The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-13
CITY COUNCIL OISpOSES OF
MUCH BUSINESS WITH
MUCH EXPEDITION.
SALOONS ARE LIMITED
No More Than Sixty viii Be Per
mitted to Do BUSINESS in Cairo
According to Ordinance
Now Pending.

was late getting started owing {,
,caucuses among the aldermen :nsard
ing the police nomination S whicI
were to be presented by the mayor
other matters 1t was S:l5 befor
the counC.i cot started, al Iough til
regular hours is 1880. There wer,
present His Honor Mayor Parson.
and Aldermen Koehler, Magner
Burke, Ferguson, Greaney. Bourgeois
Kelly, Scullin. Cannon, Davis ant
Meehan.
The reading of minutes of pre-
vious meeting was dispensed with
and minutes were approved without
reading.
The mayor announced the following
appointments of police constables and
| fremen all of which were confirmed
S. NJ. Orr health officer and police
constable. j. l.. Casey. John Wade,
Fred Hofheinz, Geo. Bradley, Geo. w
/ Blanckell Ito succeed Thooman. J
John Glade, VIM. French Ito succeed
Riggle) Frank Hagey, JAS. Higlin,
| Gus Johnson Ito succeed Green Lpe,) }
John Carmody. d. G. Johnson. The
mayor stated that Officer Wallace had
resigned last night and he had not
! had time to find a successor for him.
/ He named fremen as follows:
! Station No. II. l.. Wedding (cap-
/ tainG Chas. ]. Hart, Jesse McCrite,
VIM. b. Walker, John Collins
Station No. 2--Richard Jones (cap,
tainl Fred Whitcamp, Guy Sites, j.
j. Kelly, John Haggerty.
The street committee made a num-
Der of recommendation for improve.
ments all of which were approved by
the council, as follows:
That the bid of Haines & Son be
accepted for cement walks under or
dinances No. 1913, 129 and 1856 and
that bids for walk on Third street
/ be rejected. Alderman Meehan ex-
planned that ordinance provided for
/ 10-foot walk while other streets in
that vicinity had six-foot walks. and
citizens had agreed to build such walk
without an ordinance. With this ex-
PLANTATION the bids recommended were
accepted
That gas company be directed to re-
construct Second street sewer which
had been filled up by tar refuse from
gas works and be required to prov lie
drainage for gas works through some
source other than the pubic sewer.
Alderman Meehan explained that this
sewer had been built by the city
about five years ago aud had served
its purpose but a snort time because
of the tar from the gas works.
That city purchase from r. L. VIII
liams gravel at not to exceed soc per
cubic yard to repair Sycamore street
north of Thirty-icurth street. Com
mercial avenue north of Twentieth
street and other streets as may be
in judgment OF city engl- |
neer
That gas lamp be established at
street and Washington
avenue, also at southwest corner of
Twelfth and Poplar streets. also at
north side of Tenth street between
Commercial avenue and Poplar
street.
That crossing be laid on Twenty
third street and Holbrook avenue.
The Cairo Bill Posting company be
permitted to erect bill boards at
northwest corner of Second street and
Commercial avenue and at southwest
corner of Twenty-second and Com.
nerciaI
Claims We're Allowed as recon-.
nended by various committees.
Ordinance filling vacancies on
Board of Local Improvements, an
pointing Aldermen Cannon and Mag
Ier to succeed ex-Aldermen Snyder
nd Thomas was adopted.
Ordinance providing for cement :
walk on north side OF Fourteenth .
tr2et from Commercial avenue to ,
illinois Central property was laid !
yer at request of Aldermen Fergu- =
on and Scullin. in order to notify
gent J. d. Ladd as per his request. /
Ordinance providing for cement 7
ak on north side OF Sixteenth street I,
rom Poplar street $50 feet westward. II
as adopted. =
Requisitions for fire stations were =
lowed.
Alderman Koehler made verbal re.
ort of committee on police. Jail and c
re departments. that committee of q
Tree be appointed with the MAYOR gt
purchase team of horses for fire
spartment Mayor appointed Alder. p,
en koehler. Scullin and Burka. :
Application for transfer of dram r
Top license by W. B. Johnson t. y I,
Mckee. for Planters House bar. ..
as rejected aud McKoe's application
r new license at tolls place was =,
anted. When a question was raised r.
Alderman Meehan as to legality Of 9,
anting new license where an old
le was in force Alderman ScuIIm
ited that council had voted at he
nnlng of new year that it could n ,,,
ansfer any dram SHOP iice1s=s and =.
at he understood Mckee had -
ught ont JOhnson's Mace Tho rit,- '''