The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-05-08
Tells of Street Work Estimated to
Cost S6OO,OOO- Wants New
City Hall and More
Revenue
Saws City's Moral Condition Is Better and Policy
Will be Continued--Appoin New Com
mttees-CounciI In Wrang|e Over
Police Salaries

| An interesting meeting was held by
The city council last night made 20
by the mayors annual message and
! IN Inc announcement OF his commit
tees. also by proceedings with refer
ence 10 ordinances 70 increase salar-
les. There we're present HIS Honor,
| Mayor Parsons. and Aldermen Bour-
gois. Burke. Davis Koehler Kelly.
Thistlewood. snyder, Wagner Neilis,
Thomas Scullin and Me han.
The usual motion 50 dispense with
readIag the minutes Of the preyioas
meeting was carried ana the mayor
then called Alderman koehler 70 tine
chair whit he read his annual mes.
sage. on motion OF Alderman Nee.
nan the message was received its va
rious r. commentators referred "a the
several committees. and il was order,
"a 10 be published With the proceed
Sings and III pamphlet form. Follow
ing was
THE MAYORS MESSAGE
Cairo, ill.,. May Z 1907
mir. Chairman and Gentlemen Of
lbe CITY Council: The resul OF the
recent city election is strong evidence
III endorsement by the people OF Cairo
q tho administration for the past two
Years and al the same time clearly
Indicates their desire to have he
work OF improvement continued for
another two years This endorse
ment places new obligations upon the
newly elected officers and Will require
II them tae continuance OF their hest
efforts q secure prompt and per
nanent Improvements.
THE changed condition Of our city
fer the better ID noticeable on every
hand, and particularly is this true Of
he extensive building Of homes and
business houses of a substantial and
modern character. and 1t is a source
of NOSE han ordinary pleasure to
NOW that this character of work is
eng pushed forward at the present
lime more rapidly than ever before in
he history of Cairo.
~The most important work Of the
.ity authorities has been carried on
largely tn ough the effor Of the
BOARD Of Local Improvements In or
ler to establish a more systematic
and permanent character of improve
Gents it became necessary to build
rom the foundation
up to the present time no per
nanent sewerage has ever been con
tuc ed in the CITY, the sewers placed
different parts Of the city being
lnly suitable for surface drainage
Through the enc getic efforts Of the
Doard Of Local improvements. con
7rmed by the city council. per
nancut outlet sewer has been
planned developed and contracted
or At a cost of over One Hundred and
gigh' Thousand Dollars This piece
d work has been so carefully handled
z, the ciiy's legal advisers that NO Obj
lection whatever has been made To
he Improvement from the heg ming
- to the confirmation of the assess
nent in the county couit. and f. is a
yreat pleasure stale to you al this
inc that all the proceedings relating
this particular Improvement have
teen reviewed by able attorneys for
the purpose of passing upon Ills
egalily and no error has been dis.
I covered viii D. in De- least viii in
| validate the assessment. OF he bonds
'hich will be- issued for the payment
{ this main outlet sewer.
Brick streets nave been c1at act }
Tor and completed ar a cost Of aioHt
eighteen Thousand Dollars. and ID ,ge
: now under construction work on
brick .-reels 90 cost Twcafy.slx Thon
and Dollars
One Hundred and sixty-une Thou
and TWO Hundred square feet ~ CO
ment sidewalks have been completed
1t cost Of TwentyEwo Thousand
Five Hundred Dollars. and sixty 40
thousand square feet Of cement side.
walks are now under construction a.
cosf Of about Eight Thousand Dol
'ars making iu length O DIS ance ~
aearly ten mile.
THE work now Hnfe- cIntra~t ~
street f'line amounts f0 over -.
'00 cubic yards al co of Trelve
! Thousand Seven hundred Dollars
and there is under construction
lcsrlv eight ihou-anH lineal feet 81
lateral sewers At cost ~ atoG Ten
Thousand Duilar- Additional street
ifliing and sewers have teen divide.
for by ordinance AZ cost 81 ahol'
iFiftytwo Thou.auJ Dollars. and the
Board ~ Local Improvements has un
icr consideration the construction o.
seWers. street filling and stree paw
Ing. amounting To- nearly THREE Hun
dred and TNeniyThmsaHd Dollars
making IN ali. for work that has beer
/ compiler 81 Is under f0n-f rlfs-ffifu al