The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-01
SATISFACTORY CONFERENCE
WITH CAIRO SHIPPERS ON
ALL POINTS PRESENTED.
MAINTAIN BIRDS POINT
Lower Freight INSTRUMENTATION
With Frisco--Passeneer Service
Want to Build Up Cairo
Business Generally.

Cairo shippers and officials OF the
Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountain rail-
way system was held yesterday after
noon at the Commercial Club rooms
and was very satisfactory to all CON
cerned, Judging from expressions
heard, The special train carrying the
railroad men arrived at the Cairo &
Thebes station shortly after p. m.
II brought Vice President J. w. john
son. i'm charge Of traffic. Passenger
Traffic Manager G. l.. Stone, and
Freight Traffic Manager b. NJ Flip
pin. Other officials gathered here
were;
ID. W Cunningham. assistant sup
erintendent of machinery.
I. P Madden, division master me.
ehanic
D. NJ. Hickey, trainmaster Missouri
division.
W. f. Mortified. superintendent
Illinois division.
P. II. Melville, division agent.
W. G.. Hobart, travelling account
ant
L. w. Man, tmainmaster Illinois
division.
Assistant Superintendent of Con
struction Smith.
Expert Accountant Lee.
The CaiToites who attended the con
ference included a number of citizens
besides the committee appointed az
the meeting the night before who
We're NJ. S. Carter (chairman), G. G..
Miller, l.. f. Dennison, 5. n. Antrim
(Mr keaton was called away ON bust.
ness). and officials of the Cairo 4
Thebes railroad headed by President
Smith. The propositions as discussed
and recorded by Secretary Greaney at
the shippers meeting TO be presented
to the visitors were substantially AZ
stated in yesterdays Bulletin, being
cone;sely stated as follows;
1.-THE restoration of the rates
f-om Cairo to points in Missouri and
Arkansas in effect before the Bitls
Point incline was destroyed.
2.-The absorption OF switchE1e
charges to and from Industries in
Cairo on other lines.
Better rates to Frisco points.
4.--Local passenger service be
tween Cairo and Chester. starting
from Chester in the morning and re-
turning in the afternoon.
5.-The retention of the passenger
service between Cairo and Poplar
Bluff as at present operated
Ga commodity rate on LUMBER
and articles from Cairo 10 points in
Arkansas and that rough material
rates be established on forest pro.
ducts from Missouri and Arkansas to
Cairo.
T-Passenger and freight service
between Cairo and st. Louis.
All the propositions We're gone over
carefully and with slight changes
We're practically agreed to, condition
ed upon the acquiescence by others
concerned in cases where such nc
quiescence was necessary.
The Cairoites were informed that
the Iron Mountain had no idea of
abandoning the Birds Point terminal;
that the passenger service from Pop,
lar Bluff would be retained and I'M
0roved; that freight rates would be
~eadjusted as requested on lower
basis, from and to Cairo, and IL sucn
feadjustment was not satisfactory a
conference would be called with
1aifo shippers with view to making
hem so, CaGo to be treated as n
Missouri point; that a double daily
passenger service to and from Cairo
would be inaugurated from Herrin-
the through passenger service to St
Louis to be inaugurated later.
Upon the important proposition to
make equitable rates to Frisco points
in Southeast Missouri the officials
agreed to divide the rates with the
Frisco according to mileage, and citi
zens OF Cairo were asked to take up
The subject with Frisco officials with
. view to aiding in reaching an agree.
ment.