The Cairo bulletin., 1908-11-14

either ordinance any yestige OF doub
/ that on Walnut street and on thu
other streets mentioned only enc
/ track may be laid, and ON CONNER
cal avenue only two tracks may be
| laid
II was also agreed in the commit
tees on Thursday night that the orli
| nahces should be published before
being submitted to the city council
| for adoption
All this was published in yester
day mornings Bulletin and was mat
ter OF common knowledge in the city:
set under date Of yesterday. ms
stated Mr. Smith sent out his re,
marEable letters setting up grounds
for opposing the interurbau project.
which every one knows to be wholly
fictitious.
It does not seem reasonable that
a man Of affairs like Mr. Smith was
ignC rant OF what was done by the
committees Thursday night. hence
the conclusion is inevitable that he
did not give his real reasons in the
letters referred TO- 1t is not at all I'm
likely that these real reasons are
quite different from those given in
The letters and whatever these rea-
sens are. it is fair to presume that
they MUST be very strong indeed
to justify any attempt to block a
project Of SO much Importance and
benefit TO the city, by a man who
as president of another railroad pre-.
ject OF recent date was treated SO
generously by the people OF Cairo.
M Smiths host of friends may W
hope that he will be able to Justify
himself: and the people Of Caro-
have right to expect that If Mr.
Smith has any reasons to offer why
the ordinances as now constituted
should not pass the city council. he
will present them in order that jude
nent may be passed upon them and
action taken accordingly
In the meantime friends of the In |
terurban proposition will find some !
abstraction in the fact that Mr. |
Smiths action does not inyaIidate |
any portion OF the frontage petitions |
upor which the franchise ordinances
are based, There is enough frontage
signed for without Mr. Smiths sig
nature. on all the streets proposed to
De trayersed by the railroads. TO
constitute a legal basis for the orii- |
nanoes; and unless other citizens !
the city council may pass
the ordinances next week, after they
have been published as proposed for
the information of the public
1t is proper to state also that thers
is no disposition on the part OF any
one connected with the project to
lake advantage of the people Of |
Cairo or of any citizen of Cairo. The |
ordinances as presented and as they |
BOW read provide. beyond all ques
lion for the building OF an interurban |
railway from Cairo To Mounds O.
Mound City or both. and thence TO
East St Loris, with scores OF yau |
able connections along the line Il
will mean the reconstruction Of the |
entire railway and power and light |
my system in Cairo at a cost OF |
Euny thousands OF dollars. so as to
give the people the kind of service |
10 which they are entitled, aud above |
an things else il win mean that
Cairo viii be placed in close relatio
ship daily with her thriving ueigh.l
1ors TO the north
All these things being assured and /
The interests Of the people generally /
and along the proposed rightof-wa
Beng properly guarded in all import
ant respects any differences about
minor matters. and even some differ
'hces about more important matters.
nay vel be waved by citizens.
The benefits assured are SO owe
yhcming thar citizens may well
yield some points which they may
,r might wish TO sec covered i'm the
ordinances