The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-04
Al eREATER CAIRO NECESSITY,

am heartily In sympathy with the
movement to secure city hall, and
ii would please me to give.my assist
ar,ce to you IN arranging to secure. at
AID early date as practicable such q
h building or buildings as the necessities
Of our city demand.--Extract from
Mayor Parsons inaugural address.
Al subject much comment among
those who attended the first meeting
and the new city council Tuesday
night was the very inferior and made
Quate quarters in which the business
of The city As transacted 1t is fact
that the Spectators at the counc
4 meeting suffered many discomfort.
I and IT. IL no less true that scores 7ef
other citizens who feel proper inter-
est III municipal affairs are deferred
from attending council meetings sole
~ en- account Of the place in which
these meetings are held. A matter of
even ordinary interest is responsible
for an attendance which more than
iiiIs The limited space devoted to eoun
Gil proceedings and it is an additional
fact thatsit is only the prime good ma.
t,ires OF city officials which has not
caused an outbreak on their part years
y age The gentlemen who occupy the
most important positions in the city
of Cairo, WHO are responsible for. Its
Welfare and management are herded
together in a small, low ceflingeds IN
properly ventilated room which these
men would not think of accepting fol
individual sffice use II offered then
rent free. In every respect Tuesday
evenings session was one of the mos
harmonious, commendable and salts
factory council meetings held in CHI
history Of the city and the only jarrinI
note was in the inferior setting of Thu
otherwise successful event.
Very much has been said and writ
ten in the past on this topic and TIL
necessity it suggests win probably al
ways DO a much discussed subjec
among our people. There Is one ans
wer 70 the problem. one correctiol
that may be made in the condition a
II exists and that is the early erectio
of suitable and commpdious quarter
as permanent home for the munic
pal government The city hall plan
an old one and 1t numbers its friend
by the thousands. The only difficult
heretofore an unsumountable one. his
been arquestion of ways and mean
The Bulletin believes that the tin
Is now all but ripe for the accomplls
ment Of this project which It hi
sscontinually. aud consistently advocate
sipcn the fdea was first advanced
Much has already been accomplis
ed in. th s respect. A large part
the ground has been secured as eley'
or the sixteen lots In block 40. FINN
diately north OF the postofffde,
over 70 per cent Of the ground spa
OF the block is now the property
the city. The site Is an ideal one wi
the custom house on the south and
Stafford Memorial library on [
north The location Is ideal, centr
~ situated with no street car Il
W thin to exceed one block dista
paved streets and ample room for c
hail. TAIL. fire department and 81
~ other municipal building as may fir
time to limo pc required.
AllhuaEh under the present flnant
condition az the city II Is doubtful
the whole can be done now there
no doubt but that ways might be
viscd u make start with build
" which. NOuld- a. present be used
general purpt - and later devoted