The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-04

Ohio, Thirty-seven locks and NOV
able dams are needed between Pitts.
burg and the mouth 81 the Bic Miami.
Oi these 81 12 have be9n authorized
by congress, two are completed and
| Others arc nearing completion and
contracts are being made for the re.
| mainder.
| But one lock ana one dam II needed
between Cairo aud Paducah TO give
plenty OF water the year round. We
have secured from the government on
the cash and cGntrac, principle $685.
1000 900 s1r the Improvement of the
Ohio river and its tributaries. and the
reason we ask improvements for Cal
70 particularly. "a fact hat last year
we devoted orr attention to securing
the survey OF the Ohio river from
wherc IL has alreadv been made 10
Cairo. Work on the lower Ohio will
begin us soon as this survey is com.
Dfeted.
While our exeriions are devoted to
the Improvement Of the Ohio river we
have never lost sigat OF local improve
ments along the river and our innu-
ence has been deyo,ed 90 aidirs such
enterprises along Tho river AL Gin
cinnati nine years ago we had 1899
900 represented on the floor Of the
convention for local improvements.
To Cairo in particular Improvement
Of the Ohio means more than 70
any other town or city on the river
You are at the head OF deep water
navigation, q situation of vast com
mercial Importance. ! refer 10 the
fact that the Mississippi river would
give but a small part Of the adyan-
tage of this commerce if it was nor
for the Ohio river. Ii you coul dam
up the Ohio river at Cairo today yGu
would not see a speck Of smoke from
the large sJeamtNats which now ply
the waters Of The Mississippi. There
would no be wafer enough TO float
any but The little dinkg steamboats,
seen on our smaller rivers From
this gather the importance Of the Ohio
river and It's influence upon the great
est inland waterway of North Amer
lea.
1.-THE government is expanding
laEge sum of money in the constrnc
ton Of the Panama canal The tom
mage that win pass through this great
canal viii very from three to six nil
lion tons per yes bur its complete 1
success win depend upon the improve /
ment of the Ohio river from Pittsburg I
10 Cairo. The tonnage that could be 1
TRANSPORTED on the Ohio river, ana I
hat will pass through the canal will \
greatly enhance the yielding power Of \
that csral
Now the trouble we have met with (
70 far in Ohio river improvement has
rot been in getting money. for We
nave been able to get all the money /
Se want The trouble has been IN
spending the money.
We want to advise and help all Of /
he communities that are interested /
n the Improvement of the river.
We have some matters of moment
n Washington, and we want your
ity to send one or more men to the
huntington convention We want /
your help there We want Congress /
% improve the lower Chic "On 10
1airo" is The watshwogd The con
'enton meets this year at Hunting
on, w Va, on the 10TH, 18th and 18TH
# November, and great deal Of in
crest is being manifested in this con
-ention in every town | have visited
Pittsburg and Cairo
Here Colonel Vance complimented
Ir. George Parsons upon his good
york In the convention at Parkers.
urg last year Continuing. he sail:
There is no stretch OF country more
eautiful than that through which the
)hio river flows. II is estimated that
n this fertile valley there are 1900
90 inhabitants. Notwithstanding
his great population the membership
I the Ohio valley Improvement asso-
ia1on is but a few thousand. The
membership fee is five dollars per
ear and a great effort is being made 1
D increase the membership of the I
ssociation
The Merchants league and Board If
'rade have agreed to raise s225 for
be association and enroll twenty
MEMBERS / thank them"
At the close of Colonel Vance's al.
ress. Messrs. George Parsons and
ohm :. Aisthorpe made short talks
n this question, and Mr. Aisthorpe
lade the following notion THAI
ais meeting. repre- snting the Mer-
lants League and Board of Trade.
)licit subscriptions to the amount OF
235. and that the two organizations
Pc that a delegation of not less than I
We from each organization and five
ON the city council Of Cairo be sent
this annual convention OF the Ohio
alley Improvement Association. 10
p held at Huntington, Indiana. Nov-
nher 10Th. 18th. and 18th. 1901 ,
be- motion was unanimously carried +,
Ter which the meeting adjourned. Z
1900 Round Trip 70 Texas ard the 81