The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-02-11
ending January LIST.

VIM. d. Gilbert money advanced In
suits vs.. city. .,............. 81 Az
On motion of Alderman Halliday, refer.
red to committee on claims.
RESOLUTIONS.
Alderman Blake offered the following
resolutions
Resolved, That the committee on police
Jail and fire department be and they hereby
are directed to, at once, examine and test il
they deem it necessary all hose purchased
by the city during the past two years.
Resolution adopted by the following vote
Ayes-Blake Halliday, Hinkle, Hughes,
Kimbrough, Patier, Petit, Saup, swoboda
and Wood-10.
Nays-None.
Alderman Blake offered the following
preamble and resolution:
Whereas, Great necessity exist for road
way passable at all seasons of the year
from Twentieth street to point at or near
Fortieth street; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the street committee be
and they hereby are directed to consider
the propriety of constructing such roadway
and to report to the city council at an early
date the most practicable route and method
of constructing the same.
Resolution adopted.
Alderman Petit offered the following
resolution:
Resolved, That the street supervisor, be
instructed to temporarily repair street
crossings at 21st, 22nd, 23rd and oath
streets on Poplar street, same being impas-
sable at present.
Alderman Wood moved to amend reso-
luton by inserting crossing on north side
of 18th street and Commercial avenue.
Adopted. Alderman Hughes moved to
amend resolution by inserting crossing on
north side of Sth street and Cedar. Adopt
ed.
Resolution as amended adopted by the
following vote:
Ayes -Blake, Halliday, Hinkle, Hughes,
Kimdrough, Pater, Petit Saup, Swoboda
and Wood-10.
Nays-none.
Alderman Patier offered the following
resolutions
Resolved, That the mayor appoint a
special committee of three, who are au-
thorized to confer with the managers of
the narrow guage railroad as to their com
Ing into the city and occupying the new
levee and building same straight.
Alderman Wood arose to point
of order. That the joint committee
previously appointed by the city
council is ready and willing to receive any
proposition from the officers of the Cairo
and st. Louis r. r. Co. that they may see
fit torepresentto said joint committe. Chair
decided point of order we'll taken.
Alderman Patier appealed from decision
of the chair and ordered ayes and hayes on
the question.
The question being put shall the decision
of the chair stand as the decision of this
body resulted in the decision of the chair
being sustained by the following vote:
Ayes-Blake, Halliday, Hughes, Kim
brough, Saup and Wood-6.
Nayes- llinkle, Pater, Petit and Swo-
boda--4.
Alderman Patier moved that the Joint
commltteeIbe relieved from further consider
alton of the question at issue between the
city of Cairo and Cairo and st. Louis II. II.
Co.
Alderman Patier called for the ayes and
hayes on the question resulting as follows:
Ayes Hinkle, Patier and Pettit-3.
Hayes Blake, Halliday, Hughes, Kim.
brough, Saup, Swoboda and Wood.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The mayor informed council OF having
received and accepted the resignation Of
Police Constable Geo. Il. Omsted on
February Ord.
The mayor placed in nomination for po-
lice constable to fill vacancy occasioned by
resignation Anthony McTigue.
Confirmed by the following vote;
Ayes--Blake, Halliday, Hinkle, Hughes,
Kimbrougb Petit, Swoboda and Woods.
Nays-Patier and Saup-2.
Mayor reported having released from Jail
Jas. Carter and Ii. Earl stating reasons for
50 doing
Alderman Wood moved that inasmuch
as the officials of the Cairo g. st. Louis rail-
road have wholly failed to pay any proper
attention to the repeated notices of the joint
committee through its chairman, the said
committee We're ready at any time to con-
fer with said officials regarding the matters
of dispute between the city and said rail-
road, the city clerk is hereby instructed to