The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-29
CAIRO TAKES ANOTHER
STEP FORWARD UNDER
PARSONS ADMINISTRATION
Board of Local Improvements Orders New
Sewers to Cost Over $4,000 Tenth
Street Sewer to be Repaired
at Once

prCyements was held last night at the
council chamber, for the purpose OF
having a public hearing with respect
10 certain proposed sewer improve
ments. There were present his
! honor, Mayor Parsons. and Aldermen
Bourgeois, Magner, Scullin and Nellis,
| ATTORNEYS Lansdeu and Leek. City En-
gineer Thistlewood, and Clerk Nord-
man. There were also number OF
citizens present, who came to be post
ed about certain details of the pfopos
ed work
Judge Lansden read resolutions pro
yiding for sewers on Twentyninth,
Thirtieth Thirty-hrst Thirty-second
and Thirty-third streets, all OF which
were adopted by the Board.
The Judge offered also a resolution
amendatory OF one previously adopted
by the Board, with respect to the
Thirtyfourth street sever district
This prescribed the boundaries of the
said district 70 be as follows: On the
east, the west line of Commercial ave
nue., on. the north the south line OF
Thirty-eighth. Thirty-seventh street
and West Thirty-seventh street, on
| the west, the east line OF Big -Four
fright of way. on the south. Thirty
fourth and West Thirtyfourth 1t was
| Explained that the creation of a special
| district was necessary because the
IThirty-fourh street sewer would be
30-iuch main which would be ex-
pected to serve as an outlet 70 the
district indicated and would be too
costly to be paid for by the property
on that street alone Its cost should
be equitaby distributed upon the
property to be benefited in the area
for which it was to provide drainage
10 the main sewer on Commercial ave
nue.
The amendatory resolution was
adopted
With respect to the resolution for a
sewer on Thirty.fourth street. Mr..
Steinel asked if this would provide for
corner lots on Washington avenue to
be drained into the Thirtyfourth
street or into the Washington avenue
sewer, He was informed that these
lots would be drained into the former.
Resolutions for sewers on Thirty.
fourth, Thirty-ffth, Thirty-sixth and
the west ends of all these streets,
also on Sycamore. Elm, Washington
avenue and Highland avenue, were
adopted
Paving ThirtyFourth Street
A resolution providing for brick
pavement on Thirty-fourth street met
with some opposition on account OF
the proposition 10 remove one Of the
tracks of the Traction Company. The
resolution provided only for the pave
ment of the street from Commercial
to Washington avenue. 1t was ex.
planned by the attorneys and city en-
gineer, that West Thirty fourth street
would require filing before ii could be
paved, and would therefore have to he
.ordered paved In a separate ordinance
1t was also explained that under ev-
isting conditions. with two street rail
way tracks on the street. the pave
ment would have to be 80 feet wide
in order 10 afford space for traffic. as
the street was only ~ feet wide. This
would make it necessary TO cut down
.all shade trees. If one of the tracks
were taken mp the pavement could be
cut to 50 feet. leaving room for shade
trees and reducing the total cost of
the pavement He did not wish to be
understood as saying that this would
reduce the cost Of the pavement TO
property owners to less than 1t would
be ii the street railway company were
made to pay its share for the addi-
tional track.
Mr.. Wilson, who owned property on
lThirtyfourth street west of Sycamore
street protested against permitting
the Traction Company 20 remove its
track and thus escaping the cost Of
the the proposed pavement He was
informed that the company did not
propose to remove it's track west OF
Sycamore street.
Attorney Leek protested against
permitting the company to remove one
one of its tracks east of Sycamore
street. He said he owned 100 feet
frontage on that portion Of Thirty
fourth street and wanted the com
pany to pay its share of the cost Of
paving the street The company had
found the use of the street of value
for a number of years when it cost
nothing, and he thought it could find
it useful now that It was about to be
assessed a little something for the
improvement of the street. He would
loppose the removal OF the track ex-
tcept conditionally, that the company
nay its proportion of the cost of the
proposed Improvement.
Alderman Nellis said he would on.
nose the proposed removal of the
rack when the proposition SHOULD
come before the city council.
Alderman Magner explained that It
would not be possible to decide on the
width of the pavement until it was
known what the council would do
about the removal of the track.
The mayor said he would be in favo-