The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-05-06

The disposition of the garbage O
the city become more serious ques
tion every year, and the time Is nov
at hand when some steps must bf
taken to provide perman mt AMI
/ healthful means for the dispositi OF
the offal Of the city. The own OF
the property upon which the city has
deposited its gal bage mp 10 the pres
ent time, Is making improvements Up
! On it, which Will prevent the city fro
further using 1t as a dumping ground
! FOR Il srefuse | therefore urge upon
YOU, through the efforts of the Board
Of Health. to consider pans that Will
properly dispose OF the city's offal in
the most healthful way without fur
Their delay
General Developments.
II will be my purpose to continue
the Improvement of the streets OF the
city by filling, sewer;ng and paving
the same, until at least a substantially
paved outlet has been secured to the
city limits on Sycamore street. AMI
a belt of improved streets encircle
the city preferably upon Thirty.
fourth street, st. Mary's Place West.
Walnut street, Holbrook avenue.
TWenty-first street, Eighth street and
Commercial avenue The Board of
Local Improvements. realizing the
necessity for this work has already
ordered estimates for the cost of i'm
proving these streets, excer ting Com
mercial avenue, the work al paving
on which can not be undertaken TN
til the main outlet sewer has been
completed and the re-filling of earth
in the trench for said sewer has hadl
sufficient time in which to become
thoroughly settled
The matter Of river improvements
is being more vigorously discussed
than ever before and seemingly an.
preaching reality FOR the near IN |
ture. The Lakes to-the-Gulf move
ment has received great encourage |
ment, both in the state legislature and |
ofoyement of the Ohio river from
Pittsburg to Cairo mas practically be-
come an established fact during the
1ast year. While these matters do not
come directly under the considera.
ion of your Honorable Body vet il
s proper and right that you should
Keep them actively before You. with
he view of adding the force of +
'airo's interest to the movement.
whenever it becomes necessary for
he city to act upon this matter.
The work of the Cairo Contracting
md Dredging company is worthy of
lotice at this time. Never in the !,
history of Cairo has it been possible
or the people to walk up aud down
avenue during high water
without being compelled to
ook upon large lakes of accumulated ;
fater in the low lands of the city,
ut the work of the Cairo Contracting
nd Dredging company in filing the 3
property adjoining Washington ave
ne to such an extent. shuts out all I
+" --~~r"7 ''"iaf%rs 'AFtaE Wdt"l ptIltdS
long this thoroughfare and I am as.
urred that this same company will G
ssume the work of filling other low +
tnds within the city limits as soon f.
the condition of the water in the I,
yers will permit =
Conclusion. :
In conclusion I can but reiteratn .
hat | said year ago, that with all
he work that has been provided fer
Id is now being outlined, together =
18th all the improvements of gen,
al character that are now going on,
is important and necessary to con
der carefully and intelligently the N
'ilfty of the city to handle all of n
csc matters financially SO far this cl
IS been done without the slightest nj
idence of embarrassment upon pi
her the city's treasury or the OF
cketbooks of our citizens and Il
G no reason why this same condi- f
N can not be carried on with even Ii
eater success than has so far at.
1ded the financing OF the improve
ants Of the city.
All of which is respectfully sub.
tied.
GEORGE PARSONS.