The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-14
cal year during which another eigh.
teen CT twenty thousand dollars
n.n1lll hn nALol Ia tho ornrd - N -

would be added to the oyerdraft.
The ordinance providing for the I'm
proyement Of Thirty.fourth street wa
laid over owing to a difference Of op
inicn as to its provisions relating tC
the switch track of the Cairo Fec
tric & Traction Company
Gas lamps were ordered placed OF
south side of Twenty.hfth street be
tween Washington avenue and Wa
nut street. and southwesterly cornei
of Nineteenth and Poplar streets.
Miscellaneous claims were allowet
eXoept.ng bill Of Cairo Electric 4
Traction Company which was moi
recommended by the committee AL
Ideralen Greaney, Cannon and Thistle
wood explained that they had refused
| to recommend payment because Sc
Imany lights had net burned proper'
lily for some time past, Each of the
not burned and had made complaints
without results.
The mayor stated that he had a
conference with representatives Of
the company who had explained that
iCne reason for trouble was the fa'l.
ure Of the makers of the patent auto
lmatic contrivances which regulate
the lights to fill orders; but improve.
ment In service would be given short
'ly and nothing would be left undone
to keep all the lights burning as per
contract.
Bonds of firemen and police Off
Gers were approved except one On
which Alderman Meehan was a bonds
man which was laid aside at the a.
derman's request because of protests
made by other aldermen who had not
been permitted to sign such bonds.
New bonds of w. r. Webster for
grog shop were approved.
Bids of Sanitary Street Flusher Co.
to furnish one fusher for 81 900 was
dCteHltut AlufiHldn lHintie"Ooi IlO'
testing that flusher was not need
ed and that sweeper would be pre-
ferable.
On recommendation of finance and
police, Jail and fire committees two
thousand feet of hose was ordered as
follows: Five hundred feet from the
Manhattan Co. at Csc; 500 feet from
the Eureka Co. at ST. 500 from the
New. York Betting Co, at 81. and 400
feet from the Chicago Fire Hose Co.
at 90e per foot.
Building petitions Of Jas. J. Mackey,
~ j. Eichenberger. Mary e. Foreman
and Carrie L. Sells were laid over be
cause Of informallties and those OF
Richard Jackson. G.. A. Temple, JOS
b. Reed, Chas. Pink, c. b. Dewey and
Lena Shafter were granted. New
building petitions were referred to
building committee.
Petition by w. r.. Webster that |
dram shop license at SIS Commercial |
avenue be transferred was referred |
to committee.
Resolution by Alderman Thistle.
wood that police officers be directed |
TO report to the city controller all |
street lights not burning and that |
controller deduct amount from bill
)f Cairo Electric g. Traction Co. was
declared out of order by the mayor,
aho explained that under a rule al
'eady in force the police officers were
'equired TO export TO the chief who in
turn reported to the lighting com
parry Alderman Scullin said the
comptroller would not be able to cal
'ulate the amount of the deduction
Inless he were given the exact time
zach light was out and officers would
rot be able TO watch the lights so
loosely. a light might be out on one
'ound by an officer and on the next
Dc burning having been attended to
ny the company's tender in the mean.
lime.
City attorney was directed to re
,o-t ordinances providing for cement
walks on south side of Seventh street
vest Of Washington avenue. also on
vest side of Washington avenue from
Sixth to within 80 feet of Seventh
street
Resolution by Alderman Thistle
yocd directed chief Of police aud city
ttorney to investigate building oper-
ltlons of Ellis Bros. on Twelfth
treet and stop same If not accord
ng to ordinance. 10
Resolution by Alderman Mcehan !
uthorized mayor and city clerk % ID
Ign for city frontage petition Of Cal
0 Electric & Traction Co. for inter =
rban street railway Ir
FARMERS RASH ACT