The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-11
MEETING OF CAIRO COMMERCIAL
CLUB WAS FEAST OF
GOOD WILL.
CAIRO PEOPLE PRAISED
BY General Manager /. E. Fischer
Who Was Guest Of Honor
Talks BY, (. A. Smith ard
Mayor Parsons.

| uiSAt' ne IuettluS uhd bteu tdAlc
to tender a little informal reception
to Congressman Mckinley and Gen
ltral Manager Fischer. of the Cair,
Railway & Light system. That t.,
former could not be present was {
disappointment, but Mr.. Fischer was
there and the occasion was made &
| pleasant one for him and for the
hundred or so members who at
TENDED.
The meeting was called to order
shortly after s o'clock by Vice
President W e. Huette in a happy
little talk in which he expressed the
regret Of the club at the imprac-
tieability Of having MIR Mckinley
| present but congratulated the mem
bers upon having Mr.. Fischer whom
he asked for few words on the sub
iect of traction railways.
Mr.. Fischer is one of those pleas
Iant,looking. low-speaking men who
| impress one as having gerat deal
of energy held in reserve which can
be called into action for emergencies
"a man who does things and talks
about it only under portest. Mr.
Fischer said some very nice things
about the people of Cairo. and some
very strong things about public ser
vice corporations. He sail he had
been active in connection with rail
road building in many cities in Hi
nois, but in none where he and those
with whom he had been associated
had met with more cordial treatment
than in Cairo, whose people had been
patient and had taken in good ma
Iture the Inconvenience they had
been put to while the company was
Ireconstructirg its properties and ex-
perimenting with the service to get
ii in good working order He said
more experimenting would be neces-
sary before all would be running
smoothly and hoped for a contiuu-
ance OF public Indulgence for q limit
ed time. The railroad was now run
ming regularly to ami from Mount
City and it was hoped to start the
Mounds branch Sunday. The com.
pany vas so FAR vel pleased with the
returns and hoped to make some
money. That he said was what
men built railroads for primarily
~ v,.tt,n vaccine {v,,o.. go, ,,,4- "a .L.;
money But there We're other reasons
also So far as Mr.. Mckinley was
concerned he had already all he
might need for his personal wants
but like others in the same position,
he wished to make more because
making money represented SUGGEST
in the worlds aeceptation Of the |
term, to say nothing Of the incidental |
development beneficial to humanity |
that generally came with such sue |
cess. One OF the great questions |
that presented itself in connection !
with all development projects was |
who should have the unearned incre- |
ment which resulted from the sue
cessful carrying OFT Of such projects.
If the railroad company bought
piece of property in the vicinity of
Eighth street and Commercial avenue
ana made improvements there; and
some one else had bought or owned !
in the vicinity which would |
be enhanced in value by reason of
5uch improvement, such enhanced |
value was unearned increment be-
cause it had come to the owner OF
that property without any act on his
part. And he held that such I'M
earned increment belonged to the
man who had made the investment
and not to the public. because he had
taken the chance, In like manner
builders of railroads were entitled to
the legitimate profits or increase in
valre of property. that came from
their chance investments of money
and labor and Hartman. who had
been severely criticised in connec.
ton with the Chicago G. Alton rail
road management had a right to
itIl!zH the intangible value of that
property in its development and In
ne development of other properties.
Mr.. Fischer concluded nv ex-
pressing the thanks of his conlpanvI
O the people of Cairo for their con,
lderate treatment.
y A. Smith, president of the Com
nercial Club and chairman of the
aft Day River Committee said the
ommittee had been in correspond,
nee with the Fowlers of Paducah
nj with the Tennessee River Packet
o., with a view to securing a
teamer for the Caro- delegation to
'eW Orleans. 1t was likely boat
'ould be secured from the latter
omranr, and he hoped Cairo would :
npply strong delegation. He :
poke of the trip up the Ohio river .
connection with the river i'm.
royeMent meeting in Louisville. and
I the trip to New Orleans on the
ecasion Of Presidents Roosevelt's
in. Both were very interesting.
ut he felt sure that the Taft triD | 9
'ould be more 40. ne fare for the
ound trip would be only $40 which |
'ouli include accommodations dnr- I