The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-19
Carols THE SENTENCE OF
IMPERIAL CITY BANKER MORSE
OF THE VALLEY is COMMITTED
SAYS General Manager Taylor ohe President Taft Issues Order Freeing
Mobile and Ohio in Speech Financier, Convicted
to Trade Board Years Ago
RAILROAD FACILITIES BEST HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY ILL
Position Gives Access More Miles Prisoner Recently Transferred
Of Track Than Any Other From Prison to Hot Springs
Western Center Because Of Health
Saws General Manager Taylor ofthe
Mobile and Ohio in Speech
to Trade Board
RAILROAD FACILITIES BEST
Position Gives Access TO More Miles
Of Track Than Any Other
Western Center

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'.Wc stand upon spot which
may well be called the lap of the
Mississippi Valley. Occupying as it
does an imperial position at the
junction of the great Mississippi and
Ohio rivers, Cairo is brought into
X closer relationship, with more miles
OF inland water transportation than
any other city in tho world, said II.
V, Taylor. vice-president and gem
eral manager of the Mobile & Ohio
railroad at the twenty second an
nual banquet OF the Cairo Board of
Trade, held last night at the Alex
ander Club grill room.
The affair was an important
event in the history OF the Board
for never before were there gathered
around the banquet tables such a
number of distinguished guests and
such a number Of railroad men.
Almost the whole Office family Of
the Mobile & Ohio railroad were
present They were:
Vice-Prcsident and General Man
! ager II. Y Taylor; General Passen-
= ger Agent J NJ. Beall; supsrinten-
dent +. w. Moore; General Super
,ntendent u. G. Rendell; Freight
Traffic Manager Haiden Miller, AS
sistant General Freight Agent f. w.
Brchett, Foreign Freight Agent J,
S. Taylor; secretary to vice-presi-
dent; General Manager II. l..
Wright and Local Agent B. II. King
letters Of Regret Read.
f. Fl. Calef assistant general
freight agent Iron Mountain & Mis-
souri, Pacific, was also a guest. Let
tars of regret were read from Presi-
dent Markham Of the Illinois Cen
tral and President b. II. Bush of the
Iron Mountain.
The banquet hall was tastefully
decorated with southern cut flowers
and potted plants, and Caterer Ben
nett served one of his best menus,
which consisted of New York counts,
half SHE'LL Alexander cocktails,
olives, archovies pickles, celery, Su-
preme of chicken and dressing, st.
Julien, asparagus on toast, potatoes,
whipped shrimp salad, Rochefort
cheese, crackers, demi tasse and
cigars
The banquet, which began at $3.50
did not end until nearly 10 O'Clock,
After cigars had been passed, Presi-
dent II, S. Antrim, as toast master,
called upon Vice-President and
General Manager Taylor of the Mo-
bile G. Ohio for talk. Mr.. Taylor s
address was one of the best ever de-
livered at function of this, kind in
afro and called for tremendous ap-
plause and many congratulations.
Two Cairos Similar.
The following are few excerpts:
1.-THE Cairo of the old world and
the Cairo of the new, though widely
separated by distance, have strik-
ing similarity, both as to location
and surroundings, which no doubt
guided your progenitors, when they
carried this city to the baptismal
font to receive Its name.
II can think of no better location
for collecting and. distributing the
productions of those upper river val
leys than the city Of Cairo. You
have most ideal methods of com.
munications, by water and by rail
for bringing the products of this
great territory ard equal facilities
both for its domestic and export dis
tribution. Nfiag W.
'"The merchants of the city OF
Cairo are at present using the routes
established between Mobile, Cuba
Europe, Central and South America
but am here to tell you today that
You are not doing so to as great de-
gree as you should. The oppor'
tunity now presses itself upon youl
attention. For example, take The
Island Of Cuba--while there il
neye- a day that goes by, without
some shipment passing through thy
port Of Mobile from the middle west
destined to some of the ports Of this
island, the aggregate shipments L
which amount to more than thos'
from any port in this country excep1
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