The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-06-22
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Adjourned Meeting.
COUNCIL CHAMBER.

CAIRO, ILL.,, June 20, 1885,
Present-His Honor, Mayor Winter |;
and Aldermen Halliday, Lancaster, Nc
Gauley, Patier, Rittenhouse, Thistle
wood and Wilcox-S.
The Board of Health, to whom was re-
ferred the communication from the
mayor, read at the las. meeting of the
council. asked tor further time to report,
which, on motion of Alderman Patier.
was granted.
PETITIONS.
Petition from Messrs. Halliday Bros,
asking privilege of building sidewalk on
Twentieth street, adjoining the Egyptian
mills.
On motion OF Alderman Patier, the
prayer of the petitioners was granted,
the work to be done under the direction
of the Street committee.
RESOLUTIONS.
The following resolutions were offered
and adopted by unanimous votes.
By Alderman Halliday:
Resolved, That the treasurer is hereby
directed to place any moneys received
from the sale OF boilers, engines, pumps,
betting, old iron, copper, brick, ETC., be-
longing to the city, in the fund known as
the "New Ievee" fund, and hold the
same subject to orders of this council.
BY Alderman Rittenhouse
Resolved, That the clerk be and Is
hereby instructed to advertise tor pro-
posals to do the city printing for one
year, and to state in said advertisement
that said proposals must cover the cost
of publishing council proceeding, ordi-
nances and notices Of all kinds inserted
by any city officer, or by order, of the
co uncil.
BY Alderman ThistlewOod
Resolved, That the clerk be and is hereby
instructed to advertise for sealed pro-
pOsals for furnishing all lumber the city
may require during the present fiscal
year said lumber to be good, sound
white or burr oak, free from sap and bad
knots, and to be of such dimensions mot
exceeding twenty-four feet in lengthy,
and to be delivered in such quantities and
at such time as the committee on streets
may direct.
By Alderman McGauley:
Resokced, That the Street Committee
be instructed to confer with the local au-
thorities of the Illinois Central railroad
with view to the removal of their pres
ent sewer crossing on Commercial avenue
above Fifteenth street, and the substitIl-
tion therefor of drainage connected with
the new sewer lately opened through
the levee near Fifteenth street.
BY Alderman McGauley:
Resolved, That the city attorney be and
he Is hereby instructed to report at the
next regular meeting OF the council,
| whether or not the Cairo and Nincennes
railroad have forfeited their right To the
use OF Commercial avenue as right of
way.
The committee on streets and drainage
made the following report:
To the Mayor and City Council.
GENTLEMEN Your street committee,
to whom was referred the petition of l..
Valdez and others, in regard to the I'LL
ing of Sixth street between Washington
avenue and Walnut street, would beg
leave to make the following report, viz:
That from the lowest estimate it would
require two thousand yards Of earth to
make the present fill forty feet wide and
up to the present grade; There would
also require an additional outlay tor sew
eral purposes. We would therefore rec
ommend that II two thousad dollars
could be raised by private subscription
| from indiyiduals who own adjacent prop
erty which will be largely benefited by
said improvement. then the city
should order the filling OF said street
with an amount OF earth not exceeding
| two thousand yards,
N. B. THIsTLEwOop,
| CHAs. o. PATIER,
| C.LANcAsTRR.
| Street Committee.