The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-12
CINY COUNCIL
HOLDS MEETING
CEMENT WALK ON OHIO STREET
AND MANY OTHER STREETS
ARE ORDERED.
PUSH STREET FILLING
Says Mayor-Plat for 5our9olse Ad
dtion to City Presented--City
Asked to Pay for Damage
to Ice Wagon.

| The second regular December meet
ing of the city council was held last
night. His Honor, Mayor Parsons,
presided and the following aldermen
were present: Burke, Koehler, Mag
ner. I.awler, Thomas, Somon, Scullin,
Fuller, Nellts, Snyder. Davis and Nee.
har.
Minutes of past regular meeting
were approved without reading.
Clerk read ordinance providing for
filling of Eighteenth. Nineteenth.
Twentieth and Cedar, Cross streets,
as recommended by Broad of Local I'm.
provements. Referred TO street and
ordinance committees
Street committee reported in favor
of stone crossing over Fourteenth
street on west side of Commercial;
plank crossing over Douglas street.
on west side Of Walnut; cinder walk
on north side of Thirty-sixth street
from Washington avenue to Highland
avenue Committees recommends
itions were concurred in.
Miscellaneous claims were allowed
Distilled Water Ice Manufacturing
company presented claim for damages
to wagon sustained by running into
an excavation at Fifteenth and Locust
streets, excavation being made by
Dunlap 81 Bailey. contractors. On mo-
ton ii was referred TO city attorney
with in tructions to settle matter with
contractors who were under bond to
restore street to safe condition.
City engineer was instructed to cut
eff house connections with sewer at
Thirty-second and Sycamore streets.
Building petitions submitted at pre-
vious meeting were granted including
that of Mrs LiReham for a barn on
lots 8 and 10. block fl, first addition,
againat which protest was made by
citizens which was presented by At
torney Hunter Bird, who spoke briefly
to the council. The Lineham petition
had the signature of the owners of
majority of the lots in the block, by
one lot, enc of he protesters, who had
signed the petition, having
withdrawn from the protest at the last
momen'.
Fire plug was ordered in accordance
with petition OF F Nordman.
Petition and plat of John Burgoise
Tor permission to plat addition to
Cairo was referred 10 street commit
tee.
New building petitions were referr-
ed to building committee as follows:
r. o. Webster, 10 erect building at
5000 Sycamore; Mrs. Beasley to re-
move building; T. NJ. Gaunt to erect
at 713 Thirty-seventh street
Citizens residing on Thity-siXth.
Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth
streets petlioned for two arc lights
TO be located at the corners Of Thity-
sixth aud Thirty-eighth streets, on
Highland avenue Referred to street
committee.
Resolutions of respect to the mem
DRY of Capt f. S. Dewey were offered
by Alderman Snyder. chairman of the
committee appointed TO present them,
the other members being Aldermen
Lawler aud Koehler The resolutions
were adopted by a rising vote,
Resolution providing for plank cross
ing on Walnut rect opposite en-
trance TO no pi-al-from sidewalk toI
street car track IVES adopted.
Crossing was ordered on north side
of Thirtyfourth street al Sycamore
stree.
Chairman OF street committee was
directed 10 have Twen,y-first street
graded and drained
Matter Of petition OF J, -. Reed for
purchase of strip of city lots at Tenth
and Ohio streets was called up by
Alderman Burke. who stated that Mr..
Reed wished TO erect a brick building
there. fronting on Tenth street for
retail hardware store. Committee viii
report on same al a special meeting
# city council 20 be held this week
Bonds Of Ernest Nordman as city
comptroller and of p. l. Doud as police
constable were approved
Ordinance by Alderman Meehan
"a sing license fee for opera house TO
$500 per annum. from $50 a. now. and
ordinance by Alderman Scullin relat-
ng 20 runners licenses we're referred
10 ordinance committee
Ordinance providing for cement
walks on Elm street Thirty-fifth
street. Wash ngton avenue. Thirty
sixth street Highland avenue and
Twen y-ninth street also on On y
street from Eighth TO Fourteenth
street. N west side Of Commercial
from Nineteenth street - feet soIth-
,vard; IN north side OF Twentieth
street. from Poplar street 175 feet
west ward: on west aido Of Poplar
from Twentieth street 10 Division
streets. were all referred 10 ordinance /
Mayor stated that he would like TO
have committees act on ordinances
providing for street filling on the west
side Of the city. He announced thai
q special NEE. ing Of The council would
be held al which he hoped the ordi-
nances would be presented for pas