The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-02-03
CITY FATHERS
MET LAST NIGHT
First Meeting OF the Month Was
Well Attended.
AND FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WILL
BE CONSIDERED AT NEXT
TUESDAYS MEETING.

sion last night ana transacted mucn
business There was present at roll
call Mayor Winter. Aldermen Egan.
Fuller, Hasenjaeger June, Magner.
Meehan. Mulcahy Nordman an d
Wood During the meeting Aldermen
Fraser Koehler LAWYER Miller and
Nellis appeared
Reports OF city officers were read
and referred TO their respective com
mittees.
Police Magistrate Robinson re
ported sloS in fines collected in Jan
uary 4. J Ross. J p. sl0S0: Andrew
Whitcamp ]. P. $40: Andrew Jack
son. j. p. Sill The city marshal re-
ported ia arrests for the month Of
January
Fire department feed acquisitions
were granted and poor condition Of
station Ne was referred 10 com
mittee.
The question Of street lights was
brought before the council and prop.
ositions from the Cairo Electric &
Traction company ana Cairo City Gas
company were read
The proposition submitted by the
Cairo Electric 4 Traction company
was to furnish a minimum Of % arc
lights under a three year contract to
burn all night. at $50 per light per
month. Under a fve-year contract
the price would be sSl5 per month.
Under conditions as above named
gas lights would be burned at a rate
Of 81 10 and 5000 per month respec-
lively
The present rate of charge for arc
lights TO burn until midnight is $40,
and for gas lamps as at present under
the Philadelphia lighting schedule is
st25.
a comparative table showing the
rates paid in other municipalities was
read and the rates offered the city
council in comparison were consid.
cred reasonable
Mayor Winter opposed granting
contract for any length Of time to
light the streets and Alderman Fraser
wanted to substitute incandescent
electric lights for the gas lights now
in use.
Mr. NJ G. Wright representative for
the lighting companies was present
and stated that the idea Of using the
lights as suggested by Alderman
Fraser could not well be done at ans
reasonable figure as ii would ueces.
state re-wiring the entire city The
expense of converting the present arc
lights and all-night lights will also
entail considerable expense as new
holders and new carbon will he neces-
sary, but the company is willing to
bear the additional expense.
Aldermen Fuller and Meehan were
for more lights and all.night lights.
saving that people in their wards were
willing to stand the extra cost while
Alderman Woods only objection 10
the additional light was caused by a
fear that the city could not at pres.
ent afford the expenditure Of as much
more money as was required.
Mayor Winters objection to grant.
iBe contract was that he felt very
sure that cheaper rates could be pro
cured from some other company al an
early date. but Alderman Egan
though that the present state Of affairs
would prevail for many years TO come
and as a great saving could be made
by accepting a fve-year contract be
favored Il and moved that the matter
be referred to- the proper committee.
Alderman Fraser amended by asking
that the incandescent light PROPOSE
tion be considered. but the amend
ment vas lost Alderman Fraser then
asked that the matter be laid over un.
III next meeting night and It was
done
Building permits were granted as
following John r Williams to erect a
two-story frame cottage on TWENTY
third street between Washington and
Walnut Jesse A. Moss to erect a one
story cottage on lots - and lG block
one : solomon to erect shed on
lower Jefferson avenue. near Third
street
License was granted 10 W r.
Walker to conduct a dram shop at
500 Commercial avenue and 10 )
solomon 70 conduct a junk hop
The fire hose contract was found as
required and accepted
The salary bill was read and al
lowed
The street committee was instructed
20 repair crossing At the east side Of
Washington avenue and Twelfth
street
Motion by Alderman Nellis 10 repair
crossings at Twentieth and Poplar
was lost.
The matter Of placing a centrifugal