The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-06
COUNCIL MEETING
MAYOR WANTS LOWER INsuR-
ANcE RATES FOR BETTER
FIRE SERVICE.
Mile Of Cement Walks Built Last
Month and More, to come--con.
mite Votes FOR 5tcam
@ Roller.

The first regular meeting this mont
was held by the city council last night
Mayor Parsons and all members OF tn,
council were present, excepting AL
derman Magner.
Mayor stated that he had laid side
walk In front Of his property on Wash
ington avenue and brick placed there
for new walk by city was subject tt
its order.
Mayor stated he would be out of thu
city for some days after tonight and
asked that council choose a mayor
pro tenn. Alderman Koehler was
chosen unanimously.
City street supervisor reported col
Letting sl2 dog taxes and $226 street
taxes.
Magistrate Ross reported 1921 fines
collected in Nav. Justice Robinson re
ported SIG and Justice r. Jackson $40
Chief Egan reported 308 arrests for
May.
City Tailor Lutz reported 568 days
served by prisoners, 331 days work
on streets.
Captain OF fire station No. / reported
six alarms ard Of station No. 2 nine
alarms in May.
City Engineer Thistlewood reported
$3.50 feet of cement walks bull in
May and 1864 spent on streets; also
that city carts had cleared streets Of
all rubbish.
Building petitions were submitted
and referred to building committee as
follows:
Frank l.. Moore. new cottage lot "a
block 2. Second Feuchter & Lansden
addition
Mrs. Mime Madden, remodeling
house at $50 and 3S2 Fourth street.
Maggie Mr. Wall $1.t00 cottage. lot
SO, block -, First addition
b. s. Hodgins, 5000 cottage lot 9,
block 4. FarrelFs addition.
N. c. Fitzgerald, five $500 dwellings,
lcts Is to "a, block 13 Fifth addition.
G. p Crabtree, addition to house on
lot 3. block 49,, city.
Mrs. L. NJ McNulty. 81, 800 house on
lots As and i6, block Is, Fourth add
ton.
Lizze Simmons to remodel house at
420 Twelfth street.
J. F. Champion S-room dwelling on
lots'3 and 4, block "a Fourth addition.
Chas. Young, $1,000 cottage, lots
rs and &c. block 46, city.
A. T. DeBaun. 12x20 addition to
store house, 1902 Poplar street.
At DeBaun, cottage at g34 Tween
ty-eighth street. fa
Mrs. Salina Barth. 81 400 cottage,
lots 80 and 81, block 3, Feuchter &
Lansden addition
Petition that saloon license be trans.
ferred TO w A. Trotter and o. S. |
WeTch at Ills Commercial avenue, was
referred to finance committee.
Petitions OF proprletors OF industrial |
establishments on the west side Of the |
city for water mains and fire hydrants |
together with petition of fire under
writers OF the city on the same sub
iect. were referred TO the Pump and
Water committee for consideration and
report. Commenting upon the latter
the mayor said II would be well TO
have a conference with the under
writer's, TO ascertain what could be
done in the way Of securing lower
rates for he citizens of Cairo. Varf-
Dus concessions had been made by the
city COUNCIL to the underwriters in
years past, but INSTEAD of getting
ower rates OF insurance the rates had
been increased. He had attended a
meeting of the MilIers' association
Turing the afternoon and they had
spoken very severely OF the insurance
and their merciless exact.
ems. He hoped the committee would
De able 10 get from the underwriters
'Ome statement as to what would be
leeded In order TO secure lower rates ;
# insurance for Cairo.
A communication from Jos Bur E
Iett railroad man complained that a
he city attorney was engaged in money |
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