The Cairo bulletin., 1914-01-13
Dreams That Come True.

The construction of an ~interurban
line and a steel bridge linking Cairo
to southeast Missouri, in the opin-
ion of several local conservatives, is
a dream.
There have been other dreams In
Cairo--many of them came true.
An i~nterurban railroad connect
ing Cairo and Mound City was a
aream--originally suggested in cor
neetion In 1905 with the establish
ment OF a baseball park at the Half
way House. Capt. w. p. Halliday
had prior to this contemplated the
building of an interurban line be-
tween the two cities but death In
tervened before his plans material
lied.
That interurban railroad is in op-
Grafton today. 1t extends beyond
Mound City and will be pushed on
to Villa Ridge in the spring. The
system is greater than anyone ever
dreamed of realizing.
So was the great Illinois Central
steel bridge across the Ohio river
q dream. But it is a reality today
The conservatives declared 1t
couldn't be built because no rock
foundation could be secured for its
piers. The conservatives were sat-
isfied with the old steamer trans
fers.
The engineer who started the
construction Of the bridge strenousiy
opposed the building CT a single
track structure. He claimed that
eventually traffic on the bridge
would necessitate two tracks. The
Illinois Central years ago wished
it had followed the advice of that
engineer and built q double track
bridge.
and still another dream that has
come true---"0ne Million Dollars
Sixty Foot Levees, Or Bust" The
slogan of The Bulletin, following
the high waters of last spring.
proved fruitful. Progressive men Of
Cairo started out and secured tn,
money to extend the proposed s.
foot walls of concrete and earth t
the "Sixty Foot" grade and Cairo
didn't bust The conservatives
said tho sixty foot leyees were ;
dream-better take what we can ge'
and leave well enough alone, and, /
in the future we can get more
money, why, we can plaster tn
other three foot on the f~ifty-seven
There have been many dreamcrs
They hll the pages of history ant
occupy the inches in the halls Q
fame. Alexander was a dreamer, 9
was Napoleon. Ericsson was
dreamer with his Cheese box" bu
that monitor turned the tide on tn
seas in favor of the north. Fad
dreamed the ~jetties, He was rid
culcd hut the ~ietties have success
fully, since they we're opened i
1873, fulfilled all requirement
Ferdinand De Lessops was a dream
er. He didn't finish his job, but {,
United States completes the Panlm
Canal originating in the fcrti
brain oil the Frenchman.
Morse and Edison we're dreamer
Jules Vernes, as a writer of ficti0
dreamed in 1869 Of q submaril
called the Nautilus, commanded |
Capt. Memo, in his %facinating stoI
of Twenty Thousand Leagues L.
der the Sea-" Every civilized natit
on the face of the globe has its 81
marines today.
Thirteen years ago a story a
peared in THE Bulletin in viii
was told what could be done vi
the ground lying outside the Miss
sippi leyee. How earth embar
ments could be thrown up, formi
basins INTO which earth and So
could bc pumped until there was
tanned tho height Necessary to g.
the surfacr sufficient elcyat.
above ;he river so as to build the
onea city. This was termed q Dire
and ridieuled. Since that Il
earth entertainments have b,
thrown up by E. A. Smith, til
serving as breaks which held
earth in suspension in the wa,
overlooking the lands during
treme high waters Tbs land
day is several feet abeTe the
daTd grade of the inside Of the
of Cairo. Furthermore. Mr.. Sn
has plans complete in every de
Of 2 city on that worry land. He =
that IN may not live long enough
eea SHE idogs repllzcd. Tie Is
feraf tf suttf Il gsvinr ont ans ,
in connection with his dream q
~yaiualsie and extensive addition
Cairo. lie COW pntas the most of
ins nr raising the ground BY
pnTpfna system ~ 10 q 60.
grade at $4,000, oo0--too m