The Cairo bulletin., 1908-01-17

1.-Two miles more, or with the 0tne
three, five and half miles. Thi'
much paving can be done before thu
end OF the year II arrangements car
4 be inAaa for taking the city bonds.
1--WE must also mention the matter
Of the paving Of Second street. The
mayor OF the city some months axe
took hold OF this matter and arranged
with the Illinois Central. the Mobile 4
Ohio and the Big Four railroad com
panies to pave this street at their own
expense from Ohio street to Jefferson
avenue, The companies obtained
bids on the work which they regarded
as too high. and the stringency In
money matters coming on they decid-
ed to defer the work until spring.
There is now little doubt but that
these companies VIII take hold OF the
work at an early day and carry il
through to completion.
In this connection we may be
permitted TO say that this Second
street work just referred to, is fair
and just illustration of the activity
and earnest endeavor OF the mayor
OF the city to push the work of public
practicable way the city's interests.
II is seen also in his procuring from
the Traction company the very recent
paving of the intersection of Washing
ton avenue and Eighth street.
Having been so closely connected
with the matter of public improve
ments In the city now for almost two
years. and knowing what has been
done and by whom we deem it
proper to say that the mayor of the
city has given the closest attention
10 this work, and to him certainly
more than any one other person the
sity and public are indebted for what
las been done and for the new era
n city work and Improvement and for
1t into line with the more
advanced cities Of the state. He has
lot been able to do everything, OF
curse but seeing what he has done
tAu ~ rHhcdNoltAB W Hb IOI tHc bcts
erment Of our city generally, to
luint out or seek to point out errors
md omissions on his parc shows, II |
teens to us, that We are on the searCG |
or nothing else relating to him per
onally or officially, II we seek to find |
n another only faults and errors. We
ire sure to find them
The most difficult matter before |
he city and the people is that OF |
he sewer and street filing work In
he westerly and northerly parts of I
he city. While improvements may
q made in different parts of the city,
he work will be very partial and IN |
so long as the largH district
! territory In the upper pa " the
Ity remains unimproved :sSucii I
epends upon the filling and ..:: is
, much filing 10 be done. .n....sse
ntter of filing should be ~,
| once and some definite
gstem agreed upon. The r., .:@t.
1mpany is, no doubt doing III !. -
nd the work it is doing seed ':s.s.
cry satisfactory and the IN
lily appreciated by our citizE ~ but
seems impossible to tell VIII Fit will s
{ able to do any OF the uptown fill
lg. Besides, there are number of
uestions connected with the matter
filling the streets with sand which Il
snders the work more or less ex-
II Is to be hoped thatJ
ne Dredging company people can
I've the city government such def
lie information about this matter at
4 early day as will enable it to de-
de whether 1t can safely look to that ,
,mpany for the doing of the filling or
resort TO the former methods pur !
led here, namely. the filling of the ,
lat little can be done in the upper
art of the city until this filling ques
on has been definitely decided. It !,
thought that If contractors can be
ssured that earth can be obtained az
aretofore and on reasonable terms,
icy will bid on tais uptown work at
'oh figures as will be quite within !
10 assessment already made there.
r.. The assessment for the sewer
Id filling work across the city, from
wenty second street To Twenty
shth street both inclusive, amounts
$7G,4S426 and It may be that
'mbcr of persons here in our city
M come forward and take portions e
the work. that is. one or more Of
@ streets, either for the filling or
wering or both. At all events, we d
ould give them n chance.
Not To detain you further. let us say II
AT this question of street filling is
far the most important feature of d
r street work. Until the streets are
led nothing can be done in the way G
street improvement. for the sewer a
,rk Is hardly to be called street I'm q
ovement .
'a Very respectfully yours. q
nair LANSDEN & LEEK.
- Attorneys for the city.
Alderman Meehan moved the re q
RI be received and published at II
igth with the proceedings. The mo- e
m was adopted by the following c.