The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-10
WILL RESORT TO LAW
To Stop Proposed Commercial Ave
nue. rovement--Councii SEES
sion Was Listless.

O'Clock ten members were present
the absent ones being Mayor Winter
Aldermen Fraser. Koehler, Neff and
Wood Upon motion Alderman Nee
han was chosen to act as chairman
in the absence of Mayor Winter.
Reports of city officers were read
and approved.
The salary of John Hogan as street
supervisor was raised from $50 per
month TO $50.
Mayor Winter. Aldermen Koehler,
Neff and Wood then appeared and 1t
was learned that they had been in
conference with c. l.. Ewing, division
superintendent of the Illinois Central.
regarding placing light and night
and day Waterman at the subway.
The result of the talk with the Hi
nois Central official is not to be Civ.
en- for publication.
The claims and accounts were al
lowed with the exception of a bill Of
DR.. E. E. Gordon and one Of St
Mary's infirmary, which were refer
red back to the committee with in
structions to procure additional in.
formation concerning the accounts.
The matter of passing the ordi-
nance fixing the grade on CONNER
cial avenue between Twenty-tirst and
! Twenty.second streets was then TAX
en- up and discussed at length. 1t
provides that the Commercial avenue
grade be made the same ais that Of
Poplar and Sycamore streets between
Twenty.first and Twenty-second
streets. Mr.. Louis Zanone. who owns
majority OF the property in the
block between these streets on Com
mercial avenue, objected to making
the grade or fall of about three feet
all in front of bis property and Alder
men Egan and June were his cham
pions. The former introduced an
amendment to make the grade extend
another block north but it was laid
on the table by vote of 8 to 6. The
vote on the passage of the ordinance
resulted with the same vote. Previ-
Gus TO calling the roll Alderman Egan
arose and announced that If the OBJ
ject of the council was to- push i'm
provements they would certainly fail
If they passed the measure. as Mr.
Zanone would carry 1t into the courts
and fight 1t from the start.
The lunch wagon which has been !
located in the street at the corner OF |
Twelfth street and Washin gton ave- |
nue. will be moved to the vacant lot |
on Washington avenue above Simon's |
Red Cross drug store, the owner hav-
ing been asked to move 1t on the
street
The street committee reported ia
vorably upon the following:
A plank crossing TO be placed |
across Pine street at Twendy-hrst.
A cinder walk to be placed on south |
side of Thirty-fifth street, between
Washington and Highland avenues.
A cinder walk to be placed on west |
side of Washington avenue and Thif-
ty-fifth to Thirty-seventh streets.
A sidewalk to be placed on north |
side Of Thirty.fourth street from
Sycamore to Washington avenue.
A 12.inch sewer placed under road |
way of city lots between Fifteenth /
and Sixteenth streets.
A plank or stone crossing across
both sides Fifteenth and Walnut 1
streets, east and west sides.
A stone crossing be placed on |
Twentieth and Walnut streets run.
ming east and west
A stone crossing to be placed on |
south side of Cross and Walnut
streets running east and west.
A cinder sidewalk be placed on
south side Of Cross street running |
from Walnut west to middle of block
That the three ends of wooden 1
walks on south side Of Center and |
Washington avenue and north side
of Division and Washington be taken 1
up and replaced with cinder walks.
brick crossing be placed on the 1
north side of Fifth street on CONNER
cial avenues.
concrete crossing be placed on
the south side OF Fourth street on
Railroad street
"A eaten basin be placed on Twelfth
and Walnut streets.
An arc light be placed on the cor
ners of Eighth and Sixth streets on
Jefferson avenue.
A gas light be placed at Twenty.
fourth and Walnut streets.
A brick walk he built on south side
Twenty-second street from Walnut
to Pine. and on south side Twenty.
first street between Washington and
Walnut
The following building permits
we're granted: xtH1
Joseph Edeline to erect five-room
cottage to cost 5000 ON lot 9. block ~.
fifth addition.
r. F. English. to erect a two-tory
frame combination store room and
dwelling to cost about 1000. LOT %
block 80. first addition.
Trustees St Patrick's church 10
erect frame building TO cost $500.
in rear of St Patrick's church.
g. W Carr. 10 move back dwelling
now situated on lot 81, block 81. first