The Cairo bulletin., 1909-10-08


were present His Ho2or Mayor Par
sons and Aldermen Greaney Magner,
Cannon. Nellis, Ferguson, Mcdaniel,
Koehier, Davis. Scullin, Kelly, Nee
han and Williams.
His Honor spoke at some length
and interestingly of his trip to st.
Louis. telling of the great demonstra.
tion there in celebration of the cen
tennial and especially of the courte-
sizes shown to the visiting mayors.
| He expressed the hope that some Of
| the excellent facilities for fire and
police service in the great city could
be copied to some extent in Cairo. In
conclusion the meyor invited mem
| hers of the city council and their
wives to his home this evening to
enjoy his hospitality and to meet his
guests the two Ohio young ladies',
Misses Schneider who have been
guests at several social functions dur
| ing the last week and whose musical
talent has called forth mrch favorable
icomment.
To Wash Streets,
His Honor inquired of the city clerk
whether or not any bids had been re,
ceived to supply water for stret
washing. Being answered in the mega
tive. he suggested that the council
make some provision for washing the
paved streets in order to have them
| in neat condition for Taft Day.
On motion OF Alderman Meehan
1.-THE street committee was authorized
| to have the streets washed as often
as might be deemed necessary from
now to Oct 20. under the agreement
made recently with the Water com
pany at SO per day
Report of street committee favor
| ing establishment of lights in various
localities was not approved. Alderman
Meehan and the mayor both protest,
ing against it on the ground of
economy
The proceedings -gere interrupted
by Mr. Nickles who wants crossing
over Commercial avenue at Twenty
eighth street He was told the matter
would be referred to the city engi
neer
Reports of Officers
Report of city treasurer was re
ferred to the committee
Street Supervisor Sheehan reported
Collecting 1921 in september
Police Magistrate Whitcamp re-
ported collecting s3G5 from fines.
Justice of the Peace Jackson re
ported collecting 500
Chief Egan reported making 215
| arrests.
City Jailer Lutz reported feedino
| prisoners 222 days after trial, rs
| meals before trial, and 1873 days work
on streets
Cleanup Warrants.
The mayor stated that the reason
why no warrants had been served on
people who had not obeyed the clean
tup order was that the city's counsel
had been too busy to prepare the
necessary papers. He had confer.
ence with the attorney who had said
he would get at the matter very
shortly,
Alderman Sculin said some of the
persons who had obeyed the order
were again violating the ordinance by
throwing rubbish in the streets. He
urged that arrests be made without
delay
His Honor said they would be at,
tended to as soon as the city's coun,
sci acted
Capt Wedding Of fire station No.
/ reported six fire alarms and 72 trips
with patrol wagon. Capt. Jones of
No. . reported FIVE alarms.
Contractor Bland is building new
fire station was allowed IS per cent
of s324930. amount due him on eGti.
mates by city engineer
Mayor spoke of meeting at Elgin
Oct. 1921 and asked that representa-
lives go from Cairo. Alderman Nee.
ian requested transportation for five
to attend meeting.
Petitions.
Building petitions of Mrs. Belle
Terrell, Emma Wits. +. E. Harreil.
Il. r. Aisthorpe, Emma Atherton, r.
w. Youch, Lena Graves and Albert
Gond were referred to committee.
Petition of gas company to open
streets for laying or repairing mains
vas referred to street committee.
Petition of Mckee Bros. that their
saloon license be transferred to J. F.
=. Berbling and location changed
from upper Commercial to G15 Com.
mercial, was referred to committee,
as was also the foiiowing
Remonstrance:
To the Hon. Mayor and Board of