The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-27
TO GET NINE FEET
COL. VANCE ADDRESSES ClTi.
zENs AT RECEPTION BY
MAYOR PARSONS.
Urges Continuance of Work BY Ohio
River Improvement Association
Cairo to Raise $500 For
the Purpose.

Mayor Parsons had M informal lit
tie rec option last night at his resi-
dence in honor of Col Vance
OF the Ohio River Improvement
association. The Colcnrl arrived IN
Cairo NJ pday nigh aal has been a
guest at The Halliday The purpose
of his vtit here IL 10 9rocue statia-
lies and funds fer the continuance of
The work which has been 50 we'll start
ed. for he nine foot channel from
pittsburg to Cairo.
lie mayor invited a number of
ci'DGne 10 meet he visitor ana to hear
what he had TO say. Among those
present were p. r Langan Sam Halt
day. Frank Cassidy, c. r. Stuart, VIM
Mcliale p w, Barclay. g. A. Smith
J. B. Magee, Rev Morris, John G..
Fisher, Joseph Steagala, Wilbur This
tlewood, A. T, DeBaun w. A. Redman,
Waller H. Wood Cnas Feuchter, w.
s. Dewey w H. Sutherland Tho. +,
Mcfarland, II s Candee. II e. Ellis,
t'i ~ iphuill r. VI l iA1h, H. - llNl-
bert. The mayor introduced all the
gentlemen to the Colonel and they
found him a very genial, hearty OH
gentleman of Go odd years, with whom
time and fortune seemed TO have dealt
gently
Col. Vance addressed me visitors
very interestingly for half an hour w
on he subject of Ohio river improve,
ment He dweIt upon the neglected
condition of the stream before the or
ganzation Of the association, refer
ring o the part taken in that step pv
Messrs. Parsons and Smith, the two
vice presidents OF the ass0cia ion
from This city both of whom having
taken deep ana active interest in the
work. BY suggestion of Mayor Par
sons in 1903 $4,000 had been raised
for work in Washing on and since
that time voluntary contributions had
been made by cities all along the river
TO Keep up the work Good results had
been produced, in arousng The inter.
est of congressman who, until a few
years ago had looked upon The Ohio /
river as beginning and ending at Pitts
burg.
The trip of the congressional COM I
mittee down the river 10 Cairo where |,
they We're grandly entertained. had !
opened iheir eyes, and they had been |
convinced that The river had all the |
commerce II needed 10 entitle it TO /
all the money hat could be legitimate
~ spent for Improvement The pres
ent congress had appropriated every
dollar asked for by the engineers. Work
was IN active progress al six dams
between Pittsburg and Miami ana
there was money appropriated for
work on others. Fifty men were AT
work row making survey from
Miami to Cairo; twenty-five starting
at Owensboro and twenty-five Mt
Elizabethtown. Their report would be
made 10 congress in December and he
felt sure il would be all that the
friends of river Improvement could
ask. Il took money to make the
world move. this bad been taught him |,
in his long career and il would take
money TO keep the interest active in {
the project under consideration: but /
he felt tina this would be the last Z
that would need to be made
for the congress of next winter would !
start the work in a way that Q
L would need little further urging TO
keep il gonigs
Mayor Parsons, vice president of the
association, said one object of Col.
Vance's visit was to arouse the people
If Cairo TO the need of another con f
rbuion Of $500 toward work of he
ohio River Improvement association. 4,
lie felt that Cairo had been sufficient +
y benefited already to more han pay s.,
Ter for the outlays already made. in !,
he great amount of advertising she
lad received and would vet receive.
Il. A Smith. who is also vice presi-
lent of the association for Illinois.
aid Cairo should contribute $500
more 10 help the work along. The