The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-04-24
CAIRO DAILY BULLETIN, THURSDAY, APRIL "a, 1873
the utmost importance and should not be
overlooked

brance than it has been the last two years
AT the incoming of the administration o
), my worthy predecessor, scrip was no
n worth more than 50 to 60 cents on tn
y. dollar shortly after he was elected mayor
/. scrip came 10 par. /. is now worth So 4
N 30 cents on the dollar How long this nd
!. ministration will be able to keep it at tina
> price, with scrip outstanding to tn
L amount Of nearly forty thousand dollars
is a question that will trouble all OF us I,
solve II the present council issue scril
at the same rate that the last council ha
been obliged to issue it, for the last twelv
|. months, it cannot DO expected that scril
can be kept long at its present price. Ii
view Of the fact that city scrip is tending
downward, cannot too strongly urge tn,
greatest economy in tho administration Of
the city government, and the curtailng Of
; oil expenditures not absolutely necessary
The only safe policy to keep scrip worth
its face is to use great caution in the is.
sue of it, and at the same time not re,ard
tho growth of the city. You will be called
on very soon to make up a yearly estimate
OF all moneys necessary to run the city
government for one year, which is called
the annual appropriation bill. I re.
specially call the attention of the coun.
ell 10 article seven Of the now charter.
which defines the mode Of appropria,ing,
and also the mode of raising money, for
the use of the city. During tho current
Official year, many necessary public i'm
provcments must he made. The side
walks and crosswalks in some parts of the
city are in bad condition. The neces-
sary repairs on sidewalks must come out
Of the general fund, but for all now
walks, and all walks requiring to be re-
constructed, an ordinance has been
adopted by the late city council, and is
now in force, which embodies article nine
OF special assessments for local improve.
ments, and is generally conceded to be as
nearly uniform in its workings, as any .ha,
has yet been in force Tho late council
has built good many sidewalks under
and by the authority of said ordinance
and although no collections have been
made so far, for these improvements, it il
hoped that the city will soon be benefited
by their collection. Many OF the street,
of tho city are in bad condition, and de-
mRnd your immediate attention. Levee
street, and some Of the cross-stree,s leading
from 1t are in deplorablo con.
, ditiCn, ana should DO q, once
attended to. The surplus earth excavatct
by the Illinois Central Railroad company
T should be used, as the expense OF hauling
, il will be light, and tho necessity of re
moving it is very urgent,
SMALLPOX.
| would state that the city has been at
, very largo expense, taking care of small
pox cases during the last year. The mos
of these cases have been non-res idents O
the city; many from st. Louis and othel
places. An ordinance IL still in foroo pro
hibiting the car tains and officers of boat
from landing any person who has an,
y contagious disease within the limits o
' the city. | cannot too strongly urge tn,
necessity Of the faithful enforcement o
this ordinance, and the speedy punish
ment Of all parties who may violate it.
HOUSES or PROSTITUTION
The moral well-being and good order of
the city require that the police orlin-
ances should DO vigorously enforced. In
inc lace of tha municipal law, lie wd houses.
outraging all sense of decency, obtrude
upon the most public thoroughfares of the
city, and their keepers, without conceal
ment, ply their Defarious calling. The or
dinances declare these houses TO DO public
nuisances, and impose heavy
penalty upon the owner of
any building, his agent or attorney
who may lot or lease their buildings to
any of these public characters, lam sat-
i'iied tina. this is n hard matter to manage
But while the ordinance stands, an at
tempt persistent and continuous should be
made to enforce il. Tho best and surest
method of breaking up these dens is not
only to arrest the keepers and female in
mates, but do as is done in many othe,
cities-arrest and fine all inmates found, be
they male or female. The one is as much n
yioator Of the law as the other, and
.honld be us summarily dealt with
GAMBLERS AND GAMING
There is another avocation OF disgrace
which the police force should never allow
any man 10 ply with impunity, that Of
professional gambling, There are out
casts who are entitled to pity and sympa-
thy, but tho professional gambler cannot
offer any excuse in pslliation of his voca-
ton. He is truly called the enemy Of so-
ciety, and brings to ruin and disgrace
more Of our young men than all other
vices conbincd. shall require the po-
lice lorco 10 use all he means at their
command TO keep the city as clear from
this vice this year as it has been in the one
preceding.
SALOONS
have no intention to prosecute any per.
son or class of persons in the dischage of
their Legitimate business. Saloons are
duly licensed by the city and if their keep
ers break the ordinances made to govern