The Cairo bulletin., 1908-01-08
CHARLEY POWiRS ALSO
(Conolnded from First page.)


reported that the license be not grant
Ell. Alderman snyder said Powers
had not made satisfactory adjust
ment a. the matters at issue between
rim and the chief and the committee
had therefore refused 70 recommend
tint license he gr-nte'l.
Alderman Nellis sroGe warmly IN
protest, He said all that was against
Powers was that ne had not paid
fine and costs in case IN which ne
had been found guilty in Judge ROBIN
sens court some six months ago. This
would have been collected had the
legal department Of the city tried to-
10 50. ut Ill only to fix some out
siders that this man Is refused
license said the alderman
Chief Egan asked permission 70
make a statement He said Alderman
Nellis was misinformedi that the ilne
and cost could not be collected by
the legal department of the city, ne
cause Powers had taken an appeal
ann no action to collect the fine and
costs could be taken as long az the
ease was pending IN court
The report cf tine committee was
received ana the recommendation
'concurred III BY a vote Of 10 70 u,
Alderman Nallis vc;ing no
Junk Dealer Solomon.
IN tile case Of Junk Dealer JoseRh
solomon Alderman Meehan moved
that he be granted A license or that
Ibis bond be approved.
| Alderman Seullin said the councft
had started the new year with good
resolutions and was about to tear
/ them all to pieces. Solomon had been
charged with violation Of the ordi-
nance. by. the health officer and had
coate into cenrt with niggers enough
| I'd Tree Ireland and sworn himself
free
Alderman Koehler said from the
report Of the chief it appeared that
Solomon had given mssca trouble nv
lIeceiving stolen property and feFus.
! ing TO surrender IT,
Alderman Meehan replied that III
were Likely to happen a.
iany wen regulated business II Alder
imam ScuHins statement was true
THAT Solomon had enough nisgers on
his staff to free Ireland he must be
Ia pretty good citizen and he was
needed down In the First ward.
The motion to grant the license
was lost by vote OF to 8.
Reports Of Officers.
| Judge Ross reported collecting slaS
Iduring December. Judge Whiteamp
ts2s. Chief Egan reported 200 arrests.
Jaller Lutz reported lSo days work
lon streets by Jail gang and feeding
prisoners before and after trial
4 Captain Wedding Of fire station No.
III reported responding to eight fire
alarms during the month and making
I59 trips with the patrol wagon In his
lrequisition he included 800 feet OF
cotton hose and a new shed for q
Istore house.
/ Captain Jones OF station No re-
lportea responding to is alarms dur
Ii.ls the month and submitted a report
flor the year which showed that there
Ihad been &c fires during the year,
with an aggregate loss OF sl6,S7o Tie
heaviest losses we're the Blackman
dairy fire $4,000. and the Indiana Box
ecmpany fire $4,000.
More [ ieenses
Applications for licenses We're read
as follows: j. VI. and r. l.. Meyers
for a dram shop at the northeasterly
lcorner of Sixth and Commercial 1.-THE
lod Joe Steagala piacel; wholesale
LIQUOR license Of e. p. Fitzgerald,
pharmacists license of Otto Schulz,
hotel runners Licenses for r. II.
Henry. W. NJ. Wheeler for Illinois
Hotel, Lee Williams. and Frank
Brown for Planters Hotel. and w. A.
Spence. plumber On motion re-
cess of FIVE mimi ties was taken to en-
able committee to report ON the APP
iplieations. Committee recommended
that all be approved which was done
Petitions.
Building petitions were referred "a
building committee as follows. j. II
Mulcahy to erect a barn. VIM. SIT
sanka to build an addition, Mt Car
mel Mission Baptist congregation te
build q church at 219 Fortieth street
Mrs. Josephine Gilhofer TO erect
dwelling at Fourteeath and Wolnut.
Alderman Ferguson said he had nc
doubt some Of these buildings wer'
. already up and wished TO know !
there was no way to stop that sort {
thing. II 50 whose business was 1t?
The mayor said the city attorne!
might bring action or suggest som
means,
Petition OF citizens that old bui''i
ings be condemned and torn dow
was referred to building committee.
Petition of Cairo & Thebes railroa
t. company that water main be laid /
a Sixteenth street from Washington I
I. Walnut and fire plug placed at Sl'
. teenth and Walnrt. also that nam
e he laid on streets about to be fllef
:, crossing the company's rightof-wa'
was referred to pump and water cen
lmittee.
p Petition that light be placed q
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