The Cairo bulletin., 1906-05-02
PARSONS ANNUAL MESSAGE
MAKES A STRONG DEMAND FOR
A CLEANER AND GREATER CAIRO
Washington Park Given Over to Mrs. W. P. Hal
|iday for Improvement as Location for
The Hewer'
NOMINATIONS AND COMMITTEES

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first regular session this month. AL
members were present excepting AL
derman Snyder, as follows: Antrim
Burke. Davis, Fuller, German, Koch
Ter, Lawler, Magner. Meehan. Nellis
Scullin Simon, Thomas. His Honor
Mayor Parsons presided and CITY
Clerk Hatcher. City ComptUllel
Dewey, City Attorney Moore, City En-
gineer Thstlewood and City Marsha
Egan, were all In their places
The meeting was called to order al
s O'Clock and the proceedings were be
gun by the mayor calling Alderman
Koehler to the chair while he read his
message, as follows:
Cairo, Illinois, May /. 1906.
Gentlemen of the City Council:
In compliance with the provisions of
the Statute of the State of Illinois, It
becomes my duty TO preaent to you,
annually, statement CT the condition
OF the City in all its phases and make
such recommendation as seem neces
sary for the betterment and develop
ment of Cairo
The past year has been one for
congratulation in many respects. There
has been no friction between the repre-.
sentatives of the City to mar the pro.
ceedings Ct this body; there have been
no fires of serious consequence during
the year; there has been no epidemic
of any kind within the borders of the
City, and barring the necessity OF
quarantining the City against the pos.
$ s'bility of yellow fever coming into
our midst. which was so successfully
maistained there has been no calam
ity OF any kind to alarm our people.
Therefore, | repeat, we have much to
be congratulated upon for the past fis
cal year.
Street orovements.
The uppermost thought In the minds
of the people of Cairo today is the
cleaning up and improving of all The
; treets and alleys of the City. A year
ago urged the necessity of general
up of all the streets. but this
suggestion from me has been practi
cally ignored by the people. The de
during the past year de.
mand that he City of Cairo needs all
Of the streets and alleys for the bu, |.
less of the public and that no portion
1f them can longer be given up TO
private nterets. Many OF the people |
If Cairo have so long enjoyed The /
Use of a large portion of the streets for |
storage Of their merchandise that they |
leem II a hardship now 10 be required |
o surrender to the CITY any portion o. |
he treets that they have so long used |
say to you now, frankly, that the |
ime is at hand when every portion of |
IL the streets and alleys must be va |
ated by private interests and given /
p 10 the general benefit of all the pub |
ic, TO be used for street purposes only. |
where necessity demand /
therwise during business hours in the
Wholesale districts
The unusual number of large enter.
rises reaching toward our City en-
orces upon VS. The fact that the CITY I
{ Cairo is far behind in matters of
treet improvements and this leads
ne to present to you the necessity Of
living most earnest active and con.
tant attention 10 the matter Of street
improvements. beginning with the gen.
raj sewerage system and following II
p with street filling. brick paving
nd side walk building The sewerage ]
has been under eonsidera- {
on fer long time. having been taken a
? during the administration Of my q
and plans that were de {
Hoped and laid before the Council I
ore than year ago have been ap- Z
owed by the Board of Local I'm r
oyements of the past year and ,
ointment consulting engineer. so that c
now becomes the duty of his council
push the matter. II seems TO me
on the lines which have been so o
refully and 5Udiously developed y
tn the view OF securing the com n'
'tion Of a general leverage system ul
apted to our present and future "
cess.ties. without any further delay. "a
deem II my duty al this time TO
phssize the adoption % the plans -
II have been presented a. they are =
product Of more than one admin ~
ration and have been prepared by :
own engineers and approved by a =
npetent engineer from abroad as -
best and most feasible plan for
cling the City of Cairo IN a catisfac- =
y state. both with reference 10
image and sanitary conditions The -
ird Of Local Improvements. which =
m pleased TO say will be continued
the coming year the same as -,
vas last year. with but two excep- =
Is, has uader consideration the