The Cairo bulletin., 1905-03-01
GREATER CAIRO MOVEMENT
AIDED BY The COUNCIL
Committee Empowered to Employ Engineer
to Ascertain Feasibility of Main Out
LET Sewer and Plan System
of Sewerage

board and city council how much OF
the present sys EN- of sewers can be
used"
Quite contrary to general eXpecta.
tions, the report Of the board was not
acted upon until considerable time
lad been spent in discussing the mat,
ter.
Alderman Wood moved that he re.
scrt Of the board be adopted.
The general opinion was that To-
2al engineers should be employed to
Obtain street levels and such data as
you'd be necessary for an expert en-.
speer TO use in completing the plans
ag a sewerage system. It was hoped
" this method to lessen the cost OF
layiug an expert engineer employed
my great leng of time.
Alderman Fraser asked that a res
luton Of similar puFport introduced
Y him last May, be read. The clerk
cad the resolution and the alderman,
18th an offended meln, stated that he
lidn't see why he present report Of
he board was adopted when his resos
ut'on was tabled some months ago
lie thought it might not be necessary
0 employ engineers 10 get street
evels, etc, If the field book of for.
aer City Engineer Thrupp was avail
able.
Alderman Meehan had heard it ru-
chr haf nfr
or the purpose could be secured from
,ome sort of state institutions at
ominal price. He thought about
200 should be the limit and he cred
ed Alderman Wood with being bet.
er acquainted with state institutions
han any one else and thought he
would be a good man TO find out
yhere the engineers could be found.
Alderman June thought II strange
hat several hundred dollars had been
aid for engineers to keep records
nd that it was necessary 10 pay
gain for the information that should
oe at hand for the asking He criti-
ised the manner in which the city
ngineer's reports had been neglected
nd allowed to remain some place
ther than the city hall. The work
the city engineer has net been &C.
urate and the records have been kept
n a disconnected manner" he said.
lie thought il it was necessary TO ger
n engineer the council should en-
10y one who will do his duty by the
)eople.
There were many minor questions
hat came up in regard to the sewer
ge system and Alderman Wood in
xplaining some of them said he
hough it wac too bad that all the
lembers of the council were not
Members Of the Greater Cairo COM
nittee of twenty so they would un
erstand it perfectly.
In speaking of the sewer Alderman
Wood made one important suggestion
hat had not been brought to the at.
ention of the people and that was
hat if main sewer was laid west of
Railroad street there was some
ioubt abou- being able to tax the
property owners east of it unless the
sewers drained into it. The natural
Train was supposed to be the other
way
Alderman Wood made quite a talk
IN favor of adopting the report of the
board citing the fact that a great
many of the city's largest taxpayers
and wealthy men were spending a
Treat deal Of time in pushing the
movement.
Alderman Lawler also made an en-.
thusiastic talk.
Alderman Egan doubted if an ex.
pert would be willing to accept the
fgurea of the local engineers and
agree to begin the work with such
data as was furnished by the local
surveyors. In htat event the expense
would have been incurred without
any benefits being derived.
The report of the board was then
adopted without a dissenting vote. Al
derman Muleahy was absent
Building Petitions.
The following building petitions
were granted:
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