The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-01-06

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lcctual. They build levees. but the cur
rent of the river washes them away: they
dare not, even il they had the means. go
into the channel of the river. where they
must 20 to do the necessary work. aud
by directing its waters ont at their
hayward course coniinc the chan
mel within certain bounds. aud
thus give to commerce Il certain and safe
course up and down the stream. and fur
nish incidentally protection TO the prop
erty of citizens dwelling upun the banks.
This the government only can do.
The suggested improvements should bc
made Immediately. tor the following rCa-
| sons:
/. Il must be mad, sooner or later 10y
tie government. and the cNlNnuliurr
OF "A sum OF money now Will rvndcr Un-
necessary the expenditure ci larger sum
| hereafter.
,. II will make permanent tbs ievccs
around Cairo. which, during the laie war.
furnished to the government. without
the cNyenditure O. dollar. center oi
| naval and military operations, supplying,
even in seasons Of great dnods. places
| for camps. hospitals. tic.
). Ii Viii DuleT secure tlsc valuable /
| property owned )y thc government Do 1
1 Tie city 81 Cairo.
I. Inc pari ul Cairo j. the most in- |
port on ihc river between New Or |
leans and -. Louis. Doe record showing I
thai -rcaj,I number 0l steamboats, and /
other wsjcrcraits cutor ID dnriug any
given period iian enter amy Other port
Oh the river. The suggested improve |
meat wii. render thc port ol Cairo. for /
obvious reasons, stI.l more important /
both O. the public and the government.
>. The VOrijOE Of lie river upoA which I
10 ], suggested the work shall be done, 1
requires Improvement more than almost 4
any Other portion @! any river iu tlIr
country.
w. rh- agricultural commercial and
general business iui.rcsis % tlis portion
., lhc valley ~ lEc Mississippi require
thai the Improvement jo Zee ua'ic with
out delay.
ga motion CO Allcrma Nr,h> The ~
port Wa received aud concarrvd in. and
the memorial adopted aul the proper
officer auihoriyel 10 ign said mem
orial
lhc regular rvpcr, OF the Finance
Committee for December was read. and
On motion OF Alderman Wright received
and ordered iici.
Petition ot \. Macaic y CO. aud others,
~ 4
ticth street and Commercial avenue, was
read, and on motion of Alderman Wright,
the prayer of the petitioners was granted. ;
Petition OF \. .. Coleman, in reference a
20 reduction on license. was read and on u
motion referred to City Attorney. y
Petition OF j. X. Lane. John Tanner Il
and others, asking the council to make II
he liquor license payable quarterly, was /
presented aud read. n
Alderman Saup moved to refer the n
petition to the Ordinance Committee with y
Instructions to draft an ordinance in ac- =,
'ordancc with the petition. Motion lost r,
BY the following vote: a.
Aycs-Sanp and iocum-2. -
Nays--IIalliday Lancaster, Nellis. Par 4
ger. Rittcnhousc, Jhistiewood and ii
Wright. a.
Alderman Halliday moved that action u
IN the petition be indefinitely postponed. b
,arried by the following vote: q
Ayes-Halliday Nellis. Rittcnhouse, "
and Wright. T.
Nays--Lancaster, Parker, Saup and 1
\ ocum-i. C
The following bills were presented and
read, and on motion referred to the !
Committee on claims.
Henry Winter, mayor salary for
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. IL u |
VIM. French ANley clerk salary
for DecemheA Observation-Disclosures. - co I
Il. /. Blake treasures salary for Z.
December -...,........,.............., 80 90
Jonn H.Gossman, Marshal, salary II
Tor ber......................... - COL
j. Z. Lallue, A. Cain. Henry Sar-
gent, W. Wooton, VIM. Brown
and Martin O'Malcy police con- I
stables h...."................u... 60 90 | I
+. Bross police magestratc.......... % 90 1
J. j. Bird police magistrate. % 90 |
X. II. Cunningham, rent OF coun-
ell ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IL COL
NJ. NJ. You'd. 100 dray numbers. 6 90 &
John Clancy. dieting prisoners in
city iail for December. ............ % 80 | I
John Clancy, extra meals fur
nlshed OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Il 33l
Cairo City Gas Co., gus for street
lamps ".............. ......,.....,..... 33l 90
Cairo City Gas Co., gas for city
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ) 10
Cairo City Gas Co., gas for police
headquarters. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10 CJ |
'alfO 'lly 0a- Co.. gas Tor COiin-
ell chamber. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, : ISL
II. ii. Black. commissioner on
lines ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10 10
kobt. Bagnell, contractor new :
1917 9S
Arab Fire Co., quarter allow
aHct ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 60 40 /
Rough aud Ready Fire Co., quar-
ter allowancc............. ,....,...,.. 60 90 | I
Hibcrnian Fire Co.. quarter al
loWance' go % y
Delta City Fire Co, quarter al n
loWaucc... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. go UO !.
H. Fitzgerald. county taller for Il
dieting city prisoners .......,..... so h
Cairo BULLETIN CO., for license,
books, receipt books, bonds q
and procce aforementioned Ol -
Illinois Central Il. H.. for trans
poriation for Maggie Brown to H.
~. Ious........,..,............ 20 :,
}. ). McGahcy, lumber for side :,
walks. ....,.,...... ........"........... 2js - ~
\. Rice, lumber Tor sidcwalks...... 25G Il q
Hlrallon ~ Bird, nail, for side ..
Walks...,,.,..,,,.,,........ ............ - 90 4
timothy German, superintendent i
OF succis.",..............,,.., 60 % a
bcyorc 4 Fitzgerald. building ~ :,
Sidewalks ....,,..........,,.......... 3Di ~ ~
Peter Conlon, 90 days work on VI
sidewalks at ~ 80 per day.. 81 NJ y,
Jerry Murphy, 23l days work on :,