The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-06-04
CITY COUNCIL.

McGaulcy Morriai Nol.,', LAMP, Thistle
wood, ard Wrght-Q. ..eaH 3
On motion Alderman Morris, tho min
utos of tho previous meetings were ap-
proved without rsadipg.
lnEfonrs or cirY oFrIoEas
Monthly roports,ot The following named
ofcer. were presented ara onhAion of
Alderman Wright approval and
ordotol iiled, VIZ Of j.. D., Bird
aud r. Bross, police magistrates, OF DAM.
Mccarthy, city jaiiAr aud Of Police Con-
stables, Martin, Sheohan, Cain, Mohnor,
and Wootten, all for May.
STREET COMMITTEE REPORT.
Tho street committee reported lack q Q
petition Of Mrs. MeGeo with the recon-
mondation that the Same DO not granite .,
ms they had found on an examination that
the sidewalk therein mentioned had been
roconsLructod Ga motion of Alderman
Halliday the accommodation Of the com
mi.toe was concur cd in.
Tho committee on streets reported that
they had rejected all bids Of Cairo city
gas company, and tina. thoy had proposed
TO said company to pay $50 per yoar for
each post, which proposal tho company
rejected, and that the profent oontract has
boon cAuogIIol- on motion OF Alderman
Halliday action on said report was de-.
forrcd until the next regular meeting.
The committee on aro department 10
whom wac referred The poii!ioa e Arab
ire company for hose, reported bids from
the following nan gentleman Henry
Sayers, Jos. b. Reed, ard CIR Wood
ward. Aldctn.n Ngliis moved TO refer
said bids to city comptroller with in
struc,ions to purchase said hose at the
lowest price ol,sinablo in sctlp Crri-d,
FINAN,s .1N,IirrEE REPORT,
Tho fnancs committee reported that
during the month Of May city scrip 70 the
amount Of s33n7-, bearing Sl,95 iatcrost
and Coupons 70 iho amount Of s., 1000.
were destroyed by bnrniDg On motion
Of Alderman McGs,ley sad report was
received and ordered hlcd. ..i
oRDiNAN. COMMITTEE REPORT.
The Ordinance % nuit.ee repprted the
following ordnance, which. was rcsi an d
laid over fer secoad reading, viz,
An ordinanapce - con .ruct ana recon,
siruo. certain s.Lewalk' in tho city o
! Cairo.
: 30 it ordHinsl ny the city council Q
the city of Cairo
SEcuoN /. That thg fo.lowin, nanel
. sidewalks DO sceoastrlcted IF wood il
. the manner hereinafter expressed, viz.
, On the south side # 4.h stre.t between
Washington an Comm ercisl Avenues al
: the west eide Of Washington avenue be
tween ith and Sta streets; on the nortl
i. eide Of 9th street between Washington
. and Commercial avenues; on tho cas-
. \ fde OF Wssii1ltoa avenue between 81
d and 9Th strce.s on the south sido Of III
0 street, commet .inE 10 tho east side 0
n Walnut street and extending cas-, 81 fec,
on the north side Of 7lh street, comuenc
ing on west edo II walnut street an,
>, extending west 20 the new walk frontini
the property Of D. Y. Turner, on tho
: north side of Eleventh tree. between
Washington avenue and Wslnu. street
: On the east side Of Popiir street from
= point opposite tao norttorly
h edo of Division stree. 70 4
point fifty feet north OF tho norlhcrl,
, side Of Tweniy-hr,t street o. the south
; side Of Twenty-drsi stree! between Pop a.
and Sycamore streets
SEC. 2. Said walk shall De -,c1nslr4clct
as follows; Tnoy shall be SIX feet wild,
IS Oh toI'except on 'sid avenue whore thcy
: ,hsll DO seven te't vide
to be INV Oh %t ,hie aad mod not = gss swo
Y III inches wide the inside i,c g be four
# reot distant, from the i-.nt l're Of ia,
lots. EXCEPT on a- avenues
where it hail D. two Tee
distant faid bosrds c' plauks &
DO laid crosswise with tn sidewalk, anC
hrmly set and well spik Oh with a.
. least six twenty penny leils in each
10 board or plank 70 three singers Of mol
n less than three inches tn. Is y xix inches
a wide, firmly ct on edge, and well spiked
p, on 70 stills or cross tics No. ,sstlau three
=" inches wide Ly six inches Lck place.
e crosswisc tosg.l sidowalk' 3, intervals 0
Il six feet. These slGowslls q street crOss.
y ings 10 DO ex ended int tie street Ill
they meet the cross wA.H Wh3ro the
sidewalks are elevated above tie natra
ground the posts OF the = tle work .hal
be four inches 81 are and 10 si.s or c!Oss
% ties shall be placed on cdgn md Joined Of
morticed into the pots and vel
"a spiked on, AMI TO FtringUri
d shall DO no..Ag4 tightly g. aid fill. u
cross-iies and IN all cases .lo.ks Of Woo
not loss than one foot ..1g and three
inches thick BIZ six incl vide shall h,