The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-15
SHORT MEETING
BY CITY COUNCIL
REFUSES 70 TRANSFER SALOON
LICENSE TO REOPEN CHAR
Lev POWERS PLACE.
Alderman sctllin Says il is Time Il
Call a FIaIt--Wants Saloon
Business Put On
Higher Plane.

The sec nd regular APRIL meeting
was held BY the city council last
night, 1t was short meeting, little
besides routine business being done
It was marked, however. by another
exhibition OF firmness in the matter
of regulating saloons and discriminat
ing between mon who seek to conduct
| them In Cairo There We're present
| His Honor Mayor Parsons and Alder
men Burke Magner. Ferguson, Cor
man. Thomas, Scullin, Kelly, Thistle
wood, Nellis, Snyder. Davis and Nee
han.
Claims and accounts were read and
allowed.
The street committee recommended
that petition of J. Solomon for per,
mission to replat lots at Twenty
eighth and Elm streets be granted.
On raquos. of Aldermen Thistlewood
and Davis 1t was laid over until next
regular meeting.
Plank rossing was ordered at FIT
teenth ana Poplar streets.
An ordinance providing for "A &c
neut walk on the south side of six
teenth stree. from Commercial avenue
20 Poplar street us referred to- the
ordinance committee
Finance committee reported d.
stroying warrants.
Bid of The Bulletiu company for
ity printing fer the present year was
accepted
Fire stations were granted requisi
items for supplies,
Building petitions of W. r. anil
Mary r. RaHnio, Mrs Eliza Halliday
md Henry Christmas We're granted
EDITION cf Chas. Towers for permits
ion to erect addition to his building
IN Commercial avenue was referred
70 huilllEg committee
Against the "Honky Tonk."
Petition Of Wherry & Shelly that
their saloon license be transferred
from 1901 Comemrcial avenue 10
-507 Commercial avenue was referred
tc finance and police, jail and fire
committees.
A motion by Alderman SNYDER tha.
the petition he referred to the com
mittee on police. Jail and fire commit
tee and that . recess or five minutes
he taken to act Oh same was carried
rhe alderman explained that the
bad closed their place mt
1901 Commercial six weeks ago and
had been trying to get a new location
over since being refused 4 transfer
once or twice lie thoreht the coun-
Ell should ac+ on the matter one wayI
or another without needless delay.
When the petition came before the
police, jail and fire committee il was
found that inadvertently the finance
committee, which must approve oil
bonds. had not been included in the
motion AMI Alderman Scullin speak
ing for thar committee said it would
refuse 20 act upon the petition aud
the bond. Being asked why the
committee world refuse to act Alder
man Scullin said he spoke both as q
saloon keepe" and rs councilman.
The petitioners had come before the
ty council the first Of the year and
We're granted q license taking their
chances with all other saloon men inI
The city They had been granted one
u two transfers and were now again
before the council asking for "a trans
fer. Their petition now was to trans
Ter their license to 2507 Commercial
1venue which was Charley Powers
place, who mad been refused a license
by the ely council because he con-
ducted "honky tonk.' To grant
the petition would be to grant q
license 20 Charley Powers because
Whurry e Shelly had nothing left but
heir license and could not start In
business Or else the place would he
turned owe; to some brewery and
would be run by some irresponsible
person. We had enough of that kin,
Of places n the city and both as
saloon keeper and as alderman he
believed It vas time to call halt on
them Saloon men were regarded as
yellow dogs" anyway, by many PEG
pie and he wished to place the bust
ness on a higher plane.
As the finance committee refused
to meet to act on the bond accom-
panying tie license, the matter was
left.
Other Business.
Alderman Ncllis offered a resolu-
ton directing the city engineer to re-
port all walks for the building Of
which ordinances had been passo!
and which had not yet been built,
with Wow to advertising for bids
N same.
Same alderman offered an ordi-
nance requiring citizens to provide
themselves with metallic receptacles
fer garbage. The ordinance was
tabled by {, vote of Z to ;.
Alderman Meehan moved that the
mayor be empowered to appoint spec-
iai police officers to serve during the