The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-09-12
$500 PLEDGED
IN RIVER FLIGHT
Cairo Business Men Take Prompt
Action on Proposal to Have Min
nearolis to New ORLEANS Flyer
Stop Here.
FREE RIVER SPECTACLE
Hydro -Aeroplane Will Alight on
Water, Skim Across Harbors and
Fly from River Surface--No
Charge to Be Made.


Three of the representative busi-
ness organizations OF Cairo, In joint
session Lass nigal, agreed to cooper
ate with other cities along the Mis-
sissppi river. in the proposed Min
roapolis to New Orleans hydro
aeroplane flight, thus assuring Cairo
prominence as a stopping point in
the reeordrhreaking aeronautic ef-
fort.
AT one OF the best attended and
most enthusiastic gatherings ever
held by the Board o. Trade. CONNER
cial Club and Retail Dealers Asso-
citation, 1t was voted to subscribe
$500 to the proposed prize-fund of
$4,000. payable when the aviator
reaches Cairo and gives d riyer-front
exhibition of the. hydro-aeroplane.
A Free Spectacle.
1t was mutually expressed and un-
derstood between Spearman Lewis.
representative OF the Aeso Club OF
st. Louis, and the thirty gentlemen
representing the most progressive
citizens OF Cairo, that this exhibit
ton OF alighting on, and leaving the
surface Of the river, Is to be free
,peetacle.
In fact, the 1,9l7 mile flight is
projected as gala spectacle for the
Mississippi valley, and will doubt
iess bring thousands OF people to the
scheduled stopping places to see the
arrival and departure of a flyer who
then will be the most famous in the
land,
Tire joint meeting selected Jas. Ii.
9alligan, president OF the CONNER
rial Club; H. 8. Antrim. president
of the Board of Trade and John B.
Greaney, president OF the Retail
Merchants Association, to confer
with Mr. Lewis in the negotiations.
One Of the gentlemen will be selected
as d vlce-president of the river flight
committee.
National Publicity.
The fact that Cairo will get
great deal of national publicity as a
stopping point in the flight was one
OF the big factors in considering
fayorably subscription to the $20,-
900 fund. all of which goes to the
aviator in installments, as he
reaches the cities that have sub
scribed
1t has been agreed at Cairo, as
well as elsewhere along the river,
that If the aviator does not reach
the city, the subscription is not pay
able.
In eountering the proposition of
Mr. Lewis that Cairo subscribe
81 900 and hold the aviator over
night, the Joint meeting proposed
that the aviator be paid $500 for
stopping here and giving an exhibit
tion between the hours of and S
p, m, being free to depart after full
filing his contract.
To Be Confirmed.
Mr.. Lewis stated that his figures
were not arbitrary and that Cairo's
proposal would be wired at once to
Albert Bond Lambert, president of
the Aero Club OF st. Louis. chair
man of the flight committee. and f.
a. Tuttle, president OF the CONNER
cial Club of Minneapolis, who is
president of the Trans Mississippi
River Flight Association.
Mr., Lewis was particularly pleas
ed with the businesslike manner in
which the subject was discussed and
answer given. He departed for
Memphis on the early train south
this morning, and declared that Mr..
Lambert or Tuttle would wire con-
of the agreement. 1t is
planned to start the flight about
September 20th from Minneapolis,
and bring the flyer to Cairo 4S hours
after leaving st. Louis.
Among those present at the meet
ing were w. A. Mcknight, j II. Gal
ligan, H. Il, Aisthorpe, John B.
Greaaey, Thomas Mcfarland. Will
liam HALEY, NJ. S. Carter, George
Parsons, w. F. Crossley, Rufus
Flack, A. S, Fraser. Henry Gilhofer,
d.. Ladd, Thomas O'Shea, p G.
Barclay, 4. G. Clendenen. Fl. s. An
trim. Otto j. Fahr. John G. Fisher.
Miles Frederick Gilbert. w. r. Van
derbrurgh. Geo. B. wearen and John
Sander,
Mr., Lewis. In explaining the pro-