The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-08
FOR AN ELECTRIC
LIGHTING PLANT
City Council Sets Aside $4,000
for 1t
NIGHT OF WRANCLINC
OVER QUESTION FINALLY RE
SUITED IN ABOVE STEP-AL-
pERMAN WOOD THOUGHT
HE SAW POLITICS"

When The first monthly meeting O
the city council convened last nigh
every alderman was present
The minutes of the last meeting
were approved without reading and
the reports of the eiry officers were
read.
Dodgina Licenses and Taxes.
report Of the resources of the
city for 1904, prepared by the comp
troller at the request of one of the
aldermen, was read II showed thar
the total resources for the year were
Il se9.2a 20 over one-third of which
twas derived from liquor licenses. The
fact that only $3.50 was derived in Ii
i censes from the hotels and rastau
I rants and eating houses was com
mented upon before the meeting. One
of the aldermen enumerated over
$500 which slould have been collect.
ed from this source There is evident
~ several OF the houses that are pay
ing no license whatever The small
amour of street tax collected was al.
SO commented upon before the meet
/ ing there being only little over
/ $500 derived from this tax.
Tressurers Report.
! The city treasurer's report showed
that there was in the CRY treasury
at this time some $l172l9. which is
/ taat much more than was I'm the treas
! ury week ago since which time
several licenses and police fines have
been collected.
Fines Collected.
Police Magistrate John H. Robin.
son reported that ne had collected
fines TO the amount OF $5650. Justice
Of the Peace A. J. Ross $37 aud Jus
tice Of the Peace Andrew Whitcamp
s12: total sl05,50.
An ordinance raising the salary OF
the fire captains 10 sG5 per month and
the firemen TO $55 was passed
Appropriation Ordinance.
The reading Of the appropriation
ordinance, designating the amounts
70 be appropriated for each fund, was
heard with interest. The amount Set
aside for various purposes was sT2.-
600 which Is $4,000 less than was in.
Guided in the appropriation ordi
nance Passed March IL last year.
Alderman Wood offered an amend
ment that the small amount set aside
for the uptown volunteer fire depart
ment be left our of the appropriation
lnasmnch as the department was no
longer in existence The amend
ment carried.
Alderman Nen offered an amend
ment that $2500 be deducted from
the amount appropriated for streets
and that similar amount be taken |
from the drainage-sewer fund. max.
ing total Of sb.0a0 TO be set aside
and used towards making the frs
payment on municipal lighting |
plant. Alderman Neff said such |
plant as was needed for street ligat |
ing only would cost from $4,000 TO |
$4,000 He said that such plants /
We're successes. as was being dem |
onstrated daily by many towns hay
ing their own electric lights.
Alderman June said that Mr.. Neff /
might think municipal lighting was /
of more importance 10 the citizens
than good streets. The talk OF estab.
fishing an electric lighting plant had
been brought up and worked on the
council before and there is no. hing
in it. II We have any money let's put
II Where it will do some good. You
know, Neff, thar $4,000 trebled would
not begin 10 start a plant"
Mr.. Men then said that For,
Wayne. Ind, company would furnish
for placing 81 arc lights and
1I5 incandescent lights in the city for
$4,000 This did NOT include a build
ing, boiler. engine etc. He said il
could be bought and paid for on the
plan He thought il was
a good thing for Cairo. T.
Alderman Wood asked few ques
tons which developed the fact that
the cost Of such plant as was pro
posed would be about SIS 900 or $50.
300. He said tle appropriation of
s.. 100 for streets last year was ov-
erdrawH and he did not see how &
was possible TO cut the expenses in
that way $4,000 this year. He
thought that the full amount appro
priated for drainage and sewers
might be needed when il became nee A
essary 10 run tn pumps night and
day for some time in case Of high \
water. He favored municipal light /
Ing. hui Il don't understand. Mr.. Neff
how you could build light plant for
s5.lae or $1,000 would like 10
have 1t and if our fathers nad begun
right when the city was young We ,
might have had H. $4,000 of the
money Of 1905 is already spent We |
could paw no bills tomorrow if the
bill was held up To-
night by two OF the aldermen asking ,
that it be laid over unless the banks
y ere willing to advance the money !,