The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-05
City of Cairo, Ill.

Nity VI 1dIfo. III.
!, Gentlemen | return you herewith
|, without my approval. the ordinanc,
adopted by your honorable body at
regular meeting of the city council OF
the evening of January 14th, 1908
+ which shall designate herein as
, fifty year Terminal Company Ordi
nance, and is entitled:
An ordinance granting to the
Terminal Traction Company, it's sue
. cessors and assigns. the right to con.
struct, lease, maintain. operate and
use railway upon Fourth street and
Washington avenue and upon Syca.
more street in the city of Cairo, ILL
nois"
Hefore reviewing the provisions of,
and stating my specific objections to
| this ordinance, | desire to record en-
| phatically my disapprovai of the hasty
and seemingly clandestine method by
which this ordinance together with
| Its twin sister ordinance, commonly
known as the twenty year Interurban
ordinance, was carried through your
| honorable body.
Never before during my admins.
tration, or, so far as I can learn, DUR
Ing any administration I'm the city cfl
Cairo has an ordinance been adopted
such secret methods, and, sincerely
TRUST that no similar effort viii ever
! be made to take final action or any
| kind i'm such manner. especially on
ordinances of so much Importance TO
the welfare of the city OF Cairo as
are the two ordinances IN question.
upon careful examination OF said
afty year Terminal Company ordi-
dinance now under consideration. |
find what / consider many material
, objections thereto, which beg TO re-
spectively call to the attention OF
yorr honorable body:
| First: | object TO the following
language contained In section OF
| this ordinance. viz:
Together with switches, sidings,
spurs. curves. turnouts and connec-
tions. except as herein provided
No where in this ordinance do |
find any exception 20 the above
granted power. No exception being
made II is very evident that the
grantee in this ordinance, CONNER
cial Railroad Company, and It's as
signees. (whoever they may be. and
no one for the next fifty years can
tell what commercial railroad or rail-
roads may become such assignees)
can claim the right under said section
to Law down switches, sidings,
spurs. curves. tunouts and connec'
tions without limit as to the number
or locality. anywhere it deems proper
on Washington avenue. Sycamore
street or Fourth street. Being com
mercial railroad company. possessed
. of right of condemnation, II could al
anv point along the route OF its man
line track along said avenue an'
/ streets establish a freight depot ant
: wards and lay down upon said avenue
1 and streets all the switches, sidings
= spurs. curves. turnouts and eonnec
S tions" leading into such depot an
wards IL pleased and sufficient t'
e block or imapir the usefulness oil sal'
; avenue and streets. No such wordi
r as above uuoted-no such unrestrict
n ed grant of power-appears IN tn
q said twenty year Interurban ordl
!. nance No. 100; nor in any other RAJ
;. road ordinance in this city or othe
city. as I am advised. n Is dan
gerous grant of power that may D
:, abused to the injury of the city an
!, one that no mayor in the discharge c
- the duties of his onice. which Is
= public trust. ought. in my judgmen
= tn give his consent to.
~ Second: | object to the provision
of section II of said ordinance undt
- end hv virtue OF which this comme
, cial railroad is granted the right
" operate ordinary freight cars an
T. transport freight in bulk the enti'
length of its railroad extending fro
IS ohio levee to its northern treminu
III through such public streets as Four'
- street. Washington avenue and Syc
be more street. subject to no restrictlt
IL whatever. except tina; bulk freight
nj carload lots shall be transported oF
ed said railroad only between the hou
X. Of 11.00 u. m. and SEQ a. m the
being no limitation whatever plac'
n. on the kind or character of ca
ne size of trains or number OF frequen
m. Of trains. No such unqualified gra
can be found in any OF the sevei
so-called Interurban ordinances
re ether cities. and in my Judgment 50
section shonid be amended as bet'
he m urotect the rights Of our oitize