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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-01
THIS PUMP WORKS ITSELF.
Novel Device for Filling Tires aa
Automobile Moves.


Automobile Moves.
A device which will save the auto
mobilist much annoy ance and trouble
is the automatic tire pump recently
introduced by a western firm. This
pump is so fashioned that ii may be
fastened to any artillery wheel. and
the Initiating operation is performed
by the turning Of the wheel SD that
the tire may be inflated while the car
is in motion. The apparatus consists
OF a plunger pump that is fastened
to one OF the spUkes. with a rubber
tube connecting with the tire valve.
The pump is operated by means OF an
eccentric arrang ement which sur
rounds the wheel hub, and one mem
Der of the device is held against rota-
ton By cord which may be fastened
to the mud guard or some other fixed
portion Of the car above the wheel.
The apparatus is equipped with a
cut out appliance by which it is
thrown out of action after a pressure
OF 10 pounds is reached. and tho
pump is said to be capable Of MAIN
tanning the pressure at that point IN
the face Of a leak OF any ordinary
proportions, so that it is possible 10
make run home OF for help in the
event of puncture without the neces-
sity of stopping To make temporary
repair. With the use Of this device
the tire may be maintained at 2 uni
form point without attention. For in
fating the rear wheels the device may
be applie' nd the rear part of the
vehicle lacked up, the tires may
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-01
Cretonne.

Is the most adaptable of fabrics.
1t trims hats.
Covers buttons.
Is introduced In parasols.
Forms cuffs and collars o. ponSce
suits.
Makes jaunb little coat for use
Wth linge.ies gowns.
Forms an imposins auto coat.
Bends to uses If waist coat.
Edges summer curtains.
Touches up neCkTear.
But still defies hosiery.
Tcachcr-Can YOU tell me Tommic,
what becomes of all the birds when
the summer has gone?
Tommie-W Why. guess they get put
ON all the winter hats, ma'am-Yon-
kcrS Statesman.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-01
GOVPNM EMIT BONDS.
PROVISIONS.

BUTTER WEAK, creamery 1871
22%.
CIIEESE-Weak, ranged II to is.
EGGS Steady and unchanged.
COFFEE-Options closed steady
net unchanged to points higher,
sales 10 250 bags; July 600; spo.
steady; No. Z Rio ca; mild quiet
.Cordoya %m121k.
StIGAR-Raw firm; fair refining
.$3.S5m5.SG; centrifugal Sc test si2.
n l.3G; molasses sugar $3.5Sn3.Gl.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-01

In tf0 the last instance of boiling
tn death took place in Persia, The
offender. guilty of stealing state rev.
enues. was put into large caldron Of
cold water, which was slowly heated
TO the boiling point His bones were
distributed as a warning, among the
provincial tax collectors
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-01
ST. LOUIS CATTLE.

st. Louis, Juno S0.-CATTLE-Ro
ceipts 1000; higher; beef steers 475n
500; stockors and feeders 5000 500;
cows and heifers 50OM 700; Texas
steers 325MG50
HOGS - Receipts 1900; higher;
ranged i50M65).
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-01
NEW YORK MONEY.

New York, June 3O.-Money on call
easy, 1l2m2 percent, closing ",
Time loans duh and easy; sixty days
, per cent; ninety days 2@24 six
months 81; mercantile paper 31a@4;
exchange firm, demand $4.8G95; sixty
days $ES5.G0; bar silver 535s.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-01
Fresh Air in Tahlets.

