The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-29
THE iNTERURBAN ORDINANCES

Elsewhere In this paper appears a
letter from Major Dan Hogan to
Mayor Browner or Mound City, in re-
lation to the intorurban project in
which Cairo Mound City and Mounds
are SO deeply concerned. Almost any
statement rpcn almost any subject
Would be interesting, coming from
Major Hogan; but as he is person
ally and pecuniarily interested in the
intsrurban project what he has to say
row Is of particular Importance to the
public. The Major takes a gloomy
view OF the situation in Cairo. He
deplores the long delay in passing a
satisfactory ordinance here; charges
that the Cairo Electric Light and
Power company Is vigorously oppos-
Ing the passing of the ordinances now
rending before the city council. and
seems to feel that this company will
succeed In defeating them when they
shall come UP for action next Tues
day night.
ing that the Cairo Traction company
is unfriendly to, or even actively OPP
posing the ordinances referred to. ii
ii to be expected that the company
would be inclined to discourage any
proposed competition in its business
In, Cairo. Any corporation, or any
individual would 10 that. That the
company is opposed to an interurban
may be doubted, for such railroad
would. as Major Hogan suggests, tend
greatly to develop the city and the
Cairo Traction company would share
Ii, the benefits incident TO such de-
velopment
But Major Hogan is certainly in
error as to the extent to which the
Cairo Traction company has sxerted
opposition. or the extent which such
opposition has been or is likely to be
effective in delaying or preventing the
passing OF ordinances providing for
an interurban railway In the Cairo
city council. We. who have been on
the ground. know that most II not all
Of the delay of which the Major com
plains, has been due to the blunders
Of some of the men who have been
engineering the project here; we
know that an ordinance that was en-
tirely satisfactory too the promoters
was passed by the city council some
months ago and is now in force. aud
what is mere we know also. that the
Cairo Traction company can not pre-
vent the passing of an interurban or.
,linance By the present city council
the people OF Cairo would not tolerate
II. and no one knows this better than
the Cairo Traction company.
Nevertheless. the ordinances nov
pending before the city council are
likely to be defeated. and for such dc
feat Of II shall occurl there will be
no one mere to blame than the men
who have framed and presented the
measures.
Some time ago the ordinances we're
referred to Judge John NJ. Lansden
the city's speciaf counsellor. with a
request for an opinion as TO certain /
Joints of law abort which the council
men were 10 doubt. Il was found that
the ordinances as drawn and pre-
scented TO the council by the pro-
moters Of the project gave no guaran-
tee whatever that an interurban rail-
way would ever be built. Speaking Of
section 81 In the interurban ordinance
Judge Lansden said in his opinion to
tao city council.
= cite this section as showing
With other parts Of the ordinance.
that this fnterurban company
does not undertake IN and by the
ordnance 70 construct an inter