The Cairo bulletin., 1909-08-04
Citv Council! Refuses to Adopt
Resolution Requiring Water
Co. to Obey Ordinance
Ordinance Held Void Although Citys Special At
torney Drew it and Declared it Good~long
Debate-vote Stood to 6

ordinance under when the COMPANY /
lhad been doing business in Cairo all |
these years He urged that the mat, |
ter 20 to a committee for careful con |
sideration and report.
Alderman NeIlis replied the ordi- /
nance in question had been drawn BY
Attorney Ieek who had declared that
lit was legal The city council hal /
been ten months considering it al
adopting it and it ought to be worth
Isomething. II il was not he favored I
such action as would demonstrate
this If the ordinance is rot good Ill
fought to be wiped off the books. TOT
adopt the resolution would place the
city council behind an effort to test
the ordinance
Alderman Greaney thought it right
that an attempt should be made 10
put the ordinance into effect. The
measure was a good one being Ter
the interest Of the people. Some time
ago the service pipes leading to his
residence had been broken. He nou-
lied the gas company and the gas
lpipes we're promptly repaired. he
Ialso notified the water company ana
Twas told that company had nothing 10
IHo with the water service pipes. He
Iconld see no reason for the state
ment that the enforcement Of the or
dinance would check improvements
land had the personal assurance OF
y Attorney Leek that the ordinance was
5 good and that the city council should
. take such action as was now pro
/. POSED in order to make the measure
6 effective.
+ Alderman Koehler urged the coun
Gil TO stand by the people IN this
r matter. They we're beirg heavily
taxed for street improvements and
= should be saved this burden Of pay
t inc for service pines for water
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The question then was on the orig
inal motion Of Alderman Ncllis Ill
I recting that notice be giver to the
service companies and the discussion
q was again resumed.
The mayor read from the Walnut
/ street ordinance showing that it did
J. not require any one but property
owrers on the street to be notified
and that it was optional with them
TO comply or not To adopt the reso-
hutton would be in conflict with the
Improvement ordinances which were
7 all drawn alike
Alderman Davis expressed the be.
T'iet that the city attorney who drew
the Improvement ordinances would
not draw them 50 as to conflict with
any ordinances on the books He did
not believe the resolution would in
any way affect the validiay Of the i'm
Iprovement ordinances.
Alderman Kelly said the water com.
pany should be required to put in
and maintain the service pipes be-
cause this would insure good work in /
the first place
| Alderman Meehan said the ordi.
mace required the water company
to put in a service pipe every rs feet. /
even though single house occupied
two or three lots This was unrea- .
5onable on its face and would be so
declared by any court
Alderman Greaney denied that the
ordinance required service pipe
every % feet. He said Attorney Leek
had said it would require a service
pipe for each premises, where de.
sired by property owners
Alderman NelHs cou,d not see why
there should be any opposition to
enforcing an ordinance which was
similar to those in force ir a dozen
cities in Illinois As to its legality
he said the committee which had
considered it for months had the
opinions Of courts in scores Of cases
N which such ordinances wee m.
held.
The mayor wanted the ordina-ceI
read but there were cries of "aues
ton question" and Its vote,"
His Honor raped for order and sent
for a copy Of the ordinance hut
changed his mind about having if
read
o roll call the resolution was lost +
by the following vote:
leas-Davis. German. Greanev Il
keehler. Nellis, Ke1y-G. Ii
Nsys-Meehau. Burke Fereueop q
scullin. Williams, Mcdaniel. Mag. a
1er-7
Council then adjourned. a