The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-15
Eleventh Annual Convention Will
Convene This Afternoon
MOST IMPORTANT In HISTORY
OF ASSOCIATION SAYS VANCE

XenS would nOtiIy MN tHdt tusJ NUuin
arrange to furnish sleeping appart
ments for the visitors
! Evansville the First
/ Delegation to Arrive.
The first delegation to arrive was
the one from Evansville, Ind, on the
Big -Four last evening at S.45 o'clock.
| There were nine in the party and
| William b. Carralton, of the Evans.
VILE Courier will arrive this morning.
/ Those registered from Evansville are.
1 Congressman j. H. Foster, Frank Tar
dy, j. w Glechman, Capt w II kell'
err William Eckelhorn, A. III. Stermer.
Frank Euler William Bettinger and
Former Congressman L. B. Posey.
Up River Delegates Arrive
Few Hours Later.
II the delegates from Huntington,
Cattletsburg and lronton had not miss
ed connections at Mattoon yesterday
afternoon they would have beaten the
Evansville delegation here by a mar
row margin. The Illinois Central train
No. /. due here at 1920 o'clock left
Mattcon just as the Big Four arrived
and the delegates were compelled to
remain there until train No % left
and did not arrive until IL o'clock. In
the party from Huntington are /. /.
Scanlon, D. A. Mossman and wife, A.
W. Werrlnger l.. j. Colsby. w. l..
Colsby, William Seiber, Joseph Doug
las, Mr., Van Antwerp, ], ], Harsbarger,
w. r. Hunter, ]. vi Kontz, G. NJ,
CaGmack. j. c. Carter and J r. Rat
cliffe
The delegates from Cattletsburg are
I'M. Williams and w A. Patton.
The Ironton delegates are b. r. Ell
lesberry, T. S. johnson and Col. II.
H. Morting.
, Representative Men Here
From Louisville, KY.
, While Louisville Is an important
, factor in the "On to Cairo" hove the
city is represented by only four dele
, Igates and another one is expected 20
arrive today The delegates. however,
represent vast interests. They are.
! w, =. hlliidHirs ttHi HiIoFhAifH hh~
Louisville Commercial club; Capt. NJ.
J. Sebou. representing the Mononga-
Coke company w L. MOntz and JOS
eph Schildt, representing the Pitts
burg Coal Men of Louisville. Charles
BONNER, who f. also Identified with
The Coal and Coke Company, is expect
ed here today.
Most Important One
In History,
The convention which conyenes
here tomorrow afternoon will be by
long odds the most important one In
the history Of the Association" said
Col. John l.. Vance to the Bulletin last
night
The prospects are also that II will
be the largest Men from every walk
of life will be here. Representative
bu.iness men. manufacturers. coal
men mine owners. educators. profes-
sional men and in fact representatives
from every branch Of labor and in
dustry VIII be assembled here to help
along the project for The famous Nine
fFoot Stage plan.
What we are trying to do. ooniin-
u-d Col. Vance. "is to assist The gov
+ ernment In securing all the reliable,
Trustworthy and valuable Information
that we can in an Effort TO aid the
I government
b. Col. Vance then explained that tho
last legislature hv ordering vast
p expenditure fof The building Of the
upper dams had also ordered sur
= vey Of the river with the VitW Of max
!. ing an appropriation 10 improve the
/. waterway ~ that nine foot stage be.
tween Cairo and Pitisburg would be-
come reality.
Cairo viii be
b. Greatly Benefited.
S Oever unefourfh of ihc entire pop
y ulaiion cf the whole country vii be
/. direceIly benefited IN the improve
nent of the Ohio river. and ! believe
!. thar the cts Of cairo viii De- the one
thar will BE- benefited the greatest.
Situated as &C. is the benefits that
Cairo would d. rive from navigshie
stage the year around are almost in
d, calcuiable
J. Association Organizes
b. Eleven Years Ago
g The Ohio Valley Improvement asso-
q citation was organ 'zci In Cincinnati
r on October Sth. 1885. BY q number of
& rfrermen.~ said ]. r Ellison. secretary
d and treasurer Of the association. last