The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-08

is-sn public sentiment gradually grow
ing which II seems, should have grea
effect upon this much.to.b desired OBJ
ject
Fer purposes of discussion, there
fore, your committee suggests The
following by which the consumatiof
Of the much desired improvement
could be brought about, as follows
First-The firm enforcement OF the
city ordinances.
Second-To so mould public senti
ment that influence may be brought
real estate owners TO erect better
buildings.
Third-To encourage scientific ar.
chitecture by employing experts to
superntend the erection of building
Respectfully submitted,
MILES FRED'K. GILBERT,
p. T. LANGAN,
G. KUSENER
Commenting upon the report Mr..
Gilbert said he felt sure the city All
thorities would cooperate In any
movement started in the direction in.
dictated He realized that the author
ties had SO much on hand in the mat.
ter of street improvements that lesser
things had to be neglected to some
extent; but the laws to control the
matter Of buildings and especially Of
shacks, were ample and needed only
to be enforced TO bring about decid.
| ed improvement in conditions. ~
Mayor Parsons said. he and those,
ASSOCIATED With him In the city gov
eminent had given much time to puD,
| lie Improvements and much progress
had been made, because public senti.
ment in Cairo favored the work. This
latter was indicated by the fact that
nearly three quarters of a million dol.
lars worth OF improvements had been
done or ordered during the last three
years, and there had been no objecy
tion filed either in the city council
or in the court And very impor'
tant point in connection with the
work was that everything connected
with it had been so carefully done
that men who had been sent here by
big banking firms and dealers in
bonds TO investigate and report upon
the proceedings in connection with
the improvements and the bonds to
be issued upon them. had made re-
ports that were hatteringly favorable
to all concerned in the proceedings,
The mayor read one such letter from
the firm of Little Il Hays of St. Louis.
The mayor spoke also of reviving the
new city hall scheme and the scheme
to establish market house. In re
spect TO better buildings and cleaner
Cairo movement the mayor said at
tention would be given TO the matter.
He spoke of citizens urging him 10
order the Illinois Central to deliver
only package freight on Ohio street
south of Fourteenth street. so as 10
eliminate the freight ear business
from Ohio street He said he could
not issue such an order. because the
ordinances did not permit him TO dis |
crimanate between package freight |
and bulk freight, but prohibited the |
statoning OF any freight cars at all |
on Ohio street. He wotfld urge whole |
sale dealers to be more careful in |
the sidewalks with freight
Walter H. Wood said 1t would ser
iorTly inconvenience the wholesale
men on Ohio street If the Illinois |
Central were prohibited from switch
ing cars down Ohio street II would
result in the gradual abandonment Of
the business houses south of Tenth
street.
Mr.. Gilbert called attention to tn"
fact that the discussion had drifted
away from the question before the
house better buildings. His commit
Zee had made no reference TO enforc-
ing ordinances against obstrueting
streets with merchandise, but 10
hose ordinances only which related
10 buildings.
John 5. Aisthorpe spoke strongly
for the enforcement OF the building
ordinances. Those now on the books
against maintaining old shacks ought
10 be enforced and there ought TO Dc
4 building department established In
he city. with competent inspec-
Tor at its head, whose duty 1t should
be to pass upon all plans for new
and see that they comply |
with a carefully drawn ordinance OF
he subject not only in general con
but in the matter of plumb
ng. wiring, etc. A builder could well
lffaird to pay one half per cent Of the
cost of the building 10 have insurance
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