The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-05-18

A special meeting Of he city cnna
Ell was held last night 10 pass ordi
aances III various kinds There were
present His Honor. Mayor Parsons.
and Aldermen Wagner, Thomas, Seal
lin. Kelly, Thistlewood Snyder, Davis.
Ne han, Bourgeois. koehler and Burke
The mayor stated the purpose Of
he meeting and the clerk read the or
dinance amending the ordinance
grant ng TO the Southern Illinois In.
terurban Railway company certain
franchis $ in he city. The purpose cf
he ordinance was simply 10 elm
mate villa Ridge from the original
ordinance as one Of the terminal
points.
The committees on streets and Or.
finances recommended the adoption
of tn ord nance and Alderman This.
Iewood moved to receive The report
and place the ordinance on second
reading.
Al the st of Aldermen Nee
han and Magner. Judge Dewey all
dressed the council in behalf Of the
railroad company. stating that the
ocal lnterurban people had endeay-
pred to interest various railroad NJ II
IN The project ana all had objected to
the villa Ridge terminal, contending
hat it was a dead end sp.r OF the
line which could rot be profitable
ie said he Caroi5es hal tried hard
to convince the men that the villa
Ridge linz could be made profitable.
but without success. They had been
forced TO the conclusion that the pro.
vision in the ordinance which made
the villa Ridge terminal compulsory
would have TO be abandoned or the
road could not be financed and the
1roject would fall through he aid
not mean that the Villa Ridge line
would be abandoned entirely He felt
sure it would be built some time if
In ordinance now before he council
we're passed. for the road would then
- built within three miles OF villa
Ridge and he Cairo pc pie wo N
certainly leave nothing un3one TO
ring about the extension of he line
o hat place If the ordinance were
passed work would be commenc al
most lmmedia els and completed 10
Mound City and Mounds within "a rea-
onable Time
Alderman Thomas objected 10 the
Elimination of villa Ridge. He said
he chief OBJ Of the people Of Cairo.
n granting The original franchise was
O reach villa Ridge: that this poin
vas Of greater importance 10 the PEG
We OF Cairo than either or both Of
be others because Of no unsatisfa~-
tory train service and The frequency
that people had need of going there
He favored granting a year long
TO build the road 20 Vnn Ridge in
stead Of elimina ing that place en-
tirely.
Judge Dewey reiterated that the Do
al company had no idea Of abandon
ing IN Villa Ridge line entirely. bu
would be necessary 60 eliminate The
compulsory building Of it from ths-or-
finance. or the road would proTfsly
loi be- built AT all
The ordinance uas adopted. an vo'-
ing yea excepting Alderman Thom-
as. who voted an emphatic M,
The bin for I'D custom house fence
$3.50. which had been iaid over at the
regular meeting ass aiiosed. !. Being /
explained that the commissioners
we're ready 70 lake poss ssion Of some
but could not do 50 tn the bin was
allowed.
The reading OF lmpr- yemenf orIi
'ances was then taken up Those pro
yiding for sewers and filling on Divis-
on. Center. Charl 5. Walnut and from
fweniy-frsi TO TNenty-sevenfh stree.
inclusive which han been read TIE