Fresh-air tablets are a preparation
discovered by a French scientist lie
discovered that he could combine GER
tain chemicals into a tablet which. on
being dropped into water. dissolved
and gave forth pure oxygen.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-01

The French Academy Of Medicine
has Just elected to its membership
in the person Of Professor PORTER. one
Of the youngest men ever included
within its ranks. as his career has
been one Of the most brilliantly rapid
among his contemporaries The pro
fessor's qualification dates only from
1883. and since 1857 be has taught
anatomy at the practicing school Of
the Paris faculty lie Is also a sur
gean Of the Tenon hospital. lie IS
the author OF many treatises ON este
ology, the muscles. caneerous tee
tons ard etAsr surgical subject - I.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-01
Alexander
County National
Bank
Commercial Avenue and Eighth Street
CAIRO, ILLINOIS.
OFFICERS

Accounts Of corporations and rndivid.
lals especially solicited Exchange
furnished to any part OF the world.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-01
OFFICERS
DIRECTORS

Interest Paid on Time Deposits
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-01
MOBILE & OHIO R. R
Tins Of fFslrr &c
CAIRO

Time Of frslr- &c
CAIRO
feuthbouns
M. I. Express daily, Nv. .z:O5 pm.
No. }, Express daily, w.. .2:o5 am.
NoFthbouna
No. z, Express daily, Iy....1:35 pm
No. 4, Express daily, w.. 2:1f am
J. n. JONES, Ticket Agent
June I. 1908. Cairo, ILL.,
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04
AN INEFFECTIVE RULE.

Men engaged in the government
service here, In the competitive classi-
fed list, have recently received cir,
culars from the civil service com
missioners that they will be them
selves liable to dismissal from the ser
vice if they violate rule l which reads
as follows:
mo person in the executive civil
service shall use his official AUTHORITY
or influence for the purpose of inter
fering with an election or affecting tho
result thereof Persons who by the
provisions Of this rule are in the com
petitive classified service, while re
tanning the right to- vote as they
please. and to express privately theii
opinion on all political. subjects. shall
take no active part in political man
agement or in political campaigns"
Perhaps this is as strong a rule a,
could be framed to prevent office hold
ers from becoming political bosses
but it is pretty well known that the
rule does not get there" The mos
successful mot to say the most danger
ous) bosses are those who never make
speeches in public, but do their Wort
quietly, in private conversation
behind closed doors.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04
TINE CARD CAIRO ELECTRIC RYS.

BELT LINE cars due to leave second st. go
ing north ON Commercial Ave-, every IS min
utes from y. M TO IL y. M
Going Eorth on Walnut st. every Is minute
from 60s IN. TO 1868 D. m.
POPLAR ST. LINE-Holbrook Ave, oar
to leave SECOND st. geing nerth on Hoibroo
Ave-. at 5;67; 6.H; 6;i2; 1857; TIA .. m. and Oh
same hinutes every hour until 10:4z and ii;h
r. III.
Going west on Twenty Eighth st. Ut 5:N.
6:l9 6;3i; SAP; and fi04 n. m and same ml,s
utes every hour until 1924 and ll:04 p. IN.
Poplar st. cars due TO pass st. Mays
Ia minutes after leaving Second st.
BELT LINE OWL CARS north ON Walnut
"A so p. m 1884 =, M; 80 q. M; 2:80 q. IN,
8 so a. nl.; 4 80 a. mi 80 n. IN.
North on Commercially: 100 p. M; 200
N. 90 n. IN. 300 u. ID. 4:u0 q, m. s =, m.
Belt and Owl cars due to pass Yves
Thirty fourth st. is minutes after los Wins
Second St.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04
BREWERS WILL BE GOOD.

