The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-05

greater burdens than can be found
similar ordinances ~ other cite
The avenues and streets named al
the principal thoroughfares of on
city leading from its business cente
into the surrounding. country and tn
rights of the public thereon shoul
hot be unnecessarily sacrificed or r,
lstficted. am advised that many d
the siGncrs Of the petition in. tbi
ease have signed thessarfie under tn
assurance or tacit understanding a
least that no freight cars were to b.
run rpon said avenues and streets
and strenuous objectioY thereto hav,
been made by many lG#owaers an,
citizens. In my judgment Mhappy an,
satisfactory compromise may b,
reached by restricting the carriage O
bulk freight In carlstAd lots to north o
!, Thirtyfourth streetts and providine
that no cars other than funeral cars
land passenger cars. or cars resemb
ling passenger cars In construction
and appearance, carry only passen
/ gers, baggage, United States mails
and express matter and parcel freight,
/ no parcel to exceed five hundred
/ pounds In weight should be transport.
ed over said railroad south Of Thirty.
fourth street; and, In my Judgment,
] there are many reasons why such re-
! strictions should be inserted in said
| section. Following the line of like
ordinances in other cities there
Should also be some restriction as
to the length of trains In some
cities no coupling of cars is permit.
ted, others vary from one to two or
three. In my Judgment provision
that no cars shall Er aarled attached
together coupled in trains to exceed
three cars III. any one train would be
fair and liberal and streets situated AZ
Washington avenue, Fourth and Syca-
streets are, and. even such trains
ought not to be permitted at such fire.
quent intervals as to. impede or delay
passenger cars.
Third: object to- the provisions
of section of said ordinance where
by said Terminal Company is, granted
the right to lay down at any suitable
place It may select tho fonr switch
tracks mentioned Ia said section. each
500 feet In length without quaiifica
lion or reference to section Z of said
Illinois fnterllrban ordi
nance granting to tina; company the
right to lay down "ata any suitable Il
place it may select" the four 400 foot
i~feh I Is nlaina, inansS Is a taheEsiRf e;if eptiPpfa
which company builds the line. each
ID empowered to build forr
700 foot switch tracks at such SUIT
ahle places as each, acting indepenG
entity and within the separate grants
to each, may select: and In that event
the streets named could be burdened
with eight switch tracks instead OF
four, contingency against which the
lot owners should be protected. There
should be suitable provisions definite
II limiting the number OF switch
tracks that can be built In the aggre-
gate hy both roads. also object tc
the provisions in said section allow
inr these switch tracks to be laid
down 'at any suitable place" the rail-
road may select The committee on
streets. If not the council itself and
not the railroads alone, should have
Il voice In determining the location OF
switches on the public streets OF the
city. further object to permitting |
all of these four switches being four
hundred feet in length. The most that
should be demanded would be one
switch track north of Thirty-fourth
street and the one switch track
above Division street and the one
switch track on Fourth street; and
To be even mere liberal with this rail-
read. four hundred feet In length for
the switch track north of TE:rty'
fourth street and three hundred feet
ia length for the other two switches
is all that in reason should be asked
by the railroad company or granted
bv the city. and all that the necessi-
Ties of the railroad company requires.
four hundred foot switch track
commencing near Ohio levee would
extend across Commercial avenue and
[ am sure the people Of Cairo would
rebel at any such obstruction on
Commercial avenue The sole use OF
these switch tracks is to enable trains
Of cars to pass each other. and a 200
foot switch even would be srfficinet
TO allow passage of cars OF cus-
tomary length coupled in trains OF
three cars each. The burden of such
rublic streets as the ones In question
ought not for the period of twenty.
much less fifty, years oe reduced &c
the minimum required by necessity.
may also add that as respects the
switch north Of Thirty-fourth street
n would be impracticable of con
struction as of the Diamond turnout
construction. as required by this or
dinance. owing to the existence of the
main track OF the Cairo Electric Trac
ton company thereon, requiring thai
such switch should run only on th'
! east side Of the main track of th'
grantee in this ordinance; and sai'
section should have SO provided.
Fourth: object to the provisions
Of section 10 of said ordinance where
+ cumber the streets with as mani
ing freight or passengers may stol
80 -ocoiva and deliver freight a