The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-10

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The avenues and streets named ar,
the principal thoroughfares OF on
city leading from It's business cente
into the surrounding country and tn,
rights Of the public thereon shouls
not be unnecessarily sacrificed or re
stricted. | am advised that many O
the signers of the petition In thu
case have signed the same under the
assurance or tacit understanding al
least that no freight cars We're to BIZ
run upon said avenues and streets
and strenuous objections thereto have
been made by many lot owners and
citizens. In my Judgment a happy and
satisfactory compromise may be
reached by restricting the carriage OF
bulk freight in carload lots to north OF
Thirtyfourth street and providing
that no cars other than funeral cars
and passenger cars, or cars resemb
ling passenger cars in construction
|and appearance, carry only passen'
gers, baggage, United States mails
and express matter and parcel freight,
no parcel to exceed five hundred
pounds in weight should be transport
ed over said railroad south of Thirty
fourth street; and, In my judgment,
there are many reasons why such re-
strictions should be inserted In said
section. Following the line of like
ordinances in other cities there
should also be some restriction as
to the length Of trains. In some
stiles no coupling OF cars is permit.
ted, others vary from one to two or
three In my judgment provision
hat no cars shall be hauled attached
together coupled in trains to exceed
three cars in any one train would be
iair and liberal and streets situated as
Washington avenue, Fourth aud Syca
streets are, and even such trains
ought not to be permitted at such fire.
quent intervals as to impede or delay
passenger cars.
Third: object to the provisions
Of section of said ordinance where
by said Terminal Company is granted
tue right to lay down "at any suitable
place 1t may select" the four switch
tracks mentioned in said section each
400 feet in length without qualifiea-
lion or reference to section of said
Southern Illinois Interurban ordi-
nance granting to that company the
tight to lay down "at any suitable
place it may select the four 400 foot
switch tracks therein mentioned If
10Th these ordinances go into effect
/ is plain to be seen that no matter
which company builds the line. each
company Is empowered to build four
90. foot switch tracks at such suit |
Ihle places as each, acting indepenG
'ntly and within the separate grants |
c each, may select; and in that event |
he streets named could be burdened
With eight switch tracks instead of |
cur a contingency against which the |
OF owners should be protected There |
houd be suitable provisions definite |
7 limiting the number of switch |
racks that can be built In the aggre, |
ate by both roads. also object te
he provisions in said section allow /
lc these switch tracks to be laid
own at any suitable place" the rail
Dad may select. The committee on
treets, If not the council itself and
OF the railroads alone, should have
voice In determining the location of
witches on the public streets of the
ty ! further. object to permitting
4 of these four switches being four
lndred feet in length. The most that
lorld be demanded would be one {
witch track north of Thirty-fourth /
rect and the one switch TRACK I
Dove Division street and the on II
witch track on Fourth street; and Il
be even more liberal with this rail 4
adj. four hundred feet In length for
e switch track north of Thirty :
urth street and three hundred feet =
length for the other two switches Q
all that in reason should be asked 4
the railroad company or granted f
: the city, and all that the nocessi- .
IS of the railroad company requires ?
four hundred foot switch track i
near Ohio leyee would /
tend across Commercial avenue and =
am sure the people of Cairo would 7
bel at any such obstruction ON p
avenue The sole use Of II
ese switch tracks is to enable trains b
cars to pass each other. and 200 o
IT switch even would be sUfficine;
allow passage of cars OF Gu. q
nary length coupled in trains of ii
zee cars each. The burden of such Al
bile streets as the ones in question Fl
ght not for the period of twenty G
Ieh less fifty. years ne reduced 20 81
minimum required by necessity
nay also add that as respects the
itch north, of Thirty-fourth street
would be impracticable of con
uction as of the Diamond turnout
lstruction. rs required by this or.
ance, owing TO the existence of the
in track Ct the Cairo Electric Trac-
] company thereon. requiring that
h switch should run only on the ril
{ side cf the main track of the is
ntee in this ordinance; and said I'll
ton s should have so provided. til
ourth: | object to the provisions pr
section 10 of said ordinance where ha
ears of all kinds. whether carry SCI
freight or passengers may stop pi,