Under date of yesterday dispatch
from Chicago tells of q movement or
foot among the brewers of the coHntr'
TO rid themselves Of disreputable So
looms. Radical action In this direc
ton is to be taken at the annual con
vention of the brewery interests in
Milwaukee. June 9 and To- Rudolph
Brand, president of the United State
Brewing Company is quoted as saying
"The brewers are ready to co-operato
with the reform organizations in clean
ing up the saloons. Saloons that cater
to the vicious element in society mus.
be suppressed"
II this policy is rightly carried into
effect by brewery interests every
where. IT will go far toward disauning
the radical opponents If the saloon
But the cleaning mp" will have to be
thorough to stem the tide of opposition
which has arisen: and the brewery in
terests have a right to look for the
heartiest cooperation from the author
titles everywhere. in their efforts t
rid the saloon business of the stigma
under which It has fallen in this coun
try. They have right to expect that
ALL saloons shall be TREATED
ALIkE--that none shall be given priv
ileges In violation of the law. eithe-
through neglect or through seonnivance
on the part # those in authority The
men engaged in the, business who wish
10 conduct their places properly have
a right 10 expect protection against
unfair competition by those who seel
% gain business by means not sane
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04
MAKING GOOD PROGRESS
Ex-President Cleveland Passed Quiet
Sunday at Lakewood, NJ. J.--Is
Not Suffering From Cancer.

Lakewood n. J., May 3-Thc con
lition of former President Cleveland,
who is said to be suffering from
lcute Indigestion, continues to show
laily improvement, according to Mrs
Cleveland. who expressed hope that
the progress of her husbands recoy.
Fry may permit an early return to
Princeton.
The patient spent a quiet SUNDAY
at the Lakewood Hotel today aud
Mrs Cleveland expressed herself as
pleased tonight with the progress
made 1t was stated authoritatively
tonight that reports that Cleveland
is suffering from cancer are IN
founded
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04
TODAY IN HISTORY
May 4.

May !.
1471-Edward, Prince of Wales, son
of Henry VI Of England killed
nc the battle OF Tewkesbury.
1747-W William of Nassau appointed
Stockholders of the Netherlands.
177G- Rhode Island aleclared itself
free OF Great Britain the frst
of the thirteen American colo
MES to take such action.
1899 Scringapatam taken by the
British and the empire Of Hy-
der Ally eXtnauishel by the
death of his son Satan Tippoo
Sahib
1S0l--D Dutch surrendered the Island
OF Surinam To- the British
lSsG-Sx policemen killed by Auar
ehisits in the daymarket riots
in Chicago.
l907-Ernest w HufTout. legal adj
wiser to the governor OF New
York. .sQpimitted suicide
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04
HE CHAINED HIS MIND.
Accepted shawl Rather Than His
Own Note for 81, 500.

Own Note for $1,000.
A buyer for a large Southern cot
ton house invariably paid only half
for his goods and gave his note for
thesether half This note he rarely
met. AS the buyer was a sterling
fellow In every other respect, his
friends all agreed simply TO charge
him double, and then, Of course, de-
stroy the worthless note
Ore days after effecting a $1,000
purchase. for which, as usual he was
charged $4,000. he gave. after the
customary grumbling over the high
prices asked. $500 In cash and his
uote for another S1,50D.
Now" said he. where's my little
present coming in?'
The merchant thought for a mo
ment, then took down a box from a
shelf ana uuwrapped beautiful
shawl. Perhaps your wife might
taner this. said he.
THAT shawl, sir! And on So
600 order. sir, Your generosity Is
imcomprehensible sir"
over the face OF the merchant
there beamed a radiantly benehcient
smile.
''YoL are right, sir I'll give you
somethin more like Taking ont
ais wallet he smoolhed out the $1,000
note he had just received Here,
can't do better than this, sir, tend
ering the note
Surprise, embarrassment sheepish-
ness or the part of the other, and
then, softly, I'll take the shawl! -
Weekly
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04
Biography.


