The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-05-06

against the city, in the sum of five thousand
dollars; test suit involving the right of
the city to collect merchants license; an
injunction suit, against the state auditor,
restraining the laying Of soil road interest
tax; suit of Charles Gallagher against
B. +. Parker and Others, in which believe
the city is interested We have nine
suits pending against the city on coupons Of
the old Improvement and railroad bonds
We also have five mandamus suits pending
against us to compel the levying of tax to
pay old judgments growing out Of the old
bonded debt Of the city. We have q suit
against the trustees of the Cairo City Prop
erty company on account OF gravcllng Levec
street. For further and more detailed re-
port would refer you to the report Of the
corporation counsel.
POLICE DEPARTMENT,
The regular police force of the city at
presentsconsists of city marshal one day and
five night-police constables. believe the
force has been very efficient in preventing
disturbances, preserving order, and detect
ing and arresting criminals and bringing
them to justice.
The records of the police department
show that there have been nine hundred and
eighty.nine arrests made during the past
year; divided up into the following classes,
viz:
Disorderly conduct, five hundred and
twelve; drunkenness, two hundred and
eighty.one; vagrancy, forty; lewd women,
thirty-four selling liquor on Sunday, fif-
teen; selling liquor without license, nine;
various state otfenses, ffty-one; and all other
causes forty-seven.
There have been committed to The city
Jail, two hundred and fifty-slX males and
sixty-four females, making total of three
hundred and twenty persons committed
during the year.
The building used as city Jail is not
such as the necessities of the city demand.
In fact it is in very poor cOndi
ton, and | think you should
consider the propriety of erecting a new
and larger building at an early day.
There should be more yard room, strong
ly inclosed, so that employment could be
given to all the inmates within the jail
yard; thus rendering their confinement as
little expense to the city as possible and
also as a means of enforcing discipline
The management of the Jail the past
year has been under an old and faithful Of
ficer of the city but his health has been such
for some time as to prevent him from per-
sonaly performing the duties.
Yet believe his assistants have so con-.
Quoted the duties of the Office, that
no fault can be found in its management.
SINEfIs.
The spirit of progress which prevails
among our citizens and the urgent demand
for better streets and more permanent i'm
provement should prompt you to make lib
beral appropriations for street work, and
would respectfully urge that you take
early action in reference to all improve
mcnts, which you may think proper to
make this year. There is no question, but
that lily constructed and poorly drained
streets are great drawback to the growth
and prosperity of any city. There is no in
vestment, which returns so much as that in
vested in properly constructing and drain
ING the streets, not only in appearance but
in convenience. There is nothing that at
tracts the attention of strangers or persons
visiting the city more than the streets.
They reflect in great degree the character,
enterprise and public spirit Of the people,
| would recommend the graveIing or
matchmaking OF all streets in the i'm
proved portion Of the city which are up to
grade, as fast as an economical expenditure
Of the appropriation for street work will adj
nit, and the filling TO GRADE Of all low
streets as soon as may be deemed prac-
ticable.
SIDEWALKS.
In the construction of sidewalks, when
the grade and other conditions are favora.
ble,I would urge the use Of some other ma.
terial than wood, something that would not
require so much repairing and that would
be permanent and substantial walk.
For the business portions Of the city
either stone or brick should be used, but in
many places think walk could be con
structed with gravel that would be good
and permanent walk, answering every
purpose OF the wooden walk, and costing
much less, when once built, to properly
keeps it in repairs.
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