The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1878-03-21
CITY COUNCIL.
Especial Mesting.)
COUNCIL CHAMBER, CAIRO, LII, |
March 10, 1878. I

COUNCIL CHAMBER, CAIRO, ILL.,l
| March 10, 1878.
| Present-His Honor Mayor Winter,
aud Aldermen Foley, Halliday, Lancat.
ter, O'Callahan, Patier, Rittenhouse,
rhistlewood, Wood, Wright and Yo-
cum-l0. ~ E
The mayor stated the object Of the
meeting to be To take into further Consid-
Grafton the ordinance entitled, "An ordl.
nance providing for the vacation OF a
portion OF Levee street."
On motion Of Alderman Halliday, the
ordinance was taken from the table and
read at length.
Alderman Patier moved to amend sec>
ton five 10Y, by adopting the following,
viz: atn
SECTION 5. THAT fifty (J0) feet in
width on the easterly side OF said one
hundred feet strip, north of Eighteenth
street, is hereby set apart and declared to
De public street and highway OF said
city Of Cairo"
The motion was adopted by the iollow-
ing vote;
Ayes-Foley, Halliday, Lancaster,
O'Callahan, Patier, Rittenhouse, Thistle.
wood, Wood, Wright and Yocum-lO.
Nays-None.
Alderman Patier moved to further
amend the ordnance by the adoption Of
section six 10y, and which reads as fol,
lows:
SEC. .. That nothing herein shall pre-,
vent the city from at any time hereafter
dev0ting thirty>tive (36) feet In width
through said entire one hundred (l00)
feet strip excepting the fifty (50) feet set
apart above to the laying down and use
OF railroad tracks under such arrange.
ments as may be hereafter agreed upon
between the city. any railroad company
or companies.
The motion to amend resulted In Its
adoption BY the following vote:
Ayes-Foley, Halliday, Lancaster,
OCallahan. Patier, Rittenhouse, Thistle,
wood, Wood, Wright and Yocum-lO.
Nays--None.
Alderman Wood moved that the ordi'
nance as amended as whole be adopted,
and reads as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. -.
AN Ordinance Providing tor the Vaca-
ton Of a portion of Levee Street.
BE u ordained by the City Council Of the
city Of Cairo:
sEoIioNl. That all that part Of Levse street
lylng between the southerly side If extendedl
extsnded) Of Thirty. fourth street. in the city OF
Cairo, Ills Except a. provided in section two
linus ordinance) be and the same is hereby va
cAtsd 81 declared to be no longer public street
OF hshway, and the lots and tracts Of land i'm
on either side thereof shai not extend to the CEN
tral line OF said vacated street or beyond their
present respective boundaries, but the land on
which the portion OF said street hereby vacated In
located shall bedeyoted 10 the use declared in the
third section OF this Ordinance.
SEC. z. That wherever and 20 long Is
any cross street. terminating at the west
ct Get hereby vacated. has opposite there.
TO on the eastsriy side Of said Ieyee
street any land owned BY any person or persons
sseh portions Of said Leyee street Is would Be
covered BY any such cross street, II extended to
the eastery side OF said Levee street. shall remain
an open highway.
slc. 3. That portion Of Levee street vacated
py this ordnance, shall, as far Is the city OF
Cairo may sodeclsre, be used by Illinois Central
Railroad company exclusively for Its railroad
purposes, and for the switches or sidetracks which
may be required for any mill, factory. shop,
warehouse, elevator, incline, car transfer, coal
business house, built or established, Or which
may hereafter be built or established upon Or on,
Gated.
SIC. {. That said vacation Of said pc-::s;. OF
Levee street is hereby made, and said use thereof
10 hereby surrendered, in consideration Of the
conveyance by said ILLINOIS Central Railroad
company, by good and sufficient deed in fse to
the said city Of Cairo Of the one hundred feet
strip of land designated and described on the
recorded maps or plas Of said city Of Cairo and
heretofore conveyed by said illinois Central
Railroad company te the trustees OF the Cairo
city property, excepting that portion OF said
one hundred feet "trip lying between the
norlherly line of Fourteenth street and the
southery line Of Eighteenth street, in said
city of Cairo and also in consideration Of said
Illinois Central Railroad company saving and
keeping harmless the said city of Cairo Of and
from any and all damages suffered by any owner
OF any lot or tract Of land AUDITING on the portion
OF said Levee stree. hereby vacated in conse-
queDce Of the vacation thereof. and of the pay
ment by Illinois Central Railroad company Of all
damages TO the owner of any lot or tract Of land
AUDITING the vacated portion of said Levee street,
suffered in consequence ofthe vacation thereof
SEC. 8. That fny (50) feet in width on the
easterly side Of said one hundred feet strip,
north OF Eighteenth, is hereby set apart and de
clared to be public street and highway Of said
city Of Cairo.
SKc. 6. That nothing herein shall prevent the
city from, at any time hereafter, devOting thirty
ave (35l feet in width through said entire one
hundred (lO0) feet strip excepting the fity (5O)
fest set apart above) to the lay ing down and use
Of ratlrosd tracks under such arrangements as
may be hereafter agreed upon between the city
and any railroad company or companies.
The motion prevailed, and the ordi-
nance adopted by the vote as follows:
Ayes-HalIiday, Lancaster, U'Calla-
han. Patler, Rittenhouse, Thistlewool,
Wood, Wright and Yocum-9.
Nays-Foley-l.
On motion OF Alderman Wood. the
council adjourned.