The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-04
TWO MOTIONS TO TABLE LOST
BY DECISIVE VOTES AFTER
DISCUSSION.
HAVE ENOUGH SALOONS
Said Alderman Snyder When Voting
Against Seventeen License
City to Economics in
Legal Expense.

'culln. Kelly, Thist ewood, NelIis
'nyder Davis and Meehau-li. Al
ent Aldermen Thomas, German and
! Bourgeois
The mayor addressed the council
richly urging that licenses be paid
promptly at the beginning of the new
ear; also referred feeling TO the
| Ieath of Congressman Smith stating
hat a delegation would attend the
funeral today.
Resolution by Alderman Maehan
Erecting that all licenses BE- regrirad
70 be paid In full IL the beginning q
he new year was adopted
Resolution by the same alderman
hat balance in Improvement fund for
enter street and Twenty-seyent1
treet be refunded 20 property owners
vas adopted.
Chief Egan reported 245 arrests ia
November
City taller reported aS2 DAYS fed
prisoners after trial st52S0; II
meals before trial 794G: 300 days
work on streets.
Judge Ross reported collecting
;20G in fines during November
City treasurer reported balances in
arious funds as follows General
5.04s95. leyee S9,S2373, insurance
Gill. Tweuty-seYenth street $274.S4,
enter street s27234. sidewalk $l9'--
{. Ohio street s9ao.6l Tweuty-eighta
treet West s2.22163. Twenty-eig tn
treet s1T3.G3, library s2.0S0.SS road
Ak s52923.
Petition Of ]. s Gardner for saloon
cense at Twentt-seecnd and Syca'
lore streets was referred to police,
Ill and fire committee.
The committee raied to report,
eing evenly divided.
Alderman Snyder said he had re.
used to sign a report recommending
| rat granting OF the petition because
was at the close OF the fiscal year
nj he did not know how the people
the Sixth ward FELT about having
mother saloon started in the ward.
Ie believed Cairo had enough
blooms anyway. He moved that the
atition be laid OH the table.
On roll call to .ay on the table
Herman Burke said he would vote
20" as It was an Glusual proceeding
! to grant the license on the
rounds stated By the Sixth ward
lderman. when there was not protest
file.
Alderman Meehal said licenses had
leen granted without hesitation to
trangers: he saw no good reason
n refusing to grant ii to the appli-
ant in this case who was a Cairo
oy'
The motion to table was lost BY a
ote Of : NAYS to yeas.
Petition for light at Washington
venue and Eleventh street was re-
erred to street committee.
Petition that action be taken to
revent completion OF tenement
ouse by Ira Hastings. on Jefferson
venue between Ninth aud Tenth
treets. was referred TO the building
0mmittee and city attorney II was
tated that Mr.. Hastings had petit
icned for permission to erect two
ioden cottages" with stable or barn.
instead he mad erected a large tene.
tent house with 81 rooms. for twelve
amilies. The city attornev was in
tructed to look into the matter.
The salary bill was allowed and
Miscellaneous claims referred to
committees.
alderman Thist'ewoca crored
solrtion directing the city attor ey
p~o"ar@ md .a~t am orii1auce
requiring the Cairo Electric & Ira.
ION conn anv II maintain two or
ore lights ff net loss thqq 10 rap lIa
cwer an each p~st rarrviag the -l-'
-~ Wi On washi e-~n avenue The
alderman said be believed he ha
'ade a mistate - sctinz for trolley
posts along the center Of the streets.
there has hee1 several accidents
~ people running 30 the PISS wi h
ehicles when avoiding ears The
'soirtion Was adettea
Alderman Nel'i- offered q rea-' n
'iou setting forth thar public i7
,-oveme1ts bad come to siaud-stiu
- Cairo owing To- TIE impos ri ity Of
lisrcSing # The hends. a7d suqg ST.
ne that the mar enrtaii e.pers
H. mnc1 as possible 81 TIE legal anl