The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-11
CITY COUNCIL
HAS LIVELY TIME
ORDERS CITY ATTORNEY TO
BRING SUIT FOR VIOLATION
or BUILDING ORDINANCE.
BETTER LIGHTS WANTED
Citizens Who Have Built Permanent
Walks Want Crossings, Which
Arouses Alderman Thistle
wood.

The second regular December meet
ing was held last night BY the city
council. The mayor was i'll at home
|aad was therefore unable To attend.
Alderman Meehan was chosen to pre-
iside over the meeting. There were
present Aldermen Burke, Davis, Koch
Her, Ferguson, Snyder, Thomas, Soul
hin. ThistIewoot, Nells, Kelly, Mag
ner and Meehan. Absent Bourgeois
land German.
/ Reports Of officers We're received
land ordered flied
Claims and accounts We're allowed
| .Ordinanco changing grade Of some
luptowl streets from VA ID 81 feet was
iadoltgd.
Finance committee reported da
Istrcyins warrants to amamt of about
l&l5sGas,
Reauisitions 81 fra stations for
soap pillow slips, rubber covers for
horses lap cover, and oil wero al-
lowed.
| Petition d J. W. spias for permis-
sion to efeet store and dwelling at
Il9l2ll Walnut to cost $500 was
grant T.
The Hastings Building.
on petition of Mrs. Grayer the
EhuiIding committee reported directing
tho cits attorney q institute proceed
Iiugs against ira Hastings, for viola.
lion iii tho building ordinance q the
city, ia erecting a large. nat instead Of
tive madern cottages as he had pc
Ititioned fo'.
The city attorney said ho was will
linG to bring such proceedings Al the
ounelI inaistsd upcn il alit ia Iis
I4piaion TIC oniS action that could b2
rought was to declare the building >
nuisance and this could not bo main
tanned as the building erected was a
better building, than any in the I'M
nediat naighborhood
Alderman Ferguson said II this case
did not ofser ground for proceedings
under the building ordinances then
the proceedings OF tho city council
on building petitions was farce
Much OF the proceedings was farcieal
any way, as little or no attention was
Ipaid to the important details Of petit
tions. In most cases the buildings
were up before the petitions were pre-
sonted In this case the building was
almost up when the petition for two
modern cottages" was presented.
Alderman Scullin said as he under
stood the matter. Mr. Hastings had
presented petition for permission TO
erect "two modern cottages" instead
he had erected a modern coliseum.
lif Illuminated at night 1t would looN
like the island Queen" or "Noah's
Ark" He thought the proper con-
tention wonld be that Mr. Hastings
had put up a building for which he
had no permit whatever required
by the ordinances, and that therefore
the ordinance had been violated
Alderman Meehan said if the ordi-
nance relating to building permits We're
Of no effect it would be we'll to find
it out. He thought the committee
recommendation should pass and the
city attorney ordered to bring suit
It for no other purpose, TO learn wherr
in tho ordinance was defective so that
Tho defect might be corrected.
The committee report was adopted,
the city attorney being authorized 70
cali in the city's special counsel IL he
50 desired.
Crossings Wanted.
Petitions of many citizens residing
In the vicinity Of Thirtyhfth- Thirty
sixth. Elm, Washington avenue and
Highland avenue. asking that cross
ings be built over the street intersec
ltions in that nelghborhood was 70
iferred &c street committee with power
to act. after a lively discussion. in
which Alderman Thistlewood protest
lea against spending aay money 70.
uptown crossings when SO many re-
lpairs we're needed on streets down
town. and Alderman Naguer replied
that the crossings petitioncd for were
All tc connect permanent cemeni
walks built by citizens during thc
last yeas. and the streets were i'm
lpassabIe during tho bad weather. Al
ldermea Burko and snyder also spoke
4 fof ths crossings
4 Petition Of r. C. Lane fer permit
ltc build house at 29ls Poplar stree.
vas referred &C. buiiiing committee.
War: Bette Lightr.
Alderman Ncliis offered p aresalutior
I 'ireauestinr the Cairo Electric & Tree
tion Company to give better iisht ser
lvics. he said many oi the lights We-.
( ct burning a. night az called foF b'
-entracf. some were hurninE AT daI
lend we1t cut at night ewing r. ds
ilset r. ihe clock ualf rssl,ati1.
ifhsm Complaints BAL been m1ie -.
unsatisfactory replies received frol
(conciuded on seoond Pagsl