The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-29
THE MUNICIPAL MACHINE.


capacions pocket book $50 fees yesterday
and it was not good day for fees either
Our municipal machine is runnin
smoothly. The lubricating oil of tn
citizens ticket" applied last Spring, ha
fine effect upon it. which statement W
hope, will not harrow up the soul of an
of our friends--our good friends VIII
waste all their substance In contributin
to our support.
Come, come, boys Of the sidewalks
hurry up. Rush things. You have n
time 10 lose. The street committee
manifesting signs of weakening in It's effort
to make the walks las good as new, ant
will, in all probability, begin to curtai
expenses by dispensing with number o
employees. We make this statement il
the expectation of infusing vigor into tn,
men who are likely 10 be discharged
But we may be disappointed. We hav,
been before.
We must have a supply of water for
cur engines, and Immediately. The coun.
Gil Is spending thousands Of dollars each
month to provide against the danger of
broken heads and legs, and why does 1t
persistently neglect-refuse, let us say
to provide against the dangers of the de-
struction Of the property Of the citizens
Take from the people Of Cairo their prop
erty and their necks and legs will be Of
very little value to them. The Paper, ThE
BULLETIN, and seven Of every ten citizens,
are crying loudly for cisterns-s supply
Of water for the engines, pending the COM
ing a conAagration. The Sun has not
opened its non-committal mouth on this
question. Is it afraid to speak Whose
dimes worth Of patronage would boldness
on this question drive away3
There seems to be some uneasiness
concerning scrip and a fear prevailing
that it may depreciate to the old price.
There is not, we believe, fny danger Of
such result. 1t Is true the cost of re-
pairing the sidewalks, reparation which
ha, been almost . rebuilding, Isl great
burden and keeps the volume of scrip
great, but this expenditure will not be
continuous; and, in our opinion. the coun-
Gil should, IS soon as the walks are pro-
nounced passably good, knock of all su-
psrfuous hands, keeping employed force
no larger than is sufficient TO replace
broken planks, etc. II this is done--this
drain upon the treasury cut off-the vol
ume of scrip will very speedily be absorbed.
In the meantime, all our merchants should
receive city scrip at par, giving goods for
it. They can we'll afford to do 90. 1t
draws ten per cent. interest, and every
citizen who can lay aside in scrip the
amount of his taxes will be drawing this
rate Of interest on 1t.
Reading the revised ordinances twice
occupied the time Of the city council in
joint session about four months, and ne
cessitated, according to our recollection,
about ten thousand meetings-more or
less. On Friday afternoon the select
council met at 2 o'clock, adjourned for
supper, met again at seven and before ad.
tournament had completed the first read
ing of the same ordinances. Yesterday
afternoon and evening the council COM
pleted the second reading. This is the
way TO do business, and the example OF the
select gentlemen is commended by US to
the members OF the board of aldermen. A
little dash, patience and endurance, good
aldermanic boys, and your work is done.
But we can scarcely expect all these vir-
tues to be developed in our aldermen.
They are such slow-going Legislators that
the suggestion of haste makes them turn
pale as grim death; and so, in all proba-
bility, a few Of the more enterprising
members Of the board-four of the twelve
are enterprising-will meet, curse the
other members who wont attend when
they should, and adjourn. In this way
one, two, three, four or Ave months will
be wasted before the ordinances which
were read In two days by the select soun-
Gil will be read by the board. We are
willing TO bet straw hat with each alder
man that it will take his board at leas. q
month from the call Of tho fst meeting
to read the ordinances twice, and we be.
lieve the reading will not be finished un-
I'll next spring.