The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-18
LEADING CITIZENS DISCUSS
NEW CITY HALL PROJECT
FAVOR $4,000 BUILDING
Committee Of Nine Chosen to investigate and Re-
port at Future Meeting--No Doubt as to Fl
nancing-- Question Is: Can City Pay2

ftermlne how much 1t can set aside ail'
lnually for the project aud with IN
Figures a proper committee can deter
mine what can be done. The peopla
Of Cairo could put up the building.
The had nc doubt, whether 1t cost $50.
900 or 100000
John \ Aisthorpe SAID there was nD
need Of haste The sentiment oI the
people was for building city hail,
IN would engage the interest uf angs
citizen who had civic pride, We hal
good churches, good schools and other
buildings. the city government she mil
keep pace with these. He did nJi
| favor a building To cost over $50. ora
with jail to cost $1,000. The High
school building had cost $4,000 aud
he felt sure creditabIe building couisi
be put up for $4,000. This would
moan an annual payment Of $1,000 fo..
twenty years at the end OF which finIa
the building would belong TO the city,
The former plan had been financed
by forty citizens; he did not believe
this could be done at present. Tha
plan would involve tying up the sub
scribers estate too long, Nor dIl
he think IL necessary; the project can
be carried through In some ether
way, through the aid Of the patriotic
citizens and financial institutions of
the city. II was only necessary ta
show chat the plan could be properly
framed to make IL practicable. 1t way
for the mayor and the finance commit.
tee Of the city to determine whether
or not the city could spare 5000 per
annum. then the plans could be pre-
pared and the matter of financing
could be gone into. Get your CON.
mittee and do your foundation work
and tell ms what sou want
NJ 5 fiowiey believed the naayo~
should appoint a committee or citizens
to consider the prelimInaries. ii
might take all summer To do this
work. The project was not new for
IL had been the dream of Mayor Thos
w Halliday who had secured the fisSs
lots FOR the structure. He fell sure
some plan could be devised that woulI
prove practicable.
Alderman Meehan pledged himself
as alderman TO carry cut any plan the
citizens might adopt He said he was
authorized to say the same for Alder
men ThistIewood and Nellis who had
Just left. He felt sure the city
council would be unanimous on the
proposition. He moved that a com
mittee Of three be appointed to select
q committee OF five citizens to act
with the mayor aud finance cont
mittee OF the city council, Ex.
Alderman Greaney said white
The banks We're patriotic .hey would
have to be sighted" Under present
conditions he did not believe they
would permit themselves To go into
any scheme with the city. The city
was In bad way financially aud
with a lot of carpet baggers urging
the people to deprive It OF a large
part of its revenue, II was at least 4
doubtful proposition till after the
April election
The mayor said II would take from
thirty to sixty days to perfect plans
by which time II would be known
what the result OF the election would
be. He favored appointing the com
nittee.
Jas. r. Gailigan was doubtful as 20
he advlsabiity of doing much work
IN the project TIN It was known how
the new city council would stand. Hs
vas one ftbe men who worked on the
previous scheme and after weeks OF
lard work the council defeated the
project. The trouble had come from
he newly elected members He al
sised going SLOW till after the elec.
ion Wait TIL We know where We
Ire at
]. 5. Aisthorpc said IL would prob
Ibly take two years before the pro
ect could be carried through Il would
make no difference as to the coming
fly election. Let the committees ge,
o work.
The motion to appoint = COMMITTEES
fas varied and the mayor appointed
'ldernan Meehan. W H. Wood anil
{ J. Howley 10 select the commit
ee Of Eve citizens to act In conjunc.
on with the mayor and finance ecm-
iittee and this Investigating commit.
- is composed as follows.
Mayor Parsons tehairmanD. Alder
zen koehler. Thomas. Scuinn. Messfs
r. Galligan. J. :. Aisfhorpe. z
Smith. NJ p Gilbert. Chas. \
arey.
'ANTs INCREASE FoR SOLDIERS