The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-22
Streets Can Be Paved Without o
Petition From the Majority
OF Property 0wrers
WILL MEAN MUCH
FOR GREATER CAIRO
NO HITCH NOW POSSIBLE I'M
THE PLANS MADE BY COM.
MlTTEE OF TWENTY IF
COUNCIL PASSES AN
ORDINANCE.

As a result of bill No. SO, Greater
Cairo with all the Improvements,
paved streets, sewers, etc, which has
long been talked of will no doubt be-
come a reality.
The measure, which became a law
Saturday, without the signature of the
governor, will enable cities in Illinois
to make necessary improvements
such as the paving of streets. It will
remove all stumbling blocks to pro
gress and Advancement. 1t will give
progressive cities the power to build
modern and up-to-date sewers and
streets.
The new law omits all classified
ton of cities and Is therefore not open
to attacks before the courts. The mea-
sure does not discriminate and applies
equally to any and all cities in the
state, In a word it simply restores
justice to the smaller cities which are
anxious TO advance and improve
The new law will no doubt have u
very material effect on the Greater
Cairo" meeting, which has been called
by Mayor Parsons, chairman Of the
committee for the nexty Friday night.
On the 10th of February last, a
public meeting of representative citi.
zens was held and the reports Of the
committees appointed to formulate n
plan for public improvement and also
to investigate the legal questions were
{ adopted.
For many years. public improve
ments have been held up, owing the
law, which required majority Of
The property owners along the line OF
the proposed improvements to sign u
petition for the sale.
At the meeting last winter The I'M
proyements decided upon were as fol-
lows:
Pave Commercial avenue from Sec
ond TO Thlrty-fourth street with Wit.
rihed brick
Pave Washington avenue from Sec.
I ond to Fourteenth street and from
Q Fourteenth TO Thirty-fourfh street i
prass plat Of twenty feet in the cen,
ter Of street, with brick paving on
Il either side.
i Pave Walnut street from Tenth ID
Twenty-eishth streets with brick.
Pave Thirtyfourth street west from
i Commercial avenue to Walnut stree,
!. with brick
A large outlet sewer on Washington
avenue, extending the full length d
"a the avenue
rs The report Of the legal committee
"A showed that the costs Of the improve
v ments could be divided into install
=. ments, not exceeding ten in number
X. one installment being made each year
i. Later, committees were appointe,
to circulate petitions for the proposed
improvements among the properl,
n owners and try and induce at least
majority Of them to sign. Despiu
the fact that the Greater Cairo" NOV
worked up considerable public inter
~ est II was feared that some difficult,
would be experienced in some local
ties at least, in securing the necea
sary signatures, and according To tn
Il. law then in effect, this would put
Of stop to the Improvement in that Il
Al. cality.
no With the new law, however, all I
y. this will be changed and all that nov
70. remains to be done befove Cairo b,
a. comes a city with paved streets.
re perfect sewerage system ana "Grea
er Cairo in every sence of the wor
cd $ for the council to pass an ordinanc
to for the improvements planned by III
10 Committee Of Twenty.