The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-02
Mayor and Aldermen TO Push the
Work OF Improvement
NOT TO CLEAN SEWERS
COUNCIL DECIDES NOT TO MAKE
CONTRACT WITH Mr.. STEW
ART-MAYoR LEFT FOR
OYSTER BAY.

The city council met in the first
regular session of the month last night
at the council chambers with all mem
bers present but Aldermen Werner,
snyder and Magner.
Immediately upon calling the meet
ing to order Mayor Parsons stated
that he wished 10 introduce TO the
council Mr. Stewart, of Boston. whose
device for cleaning sewers has been
tested in this city during the past
week, Before introducing MIR. Stewart
| Mayor Parsons said that the subject
of the talk which that gentleman was
about TO make would be the purchase
| by Cairo of one or more OF his patents,
He said that he would hardly deem
| II advisable, owing to the weather and
the unhealthy condition OF the south
/ at the present time, TO suggest that
these machines be purchased and said
that il would be a Gerry unwise thing,
not to say an unhealthy one, to open
the sewers with any sort of device
| before cool weather sets in and there
is less danger OF infection or disease
arising from the sediment which must
of necessity have settled in them.
Mr. Stewart talked 70 the council
for few moments, stating that he
hoped they would make a contract
with him, and Offering the body sever.
al propositions. among which was one
to rent them machine its time of ser.
vice to begin when the council chose,
for a period Of sixty days for $40,
at the end of that time, il purchase
of one was made, the rental To be APP
piled on the purchase price of s720
| Aldermen Wood. Nef and June
spoke against the making OF any con.
tract for the machines at present and
/ the matter was referred to the street
committee after d little further de-
bate. and MIR, Stewart was assured
that at any time when the purchase
of a sewer cleaning machine was CON
| templated he would be notified of the
fact
l The reports of the various com
| mittees were read and referred.
The report of the city officials were
read and referred 10 the finance com.
mlttcc.
The reports Of the city supervisor
and police magistrate were received
and referred to the city comptroller
land city attorney
The report Of Chief OF Police Egar
! was read, showing the number of ar
rests during the month of July TO bt
; 233 The reports Of the various off
! GERS were also received and referred
/ to the police, jail and fire committee.
) The report Of NJ. Lutz, city iafler
i shovel that the prisoners had beer
e worked ON the streets six days durinf
. the past month
The report from Fire Station No.
showed five alarms ana seyenty-sr
patrol calls answered during the mont
OF July The reports from Station Nc
!. shows six alarms answered durinj
J. that month. Several acquisitions wer
l. made by the different stations whicl
a were with the exception Of one 70
4 feed which was allowed, referred t
d the police, jail and fire committee.
L The report Of the city enginee
e showed the subway sewer completes
# and the grading of the subway ais
e completed as far as possible with til
e limited supply of gravel provide
it him.
Il The report Of the police, Jail an
q fire committee recommended the pu
. chase Of stipulated amount Of hos
r and the construction of a tower {
!, Station No ] for the purpose of dryin
n the cotton hose The report was r.
ID ceiyed and the recommendation COZ
u Cured in
N Mayor Parsons stated that viii
.e driving Of the city yesterday he notice
II at the corner Of Twenty-seventh all
- Poplar streets that some one was 81
81 deayoring TO construct house out /
" an old car barn Knowing that r
y building permit had been issued fl
~ this work he ordered it stopped unit
q q permit should be secured. He sa
NJ that the police he'll been notified
=, report all cases Of this kind and til;
= they would again be told to look d
" for them and thar they must do so.
Two petitions were received fro
~ property owners on Sycamore sire
for water plugs, one on the corner
Thirtieih street and the other on Il
corner OF Twenty.third street.
d, Michaels petitioned the count
ar 70 have his pawn brokers' licen
.st transferred 70 Simon Michaeson
IN. Two petitions to transfer liquor
IN. censes were presented They we
he referred to the police jail and fl
nd committee
ne communication was read from q
ne board Of the public library asking tn
lt Hon. Reed Green, n w, Barclay al
m 9, = o'Hara. whose terms Of servi
on the board have expired, be appoll
ed ed to succeed themselves.
ea The regular salary bills were vot
TOT allowed and various bills were receiv
IN and referred to their respective co
mittees
Alderman Nells introduced reso
o ton 20 have the city purchase II