The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-03-12

drift by which he was surrounded. The
search for the body will probably not be
resumed until the damage to the treste is
repaired and the water shall have gone
down sufficiently to permit the work of
raising the wrecked engine.
Springfield Register: ave understand
that Hon. Fountain E. Albright, of Muir
physboro, IS candidate for the Democratic
nomination to Congress in that district.
1t is represented now by Thomas, Republi-
can, whose nomination was so bitterly con-
tested tho last time. Mr.. Albright is gen
tleman OF. fine presence energetic and pOpu.
lar. He will have, we understand, 10 OPP
position for the nomination. He Is well
knswn in the State as Democrat of honest
ly and ability, and one who can not only
gain the hearty and unanimous support of
his own party, but also disarected colored
! Republicans, who have been numerically
snubbed by the present Republican incum.
| BENT
The BULLETIN yesterday enjoyed
visit from Capt. VIM. F. Tlbbts, of Denver,
agent of the Denver and Rio Grande Ry.
The captain is a genial, entertaining gen
tleman, on the shady side of fifty, who will
make friends tor himself and the railroad
he represents, wherever he goes. He is
now on his way home from New Orleans,
having "swUug around the circle in the
interest of his company. As an assistant
to his fine descriptive powers the captain
carries with MIN dozen or so photographs,
views Of the magnificent scenery to be seen
on the line of the D. & Rio G. Ry. These
photographs are about 24x36, finely execu.
ted and give one an idea OF the country
that could not be obtained in any other way
except by taking a trip over the road.
Language, alone, fails to describe It and
there is nothing on earth with which to
compare it. One of the views in Black
Canon, a mountain gorge fifteen miles long,
is of Cure Can't, or Needle Mountain.
which towers pcrpendicularly to a height of
3,229 feet from the railroad track. Another
is the view in the Grand Canon of the
Arkansas where the rocks form solid wall
1854 feet high with only room between
them for the river bed and railroad track.
We mention these only to give a slight idea
of the grandeur to be met with in "The
Garden of The Gods" The roadbed itself
is perfect study in engineering skill as it
winds its way higher and higher with each
curve from the valley until it reaches the
summit and crosses the mountain range.
We ought to speak of Manitou Springs,
the Saratoga OF the West and the future
watering place Of the world, but have not
space to do it, the climate or the country
justice and Will not undertake it.
Another new narrow guage railroad
is seeking to reach Cairo. 1t is the Spring
| field Southern railroad, which is to be built
from Springfield, Illinois, to Jackson coun-
ty, where il will connect with the st.
Louis and Cairo road over which it expects
to reach Cairo and connect with the Texas
and st. Louis. The charter has been issued
and papers filed in the several counties
through which it is to pass Work is
promised TO begin as soon as the weather
Will permit. If this project should succeed
it may be that a sufficient influence will be
brought to bear upon the St. Louis and
Cairo company, by parties interested
with it in keeping the line open, to induce
the company TO less slovenly in the man
agement of the road 50 far as the tracks
near Cairo are concerned. 1t has been
suggested that it would be nice thing to
permit the st. Louis & Cairo and the Wa
bash, st. Louis s. Pacific to appropriate
New Levee street SIS road bed on condi- |
ton that they protect 1t from abrasion by
floods. The beauty of the proposed ar
rangement was illustrated by reference to
the manner in which the Illinois Central
had preserved the portion of the levee it
occupied, taking all responsibility for the
safety of the bauk during flood-time up
on itself But the fOoishness of the prop
sition was very forcibly pointed out by a
simple reference to the amount of self.in-
terest manifested by the Illinois Central, IS
shown by the manner in which it had Sc.
cured its track between here Villa Ridge,
as against the inexcusable wretchedness of
the tracks of the two other roads named
in this immediate vicinity; and the mutual
conclusion was arrived at that it would be |
very unsafe to entrust 50 important piece
of property as the cty's levee to the tend
er keeping of corporation or corporations
who were not induced by the strongest mo-
tive, a souless corporation can have, self