The Cairo bulletin., 1913-06-16
DEFEAT EFFORTS
|. TO DIVERT CAIRO
MONEY FOR LEVEE

q Concluding Sunday evening at b
O'Clock after a conference Saturday
afternoon a thorough understanding
and agreement was entered into by
the city and the commissioners of
the Drainage District relative to the
distribution of the United States Gov
ernment s25O,000 appropriation for
the raising, strengthening and inn
proving OF the levee system Of the
City of Cairo and the Cairo Drain
age District, the allotment OF this
appropriation to remain according to
the records in the county court
house which had been made by the
Drainage District commissioners and
accepted by the government engi-
neers and the City of Cairo.
According to this confirmation of
the records and the implied agree
ment the amounts respectively which
will be apportioned from the U. S.
Government appropriation of $780,
600 are as follows:
Drainage District 1900. $1s2,527
City OF Cairo ). -. .....sl17,4f3
Total ......,.. ....... $250.6t9
To the government apportlonment
of $117,473 for Cairo will be added
the $50,000 from the Cairo bond
issue and the s250,o06 which has
been recently appropriated by the
State of Illinois, the whole making
si17,t73 available for the purpose of
raising, strengthening and improv-
ing the leyee system of the City of
Cairo.
The Drainage District will have
available for he purpose of raising,
strengthening and improving its "a
miles of leyee s347.7SS, raised by
the railroad and land interests and
the $l32.527 balance of the T.. s.
Government appropriation, making n
grand total Of $aSo,315.
To Divert the Monev.
II x vas made apparent Saturday,
TO the surprise Of the Citizens Exec
utive Committee and the City officials
that an effort was being made to di-
vert either the whole $25O,000 or
akn II 4 ffo,oc..&oof annrnnrta Inn
or a large portion of the allotment to
Cairo from the city to the levee In
the Drainage District in view of the
good fortune that had accrued to the
city through the appropriation OF
s250,0ao by the State Of. Illinois,
which is TO be expended in strength
ening, raising and improving" the
levee system of the City of Cairo in
conjunction with the other money al
ready raised through the bond issue
and u. S, Governments $117.473.
This impression was obtained from
reading the contents of a letter to
Mayor Wood from Col Jervey, U S
Engineer. which was received Friday
The conference Saturday lasted
from 3 to o'clock without salts
! factory conclusion being reached, the
meeting adjourning to meet Sunday
afternoon, Former Mayor Parsons
agreeing TO have the remaining two
commissioners of the Drainage Dis
trict present at the Sunday confer
enee.
Intent Was Evident. N
That an endeavor had been madt
TO divert the u s. Government ap'
preparation was still more evident
when the Sunday meeting had pro
gressed but slightly. the commission
ers stating that they desired NOR
out OF the Government appronria
tion than they had allotted to th'
District and which is matter o
which they had made themselve
during the assessment proceeding
against the interests and lands of tn
District.
When the court record was intro
duced the commissioners doggedl1
and persistently refused to stand b
the agreement which they had mad
under oath in the county court.
Aefda from the commissioners O