but ne would not say which He had not
given tn, matter much thought on account
OF sickness. H. advis ed cautiousness.
Dr. IL. Wardner, Of Anna, was in the
city on Tuesday. He owns three story
brick near Seventh street He believe,
that "the only thing that Cairo needs is to
be raised above high water he is in favor
of commencing work now and will cheer.
fully bear his share Of the expense whatever
it may be.
Mr. Patrick Fitzgerald owns two fine two.
story brick houses ut the corner Of -Four
teenth street, frame livery stable below
these, and six or eight vacant lots below
this. He is in favor of commencing
the work and will stand his share of the
expense, so far as his improved property is
concerned, though he would deem at some
what Of hardship to have to pay the as
sossmentson his unimproyed lots.
Mr., d. Mccarthy owns two frame
cottages above Twelfth street. He is OPP
posed to street tIling, Internationally and
MECHANICALLY, He believes that the prop.
erty will not be benefited, and that the
street filling project is a scheme concocted
by gang Of spectators, to rob the poor
man of his property,
Mrs Mccarthy owns A lnrpo twn. gtnr,,