The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-13
CITY COUNCIL
HOLDS SESSION
MAYOR REPORTS ON CONFER.
ENcE WITH Big FOUR RE-
GARDlNG SUBWAY.
ST. MARY'S PLACE WEST
TO Have Public Hearng-Dram Shop
Hearing-Dram Shop Petition of
Mckee Bros. Denied-Buld-
inc Petitions Granted

The second regular October meet
ing Of the city council was held last
night. There We're present His Hon
or Mayor Parsons and Aldermen
Greaney. Magner, Kelly, Nells, Can.
non, Ferguson. Mcdaniel, Williams,
KOehler, Davis, Meehan and Sculln
The permission for Cairo Traction
Co for permission to take up pave
ment at Washington avenue and
Eighth street for the purpose of re-
moving track connection leading west
into Eighth street at that point, and
bond for 5000 accompanying such pc
tition We're fayorably acted upon. the
bond being approved and the matter
Preferred to street committee, under
whose supervision work is to be done.
| Report of Thomas G.. Graves. j. F..
showing collection of ST for fines in
September was referred to city attor-
Iney
Recommendation of street commit
tee that Cairo Traction Co. be permit.
ted TO take M pavements at Twelfth
and Poplar streets and at Fifteenth
and Poplar streets was concurred in l..
Ordinance providing for paving
Commercial avenue from Thirty
fourth to Thirty-eigath streets. was
adopted.
Ordinance providing for cement
walk on Thirty-ffth street from High
land avenue to Big Four railroad was
adopted.
Mayor reported a conference with
General Manager VanWinkle. saying
that gentleman had left matter of
Sycamore street subway in hands of
general counsel of Big Four railroad
who had advised him that the com
pany was not liable. Attorney Leek
had replied, said the mayor, that the
Illinois statute did make it the duty
of the railroad company to bear the
cost of such work Mr.. VanWinkle
had thereupon agreed to send the
company's attorney to Cairo to confer
with the citys attorney on the sub
jeCt
The mayor announced that matter
Of paving Second street had been
agreed to, Mr.. VanWmkle having Civ
en- final consent on behalf OF the Big
Four railroad company and contract
being signed by all parties concerned.
work TO be done by Contractor John
son.
On motion of Alderman Scullin mat
ter was left in hands OF mayor, city
engineer and chairman OF street COM
mittee
Petition Of Mckee Bros that their
license for saloon be transferred 20
Mr. Berbling at corner of Sixth and
commercial. was denied on recon-
mendation of police, Jail and fire com
mittee
Building petitions were granted as
follows:
Belle Terrell addition at st. |
Mary's Place West
Eva Williams one story dwelling
1908 Highland avenue, to cost $500. |
Mrs. Emmett Anterior 2-story |
dwelling on Commercial avenue to
ost $4,000.
e. E. Harrell 2-story dwelling G2G |
Thirty-sixth street to cost $4,000.
Frank Youch 2-story dwelling on
street to cost $4,000.
A. T. DeBaun addition to house
2S13 Poplar street
II R. Aisthorpe addition to house
His Seventh street to cost 81 $500.
Petition of Lena Grave to erect
lunch stand at 250l Commercial was
Ienied.
Alderman Greaney moved that pub
lie hearing be had on proposition TO
improve st. Mary's Place West. The
ALDERMAN said citizens residing on
that street were anxious to have
street paved Mayor Parsons said
the only trouble would be found in
the citys inability to pay its share of
cost on account of st. Mays Park
frontage, but he would be glad to have
held and matter discussed
Resolutions by Alderman Ferguson Il
'allng fer cement walks on west side
Of Commercial avenue from Four
.eenth street to Seventeenth except
where walk was built. also for walk
IN south side of Fourteenth street
rom Washington avenue to Poplar
street We're adopted II
Resolution that city contribute 500 ,
oward Ohio River Improvement Asso. {
'iation was adoYted. II
Alderman Scullin called attention
o need of putting in sidewalk inter (
sections at Sixth and Seventh streets {
IN west side of Washington avenue {
md resolution was adopted directing
Engineer TO have work done
Resolution by Alderman Nellis that
rossng at Twentieth and Walnut
treet where street railway track was
orn up be restored was referred 10
street committee
Ordinances providing for walk on
ZACH side Of Sycamore street from
Thirtieth to Thirty-second streets: al.
o for walk on west side Of Sycamore
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