The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-24

! me Club rooms last night to attpn
the regular monthly meeting. Pres
dent E. A. Smith presided and offere
a number of important matters 70
the consideration of NE club mem
bers.
Secretary Stuart presented tn
names OF John T Rennie and JOS
Altman for membership and on sus
Ipension of the rules the secretary wa,
directed to cast the ballot Of the clul
for these gentlemen.
I Commercial Reports.
John C. Fisher reported for the
committee on publicity that the com
mittce had some plans for work. but
could do nothing because it had nc
/ funds at its disposal The purpose
! is, as suggested by Mr. Fisher. to Sc
cure report as To Cairo's commerce
Las was done several years ago by
Prof, Ciendenen This matter was
Preferred to the Board Of Directors.
Cairo Delegates to Chicago.
President Smith presented some
correspondence with respect to tn.
meeting of the National Rivers and
Harbors convention in Chicago next
October, saying that in compliance
with the request of the chairman e
that body h. had named forty three
citizens as delegates from Cairo to
that convention. as follows.
n. b. Thistlewood. George Parsons
J. S Aisthorpe, J. H. Galligan. ". F..
Grinstead Chas. Feuchter, W. q.
liuette, c. r. Stuart, J. 3. Magee. p.
+, Langan. ?. J. Schulz, W. ]. John
ston, W. H. Lawson. A. Kaufman,
Leon Denison, Geo. B. Wearen. Geo.
J. Becker. c. V. Neff, C. l.. Keatou.
w. H. Wood. p. l. Nassauer. Chris
Beck, S. Wagner, Chas. S. Carey.
Daniel Hartman, E. G Pink. John c.
Fisher, c. O. Patier, Samuel White
VIM. $. Dewey G. G. Terrell. VIM y
Butler, Capt Thos. Faudree. Cant.
Fred Bennett, Walter Warder. W. p
Halliday, NJ. f. Gilbert. Frank Can.
non, Leo Mcdaniel. o P. Hurd. Jr
Douglas Halliday T. J. Kerth. f. A.
Smith.
Csiro's Ohio River Fund.
Mr. Smith also read letters from
Col. Vance of the Ohio Valley I'm
provement association urging citizens
Of Cairo to make good the suhscrip.
ion of $500 made some time ago. TO.
ward prosecuting the work of in
iuencing congress to make the appro
Drlation necessary for the completion /
Of work on the Ohio from Pittsburg
to Cairo. He said a great deal had
already been done and it had been
very effective. Surveys had beer |
made by government engineers and |
favorable reports from them had been /
secured, for a nine foot channel f.
1airo's interest in the work was not I
o be questioned and she ought to
bear small share of the expense Of |
preliminary work. especially since f.
about nine million dollars Of the worr |
Nas to be done near here.
John S. Aisthorpe said the subscrip 1
ion ought 10 be a popular one to some
'Xtent. While the Commercial Club |
3oard of Trade and City Council
should contribute something, citizens
generally ought to have an interest /
n the fund, as the work 10 be done
With the money was for the good of
he town The members of the two
named had these bodie,
o keep up, and these bodies had mis- I
sions to perform and expenses to
meet for the benefit Of the city. and /
'ould not afford to 20 too deep into
heir treasures iB aid of any orr
scheme Mr Aisthorpe moved that A
committee of three each from the
commercial Club, Board Of Trad ]
md Lumbermen's association be ant
pointed. to solicit subscriptions TO-
ward this s500 fund Carried. \
Birds Point Situation.
President Smith spoke of the Birds
Point situation, saying that three ex
limitations had been male by govern
1ent officials. one by Assistant EnEi [
Ger Mitchell, one by Capt. Lukesh.
10Th OF the engineers in charge of 4
avigation between Cairo and s..
.ouis, aud the third last Saturday by /
tder of Capt BiNby. of the Miss
isippi River Commission. I'm charge
( government lcvecs. with whom NJ 1
ninth had been in correspondence A.
18th the others Mr.. Smith expressed I,
he belief that between all thesa
orces and the railroads. something
'ould be done to hold Birds Point /,
Secretary Stuart read letter Of 70.
ret from Hon. Miles Frederick Gil i
ert. one Of the appointed speakers ,
T the evening. stating that he was
compelled TO be i'm St Louis and could 3
therefore, not he present. hut would
e pleased at some future time to
espond to a request for an address. il
Cape Girardesu Packet L
The secretary also read a communi
alton from H. F.. Phelps. of Cape "A
iirardea u, Mo. stating that he desired |;
0 put in a gasoline motor boat be
ween Cairo and that city. and would
Ike to have encouragement in tho
enture. Mr.. Phelps said he would