The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-03
BUSY SESSION
BY CITY COUNCIL
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS HuSTLEas
AND CENTRAL LABOR UNION
HAVE PETITIONS.
BIDS ON SIDEWALKS
Tax Levy Ordinance Read First Time
Partly Burned Building to Be
Razed-Protest Against
Saloon.


The first April meeting of the cit
. council was held last night Their
were present His Honor, Mayor Pa
sons, and Aldermen Koehler. Magnel
scullin, Thomas. German, Simon
Fuller Thistlewood, Nellis, Snyder
Davis and Meehan. Little was dom
ont of the regular routine business
Y The meeting was without incident.
Reports of officers we're read ant
referred.
! A local committee of he Southern
Illinois Hustlers headed by f. d
Carey were present and Mr.. Carey
addressed the council in behalf of the
proposition to have permanent steel
illumination arch erected at Eighth
and Commercial for the coming
Hustlers' meeting. Mr. Carey spoke
strongly for the arch, and the matter
was referred to the finance commit
tee for consideration and report
Building petitions were referred 70
committee as follows:
Mrs. Margaret O'Donnell, two story
10 room dwelling to cost $4,000 at
2200 Washing on avenue.
H, S, Rodgers, room l0x12 to cost
800 at 250S Poplar street e
John Thatcher. frame addition to
cost $50, 1913 Poplar street
Ralph Thompson, 5-room cattage TO
cost sl150 on Thirty eighth street
between Highland avenue and Big
Four track
+. f. Cox TO remove house from
lots 19 to % block o. city, to lots IA
to 20. block II, city.
Mrs. John A. Miller. to erect
two-story frame between Sycamore
and Poplar streets.
Petition of properly owners asking
that license for saloon at 20ls Poplar
street be refused. was referred 10
on police. jail and Are de /
partment No petition for saloon at
that place was presented. but it was
stated that there was a purpose toldo /
so.
Salary bin was allowed and miscel +
laneons claims were referred to com +
except claim of Miss Bessie +
Wilson for special work in sending
1ut notices for public improvement,
L daEs al s. per daX-Tae- mayor l
explained that Miss Wilson was in
lis employ at $40 per month at the
ime she did this work and he charged
ne city at only tina rate for her
york, paving her for what she hal
lone. On motion Miss Wilson's
Jain was referred back to her with
he mayors explanation
Alderman Snyder presented a reso.
uti0n adopted by the Central Labor
lnion. asking the city council to
dopt an ordinance requiring that all
'ork done for the city under con.
ract shall be done by union labor,
nd that all purchases of supplies for ,
ne city shall be union made supplies.
xcept that the employment of pris-
ners on the streets shall not be in
arfered with. On motion of he al.
srman the petition was referred to =
he city attorney
Bids for sidewalks provided for by
enhances No % to l13 inclusive
ere received. The bid Of Gamer &
aines ranged from II to l5ib cents
n square foot That of W. r. Hall P
~ was for 12 ll-1G cents par n
uare foot under all the ordinances @
cept No. 9s for which il was Il q
-l6 cents. Garner & Haines bidding j
y cents for this walk. The bids G,
ere referred to the street commit m
Alderman Nelis offered a resolu- :,
IN requesting the sity attorney 10 8,
certain and report whether or not
ton can be taken % require the re =.
oval or razing Of the remains of
rtially burned buildings in various
rts of the city. He said some of
ese ruins bal defacei the streets
years
Ex Alderman Wood being present
a member Of the Hustle,s commit
/ was called upon for speech and
added his approval to the PROPOSE
n for an arch as petitioned. He
Ike pleasantly Of other matters anl
s. greeted with applause.
An ordinance providing for
net walk on the north side cf
'enteenth street was read AMI re-
red.
Alderman Wagner Offered a resolu
n directing he city engineer to
'e sewer on Sycamore street ex-
ded from Thirty fourth street
Inward to Thlrty-second street.
AK levy ordinance for 1907 was .
d and referred.
EDITION of Jesse W Rule for per
sion 10 lay switch track across
street 10 Big -Four
3 read and referred to street and .
nance committees.
esOiution for walk on south side
Twenty-eighth street from Syca-
'c 10 Elm street. was refe red
REFUSED A NEW TRIAL.