The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-05
Mayer OF the City of Cairo.
Vetoing Ordinance For
Southern Illinois lnterurbar

southern liltnOiS IntcTuFpdH
Cairo. H.. Feb. 18th, 1908.
T. the Honorable City Council of tht
City OF Cairo, Illinois.
Gentlemen: - herewith return t
you without my approval the ordi
nance adopted by your honorable bod,
at regular meeting OF the city coun
Gil on the evening of January H. 1908
which | shall designate herein as tn.
20 year Interurban Ordinance, and is
entitled:
IAN ordinance granting tc the
Southern Illinois Interurban Company
its successors aud assigns, the right
to construct, lease, maintain, operate
and use a railway upon parts OF
Fourth street and Washington avenue
and parts of Sycamore street in the
city of Cairo. Illinois"
| My objections TO this ordinance
though net so numerous as the oh
jections entertained to the ordinance
passed by your honorable body at the
same meeting as this ordinance ant
under the same circumstances grant
ling fifty year franchise to the Cairo
Terminal Traction Company yet sucl
lc objections so far as they go. are on
line with my objections to the latte
ordinance as set forth in my commu
Inication addressed to your honorabl,
body returning said last named ordi
.nace without my approval and IN thai
communication so fully discussed, tina
4 deem it unnecessary in this ccmmu
nication TO do more nan briefly state
my objections to the ordinance nov
under consideration. as follows:
First: object to the provisions OF
Scctlcn I of this ordinance which re
lates to the four switch tracks au
thorized to be laid 1t is practically
a copy CT Section Of said ffty-yeal
ordinance and my objections and
views upon the same are identica
with what have said as respects
Section s Of the fifty-year ordinance
in my communication returned to you
honorable body with said last named
ordinance of even date herewith.
Second: | object to the provision.
CT Section of this twenty-year ordi
nance. 1t Is identical with Section ie
Ct the ffty-year ordinance. and like
that Section. gives the railroad COM
pany the right to stop and receive and
deliver freight at as many stopping
places (even every street corner,
along Washington avenue, Sycamore
and Fourth streets as the railroad
above may choose to select
as stopping places. allowing no voice
whatever in the matter to he city %
its street committee. Ine suggestion
as to amendment OF said Section 10 OF
fiftypear ordinance made by me In
my communication of this date re
that ordinance without my
approval. applies with equal force tc
said Section of this twenty.year
ordinance.
Third: object to Section II OF
his twenty-year ordinance. II is an
exact copy of Section II in the fifty
qualified right to transport over the
entire line of railroad any and all
kinds of freight in any kind of cars
IN any length of trains aud under nc
other restriction whatever other than
hat cars carrying bulk freight shall |
not be run except between 1900 y. M |
md GOO a. m. II should. to meet |
with my approval. be amended for the |
'cason and in accordance with sugges !
ions set forth as respects Section II |
{ the fifty year ordinance in my said /
communication returned with that or |
finance.
Fourth: object to Section 90 Of |
his twenty-year ordinance. which is a /
;opy OF Section Is OF said iifty-year
ordnance. aud gives the right to in. |
lumber the streets with as many /
witches and connections with other /
'ailr1 ads as grantee sees proper to /
make when. in my judgment one |
switch and connection laid on the /
'treet to connect grantees railroad /