The Cairo bulletin., 1914-01-12
Difference Exists in Regard to Stock
Company and $1,000
Donation.
ALL FAVOR RESTORATION
COMPLETE FERRY SERVICE
Many Failing to Attend Last Meet
ing Promise to Attend Fri
day Night Next.

The ferry between Cairo anu
Wicklife and Birds Point and one
if necessary, between Cairo and
Grcenfeld's Landing must be re-
stored---IT WILL BE RESTORED.
This was the sum and substance
of the language used by ID. S. Lans-
den in addressing the meeting Fri
dav OF business men who assembled
to hear and discuss the report of the
joint committee having in charge
the matter of the resumption OF
ferry traffic between Cairo and Ken
lucky and Birds Point and Green
fields Landing through the medium
of two ferryboats.
Thcfc are four propositions in
volved in the establishment. OF re-
sumption of ferry traffic which were
published in the columns oil. The
Bulletin OF Saturday morning.
In order 10 obtain the sentiment
of the merchants of Cairo relative
to a preference in the four PROPOSE
tions, interviews were held and
which, without quoting any particu-
lar one. is herewith given.
One prominent clothing man
stated that he favored the organiza-
tion Of a stock company capitalized
at $20,0o0 and the purchase of two
boats. lie would subscribe to the
stock Lut would not contribute a
cent toward a donation to the Cairo
Ferry company
| Another clothing man said that
he should have attended the meet
| ing Friday night but was too busv.
/ On account Of this failure to attend
he did not think that he could. or
was a6,e to intelligently express any
preference relative to the PROPOSE
tions. He wants very much to have
the two ferries resume operations
and was not particular how it was
accomplished He said that he
would attend the meeting next Fri
day night.
A third clothing man said that
he wanted to see the ferries again
running but he would not say what
proposition he preferred He could
distinguish no difference between tie
donation to the Cairo Ferry Com
pany ana the stock subscription as
neither would be profitable as
iinanolal Investment. The donation
was the cheapest and appealed to
him like the baseball donations
give them and be done with the mat
ter. h
\ prominent merchant tailor ex-
pressei himself decidedly in favor
of the $4,000 donation TO the ferry
company. In addition he favored
the subsidy or donation to some one
to operate ferry in the Greenfield
trade. He believed that s20.0o0
stock company was experimental
and when people first engage in
business of which they know moth
ing, there is sure to be losses until
they learn by experience. He was
sure that by the time the stock COM
pany had acquired sufficient kncwl-
edge how to operate the fcrryboats.
the company would be fiat broke
and Cairo again would be precisely
in the same position it is now. Get-
Ter sisc the Cairo Ferry Company
the donation of S3,000 and take as
payment the GO free ferry days. If
the merchants wanted an additional
free ferry day, SO as to have one
every week for period of l2o
weeks, thoy could dc as they did
the past season AID pay the ferry
company $50 every day free ferry
service is given
\ very prominent dry goods mer-
chant heartily favored the mer-
chants Of Cairo raising S3,00o by
subscription AMI giving it to the
| Cairo Ferry Company, He also eS-
pressed himself in favor of sub
sidv 20 the party willing to place
a ferrybcat in the Greenfield trade.
This merchant expressed precisely
| the same sentiments at the Friday
night meeting.
Too many bosses who know
a s20,o0e stock company. but at
the same time before giving to the
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