The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-27
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS or THE
CITY COUNCIL.

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viii make appropriations for tho
completion Of all the locks and dams
provided for in the Ohio river. This
progress has been secured through
the untiring efforts of the Ohio VAL
ley Improvement Association which is
the Oldest organization of the kind
in existence and its efforts have
been directed, during its entire ex-
istence, by it's distinguished presi-
dent The akes-to-the-Gulf Asso-
citation has been organized for the
purpose of securing channel suf-
ticiently deep for boats to connect
the Mississippi river and the Gulf
with Lake Michigan through the
Chicago Drainage Canal and the
illinois river which empttes into
the Mississippi river at Grafton.
Illinois The National Rivers AMI
Ha-bors Congress is just such an or
ganization as its name implies, II
deals with inland waterways of
every character throughout the
country and the good results OF its
efforts are in evidence everywhere.
The Ohio Valley Improvement AS
ISOLATION planned to hold its annual
meeting last year in Cairo, but in
consequence of the completion Of
one of the locks and dams near Gins
cinnati, the officers of the asocia-
ton deemed it advisable to hold
the annual meeting OF this associa-
tion at the same time that the formal
oDening Of this lock and dam took
place and the people of our city
very lcheecfully consented to this
change, so that the meeting for
1911 was held in Cincinnati and
was very generally attended by rep
resentatiyes from all parts of the
Ohio Valley. 1t was unanimously
agreed to have the meeting for 1912
in Cairo and the 14th and 18th of
November have been fixed as the
days on which this convention will
be held. Already a number Of
prominent people from the Ohio
Valley and other parts of the coun-
try have promised to attend this
meeting and it is now believed that
1t will be one of the largest and
most enthusiastic gathering Of
friends of the Ohio river that has
ever been held in the history of the
organization.
The experiences of this year with
the floods in the rivers has made
it apparent that the developments
Of the channel of the river and pro-
lection of the property adjoining
the banks of the rivers is too great
a proposition for the states to
handle, and both great parties that
are now about to hold their conven4
tions for the nomination Of a candi-
date for president, will be urged to
insert plank in their respective
platforms which will provide for
the care of the Mississippi riv@ and
it's tributaries by the Government
and indications are that both
parties will heartily endorse this
proposition.
Public improvements.
Splendid 9progress has been made
in the wo-k of paving the streets
of the city{Iwith bricks during the.
past year ana further improvements
have BEEN. contemplated in this
direction, bit in view of what has
taken place in consequence of the
foods which will necessitate the
large expenditure of moneys in
other directions, deem it advisable
TO delay the undertaking of improv-
ttg the streets Of she CITY generally
for while at least, but believe II
Is imnortant to complete the plans
for paving the unpaveu streets from
second to Fourteenth streets between
the Ohio levee and Washington ave-
nue., also the sewering, filing and
paving of Holbrook avenue during