The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-05-08

absolutely city property. respect
fully urge the most careful consi5 era
ton Of your Honorable Body TO the
matter 81 cons ructing suitable city
buildings.
With the construction of the main
sewer and the laterals to connect
with 1t as provided for by the scheme
az our city engineer the healhfulness
Of Cairo would be very materially in,
creased were ii not for the fact that
the disposition of the garbage and
offal OF the city is becoming a most
serious burden II has been The Gus.
ttcm 10 deposit the garbage upon
lands lying on side Of ana south of
the Mississippi leyee These lands
/ have been recently purchased by a
Cairo citizen and are now becoming
very valuable and likely to be inn
proved within the very near future.
that II viii he impossible to con
tinue 10 deposit the garbage upon
them mHeh longer
The disposition Of the oha in the
city IS even a mo,e serious PROPOSE
zion than of the garbage. Formerly
the gardeners of the city used prac-
tically All Of the onal from stables
for fertilizer bur Since all of the land
used for gardening purposes has been
purchased by corporations for rail
road use, this method af disposing OF
offal has been entirely eliminated and
il is now very serious question for
the city authorities 10 determine how
best to handle I recommend that the
proper committee Of your Honorable
Body give this matter their serious
attention
THE efficiency Of the police force
ana the fire Gepar ment have been
particularly noticeable and are en-
tilted 70 recognition at this time The
collection Of fines In the CITY courts
has amounted to nearly Eight Thou.
sand Dollars during the past Two
Years. and but few criminals of any
kind have escaped arrest. In addi
ton to these collections and arrests. |
the city jaier has worked prisoners
upon the streets during the past two /
years 4i95 days. The records of the /
city Of Cairo do no show parallel !
Of these facts.
The general moral condition of the
city shows marked improvement I
brought about without any great I
bat never theless ef- I
fectiv IS accomplished Such result /
are more lasting and better enable
the bringing about Of further needed /
which will he followed mp /
by a constant and conservative con
-ipuation OF the present policy.
"The wo k Of the firemen has been (
nn less noticeable. as will be apDre- /
oiated when It is remembered that /
during the two years pas there has /
not been a fire within tbe city Of any 4
serious character. either financially \
lr in the loss of high priced buildings. |
These results can only he attributed /
e the efficiency Of the respective
officers Of the city
Il caunO' close this message with
1ut referring briefly to some OF the
svents that have taken place here IN
he past two years During this al
the city of Cairo has
leen aonored by the presence within
her border Of the Rivers and Har
BOTS commit ee of the National Can
yress. together with a large number
# prominent citizens living along the
ranks of the Ohio river and its tribu-
aries all the way from Pittsburg to
Tairo This perhaps was the most
important ia herring ever held in the
,ity and brought together more dis
tneuished people OF national reputa
ION than have ever been here at any
,1e time.
Following closely upon this visit
he Ohio Valley improvement associa.
ion held IT'S annual NEE ing here
M it va, attended BY very many
prominent people from all lines Of
business The work accomplished at (
hat meeting was the most important
+ any of the meetings held by this !
powerful eauizsiion, the result Of
which promises in the very near flu
ure a nine foot stage of water in the p
lhio river from Pittsburg to Cairo.
The Lgmbermen and Millers have
.elI important and interesting ses- ]
Ions here during the past two years {
md have boea instrumental in bring
NJ mauv prominent people into the 2
Iiv These industries represent ]
stgc commercial interests in the city 3
mi are Important factors in our /
ity welfare. {
within tnc past month he Bank q
- OF Southern Illinois met he @ FOR &
De- purpose Of organizing themselves q
uto an association. in order hat they {
ray strengthen our financial condi {
lens and continue to hold the con- &
idence of he people q
I'm addition tn these important Z
meetings there have been several e
1her GATHERINGS of greater or lesser
10 our city. II
These meetings have been instru-
rental in Bringing the attention Of
he outside world 10 the great al
antsges vi hin ou~ borders. and the
esuii5 Of ihe=e combiued efforts il