The Cairo bulletin., 1911-02-23
FOR A NEW FERRY
RETAIL MERCHANTS COMMIT
TEE HAVE PROPOSITION FOR
SATISFACTORY SERVICE.
Want City Ferry Co. to Withdraw
From FieId--Confe eEe2 Last
Night May Result
Favoraaly

The ferry committee of the Re 4 /
Merchants Assoc alton met last Man,
10 confer with Mr. Aisthorpe Of {. e
Cairo City Ferry Co, regarding \
proposition for putting IN a r-r..,
there.
presidert Cares SPOKE Of tie
pressing need Of ferry service Tor
Cairo. There had been none for some
time past, tie Three States having
gore into the corn trade, and evel
when she was running 4ne sryice|
had been in some respects uns1t1s-
factory. The owners Of the boat had
dc. Jared that she could NOT ma&e a"FI
morey ii the brsi ess, which JUST
fed the belief that t-eY would lei
wiling to gi9e Others 4 chance u u
f. The merchants wou,f prefer toI
have the present company give t q
service ii ii could 10 so. Eeca Sc
vas compose Of rome people; III;
something ovght to be done ab5ut il
without d-hy,
Mr.. Carnes said that he and P :.
Laagan lad been to Cape Girarde1u
TO confer with the owner Of bo&i
there, and tAat they rad an offer from
him % enter the ferry service be Q
provided he gould be as@sei TIA,
he would not get into fight VITA { g
present ferry company He woLl
give tond to give proper service, feti-
ing sure that he could make it ray
as his boat was smaller than IN
Three States AMI could be run a
les. expense. But he could not az
forl to come here and meet competi-
ton from the present ferry COMPANY
Mr.. AistlorPe was rot prepared 10
say what tie ferry company would 20
Ee admitted the boat had lost money
in the ferry business and was maa-
ing money in the corn business TINS
surest way out of the difficulty was
to get a buyer for the Three Stat s
the boat being for sale; and there Wa.
soma prospect Of telling her. the
beat cost $4,000, and there was an
$4,000 mortgage on her. Her oxnars.
could not he expected to tie her 20
the bank and lie idle-he corl1 not
make any such promise for tie com
pany.
DR.. Grinstaad SPOKE Of tie great d.
, yelopment of the farming country Ia
10th adjoining states, with Cairo, the
natural metropolis of tie se-t'on,
completely cut off. 1t had Teen GEM
onstratel that the Three States was
a losing proposition, because she wa
too large ana too expensive a toal.
The thing to do was 10 procure i
smaller boat He could understand
why the owners would want to mako
all they couli out of her to get ttei
money back; but there ought to be
some way in which boat could be
secured here that could give the SAL
vice and make money
Mr.. Aisthorpe said the company
lad attempted to get boat recently
he believei the same boat which was
now promised to take the place o.
the Thre States; but had failed
c. c. Terrell believed it unfair to
the merchants for the ferry company
to not give the service ami not agree
to step out and permit any one else
10 undertake to give It,
P. r. Langan said there was no c.s-
position to make any war on the ferry
company. He was willing to con
tribute something to make good its
losses 1t would be much preferred
If the present company could give thaI
service; but If II could not 10 SO It.
might be possible to enter into an ar
rangement by which the company was
paid something to step aside and give
some one elce o chance
There was further discussion OF tn Ia
matter pro and con; Dui 10 mai Ce-
cislon was reached. Mr.. Aisthorpe
viii take the matter up with the ferry
company and see what can be done.
The committee will meet again today
or tomorrow.
The owner Of the boat propl sci 10
be brought here is at Cape Girardeau
and is to enter the boat there; but
will come here If satisfactory arrange
ments can be made with tine present
ferry company to stay out Of the SCR
vice. He wants an answer IN tnr
day2, said Mr. Carnes.