The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-24
CAIRO COMMERCIAL CLUB
CONSIDERS MANY SUBJECTS
AT ITS MONTHLY MEETING
President Smith Names Delegates Ohio River
Fund Wanted--Caro and Cape Girar-
deau PaCket--Birds Point Situa--
tion--Judge Dewey's Address

- iftt IpuE ana ~ D'dHi run IL
? miles per hour. aud would carry So t,
90 passengers and something less thar
ten tons of freight; 1t would have ~
horse power engines and draw 80 in
ches Of water The round trip Woul,
be s. and Intermediate points in pro
portion. The subject was referred Il
the committee on public service OF
motion of j. B. Magee
A motion by Mr. MaGee that. owing
to the warm weather the August meet
Ing be not held was lost.
Better Train Service.
Chas Feuchtcr spoke of the many
people who change cars at Bridgo
! Junction on the south bound evening
train of the Illinois Central railroa ,
and who were put to much incon
,venience By the existing arrangement
He moved that the company be RE-
quested to put on an extra coach az
Carbonate to be known as the Cairo
coach. which could be detached at
Bridge Junction and brought into
town obyiating the need of passcn
gers climbing off and ON trains to &c
to Cairo.
j. 5. Aisthorpe said he thought
probably the company could be in
duced later on to run trains iato Cairo
as the delay now incurred in chang
ing cars was quite as much as if the
trains were run to the station in tn,
city He would defer action aud have
the matter taken Mp on a broader
scale But Mr. Feuchter's motion was
carried
Chas. S. Carey. who was down for an
address said he had been called out
Of the city and had been unable to
prepare himself, he would not like
To inhict his views off hand upon the
audience on such hot night. and as
he had the assurance Of Mr.. Wood
that August would be a cool month
he begged to be excused till the next
meeting.
Judge Oewey's Speech.
Judge W s. Dewey delivered an in
teresting address on Public Spirited
Citizens" He touched upon street i'm
in Cairo, urged more care
in building, and greater regard 70
leatnesS generally. and in conclusion
referred to several more important
matters as follows.
Men devoted to the welfare of the |
public are often needed in promoting /
commercial interests. Somebody |
must do. the writing. talking. and so |
letting before new enterprises are |
ocated here, and geenrally without
and at sacrifice of time !
comfort and business. Eeach member |
II this club ought to be willing to do /
lis share OF this work so that the f.
burden would not fall heavily on any /
me. Most of the larger factories in /
afro We're secured only after the /
persistent efforts Of some of Cairo's
oval citizens.
River navigation has been a field |
or some Of our best efforts and we
.opc results will soon come that mean
eep waterways for Cairo in all direc-
ions. Additional railroad facilities
ave been obtained mainly through
he foresight and pluck of our bust
ess men The recent cutting Of the
mississippi river at Birds Point has
threatened to destroy two OF the best
ocal feeders of passenger traffic into
his city. by the destruction of the
criminal Of the Cotton Belt and Iron
fountain railroads at that point. Ac
rs" work on part Of this organization
mi others promises to secure needed
overnment aid to prevent such de.
truction which would be great loss
o Cairo. Our citizens should not neg
'ct this but push the matter until
'irl- Point is properly protected and
be railroad facilities there in no dan
or.
The building Of the Cairo and
'hebc- railroad shows public enter
'S' anu iHDuEN H'i 'bNANifIe IS
rihut" 10 the energy ~ this club
lore selfsacriicing efforts vet re
rains To be done in order 10 get the
csired results. The road can he built
M to get the things that the Cairo
lorchants want it is necessary that
be- bridge can use the track of the
afro and Thcbes railroad. When
mes were good and business brisk. it
as easier than now to interest people
new enterprises. but now more Of
lrt is required. Hence the import
nee of a continued aggressive policy
this club i'm behalf of the Cairo ana
hebes railroad
Not always does success come at
nee to enterprises started in the i'm
rest of the public. 4 number Of
tiZens. actuated by a desire to pro
tote the best interest of Cairo and its
eighboring towns and vicinity or
anized an interurhan company and
rought to this city the opportunity
} secure an interurban railroad he.
yccn this city and its neighboring
,wns OF Mound City. Mounds and
lila Ridge without seeking to pro
tote their personal interests except
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