The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-13

I the past year. II has been recon-
/ mendcd aud now that our improved
stree s are about 10 become reality
would suggest the proprlcty Of con
! sidering the licensing Of vehicles OF
} all kinds upon our streets. Many
lines of business that are now paying
: a license, could consistently, be
called upon to pay little additional
amount, and | emphasize the sugges-
tion that his class OF revenue 10 be
carefully and promptly considered by
your Honorable Body.
Some years ago a plan was
started and carried almost to a sue
cessml completion, OF providing suit
able quarters for the city government,
but Inadvertently. the plans con
tempated fell by the wayside Just as
they were reaching completion. |
have reference to what is commonly
known to the people of Cairo as the
Easi St Louis plan of building city
hall
Since that project was started,
I Cairo has acquired large portion of
/ the block of ground that was desired
for this purpose and is now in much
better shape TO take up the matter in
this. or any other way, If il seems
best, with view of completing ar
Engagements for a suitable building to
be used by the city authorities. The
scheme which has been called the
East 81. Louis plan, as you all know,
was to obtain pledges OF large mum.
Der Of citizens to secure the loan Of
money enough 70 erect building
the city to pay sufficient annual
rental to provide for the payment or
the cos of the property during
period of ten years, and at the end Of
that time the building was to become
absolutely city property, I respect
fully urge the most careful considera
ton of your Honorable Body to the
matter of constructing suitable city
buildings.
with the construction of the main
sewer and the laterals TO connect
with it, as provided for by the scheme
az our CITY engineer, the healhfulness
Of Cairo would be very materially in
creased, were II not for the fact that
the disposition of the garbage and
offa of the city Is becoming a most
serious burden, Ii has been the Gus
tom to deposit the garbage upon
lands lying on, side Of and south of
the Mississippi levee. These lands
have been recently purchased by a
Cairo citizen and are now becoming
very valuable and likely to be i'm
proved within the very near future,
$50 that 1t will be impossible to con
tinue to deposit the garbage upon
them much longer
The disposition of the offal in the
city is even more serious PROPOSE
tion than of the garbage Formerly
the gardeners Of the city used prac.
tically all of the offal from stables
fer fertilizer bur since all of the land
used for gardening purposes has been
purchased by corporations for rail-
road use. this method of disposing of
pffal has been entirely eliminated and
IL Is now a very serious question for
the city authorities 10 determine how
best to handle. | recommend that the |
proper committee of your Honorable /
Body give this matter their serious \
attention.
1.-THE efficiency of the police force 4
and the fire department have been (
particularly noticeable and are en-
IN ~ Of 10
collection of fines in the city courts
has amounted to nearly Eight Thou
sand Dollars during the past two
years. and but few criminals of any
kind have escaped arrest. In addi
ton to these collections and arrests.
the city iailer has worked prisoners
upon the streets during the past two
years 4,195 days. The records of the
city of Cairo do not show a parallel
Of these facts.
The general moral condition of the
city shows marked improvement
brought about without any great
demonstration, but nevertheless ef-
fectiy ~ accomplished. Such results
are more lasting and better enable
the bringing about of further needed
reforms which will be followed up
by a constant and conservative con
of the present policy.
THE wo of the firemen has been
no less noticeable. as will be appre. {.
ciated when it is remembered that
during the two years pas there has
not been fire within the city of any
3crious character either financially
1r in the loss OF high priced buildings.
These results can only be attributed
r. the efficiency of the respective
officers Of the city.
Il canno close this message with 4
put referring briefly to some of the d
vents that have taken place here In
he past two years During this al !
the city of Cairo has !
'een honored by the presence within
Ter borders Of the Rivers and Har {
)Ors commit ee of the National Can
sress. together with a large number Z
4 prominent citizens living along the n
lanks of the Ohio river and its tribu- a
alies all the way from Pittsburg TO
afro This. perhaps. was the most Il