The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-15

10 REFER petitions ami remonstrances
TO committees for consideration He
thorght this ough, not to be deyiated
+raa 10 mstter Of such Importance
Alderman Thistlewood said the o.
dinances mad baen TALKED about in the
committees ltug e>odgh mad he saw
re COOL reason to refer il back for
further ccnsidertaio.
Alderman Sculln said he wished to
BIZ fair ID All concerned and especially
10 the general public He believed
the papers rotating to the matter
should be referred to the committees
for final report
Hon. Reed Green asked permission
10 address the council He said he
was present when the ordinances
were Laid On the table and he knew
that there were some people who had
signed the petitions who would be
present tonight 10 make protest i'll
they knew tho ordinances were to be
acted upon They objected to the
freight traffic IN the streets and TO
the long switches. It was proposed in
these ordinances to give away some
important rights and it was not fair
10 people who were the property af-
fected thereby to pass the ordinances
without giving them any opportunity
to be heard II wou,d net do the
interurbau people any good to pass
the ordinances in this way Mr. Green
said he spoke merely as citizen and
property owner and not as represent
ing any rival Interests.
Angus Leok said he wished to speak
.as attorney fer the Interurban com
Uany and also as q citizen. The orGi
Gances had been recommended by the
proper committees of the council
They were ready TO be placed upon
their PASSAGE when remonstrauce
had been Slipped in before the CITY
council which had compelled the
friends Of tho ordinH-ces to lay them
On the tbe in aorder TO save them
from being Killed. Secret work had
been done by opponents of the pro I
1ect in order 90 defeat IT, There had I
l'etn efforts 20 cheek the project and 1
to Kill it, lf the necessary legal |
frontage was not now had. the ordi- (
nance world De yaue:sss. but the
promoters were willing TO tkae their
chances on that they knew they had
the necessary frontage duly signed \
ior citizens who haa signed a remon. I
STRANGE some item AGO had withdrawn h
from that paper and were now petit
iioning the council to pass the ordi-
aances ard If the couacii lid so the
company woaii build the Z
read within the Fixed time
Alderman Meehan-Tou say that :
he Mckinley company viii build the
-oad9 Ia
Sir. Lee-YCs SIR. the Mckinley !
omnaUy viii build IT, /.
Alderman Burte--And they viii D =
in work by Juivl. i,
Alderman Meeh-1-Mr. Lcek knows
S we'll as IL thta none Of the prop !,
rty owners On Washington avenue =
rould have siga0d his petition If they 7.
aj beer told ttat IL was PROPOSED to
IN freight trains down that street
lone of them were rcft t3is a-s J ?.
row they are al opposed 20 IT, They
d also oprrs ~ the f09foot =
witches on $50 -ee street
Alderman Nolis offered an amend ~
,eat T. section p providing trrt
re Ridee De inciurec as a terminal =
.e roa6 ~ Dc extended to that com n'
1ga't~ within f.H wears. Adopted a
Aldermen Mcehan moved - amend
~ Ell switch tracks De c,1t ont n ~
rcaucrc street as that street was q
ARROW and tfree tracks abreast "a
cad cbsfrUct IT, Lost b. the fol %