The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-31

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I Nassaueg, returning from trip
to Missouri yesterday was strongly
with the need OF better
ABILITIES for reaching the territory
avelsed BY the Frisco system. He
RVS that the Frisco system Is what
fairo iobbers need more than any
Their, to develop their business, and
ypresses the hope that some efforts
III be made to get It into Cairo. Mr..
ARK SAYS also that Cairo jobbers
lffer NOT only from want of facilities
reach this territory, but also from
lverse discrimination in rates which
Re made in favor OF st. Louis nos
ily on the Frisco, but on the Iron
ountain and Cotton Belt as well.
This subject has been discussed
length and repeatedly at various
bile meetings where Cairo's trans
ortation facilities and rates have
zen considered, the coneensus Of
ninion being that the Frisco territory
nd fair treatment in the matter Of
ltes by all the roass reaching the
,uthwest territory is Of paramount
nportance to CatfoS commercial eX-
tenee or development. said one Of
aro's big shippers yesterday TO
ulletin representative. "A great
cal of good work TO protect Cairo's
lterests in this direction has been
one by individual shippers, by the
rain men through the Board OF
'rade. by the lumber 1len and by the
)bbers through their organizations;
nj all will have to confess that what
airos shipping interests need most
all right now in order TO get the
.her things necessary, is traffic
lreau in charge of competent man
no will keep constant watch on the
,riffs and will see that Cairos in
rests are not neglected in any
Ranges that railroads may propose
, make. | do not wish to be under
God as meaning that the railroads
e purposely discriminating against
afro: but they naturally yield to
,mands from communities which
re backed by strongly organize
linpne interests and which are
resented in convincing manaei
uch bureau could be easily estah-
shed in Cairo aud maintained if tie
lippers would unite and contribute
l'y small per cent of what they
sc in the way of overcaarges every
ear. ami the benefits in the way OF
lcreased business would be many
mes the cost the FIRST year anc
Guild grow steadily
Belt Line Needed.
Next to a traffic bureau, con,
inued the shipper, "or perhaps Just
rs much, Cairo needs Belt Line
abroad. an independent track or sys.
am of tracks reaching all the i'm
ortant industrial establishments and
which all the railroads would have
asy access. The Importance of this
las been shown many times 1t Is
hown in the case Of the SearsRoe
uck cos plan to establish factory
lere, and again in the case of the
'hicago House Wrecking Co. Both
Rese concerns recognize Cairo's adj
antages as a distributing center am
wish to establishe plants here bu.
IRE confronted with a very unsatls
factory situation in the matter Of
abroad connection. The troubl5
/ seems TO be that the railroads will
not agree upon JD-ht TRACES 10 hanNJ
the raw material and products for tins
establishments. 1t is a case of dog
fin-the-manger with some of the bi.
fellows. who want It all or are vii.
ng to see the project fall throug
here and take nothing. or force il tC
go somewhere else where they Cav
| get 1t all 1t may be impossible {.
| establish Belt Line in Cairo
proper, but it can be done in tht
Drainage District just outside the cit,