The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-28


aux Antrim" ami the "Waterma'en n
/ Ia Stpart" as indicating t. l is su ptis .
that Mr.. Carey was very fne cook
and Messrs. Antrim and Stuart were
such excellent farmers as these az
ticles seemed to indicate they were.
: The Judge cited as proof that Ca ro
had grown the fact tlat only 20 Of the
! us present i'm the room were her
! when he came u Cairo 25 years ago
! Re felt SIRE Cairo would eoltnue to
grow in favor as 4 res'd nee Place
with the improvement: OF streets
Chairman Carey ca'ied for an ex.
lrression of sentiment as to whether or
, net the uncheons should coatilre
and it was unanimcv-
| On motion OF Mayog Par.ors he
next luncheon was SCI for week from
lueNt Saturday as mex Saturday wen \
he July 9Th, a hohlav, Re DIES re d
that the same committee Re continue
in charge but this was ruled cut Of
order by the chair. "1o anoo~na 4 y.
$, Candee ! B. Nagee and F II. A.
"ocd rs Tho cowmittee in charg of
tn next luncheon.
Q. ?, Hurd's Address.
VI Chairman ana Gentlemen Ny
subject is TIE advantages Of Cairo.
as a luwbar storage aud shpn'ny
point Before going into the many a p
yantagas Cairo enjoys | wish to point
crt 70 vou the disadvantages otfer
river cites such as louisville Gin
cinnatj and ST Louis tabor ind r yon
can then appreciate the mere Cairos
advantages. Prior 10 locating in
Cairo. we We're engaged ia the Who'll
sale lumber business at Cincinnati.
The bulk OF the stock we handled was
brought to Cincinnati and L~u'sy lie
by barees About 60 per cent of tie
stock was sold to the factories locate
at these cities and the balance ship,
ped to Michigan Indiana, Illinois and
Ohio POINTS From July LIST Il Deem
her list the stage Of water in the Ohio
river is usually too low to permit
barges to pass mp 10 Cincinnati or
ouisvjl'e Then from December to
March the ice in the river is too =avy
for navigation. consequently We were
obliged ~ 10 all Of cur river business
i'm four months out of the year. You
can readily mderstlud. how inc0n-
yeuieut and unsatisfactory this was,
time after time. we would load bargps
south of here in October and Noyem-
her tow them 10 the Cairo harboc to
wait for a raise in the river sufficient
to allow the barges to pass on up the
Ohio 10 Louisville or Cincinnati and
between the low water and the lee il
would often be March of the following
year before the bargrs reached their
destination Our capital would be tied
up as well as the lumber all of this
time. Our customers would become
inpatient aud cancel their orders and
buy elsewhere. But how about Cairo?
We can tow to Cairo 365 days in the
year. on an average Of four years out
Of five. and in the fifth year we will
not be delayed more than two weeks,
and this is usually on account of re.
SO in unloading and reshipping cur
lumber at Cairo, we can deliver It, and
secure our returns two or three times
over, while we were endeavoring u
get a shipment through to Cincinnati
by river
St Louis has the same difficulty on
river shipments as Cincinnati and
Louisville Cairo is more favored in
this respect than any of the ether
cities on the Mississippi and Ohio
rivers
TIE barge rate on lumber to Cincin
natl is about 81 go per NJ more than ii
is 10 Cairo. The cost of unloading at
Cincinnati is 75c per thousand more
than at Cairo. as they have not the
facilities for unloading barges that we