The Cairo bulletin., 1908-01-17
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
OFFICIAL nRocE EDsNGs or THE
CITY COUNCIL.
Council Chamber. Cairo, Illinois,
January 7, 1907.
First Regular Meeting.)

gu60U, CiDIIuhns Nelly, huciuct, Was
Eef. Meehan, Nellis. Sculhn, Snyder
Thistiewood. n
Absent Aldermen Burke. Davis
and Thomas.
Alderman Wagner moved the
minutes of last regular and interven
Ing. special meetings be approved
without reading. The motion was
unanimously adopted.
Unfinished Business.
AT the request of Alderman Nellis
the report OF the police. falkland fire
committee on the application of chas,
n Powers for dramshop license was
deferred to later time In this meet
Ing.
Alderman Burke appeared and took
hin seat.
The report OF the police. Jail and
FIRE committee recommending that
the application OF A. G. Jaynes for
dramshop license at lot Is. block 15.
city. be granted. which report had
been laid over under the rules at last
meeting, was taken up and read
The rpavor produced letter from
wv. G. Patton, mayor OF Cape Girar-
deau. addressed to NJ. S. Egan, chief
Of police, under date of January 4,
1905. with the request that the city
clerk read the same.
The letter was read at length
Alderman ThistIewood moved that
the report OF the police. Jail and fire
committee on the application OF A. c.
Jaynos be received nnd the recon.
mendation made therein not con-
CURED / In for the reason that. from
correspondence received from \ the
mayor Of Cape Girardeau. the. council
does not deem the applicant ct per-
son to, conduct tlramshppiin Cairo.
Alderman Davis appeared and took |
HIS seat.
The motion of Alderman Thistle
wood was then adopted by the follow. |
ing vote: Aye Bourgeois. Burke. !
Davis. Ferguson, German. Kelly, |
Koehler, Magner. Meehan. Nellis. |
Scullin. Snyder, Thistlewood--1a Nay
None.
Thn report Of the police. jail and
flrp committee. recommending that
the application OF Richard Franklin
for a dramshop license at lot 4, block
2. city, be not granted which report
was laid over under the rules at last J
meath, was then taken up and read. |
Alderman Magner moved the report |
be received and recommendation con-
CURED In.
Alderman Snyder moved to amend |
to fecommit the application to the |
police, jail and fire committee ami |
that recess OF Ave minutes be taken
to give the committee time to consid |
er and report. The amendment of AL. |
derman Snyder was adopted.
After recess the police. jail and |
fira committee reported recommend. |
ing that the application OF Richard |
Franklin for dramshop license at loy
4. block 2. city. be granted.
Alderman Snyder moved the report |
be received and license granted as
recommended The motion was
adopted by the following vote: Aye
Bourgeois Burke, Davis. German.
Kcehler, Meehan. Nellis. Scullin. shy.
der and Thistlewood-10 Nay--Fer-
guson, Kelly and Magner--3
At this point. by permission of the
council Hon. John M. Lansden took
the floor and read the following re-
port:
Cairo. Ill.,. Jan. Z, 1908.
To the Honorable. the Mayor. and
City Council of the City OF Cairo.
Gentlemen: We have thought Il /
would be OF interest to you for Us 20
lay before you statement of w at
has been done In the matter OF public
improvements In the city since this
work was undertaken or entered upon
something less than two years ago.
A very considerable amount of \
work had been undertaken during /
Mayor Winters administration, but
Il had all to be abandoned owing TO
d QQc1tfoH Oh our supreme court as
r. The validity Of the act which had
been passed to allow cities TO make
improveemnts without the necessity
Of Positions from property owners.
The drst work done under the pres
tnt Nv was begun In March 1906. and
since that time the following ordi.
nances have been passed and assess.
meats made under the same. except
thai ne assessments for improving
sycamore and Poplar streets are not
yet completed but win be completed
within two or three weeks, we have
no doubt
Ohio street. paving s=sss:-
nance No. 81. Of March
16. 1906. assessment - 10.745. 05
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TNenff eighth street paw
ing ordinance No. So Of
April II. 1896. assess
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