The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-13

being pushed forward at the prescn
time more rapidly than ever before II
the history of Cairo
The most important work OF tn,
lefty authorities has been carried on
largely through the eirors of the
Board OF Local improvements. In or
der to establish a more systematic
: and permanent character of improve
ments II became necessary TO build
from the foundation
/ up to the present time no per
manent sewerage has ever been con
siructed in the CITY, the sewers placed
in different parts Of the city being
only suitable for surface drainage,
Through the energetic efforts Of the
Board OF Local improvements, con
lirmed by the city council. a per
manent outlet sewer has been
planned, developed and contracted
fcsr at a cost of over One Hundred and
Eiehi Thousand Dollars. This piece
Iof work has been so carefully handled
lby the city's legal advisers that no OBJ
lection whatever has been made to
the improvement from the beginning,
up to the confirmation of the assess
ment in the county court and II is a
great pleasure o state TO you az this
! time that all the proceedings relating
&C. this particular Improvement have
been reviewed by able attorneys for
the purpose uf passing upon its
| legality. and no error has been dis
covered which. IN the least. will in
validate the assessment, or The bonds
which will be issued for the payment
II this main outlet sewer.
Brick streets have been contracted
for and completed at cost of about
Eighteen Thousand Dollars, and there
Is now under construction work on
brick streets TO cost Twenty-six Thou
sand Dollars.
One Hundred and Sixty-one Thou
sand Two Hundred square feet of &C.
ment sidewalks have been completed
at a cost of Twenty-Five Thousand
Five Hundred Dollars, and sixty two
thousand square feet of cement side
walks are Gow pnder construction at
cost Of about hight Thousand Dol
lars. making in length dis ance Of
nearly ten miles.
"The work now unaPr contract for
street filling amounts to over 45,-
900 cubic yards at fosl Of Twelve
Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars.
and there Is undeH construction
nearly eight thousand lineal feet of
lateral sewers at cost of about Ten
Thousand Dollars. Additional street
filing and sewers have been provided
for by ordinances at cost of about
Fifty-two Thousand Dollars. and the
Board of Local improvements has un-
der consideration the construction of
sewers, street filling and street paw
ing. amounting TO nearly Three Hun
Idred and TwentyThousand Dollars
making in all, for work that has been
completed. is under construction, or
is being planned for by ordinances,
nearly Six Hundred Thousand Dol
lars. The streets to be improved by
| the above estimates include Poplar
and Sycamore streets, Washington
avenue and later streets between
Twenty-second and Twentyseventh
streets. etc.
All OF these improvements will be
paid for In ten annual installments. I
with the exception of the cement side. \
walks. which are to be paid for in
one year under the provisions of The
city ordinances and the State laws
When it is remembered that a con
siderable portion of the first year of
this administration was devoted
largely to quarantining against yellow
fever. which was done with great sue
cess. he result of this two years
work is most gratifying. and more
particularly so in consequence of the
fact that. so far. not the slightest oh.
lection has been recorded against any
one OF the several large improve I
ments above enumerated. but, on the
contrary, the people are urging upon
he CITY council and the Board of Lo-
cal improvements the importance of
pushing this class Of Improvement
work in different parts of the city
even more rapidly than ii has so far
been done.
With the large amount of work
under construction. as above enumer
atea it is not surprising hat the ex
penses of the city have been consid- /
erably in excess Of what they were {
in former years. Attorneys fees. en- {
cheering services and clerical help
have been constantly employed to ac-
complish this great work-to say ,
nothing Of the court expenses, print.
ing bills, mailing. e'c. 4
THE slight increase Of revenue f,
from personal property that the city
has been able 10 obtain during the ,
past two years will not. Of course. be {
sufficient 20 meet the large amounts :
that have been expended In connec. I
ion with these public matters. but Z
the spec al assessments have included !
the cost Of making them and will BE- I
collected and returned 70 the city as z
the assessments become due la
After the present year Il is prob b
able that the income Of he city viii 4
b. very materially increased. as this {
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