The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-01
MISSOURI PACIFIC
OFFICIALS N CAIRO
MET BY MAYOR AND LEADING
ciT,zENs--iNsPEcT COM.
PANY's TERMINALS. '
BIRDS POINT INCLINE
70 BE Rebuilt Az Soon AZ River Con
ditlons WIN Permit--Heir,1ont
Terminals Coming TO
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iystenl were we'll received iii Cairo
last evening. Their special was met
BY delegation OF citizens beaded
BY Mayor Parsons and President
Smith OF the Cairo & Thsbes railrod.
and the party were taken for an altG
tide to view the west side ofs the city
the situation there AMI AZ
Birds Point. The drives along
Smith road, over this long streteifI
of land was profitable
/ After the drive the visitors were
taken to the Commercial club rooms
where a brief reception was held.
The visitors were President Bush,
First vice-Presfdent Pearson, Cen
eral Manager Sullivan. Traffic Mama
ger Murphey and Division Superin.
tendent Merfleli
Among citizens who accompanied the
party we're Mayor Parsons, II. Al,
Smith. J. D. Magee, Il. G. Pink, H..
E. Halliday. ]. H. Galligan, H. $. An
trim, p. T, Langan, Samuel White,
Il. G. Keith. w. H. Wood, Ira Hastings
chas Feuchter c G. Miller. G. 8.
Carey. \,
The visitors left for Popular Bluff
last night. They will come over the
branch to Birds Point and inspect
there. One OF the, visi-
tors expressed himself quite freely
the dncline at Birds. Point
SAYING 1t would be rebuilt as soon
as the river conditions woul pcr-
NIT it to be done with some as
assurance OF security, As yet no
steps have been taken toward that
end. The company rs Waiting atos see
what the river and tise government
Win do with the shore line there lat
present the company Is putting IN q
spur track 10 handle the corn crop
better, and this has given rise to
the erroneous report tuat an i'm.
cline was being put in at once. But
the officials are positive in stating,
as they were some time ago In q
conference with citizens, that the in.
cline will be rebuilt In order to take
care of the busaness from and 70
Cairo. 1t was pointed out to them
that the present conditions were not
the needs OF the situation,
either for Cairo or for ttepeople, M
g
The Belmont Terminals.
There is likely to be some lively dor
Ings In railroad circles in these parts
during the next few months, and they
viii affect Cairo in no small way.
AS already stated In these columns.
the traffic arrangement between
the Mobile & Ohio and N. &. & st.
L. Ky which the latter viii come
into Cairo from Columbus, via Illinois
Central bridge to conneGt with the
Iron Mountain here for ST, Louis and
sho west as Ia settled fact. The
agreement between the M. & o.. ". G.
& st. Louis has been made, and II Is
necessary now only to make the
physical connections here between the
VI. & o. and Iron Mountain to per
NIT N, C.. & st. Louis trains to reach
the cairo terminals OF the Iron Noun.
tain.
This arrangement will mean the
abandment Of the Iron Mountain ter.
minal at Belmont, where till now tine
connection between THAT road and
the N. G. & st. l.. has been made
by means Of transfer boat.
Wants Business.
1t Is understood that the Iron
Mountain is after business for the
Cairo & Thebes branch In order to
enable it TO carry the big load which
It has undertaken in It's contract with
the l.. & NJ. To this end it will
devote as much business as possible
from other lines TO the Cairo branch
and make such combinations as II
can with other roads, as will tend tc
this end In this effect 1t will have
the aid of the l.. & N. and the com
bination with the N. G. q st. Louis ID
part OF the L. & N. system is In
line with that PLAN
Another change In prospect relates
10 this business and Birds Point. II
is stated that much Of the passenger
business will be dixerted from these
TO come via inches.
It is understood also that. by
a traffic arrangement between the w
G. g st L. and tire Big Four, the
latter road is to get business which
hitherto has gone to the Frisco at
Evansville. as soon as the Big Four's
line to that city is completed.
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