The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1870-01-07

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s.. b. GorkNcil 4 Co., sn,clope,, Etc.,
90 ..tfk Office ........... %
- .-i.erUcrg. for uumDy-.ng city ordc-.
u.H i.udius city charter ...............- u .
3D." ~ 4 Harmon, stationery fur CLERK -nt
Comptroller ........ ~ ,
en- motion, the report was received and
tie bills allowed by the following votes,
viz:
Ayes Eiaukle, Carroll, Hendricks
lsltI L"hegan, Mckee, Mendel, Red
uun--s.
Nays-nonc.
BIN Of Taylor & Parsons, Trustees, &C.
for wharfage having been objected to and
the ayes and nays being called upon the
allowance OF the same, resulted rs fol-
ows:
A,rs--Brankic, Carroll, Lohr, Mendei,
exec, Hendricks.
Nays-I.onergan, Redman-2.
The Committee reported the bills
Thomas Meehan for hauling for the
'ity amounting to S27 "a back for infor-
nation regarding dates, &c. They also
reported the bill Of f.. Vincent for lime,
amounting 10 - 90, back for Information
regarding the delivery Of the lime. Re.
HblA hllis
iugly.
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= III. HslotA.a c.ty Cogali - the c,ty u CAIRO,
Illinois.
Your committee on finance respectfully
beg leave 10 report:
mat AZ the last regular meeting oi the
Board ~ Aldermen, our report recon.
mcudiug that the bill 81 expenses o. the
Arab Ire company, for Fix months, bc r..
ferr.d back L. that company FOR cXpaua-
tiouS ~ 90 various Items deuumiua'cd
"suudries, was cOueurrcd in, and the
bill was therefore 50 referred.
Al meeting of the Arab lire COM
pany, December lOth, series Of "bun-
Ombe" resolutions were ordered 10 be
read upon their minutes, and publish
% for ten days Ia the Cairo Evening
Ulletin,' la which resolutions was one
which, with bypercriticism entirely
unexpected, as II had no real foundation,
construed our report as Aninsult.
Aner thus relieving their minds they
pa-sed "A resolution referring the same
till back TO tho Finance Committee and
notifying W that they claimed the
whole amount Of the bill. This resolu-
ton and the bill referred To WAS ac-
curdiugly handed 10 Us soon afterwards
by their secretary, Mr. Thos. j. Kerth,
when we informed him that the bill
could not be received 10y " unless the
orders OF the City Council were obeyed,
aud the items Of "sundriesn explained
to our satisfaction and made To appear
on the bill. lie then promised To bring
lac various bills TO the committee for
heir inspection, aud, on the second day
forwards, did so.
On examination Ofthe several bills
paid by the company, we find the item
Of sundries to be as they now stand ex'
planned on the bill which has been
changed for that purpose. These sun
dries are for coal, hauling their engine by
horses from the river AT r. filling els.
terms candle wick soi.iamps aud torches;
suap; acids etc fsr cleaning apparatus
and hose; nails used in putting down the
new floor IN the engine house; coal oil
aud tlabricating 4 lis necessary in the
WORKING OF the englne-all Of which are
legitimate expenses.
In all business transactions where
money is TO be paid out, the party who
pays has u right To object to any portion
ola bill which may seem unreasonable.
The Finance Committee, by ordinance,
are unfortunately, I'm this ease, cOnstitu-
ted the agents OF the city To criticize
the items OF this bill. This is a thank
less office, as we have already found,
but as We are determined that our con-
duct, according To our best Judgment,
sHull, III lllt WOIuS VI TIC ATuDTtsOlu-
ton, be characteristic of that which the
citizens OF this city are entitled to at the
hands of those who have been elevated
to the position of public servants" We
intend To do our duty, as, from our
stand point We understand it. IL
the city had no voice In the matter, an
insolent demand for payment OF bill,
made cut in any manner which suited
,hc claimants humor would have some
- al. 4 4. L..
company such demand would perhaps
he needed. Fortunately the ordinance
gives the city right TO be heard also.
Your committee therefore, having this
duty imposed upon IL, have carefully
examined the bills AS furnished us, aud
recommend their payment except in re.
gard To two items. One of these items
Is u combination OF several items Of the
bill of expenses, but is for only one object
--namely-the cleaning and furnishing
of the hose and apparatus, amounting