Judge George Gray, for whom Della
ware delegates to the Denver con
ycntion have been instructed despite
his letter in which he said he was not
candidate for the Presidency, was
born May t. 1910 at New Castle. Del,
and has been prominent in public life
for many years He was educated at
Princeton and Harvard mivcrsitiee,
and admitted to the bar in 1868. For
q number of years in bis carrier ca.
rner he served as atorneygcneral of
Delaware From 1855 to 1889 he sat
in the United States senate. In 1898
he was a member Of the Paris peace
commission appointed to arrange a
treaty o tpeace between the United
states and Spain In 1900 he was APP
pointed a member of The Hague per
nauent court Of arbitration Since
1899 he has been q judge of the
United States circuit court Judge
Gray WIS chairman of the anthracit,
itrille- compassion IN 1902 He was
'ppointel to the Federal bench by
resident Mckinley.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04

toned by law; and they have right
look to the men in authority for
'uch protection. The police of this
'ity seem to be determined that there
shan be no evasion of the Sunday law
~ anyone, Yesterdays three raids
lmly show this and will probably
iatisfy the, public as well as all the
'aloon. men that there is to be no
tooling
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04
Nothing 20 II,

A gentleman, whose name is with
heid by request and who conducted
large bakery until he lost all he
had son.the stock. market. is quoted as
authority for the assertion that this.
casting bread upon the water dent
always work out inst as, some folks
claim it does. Toledo Blade
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04

Those Republicans who claim TO
have discovered a Johnson egg in
the Bryan nest. in the form of ex.
tracts from the formers address in
the resolutions endorsing the latter
adopted by the Illinois convention
will probably find that the egg will
hatch a Bryan chicken all right, at
Denver
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04
March Circulation.

81 Zuoo
The above is a correct statement OF
the circulation Of the Cairo Bulletin
for the year 1907 and for the month
OF March 1908. -
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this first day of April, 1908.
LEO KLEB,
Notary Public.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04

are SO surely influenced in all believe think and
do, and find explanation in the fact that womans
duty developed first and became more or less fixed be-
fore mans duty was considered Of any Importance
We must 20 back to that remote past for cxplana-
ton of many points of ethics of to-day We are tied in
many respects to the ethics Of centuries ago The eth
les of our ancestors have been handed down from
generation to generation; they have kept their hold
on the world through their continued influence on
children.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04

New York city's public library fur
nishes more reading in more tongues
than any other library in the world
In the oriental department alone there
are 10000 books, enough to make
library by themselves
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04

There are forty-seven people whose
names appear in the police reports
this morning who can testify that the
cid" is still on in Cairo, in spite o.
the $500 saloon majority at the re-
cent election.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04
Heredity.

Come in, William" said the legis-
lator's daughter, as her timid sutton
halted outside her fathers study door.
Father | wish to introduce my Bill
In the house with hope that YOU will
give due consideration to the same"
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04

The Somali soldier keeps himself in
perfect fighting condition on a diet
Of nuts. He eats only 20 a day, but
hey are nuts Of a very nourishing
i,ind
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04

and great deal But there the question of capital
Many Chinese believe the slogan: "Chna for the Chinese They
Ion capital which will foreign powers chance
interfere the affairs of the empire At the time they the
railroads built This must become the subject of agreements that
rights and interests will be fully protected.
1t want be long before railroad Shanghai and Pkn They
building When back to China again certainly expect
Pn Shanghai by rail- of troubles lack
the engine Our native workmen make excellent
but they be trained They doing we'll however We
how harness the locomotives and making them do the
work DO itn the United States.
Within five believe China will have constitution We had
abroad which made thorough Investigations of the onst-
Of the advanced The reports
studied whhe greatest Preliminary have
taken for the adoption instrument best suited 10 the needs of
people We ready for thing of the kind but learn fast
There has been constituted already Pekn body similar Of the
house of lords England This is made up of the nobility Then
getting assembly together day these bodies will be
Joined together parliament end we shall then have constitutional
government.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04
New York Church Attendance.

Each Roman Catholic church In
New York city averages twice as many
attendants in Sunday services as the
indiyidfn churches OF any other de
nomination of Christians.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04

The fish stories that come from th6
Prohibition towns round about us are
just as bad as formerly, and the
snake stories are great deal worse
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04
Estremlsm.

