The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-13
DISCUSSED IN LONG SESSION BY
COMMITTEES ON STREETS
AND ORDINANCES.
AGREEMENT is LIKELY
lntcrurban viii Get Right. t.of.Way Into
City Upon Reasonable Conditions
COMMITTEES to Meet Aes,n
today.

There was an interesting meeting OF
the street and ordinance committees
of the city council yesterday after
noon TO consider he sire railway
franchise ordinances His Honos,
Mayor Parsons, presided, and Aides,
men Burke Koehler, Meehan, Snyder.
Simon and German were pres mt
The two railway companies were
represented by strong delegations
The Traction Company by Hon Reed
Green as attorney, President W.
r. Halliday, DR.. Wing and John Tier.
nan, directors of the company. The
Interurban Company was represented
by Attorney Angus Leek, President G.
o. Patier, Capt N. B. Thistlewood. c.
+. Eieh nberger, and Jrdge Cast er.
OF Mound City. The city's legal ad
visor. Judge Lansden, was present to
present the ordinances prepared by
him at the reque Of the committees.
The meeting was an open one, and 4
number of citizens interested in the
matter were present.
The committee was in session from
$3.50 till 80 and did some very earn
est work. The two ordinaees were
read, and then discussions were had
over various sections. The attorney
OF each company explained the OBJ
iections his company had to the ordi.
nance framed for the other and then
It was agreed that each ordinance be
taken up section by section and the
offered considered and
voted on by the committee. The In
terurban ordinance was gone over in
this way and amid more or less dis
In which representatives OF
both companies and members OF the
cRmmli tee itq0sll "a Il FFtts II Acarfss grants
the Interurban company right.of-waY
nto the city upon certain conditions,
tut the mosl important of the condI-
IONS, the time limit. for doing Ger
atm work. are still fJfaiIr-. 1here
seems TO be a certainty that all need
ID time will be given, because II Is
ay It's tracks until the streets over
which they arc 20 pass shall have been
ayed, then the company is to pay To
he city for the benefit Of property |
wners, such sum as would be us |
hare of the cost of said improve |
lent. had the track been laid before
r at the time said Improvement was
lade.
The ordinance requires, among 9th
r things that the company shall not
barge more than steam railways for
arrying freight. and shall run not
rs than four cars or trains per day
lto and out of the city
Tho Traction Companys ordinance
ives 10 that company right TO lay
nd operate two tracks on Washing
On avenue from Twentieth TO Eighth
tree s. upon various conditions, chief
( which Is that it shall hold one OF
lesc tracks in trust only. fer use first
y the Southern Illinois lnierurban
Company, and II that company shall
all to avail Itself of the privilege
'ithin the time fixed in Us ordinance.
hen TO hold raid track in trust for
ny other interurban company, 20
'hich the city council may at any
ime grant franchise
The committees adjourned last eve
ing after a session Of earnest work,
nd will meet again this afternoon at
80 O'Clock TO complete its work. II
oss bic.
There was a feeling quite general
mong those concerned. that an agree
lent would be reached between al
arties. But there seems rtain TO
e some warm talk al the sess ion TO
~. between counsel fer the two com
anies, in their efforts 10 secure cer-
lin amendments To each others ordi
ances