The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-01-13
THE DAILY BULLETIN.
CITY COUNCIL.
Irregular Meetlng)
COUNCIL CHAMBER, !
CAIRO, ILL.,, Jan. nth, 1881. {

| Tatler, Pcttlt and SwODOua-1.
Absent-Linegar, Smith and Saup-3.
MINUTES.
| Alderman Patier moved TO approve min
utes Of last regular meeting without read
ing, Motion carried,
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
An ordinance amending an ordinance,
entitled San ordinance providing for the
sale of certain portions Of 100 feet strip of
ground, known as railroad strip, and for
laying out, establishing and improving
railroad alley" approved May IA, 1880,
was read at length the second time.
Alderman Patier moved to amend ordi-
nance by making it read in section /, as
| follows: Gas to make all that portion
Of railroad alley laying between Second
and Fourteenth streets sixty feet in width"
instead of from Fourth to Second streets.
alderman Saup appeared in his scat.)
Amendment adopted.
Alderman Halliday moved to amend or
dinance, as follows:
Section 3. That SAID ordinance approved
May l4th 1880, be also further amended,
| 50 as to provide that the name RAILROAD
Alley shall be changed to Railroad street,
| and that the word alley, wherever it occurs
in said ordinance, be stricken out and the
word street substituted therefor. Amend
ment adopted.
Alderman Blake moved TO amend Section
Of ordinance, as follows;
Provided, No further expenditures shall
be made on such improvement, until the
money to be derived from the sale of the lots
abuttng SAID Railroad street shall have
been paid into the city treasury. Amend
ment adopted.
Alderman Halliday moved to adopt or
dinance as amended. Motion carried by the
following vote.
Ayes-Blake, Halliday, Howley, Hinkle,
Patier, Petit, Saup and Swoboda-S.
Nays-None.
Alderman Halliday moved that upon ap-
prova Of the ordinance TO refer plat of
Railroad street back to city engineer, and
that commissioners report be referred back
to them for approval. Motion adopted.
lAlderman Smith appeared in his seat
Bid Of Cairo City Gas Co., for lighting
streets, submitted in report of committee
on streets at last meeting and laid on table
until next regular meeting, was taken.
Alderman Patier moved that the propo-
sidon for lighting street lamps at l75 per
post be accepted
Alderman Blake offered the following
amendment:
Resolved. That the bid of the Cairo
CITY Gas Co., proposing to light street
lamps Tor S2.2j per post per month for f.
foot burner be accepted, provided said
lamps shall he lighted as fast as they are
put IN condition by the citizens for light
ing. Payment to be made from the CON
tingent fund.
Alderman Patier accepted amendment.
Motion carried by the following vote
Ayes-BIake, Halliday, Howley, Hinkle,
Patier, Petit, Smith, Saup and Swoboda
3.
Nays-Nonc
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Committee on streets submitted |
report recommending that brick side
walks be built on the north side
of Sixth street. between Commercial and |
Washington avenues, on both sides of
Seventh street, between Commercial and |
Washington avenues, from Eight street to
connect with the brick sidewalk in front of |
block "a city. Also that wooden SIDE
walk be constructed on the easterly side of
Poplar street, from Tenth to Twelfth |
streets; also that the sidewalk on Levee
street, in front of lots to 0, inclusive
block G, city, be reconstructed of wood,
the width to be IA feet.
Alderman Petit moved to receive report
OF committee, and that the ordinance com
mittee be instructed 70 prepare an ordinance
for the building of sidewalks recommended.
Motion carried.
Committee reported having granted per-
mission to p. Fitzgerald, petitioner, to
erect scales in front of lot G, block 81, city,
On condition that he should remove them
required, SO to do, by the city
council, which permission, with said con
lition, he has accepted. Also reported on
petition, for building sidewalk on easterly
side of Poplar, between Tenth and Twelfth
streets, recommending the grantingof same,
the building of said sidewalk be included
in the previous recommendations.
Alderman Halliday moved to receive and
lille report. Motion carried
committee ON claims reported back the
'o'lo"lng bills, recommending payment on
same:
MISCELLANEOUS CLAIMS.