The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-16


and certain streets within the city Of Cairo,
therein named Be II ordained by the City
Council OF the City OF Cairo:
Section !. That the grades and heights Of Ohio
Levee and Levee Street, New Leyee and New
Lcvee Street, Mississippl Leyee and Cross Levoe,
In tho northerly portion of tho city from Ohio
Leyee to it's Intersection with New Levee street,
be and the same are hereby fxed and established
40 follows:
Section ,. The datum plane from which said
grades and heights shall be figured, ia hereby de-
cared to be the zero or low water mark on the U ,
y. government waergauge, situated on the outer
or river side slope of Ohio Lovee opposite tho in.
tersecton of Levoe Street and Fourth Street In
said city OF Cairo; and the fgures hereinafter spo
cihed shall indicate aud tx the height or elevation
above said datum plane or zero mark, to which the
top surface of said evce and streets shall he made
20 conform add be hereafter maintained
Section B. The grade hereby fired for Ohio
Levee is hftytbrea feet 81 walton at Its intersec
ton with the Mississippi Levec, in the south
sasterly part OF the city; and thence running
northwordly from said poiut Of intersection, with
agradually ascending grade, to Hfty'fOur feet ele'
yation at the point OF intersection of said Ohio
Levee with said Cross Lcyee 10 the northerly por.
ton Of the city.
Section 4, The grade Of Leyee Street is hereby
fixed to conform with tho grade Of Ohio Levee IA
herein above cstd lished,
Section b, Tho grade OF raid Cross Leyee from
OHIO levec to it's insection with New Leyee Street
and New Levee built thereon IL hereby fixed al
fifty -four feet elevation.
o.
OF New Levee bull thereon is hereby fixed at hfty
four feet elevation,
Section7. The grade of Mississippi Leves is
hereby fixed at fiftvthree feet elevation at ts In
tersection with Ohio Levee, and thence running
westwardy and northwardly from said point OF
Intersection with gradually ascending grade TO
NIFTY fonr feet elevation at its Intersection with SAID
New Leyee Street and New Levee built thereon.
Section s. All persons, corpora tions, trustees
and Others owning, or in any way controlling any
OF said evees or any portion thereof are hereby
requested, notified and required to cause the grade
Of such levee or eyees, or portion or portions
thereof, 80 owned or in any way controlled by them
respectively, to be raised, wherever neces 'ary, TO
conform to the provisions Of this ordinance, and
to be hereafter maintained according thereto,
Sectiono, All railroad companies, trustees, re-
ceivers and others, which now have laid, or may
hereafter lay, any railroad track or tracks upon
any Of the levees or sire is in this ordinance men
toned, are hereby requested, notified, and requlr
cd to raise said tracks, where necessary to con.
form to the grades herein established ana 10 here
after 30 maintain the same,
Committee on police, Jail and fire depart
ment to which was referred reports of A.
Comings, p NJ, for November and Deem
Der, 1882, and o. A. Osborn, j. p. for
November and December, 1882, reported
having compared same with doCkets and
found them to agree substantially
On motion of Alderman Wood received
and fled,
RESOLUTIONS.
Alderman McHale offered the following
resolution:
Resolved, That the street superintendent
be, and is hereby, instructed to have cross
ing put in on the south side of Fourth
street across Commercial avenue as soon as
the weather permits.
Alderman Wood moved to amend reso-
luton by including crossing on north side
of Eighteenth street across Commercial
avenue
Amendment accepted and resolution
adopted by the following vote:
Ayes-Blake, Hinkle, Hughes, McIIale,
Pa,ier and Wood 6.
Nays None.
Alderman McHale also offered the toll
lowing preamble and resolution:
Whereas, by Ordinance No. 1903, it is pre-
vided that the streets of the city shall not
be used by railroads for the purpose OF
switching freight trains, but that practice
is still continued by which great damage
is being done to business and property
along the whole line of Commercial avenue
and especially south of Sixth street there
fore, be it
Resolved, That the mayor be requested
to report TO the council ut its next meeting,
the reason of the continuance of this prRc-
tice and what instructions have been given
or measures adopted by him, if any, to
prevent this continuance.
Resolved, That the city marshal be and
he is hereby instructed Ia enforce the ordi
nance alluded to without further delay.
alderman Petit appeared in his seat,
Resolution adopted.
Alderman Patier offered the following re-
solution.
Whereas the Wabash, ST. Louis Il Pacific
railroad company have not complied with
the ordinances of this city in relation to
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being notified 50 to do by resolution Of this
body; therefore, he it
Resolved, That their track on CONNER
cial avenue be hereby declared a public
nuisance and that the city marshal is here
by instructed to employ such labor MS may
he required and that he remove said nui-
saDce at once.
Alderman Wood called Tor the ayes and
nays on adoption of resolution.
Not adopted by the following vote;
Ayes MclIale, Patier and Pettit-3.
Nays-BIake, Hinkle, Hughes and Wood
4.
The mayor called the attention of the
council to the advisability of comforting
with the officers of the Illinois Central rail
road, looking towards an amicable arrang-
ment by which the Ohio levee may be
raised to the grade which has been here
tofore established by the city council.
Alderman MclIalc moved that the street
committee be relieved Of further considera-
ton Of the matter relative to the above.
Motion carried.
Alderman Wood moved that the rules be
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