Some men" said Uncle Eben,t 'is
so skayht o. hidin' dere light undor
bushel dat dey goes to de opposite e~
treme an burns de candle at botf
ends. ~ Washington Star.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04

The Bulletin 10 on sale at the fol
lowing places:
Coieman's, 2f4 Eighth street.
Halliday House News Stand.
Blue Front Restaurant.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04
Meat on Average Horse.

The carcass of the average horse
yields 800 pounds Of meat. as shown
by the observation of the French
horse butcher
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04

Youth the Time Of Opportunity. 6
Youth is the opportunity to do some
hing and become somebody.-Mungr.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04
COURT
NEXT MONDAY
TERN OF MORE THAN ORDINARY
INTEREST EXPECTED WITH
IMPORTANT NEW CASES.
TWO DAMAGE SUITS
Filed Against Illinois Central For
Killing of observation-disclosures
Gus Diyorces-Seven
Murder Cases.

The May term of circuit court in this
county will open next Monday The
time for getting service in new law
and divorce cases TO ne tried at this
term expired Friday night at II
O'Clock Among new cases of this
character that will appear on the
docket are two brought by Attorneys
Leek and Green against the Illinois
Central railroad for damages in the
sum Of $4,000 in each case, in behalf
Of the relatives of Switchman Gus
Helm and James Z. Sproat who We're
iilled in an accident on Cross levee
some time ago There are seven
murder cases awaiting trial, some of
which viii prove sensational, notably
hat of John K. Ford. The others are
Lena Dickmeyer ambrose Beecher
Oliver Welch. VIM. Walker, Louis
Nellum and Albert Duncan The new
cases docketed are:
Divorces.
Alice Partee VS.. Thomas Partee
Bell. Jones VS.. Mollie Jones.
John Patterson VS.. Molie Patter
SON.
Ellen Polk US, James X. Polk.
Hattie B. Alexander VS., George A.
Alexander.
Lucinda Martin VS., William Martin,
Law Cases.
The |. TRACER Co. VS.. Farnbakcr
Co. assumpsit.
Mellwood Distillery Co. VS.. Fam I
Saker & Co.. assumpist.
Alfred Decker and Abe Cohn VS..
Q, C. Rubenstein ct al; assumpsit
Kreming Grocer Co. VS.. NJ. c. Cart /
lcr; assumpst
J. Nicholson & Bros. VS. Farm .
laker q Co; assumpsit
= B. ]. Hargan VS.. Maggie Casey;
TreaeyMorris & Co. VS.. Cauble &
1auble. assumpsit.
City of Cairo VS.. Leslie Perkins; |
ppeal from J. r
Oscar S. James for the use of Joe
iotthart vs. /. c. r, r. Co; appeal /
rom ]. p.
louisiana Red Cypress Co. VS.. Fred
assumpsit
Nellie c. Sproat admrx. rs. I. c, r,
T. Co: trespass on the case.
Fredia Helm Us. 7. c. r, r. Co;
respass
OttoIine s. Ellis vs. byron L. Ellis
t al: bill in chaneery to quiet title,
o set aside accounting
Mabel Well VS.. Canrtn Box Co,
respass on the case.
Clinton c. Terrell VS. Cairo Electric
md Traction CO., and Electric install
alton Co.
Petit Jury.
The grand jury has not yet been
'hosen. The petit jury is composed
IS follows;
First. Jonas Williams. 7. J. Pur-
ell Finas Parker; Second, c. f. Ar
er: Third. Ed l.. Well; Fourth,
Clyde LESLEY, Abe Morrison; Fifth,
George Koch, T. ]. German Sixth,
ius Muthig; Seventh, Robert Ent
Wesley Smith. Guy KnykendalI, II. S.
Nntrim Eighth Robert Thornberry
Jasper Stackert; Beecn Ridge. Hor
zee Cornell Benjamin Mcdaniel;
Unity. Harry Mimms; Sandusky, FL
sic Atkins; Tamms, Scott Lakewood; l
cleo, John White BENJAMIN Caubla, /
'lede Wick: Clear Creek, J. NJ.
lark; Thebes, ". II. Brown ". s |
Kelly; Santa Fe, Anderson Strader
tmos Twente; Lake Milligan, George |
2yal.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04

