The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-05

The city council with It's newly
elected members held its first meet
ing last night. full house" was
present-Hi Honor. Mayor Parsons
and Aldermel Koehler, Magner
Burke, Ferguson, Greaney German,
McDaniels Scullin, Kelly Williams,
Nellis, Cannon, Davis and Meehan.
1t was understood that the meeting
should he a short C9e as all wished TO
attend the Elks entertainment at the
opera house The mayor called tn >
meeting to order promptly at 1880
and read his annual address, which
was listened to with much interest,
and on motion was received a d Cr.
dered printed
His Honor then made the appoint
ments of police officers, and named
tle committees for the year. and then
adjourned till tc9ight when the regu.
lar meeting will be given attention.
The Mayors Message.
MIR Chairman and Geltlemen of tie
City Council.
Again il becomes my pleasant duty
to address you upon matters of i'm.
potance to the city OF Cairo ut this
the beginning of another business
year.
t7ublic Improvements.
The wCrE that has been undertaken
and completed during the past three
or four years has been referred to by
me so frequently in public that it'll
does not seem necessary to give much
further attention to it at this time
The recent election endorses en-
phatically the plans of drainage aud
street improvements which have
been inaugurated and largely com.
pleted, and at the same time gives
notice to the newly elected city Off
cials that it is the desire of the peo-
pie to continue the Improvement work
in the same business-lke and pro
gressive manner in which it has been
started and carried on. |, therefore, !
most earnestly request that each
member of the city coulciI. together
with all other duly elected and ap-
pointed city officials, give their most |
careful and best attention. not only |
TO the matter of improving the |
streets, but also to improvements and |
betterments of every kind The work |
that has been completed so far. CT
nearly SO. consists of the main out |
let sewer, together with many miles |
of lateral sewers. mics of concrete |
sidewalks, filling many streets with |
earth and the paving of Twenty |
eighth street. Ohio street, Washing |
ton avenue and Poplar street. with
the contract let for paving Thirty. +
fourth street from Commercial ave.
nue. to Washington avenue. The ad.
ditiona work that is demanded. and
has heen urgently sought after by
property owners throughout the city.
includes the paving of Sycamore
street TO the city limits. Twenty first
street from the Mississippi levee TO
Commercial avenue. Finn. Walnut and
Eighth streets The demand upon
the city authorities for this larg"
amount of work has been, and is still |
very positive, and the estimates for
the completion of the improvement
of the streets above mentioned are
now ready to be presented TO the
Board of Local improvements, and in
short time the public hearing on
them as provided for by the state
laws. will he held The engineer is
also preparing to make estimates for
the paving of Commercial avenue
from Second street TO Thirty-fourthl
street, but it is not expected that
this work will be done before an
other season The property owners
on Commercial avenue from Thirty
fourth street to Thirty-eighth street
have all agreet to have that Dorticn
of the avenue paved without an ordi
nance. and | an informed will c.
opera with the city officials. with
the view of having that work COM
pleted during the present summer.
The people owning property abut.
ting upon Holbrook avenue and st.
Mary's Place West are anxious 10
have these streets improved with
sewerage. fling and paving, and it'll
will be ycur duty to give considera-