The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-29

when the Board adjourned it do $,
to meet again on Wednesday Aug, )
Tenth Street Sewer.
Judge Lansden then presented res
oution in reply to letter receive,
from the Rich Construction Co. witt
reference to the sewer at Tenth anJ
Ohio streets. The letter was in reply
10 a resolution OF the city council
requesting the company TO remove
the sacks placed in the excavation by
order OF the city. 10 check the wash
ing of the river, and was as follows;
st. Louis. July 23rd. 1908.
Board OF Local Improvements of the
City of Cairo, H.
We are in receipt of the resolutions
adopted by your Board. a certified
copy of which was handed to us by
your secretary on the 22nd inst
We regret that there should be a diff
ference OF opinion as to the liability
Of the parties interested in the sub
iect matter of the resolutions, as the
condition existing did not arise nor
docs it continue through any fault
Tor negligence Of our company We
deem it proper TO inform YOU that the
| Rich Construction company disclaims
Ian liability Of any kind for the con
dition existing at Tenth and Ohio
streets in your city and beg to inform
YOU that the Rich Construction com
Ipany refuses to remove the earth and
sacks. etc, which were placed in posi-.
ton by the city at or near the inter
section of Tenth and Ohio streets or
/ TO in any manner be liable for the ex-
pense of their removal and restora-
| ton of the street and leyee.
As you were informed in our COM
munication n is very essential to a
Resumption OF the work upon our con
tract that the earth and sacks which
inow block the sewer and which were
placed there by the city should be re-
moved
We note the suggestion in the reso-
luton that the city is willing to leave
the question of liability to be taken
Iup at some future time, provided the
work OF the restoration OF the levea
embankment can be proceeded with at
an early date under some agreement
mutually satisfactory TO both parties.
! We will say in that connection, while
We disclaim all responsibility of any
| character for the existing conditions
We are perfectly willing and shall be
gratfied TO meet the proper author
! tiles OF the city OF Cairo with the end
in view of coming TO some agreement
mutually satisfactory TO both parties
under which work may be speedily re
sumed upon the contract which We
have with the city.
Our Mr. Rich is at present in the
city and will be glad to meet with
your representatives We take the lib
. erty of urging that the date of such
injecting be within day or two. 1t is
the desire of the company to begin the
work as early as possible and Mr.
Rich himself, is very DESTROYS Of
leaving for the east for an indefinite
time as soon as this matter can be
disposed Of
RICH CONSTRUCTION co,
NJ Rich. President.
/ The Resolution.
In reply to the foregoing the Boar
adopted the following prepared by the
storneys:
Be 1t Resolved, BY the Board Of
Local Improvements Of the city OF
Cairo, Illinois, that the reply of the
Rich Construction Company of the
23rd. instant, to the resolution of the
Board. adopted by it on the 10th. in
slant. be and the same is hereby re
ferred to the city council Of the city,
/ with the recommendation that steps
be taken at once to remove the sacks.
earth. etc, at the intersection OF Tenth
and Ohio streets. and to cause the
levee embankment to be restored. at
the very earliest practicable time and
in the safest and most secure man
ner possible; and In the judgment Of
the Board the cost aud expense of the
removal of the so-ca!led obstruction
aud Of the complete restoration of the
ileyee embankment should be charged
to- and collected from the said Rich
Construction Company
Tie Board would respectfully sug
gest that this most important work
and undertaking should be taken hold
of at once aud with such force and
management as will reach the earliest
and best results"
Cost Of Improvements.
The estimated cost of the improve
ment ordered at the meeting includ
ling assessment. are as follows:
Twenty street sewer. s 3.52772
lThirtieth street sewer ..... 5.SG4f4
I Thirtyfrst street sever. 3.S467t
| Thirty-second street sewer. 3,66S55
IThirty-third street sewer. 5.3S547
IThirty-fourth sewer district. 20.G7587
Total ..................$ $40. 96S 10
Greatest Tribute.
} The silence that accepts merit as
The most natural thing ia the world