The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-07-25
COUNCIL MEETING.

special meeting of the city council was
held at the chamber last night. Present.
Aldermen Lancater, Stout, swoboda, Nc
Hale, Hughes, Blake and Smith.
The mayor being absent, Alderman
Hughes was called to the chair. and he
stated that the object Of the meeting was to
receive bids and for general business.
Bids OF g. Lane, T. Furguson, VIM. Mi
nor, Jno. Ferter and M, Quinn, for con-
structlon OF sidewalks, were opened and
read by clerk and referred to committee on
streets.
Alderman McHae moved that surveyor
be employed to draw lines marking grade
OF sidewalks provided for and bid upop.
Carried.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
CLERK read communication from Col. s.
D. layIor as agent Of Trust Property Com.
pany, Withdrawing petition made by said
company to council about two wears apo.
praying that body to permit the st. Louis g.
oairo railroad company to use portion of
New Levee Street as right-of-way for it's
track, and annuling anything said or done
by said Trust Property Company, favoring
the appropriation by said railroad company
OF part of said levee street for the purpose
named. Communication WAS referred 10
committee on streets.
Clerk read report Of commissioners ap.
pointed by council to make estimates a. to
costs oil constructing certain walks. Re.
port referred TO street committee.
Alderman Stout moved that council take
recess OF twenty minutes and consider re.
port OF commissioners and report to coun-
GIL Motion carried and recess taken.
Council re-convenei; street committee
reported fayorably upon report Of commits.
sioners; street committees report was re.
ceived aud its recommendation concurred
in.
Alderman McHAle moved that report of
commissioners be referred to city attorney,
with Instructions to file application to
county court for appointment of commits
sioners to assess benefits Of improvements,
as per estimated cost thereof in said re-
port Carried
Alderman Blake introduced ordinance
providing for filing Of numerous streets. in
conformity with recommendation Of street
committee at previous meeting. Ordin-
ance referred to ordinance committee.
Street committee reported, recommending
hN walk on westerly side of Commercial
avenue, between Eighteenth and Nineteenth
street be raised 10 established grade, as de-
manded by resolution offered by Alderman
Patler at previous meeting. Report re-
ceived and recommendation concurred in.
Clerk Foley called attention Of council
to the many and serious blunders and omis-
sions in published reports of council pro-
ceedings and other city printing, as they
appear ia the official paper Of the city. He
stated that 50 far every report Of the coun.
Gil proceedings had been full of errors OF
omission aud Of commission, in many in.
stances rendering the matter unintelIigible
and sometimes the publication invalid:
that this had transpred IN spite Of his per
sonal efforts to aid the printers IN reading
and correcting the proofs; tina, the publica-
ton OF the ordinance making the evee tor
the present fiscal year had been rendered
invalid by reason of several important
aud that unless it were published
correctly in the next issue Of the paper, Sc
rous complications would result. The
clerk felt it his duty, after repeat failures
10 bring about change for the better, to
call the councils attention to the matter,
and would be satisfied with any or no &C.
ton, as it might please that body,
Alderman McHsle moved that the mayor
and the clerk be appointed a committee to
wait upon Mr.. Scott and ascertain the cause
Of the evil complained of and the prospects
for remedy. Carried.
Council then adjourned