The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-05-14
BUILDING OF ELECTRIC RAILWAY
DEMANDS REMOVAL FROM
COUNTY ROAD.
OFFER TO RESET THEM
Made By Railroad Co. Raises Diff
cult Question For County Board
Will ne in the Nay OF
PASSING Cars.

About two thousand fces OF tae
county road better known as the
Cairo road" IS lined win tre ol
both sides. and it presents pretty
/ sight The trees Were not set out
here, but are Of natural growth, and
are of different varieties. standing at
valiors distances apart, but In
straight lines They have been cared
! for by The county commissioners for
years past, aud some Of Them have
grown to good size especially the cot.
tonwoods which grow rapidly
There Is some prospect that these
trees will he interefere6 with by the
Cairo Suburban railroadsY Although
the tracks will be laid on either side
of the present roadway they will nrt
be far enough from the trees to In
sure the passing of cars. The com
mlssioners could have required the
tracks to be laid several feet further
out from the roadway and thus saved
the trees but they desired 10 ieave
Il sixteen foot roadway on the out
side of the track on either side for
the accommodation of vehicles when
the property is built up. II is ex-
pected that the property will be
built up in a very few years after
the road is started, both for residence
and business purposes,
The trees were considered by the
county board when 1t granted the
rightofway to the railroad com
pany, anda In reply to the objection
to cutting them down, representatives
| Of the railroad company offered to
take up these trees and reset them
on any liae the board might desig
nate. or to plant new trees as might
be desired. Blu; fine question that
naturally arises, and which has not
been satisfactorily settled, IL where
the trees could be placed with safety
tracks are located outside OF the
present roadway only temporarily
and are to be moved to the center
| Of the roadway when the latter Is or
dered paved, With the tracks in the
center of the roadway the trees would
be nicely located rignt wnere they
are now. and would be an ornament
that would be appreciated by all who
| travelled over the road. rs this Is
to he the permanent location of the
| tracks. to which they may be ordered
in a very little while Sycamore
street having already been ordered
paved to the city limits with the
| tracks In the Center) 1t is regarded
by some as not altogether right to
Iordor the destruction of the trees
merely to suit a condition that Is
but temporary.
| Commissioner NeR has prop, s 4
that the railroad company locate lis
tracks In the middle of the road al
once. extending the Sycamore tracks
right up between the two rows o
trees leaving the latter untouched
ami thus widening the road 20 feet on
either side for wagon traffic. But the
: railroad company's representative!
objected to this, ON the ground hal
to build forty feet OF road would c 81
too much.
And so II seems the trees will have
10 go. and unless tle county board
: can find some line on which the rail
road company can pace them, 10
meet he present temporary situation
ami also to suit the permanent con.
lditions later when the tracks ar
then they will have 90 go TO the
brush heau.