The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-13
PLAIN STATEMENT OF FACTS
REGARDING CAIRO & THEBES
People of Cairo Asked for Moral Support in Efforts
to Protect Interests of City by Members
IS of c. & T.
Cairo, Illinois, March II. 1911.

| Inc undersigned, GeOrSe j. beChci
Samuel White, Willis ii. Lawson
! William j. Johnston and James H.
CALI gan, herewith submit for your
formation and consideration some
inr gtant facts concerning the Caro-
G aebes Railroad company and the
re ant controversy with the Louis
viii & Nashville Railroad company
ana the st. Louis, Iron Mountain &
Sol shern Railway company. We de-
sire to make tais statement IN order
nat you may understand exactly how
con acts and agreements made fol
your benefit have been ignored anu
f:allp!el under foot with, We are
lrry ID say, the consent ant ap
aren't approval OF some of our citi
ems VITO were chosen, along witt
5. 10 represent the interests OF this
community in tie organization OF
lie Cairo & Thebes Railroad com
an.
he company was incorporated OF
se. tender IS, 1905, as the result of
novenent started by some OF tn
,eE 3ers Of tie Cairo Commerce.
HIS. Egbert A. Smith, William S
Dewey, Edward G. Pink, ]. Bruce Ma
90, the late Daniel Hartman and tn
Undersigned were chosen 10 act q
.c ecmranys incorrorators and d
ectors. Ii was intended that tn
,ossi from Cairo to Thets should
built to connect with all of the raj
Dads using the Thebes bridge, AM
n order that an open way might TO
yer he preserved by which any othe
a.lroads DESIRING to enter Cairo
night come.
Very soon after the company was
organized it was learned that the
,ouisyilIe & Nashville Railroad com
lany could be interested in furnishing
fse funds to construct the PROPOSED
abroad. On January ID, 1906. for
nal written contract was entered In.
% vita that company by Egbert A.
Smith, William s. Dewey, Edward G
Pink, J. rruce Magea. Daniel Hart
nan aud the undersigned, which con
tract has already been p, hlished az
iergth in our local papers. The Louis
vile & Nashville represented in this
gr- cement that it desire5 to construc;
railway from some point on the
Chattanooga C st. Louis
railway in Galloway county, Ken
lucky. or Henry county, Tennessee
to a point of connection opposit,
Cairo with tie Kentucky approach Of
The Illinois Central railroad bridge
and that It wished to acquire the pre-
posed Cairo & Thebes road.
The most important provision
this contract. so far as the bushes
interests OF Cairo were and are coz.
cerned, is that by which the Louis
vile & Nashville agreed that it woul
enter into contracts or cagee the Cair
e Thebes Railroad company to ente
into contracts with the Frisco sys
tom, the Iron Mountain and Cotio-
Belt, giving these roads the right t.
jointly use the proposed railroa
from Cairo to Thebes whenever an
Of them should make application
therefor, upon the terms set out al
length IN another agreement which was
made a part of the principal contract
Of January 2, 1906. This other agree
ment provided that the Cairo e.
Thebes Railroad company IN any
lease it should make of it's property
snoeld reserve the right to grant its
use to any other railway company or
companies, and that any company
leasing the railroad should pay an
annual rental of 215 per cent Of the
cost Of its construction. The Louis
Vile & Nashville was also to use the
property.
Every dollar spent by or for tae
Cairo G. Thebes was furnished under
ms agreement of January 2, 1905,
anu the company's capital stock, |
whicA was nearly all subscribed by
members Of the Commercial Club,
was turned over to the treasurer OF |
Tie L. N upon the agreement that
p was to fully perform this con-
tract.
me undersigned have carried out
every agreement which was to be |
performed by them under the con.
tract The right of way was secured
ma valuable franchises were o.
a'hcd from the city of Cairo. The
lty gave the right to use New Levee
street. privilege which it had be.
roro refused to grant to any railroad |
company. The ordinance of the civ |
provided that the company's prom. |
Fly should not he leased to any roadl
'hicn then had terminal facilities In |
Cairo.
Inc Louisville & Nashville by the
contract of January 2, 1906, agreed