Marriage was the first thing we really
made ethics about, and we have been MAX
ing ethics about it ever since and will con-
Time to make ethics about it, for the eth
les of marriage is still in the process of
formation.
In the matriarchal period, before there
was marriage, when woman was free and
only respected and honored in her mother
hood, there was little or no ethics But in
the patriarchal period, which saw the in
PRODUCTION of the family, even though wom-
en- were only property and a man had as
many wives as he could buy, a very certain
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04
True
Mating
Means
Happiness
BY Rev. Cornelius 2. Thomas,
Baltimore.

Every his her affection object
dog sometimes horse and very often another human
being Of the opposite In when this last marriage
this and a sacrament, it be-
every person choose the right partner life and be very careful
choice In choosing for their husbands should be
careful be attracted by the ah and entertaining but by
stability Good high 1t hard for
woman get husband the difficulty lies getting the right sort
Of
In the choosing Of the should
young because she pretty. because she
gracefully kick high but because she has character
good and because she will be loving and faithful
companion along e journey When husbands and wives chosen
any other that marriage not Coils word doth allow and
viii not be happy
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04

Unoallant, Even ~ True.
woman's way? What is it, The
other way, every time.-Chicago Rec
ord Herald -
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04

Board OF County Commissioners.
j. j. JENNELLE, Chairman.
GEORGE PARSONS.
DR.. EDWIN J. CAUSE.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04
Marriage
Ethics
Are
Advancing
government,
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN,
Author and Lecturer.

ethics developed and from that time until the present that
very certain and ethics has been developing
higher marriage has developed the race has advanced
and higher developed ideas Of marriage have
advanced until have cleaner noer practical and alto
marriage than before with ethics to
spond
life to-day, marriage and out Of it, in centuries gon
more importance shining than to the SHINING
For back the remote
which securely anchored and by the has of which
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04

Save your nickles and dimes
and wait for the Great
Bankrupt Sale which will take
rlace at the Grand Leader in a
lew days, Keep your eyes on
this paper for the date.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number of complete and
perfect copies of the Cairo
Bulletin printed daily and Sun
day during the year 1907 2f1
Average number of complete and
perfect copies of the Cairo
Bulletin printed daily and Sun
day during the month Of March
1908 .03
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-04
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
Cairo. Alexander County, Illinois,
Population 16147.


Mayor, GEORGE PARSONS =. :.
Clerk, r. A. HATCHER.
Treasurer, THOMAS r. MAHONHY
City Attorney, FRANK MOORE
Csmptroller, ERNEST WORKMAN.
Police Magistrate, A. j. ROSS.
Chief Of Police, M. S. EAGAN.
Alexander County, Population 22,467.
County Clerk, JESSE Il. MILLER.
Circuit Clerk, LEE B. DAVIS.
Sheriff, FRANK Il. DAVIS.
States Attorney, ALEX. WILSON.
Coroner, DIR. JAMES McMANUS.
County Superintendent of Schools
PROF. JOHN SNYDER.
Assessor and Treasurer, FRED n
NELLLIS.
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The New
China
~The Spirit of My
Country Is
Reform +
BY WI TING FANG.
Chinese Minister to the United States.

The spirit of China is reform. We are advance
ing in every direction. We have awakened. Mark
my words. From now on we will make progress
which will not merely astound Chinese returning
his country after long absence, but all who have
an interest in my country.
One can go from Pelin to Paris by rail- from
Pekin to lIankow by rail. This is of the inter-
esting features of the awakening of my country No
longer IS there hostility to the train The people
want the railroad They eager for it. They like
TO ride in trains We have about 1000 Ii of road