The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-08-08
CITY COUNCIL.

Aiesohs-uis hoHOr hnyor "OOu AnC
Aldermen Korsmeyer, McEwen, Mctiau.
ley, Meyers, Morris, Nellis, Phillips and
Rittenhouse. 8
On motion Of Alderman Morris, the
reading of tho minutes were dispensed
with.
OFFICERS REPORTS.
Monthly reports of the following nam cd
officers were presented and, on motion OF
Alderman Korsmeyer, received and or.
dered flsd,vi. of F. Bross, police magis
trate, for June; of j. J. Bird, police ma.
gi'trste; of Daniel Mccartney, city jsilor
Of William McHale, city marshal; and of
police constables Cain, Martin and Conant,
and Mehner and Helm, all for July.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS,
Report of d. j. Galligsn, superinten.
dent of streets, WAS presented, and read,
Recommending that the following described
sidewalks be reconstructed, viz: on north
side OF Seventh street, from Walnut street
to Jefferson avenue; on north side ofFifth
street, from Com to Washington
avenues on west side OF Washington av-
enue, from Fourth to Fifth stree. on
south side Of ITwenty-iirst street, from
Poplar to Sycamore streets and on north
side Of Eleventh street, between Washing
ton avenue and Walnut streets.
On motion of Alderman Nellis said re.
port was referred to the street committee.
ORDINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT.
The ordinance committee reported the
following ordinances, which were read by
the clerk and laid over for a second read
ing, viz
An ordinance TO provide Tor the grayellng
OF Levee street.
| WHEREAS, 1t is highly desirable tha,
LeVee street from the freight depot OF the
illinois Csntral Railroad company on Four
teenth street and Levee TO Fourth street,
| should. be improved 10 sach width o. to fur.
nish sufficient roadway Of q solid charac-
| ter for the passage OF drays and teams at all
seasons OF the year, therefore.
Be u ordained by the City Council of the
City OF Cairo
SECTION |. That 50 much OF that portion
| of Levee street rs extends from the south
| erly side OF Fourth street to the northery
side OF Fourteenth street, and is continued
| between the sidewalk on said Leyee street
and the inner or first rail from said side walk
| OIL the Illinois Central railroad, be covered
with gravel similar in every respect to that
| now used a. ballast by the said railroad com.
pany on thu ir track now on said Leyee and
| that the same be laid to u thickness OF eigh.
teen inches In the center Of said road aud
| with gradual decline to thickness Of nine
inches (sO At the edge OF said sidewalk on
| one side and to the inner rail OF the Illinois
Central railroad on the other where the
| track runs parallel with the sidewalk, and
the same proportion shall be followed IN grad
ing the road near Fourth and Fourteenth
streets where the track OF said railroad
curves in near the sidewalk being gradual
decline in the thickness Of said gravel OF
three-fiths (3.5) OF an inch in every lineal
foot OF the base Of said filling, from the cen.
tire OF said road TO the edge OF the sidewalk
on one side, and to said inner rail OF the Hi
nois Central railroad on the other the
same TO be laid in the thickness and man.
ner hereinbeiore set forth commencing at
the present level OF the road--the filling OF
holes aud uneven places in the road TO be
nlled in addition TO the thickness OF gravel
10 be laid on As before set forth.
SIC: 9. The said improvement shall be
made by a special assossment. as provided
| Tor IN sections IL to 81 inclusive, of article
| OF the city charter.
An ordinance to amend ordinance No. A.
Be i ordained by the City Council OF the
That the words "Ohio levee" be stricken
out in ordinance No. IS, and Commercial
avenue" be inserted in lieu thereof, in the
cases In which said ordinance provides for
reconstruction or renewal Of the sidewalk
on the north side OF Twentieth street, from
ONO leyee to Walnut street, and on the
south side OF Twentieth street, from Ohio
levee to Washington avenue.
REPORT OF YIRR nrp pr>, rNr ,n,,N,trrpp
The committee on fire department re-
ported back the petition Of G. w. Nc
Keaig and others, praying the council to
pass an ordinance taking city block %
out Of the fire limits, recon mending that
said petition be not granted. On motion
Of Alderman McGauley said report was
received and concurred in.
Petition of the German Lutheran church
and Thos. Healy, praying the council to
order the construction of q sidewalk on
south side Of Thirteenth street, between
Warrington avenue and Walnut street,
was presented and read, and on molten of
Alderman Meyers referred to the street
committee.
A remonstrsnce Of VIM. Lonergan and
others, against the construction of said
sidewalk WAS read, and on motion Of Al.
derman Korsmeyer referred to the street
committee,
Petition of VIM II. Scott was presented,
setting forth that on March 18th last his
billiard saloon was destroyed by fire, and
that his business was suspended from
said date until July !, last, and he there
fore asks that he DO allowed a credit on
next years billiard license for the time
his business was suspended, or that Il
proper amount Of the money paid for his
license te refunded
On motion of Alderman Morris said pc.
ttion was laid upon the table,
BILLS.
The following bills we're presented and,
on motion of Alderman Meyers referred
TO the claims committee, viz
Michael Glynn, hauling drunken
man to Jail,..,..........,..,,,... 80
V II Young, hauling dead hogs
outside the city limits.......".. . 80
w Is Rockwell q Co, stationery
for city lerk...,..,,,,,,.........,. > SO |
John Glsduey. hauling and re-
moving garbage in July, with
two teams, per agreement, .,,,,. 100 90 |
V d Young, hauling \ drunken