The Cairo bulletin., 1912-05-03
THREE CAIRO men
Will FOLLOW Up
RIVERS MEASURE
Members Of Committee Remain in
Washington to Work for Levee
Appropriation
TORRAS LEvEE GIVEN UP
, Efforts 10 Stop Break Abandoned
and Inhabitants Cared
For
ToRRAs LEyEE GIVEN UP

With the flood rayaging large and
wealthy terriDries throughout the
south and doing millions OF dollars
OF damage and many places crying
! for aid, that they will have trouble
In getting, Cairo is taking no
chances in getting the needed
| money, for raising and strengthen
ing the leyees, Mayor Parsons, An
gus Leek and Sidney b. Miller, OF the
| Committee that went to Washington
last Saturday, are remaining In the
Capital city to work for the measure
| that Will give Cairo relief.
The three men will follow the
Rivers and Harbors bill, to which an
amendment giving s250.0O0 to Cairo,
for improving the levees through
the committee and into the Senate.
SO that there will be no danger OF
, its being cut out.
Got Good Treatment.
Commercial club; President John B.
Greaney of the Retail Merchants
Association and Sheriff Fraser re-
turned home this morning Mr.. Cal
+ ligan teiephoned. from Chicago. last
night, that the committee is wen
satisfied with the way it was treated
in Washington and that the mem
bers believe the program, as outlined
by the Commerce Committee OF the
Senate, viii be followed out by the
people of Cairo and the Cairo Drain
age District
Measure is Approved.
A dispatch from Washington an
nounces that the Rivers and HORRORS
bill, with the addition of several mil
, lions OF dollars has been approved
by the Senate. The message reads as
follows
Carrying sS,664,010 in addition
10 the appropriations provided for by
the HOUSE Rivers and Harbors ap-
Precipitation bill. aggregating s32,-
126,530 has been agreed to by the
ISenate committee on Commerce and
lwill be reported In few days. The
largest single increase to the House
measure was s2,500, 900, y for the
mississippi river, making $6,000.o0e
for that waterway. Among The APP
appropriations, increased by the4Senate
Iis one for $3.50, ,006 for Improvements
of the Ohio near Cairo.
/ $4000,000 For Repairs
"The $6,000.000 for improving
the Mississippi includes $4,0O0,O0o
to repair and build leyees on, ac-
count of the flood An amendment
to the sS,O00.000 appropriation for
improving the Missouri would re-
| quire local cooperation for any COM
Iprehensiye plan, where Improvement
conferred exceptional benefits upon
localities.
The hope of patching up the
break In the Mississippi ievee at
Torras, La. expected to cause the
worst situation In lower Mississippi
food history was abandoned yester-
day afternoon. Last night water
twas rushing through the 500 foot
break at the rate Of twelve miles
an hour and several towns were in
undated
The dixie protecting the state farm
at Angola let go in the afternoon
but the food will be confined to u
small section. Baton Rouge has been
made the concentration point for
persons made homeless by the Tocras
break. Hundreds were taken there
yesterday and last night. The work
OF caring for sufferers went on rap
: idly, VA
People Were Prepared.
Doubtless preparations for break
Lat Torras prevented much loss of
life. Trains were placed at Torrss
Ito go at a moments notice, when
1.-THE break occurred. inhabitants
rushed for this harbor. The trains
took out a number OF marooned per-
sons and took them TO Baton Rouge.
where government rations are being
ldealt out.
sheriff Parker OF Baton Ronsr
parish IS in charge OF Southern
Pacific train running through Asch-
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