The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-29
going north, and return with the

goers, going south, at and p. III.
In still another matter, We feel as
this country develops, that Mound
City should be put into the Cairo
switch limits II Will be to your in
,erest, as much as olars. We are on
an equality With YOU, on rates off
the |. c. from the south, On all other
roads ledaing into Cairo from the
south and west, there il an ad,li-
tonal Of lc on logs, which is perhaps
satisfactory for the present, and of
&c on lumber. which is too high. In
Other words, all lumber cars switched
Ito the drainage district, cost, he.
lieve, 81 fiat per car-when 8 or |
miles fighter, to Mound City, the
charge " from IS to sl2 per. car
This looks to US as discrimination
toward any Interest, which might la-
cate in Mound City, whose raw ma.
tcrial is lumber. AT present, we are
! all buying the logs to make the lunl.
ber, therefore it is no great presen.
handicap, but we are looking to the
future. mention this so that yoa
may not thing that some Of us have
come here to grind personal ak.
There exists between the Mound
City and Cairo logging interests, ah.
solutelx no spirit OF competition, in
either buyfns sor selling In fact, in
many ways, our relations arc close
land always fsiendly. and those Of mn-
Itualiy helping each other whenever
an opportunity presents itself and
the same spirit can be enlarged upon
between the two cities, as represent.
ed BY these two Commercial bodies,
to orr mutual benefit. Our Joint
work in Tire past, what little there
has been, proved very pleasant ami
satisfactory w both sides We moved
as~one- in the, constitution needed to
have the government road built, We
Joined in our boost Of the water was1
Improvement, and in laying the start
for the interurban railway, we Joined
hands Let us join hands in every
thing that now agects and in the II
ture shall affect the greater tri.
cities.
Gentlemen: all the benefits which
We shall derive from the develop
ment OF this section. and say again
(which Cairo especially derives
Through cooperation, are from many
sides and have not been half told TO
night, Let us treat frankly In the
future all matters coming up between
us, at hit dmes, let ns busy the
spirit Of jealousy, and work for a
common good.
In conclusion gantlemen, in order
10 make start, | would submit for
your consideration that each of us
eject or appoint conference com
mites to meet monthly, in Joint ses-
sion, for mutual exchange of views
and experiences, and for making rec
concentrations.
] thank you
puIaski's Big Ditch.
Mr.. Adams suggested than an en-.
terprise which was about to be inau-
gGratel in Pulaski county, which
Cairo people could help along with
their moral support was the building
OF big ditch to drain a large area
of bottom lands, relieving Cache
river Of its surplus water in fcod
time, and conveying in to the Ohio
river. The ditch would be about four
and half miles long and would cost
sl50,000. II would be of great bene-
fit 10 the county and incidentally to
"a 70.
River Improvement.
Mayor Parsons spoke briefly In
welcome of the Mound City delega-
ton, expressing satisfaction at the
interest shown by the people OF
Mound City in matters that would
tend to develop this section. He
was particularly pleased over the in.
terest shown in the Cincinnati trip.
where Mound City was strongly rep
resented. He hoped this friendship
between the two cities would he firm
y cemented. His hobby, If he had
any hobby, was rivers and roads, In
improvement of both of which Cae Z
and Mound City and Mounds we're
much concerned. He regarded the
lmproven ent of the Ohio river as
particularly important and regretted
that at meeting of recent date at
which the matter Of raising funds to
promote legislation toward this end
nad not been largely attended, be-
cause this matter was now in a critl-
cal stage where work was necesa
sary. The dam proposed to be built
between Cairo and Mound City would
he OF great value as factor in de-
veloping Industrial interests, for II
placed below the mouth Of Cache
river, as proposed. ii would make the
banks of that river on both sides, an
ideal place for factories of every
kind. Cache river would then he
available for shipping and harbor pur
poses,
The Bankers in Cairo.
Ino. s. Aisthorpe, president of the