The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-09-04
CITY COUNCIL ORDERS REPAIRS
ON STREETS ALONG LINE OF
MARCH.
OLD CHURCH BUILDING
or Torn Down--Ohio Street
Walk Must Be Wide.-To
Paint the Arch.

Parsons, and Aldermen koehler, Mag,
ner Ferguson, German, Kelly, Mel,
lis, Davis, Meehan and Bourgeois.
The mayor spoke OF the president s
prospective visit referring to it as
one of the most important events in
Cairo's history. He said besides the
chief executive of the country there
states. He said. the plan was to have
the president land at the wharf, be
driven down Eighth street to Wash.
4 ington avenue If that street was IN
condition for use then mp to Twenty
eighth street and to the park. II Wash
1 ington avenue was not in condition
| for use then the line of march would
I be up Commercial avenue TO Tween.
1 tieth 6treet, west to Washington and
north on the latter as before stated.
4 The mayor urged that 80 cars Of
! gravel be purchased to place the
streets along the line of march in
( good repair for this occasion.
The mayors suggestion was accept.
ed by the city council and the comp
I troller authorized to order the gravel
/ The mayor also reported the resig-
nation of Officer Fitzgerald from the
police force and appointed Special
Officer Carmody to the vacancy The
appointment was confirmed.
Street Supervisor Gilmore reported
collecting s4G9.50 during August.
Judge Ross reported collecting $4S9S5
from fines. Chief Egan reported 319
arEests, Jailer Lutz reported 232
days work on streets.
Fire station No T. reported seven
alarms and az trips with patrol wa
gon. Station No 2, reported five
alarms and two still alarms.
The city engineer reported $4,000
square feet of cement walk built dur
ing the month of August All sewers
contracted for were completed and
work begun on Commercial avenue
sewer.
Building petitions were read as fol
lows.
J. II. Ferguson double cottage 1908
Poplar street.
Zion Bishop Bishop, frame store
building 2206-S Sycamore
Mary e. Patier $4,000 dwelling at
313 Twentieth street
John S. Blanchard, lunch stand at
2715 Commercial
Chas. phillipy, $1,000 dwelling and
cottage, lots | and I. blocks Is and H.
fifth addition.
Edward Andrews, addition to build
ing at 523 Douglas.
Mrs Emma e. Profilet $4,000 dwell.
ing on Twenty.second street
James l.. Bondurant. 81 800 cottage
lot rs, block 81, fourth addition
Mrs. e. NJ. Hudson TO move cottage
from lot 80, block ;, third addition to
lot 81, block 81.
T. ]. keefe, to build cottage on lot |
40, block IS, first addition
On motion petitions of Mrs Patier, |
Mrs Profilet and Messrs Keefe and |
Blanchard were granted at once.
Petition of President Smith of Cairo |
& Thebes Railroad Co, asking that
Water Co. be directed to have water
main laid on sixteenth, Seventeenth
and Locust streets was referred TO
pump and water committee with in
structions TO consider Nineteenth
street as a route TO the locality where
water service is desired
D.ts.,.x - Ug,,, ns.f,,,. mod. |
sion to remove wagon scales from
present locality on Washington ave
lue to new locality was referred to
street committee.
Bonds were referred to finance com.
nittee
Alderman Meehan offered a resolu-
ion directing the chief of police and II
.ity attorney TO have building stand
ng I'm middle of Sixteenth street near
avenue removed or torn
lown.
Alderman Ferguson said the con.
ractor who has bad the building IN
barge was ready TO 10 so If he were
iven permission to cut down trees.
Alderman Meehan said the city
ouncil would have no right TO give
ny one permission to cut down trees.
he building was obstructing the
treet and people had a right to OBJ
act TO the long delay in moving IT,
T it were not removed the chief
hould have it torn down.
Alderman Ferguson replied he had
o doubt the contractor would be
lad to have the chief tear IL down.
The resolution was adopted
Alderman Nellis offered a resolu.
on directing the chief Of police to
Otify contractors to have lights
aced on building material at Seven
'enth and Commercial and else
here Also that city engineer have
hio street where newly paved. clean
T so that pavement can be inspected
: the board OF local Improvements h
fore it is accepted. Adopted.
Protest vas made against sugges-
ln that some Of the owners Of prop
IL on Ohio street above Eighth. be
rmitted to build six foot walks in
FAD q is or ~ foot walks: and a
solution was adopted directing the
~ ou0fueor IA unfifv tn m that the