The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-17
CITIZENS WANT
GREATER CAIRO
Enthusiastic Utterances Last Night Give
Much Encouragement Committees
Will be Appointed to Circulate
Petitions

Another of the cnthasIeEtic NEE
/ ings, a. which the slogan was Great
er Cairo and which will eventually
result in the accomplishment of the
/ puIpose intended, was held last night
al X NJ X c. hall The meeting was
not large in point Of numbers. but
what was lacking in attendance was
more than oyeebalanced by ihe enlhn-
siasm displayed, and every person who
attended left the hall with the feal
ing that he had aided in the,advance-
uaat of Ca ro if in no other way than
being prefent at the meeting
Labor, capital and the business in
terests of the city were represented,
accompanied by men Of wisdom and
ienllghtenmeni more than sufficient q
carry out the plans proposed and
necesa ary 10 the attainment of a
Greater Cairo II tAose who remained
away imagined they would be forced
to attend meeting where dry and un
interesting discussion would prevail,
hey We're mistaken and they missed
a treat such as one seldom finds at
4 public meeting
The informal talks hubhlcj over
with enthusiasm and The one seati-
nent expressed was IN favor of i'm
proving and building up Cairo, let the
cost be what Il may Every one
ayincci a will ngness to bear MIS- part
of he burd n and every one was will
ng 10 aid in doing everything pos /,
Bile toward Interesting everybody else
n tlc mogemen,.
Tho meeting was called 10 orlor bY
be chairnan. Mrs George
ana Secretary VT Gfeahcy read
tho report Of tle c2mmstseo of tweasy
selected az the previous Greater Care
msetlng held al X. NJ K C. hail The
report Of the committees recommend
ng the paving with brick Of CONNER
cial and Washington avenues snd Wal
nut and Thirty.fourh streets, and
the laying Of a main outlet sewer on
| Washington avenue, was publlshcd Id
lha Bulletin las week and ita contents
are probably familiar o the roadsrs.
The report Of tho committee was re-
eeived and a general discussion en-
sued
Why Omit Ohio street?
Mr. T. j. Kerth could not undorstand
why maation Of OHIO street be weea
Eighth ami Fourteenth street was
not madsin the report along with the
other streets He thought i was
most prominent thoroughfare ami one
that was seen q grea. deal by yialtors
10 the city II was also Travelled a
great deal
An Explanation.
Mr. John S. Aisthorpe expla.nea
that when the report Of the committer
was drawn up j, was understood that
q movement was on foot to Improve
tOhio street be we,a the ctreets men
toned and that It would probably be
accomplished before the ether inn
provemen's We're begun II haa been
delayed some time however. on ac
count of asking the Illinois Central
railroad company 70 defray a portion
Of the expense Il was also suggest
ed that stone or gravel be used in.
stead Of brick by one Of the prsperty
owners On Ohio street.
Cairo Behind Mound city.
: Mr. Aisthorpo said that Cairo oiti
zens had been laggsrds ami had al
2 owed cites with less advantages b
! rlBl r0 around them. Decatur
Quincy, Bloomington and Jacksonvili-
.. s9wo examples Of what could bC
done by progressiyeness. Improve
ments OF streets. resulting in building
lp tAe towns was responsible 10 &
great extent for her prosperity HC
+, aid thar improvements such as wers
: contemplated IN Cairo. would BE- o.
i EQUAL valGe to property own,rss aud
business men. The reascn that prop
lerty IS not valuable is that Il Is no
accessible. Making towns and upbuilI
ing ciues Is due to public improve
! monts aud attracting public entorpris
s The tiase has come when Cairo
, must take her place with the cities oi
the Mi.s ssirpi valley and il must be
done by those residing here. Cities
! will not spring Up without he aid oi
those inside The improvements pro
posed should not be considered from
the standpoint Of bringing business q
individual. but to bringing 9Atside
capital 10 cairo The TAX OF the baal,
being full If money com S fo- hsil'
when The fact is, that ihe banks lnal
the other towns meHt oned have mor'
money than the Cairo banks
The surroundings must be here e
attract people and 81 remains for us e
. either build mp. make improvement
and environments. and take onr share
Z of the trade or such place. as Thebei
and Mound City will outgrow us.
Mr. Aisthorps admitted thaL hc had
! perhaps exaggerated a trife. bu' b
stated that Mound city had speat fft,
I. per cent more on Improvements thar
cairo, proportion Of popnlat on cen
sidered. He said Mound City has
given $1,000 to factories in tae las