The Cairo bulletin., 1909-08-11

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work of paving was begun. The
water company would suffer no loss
| or injustice by adopting a resolution
| demanding that il put in these ser
vice pipes on the streets referred to, as
| per ordinance 1873 which required the
company to do this. If the company
was in good faith ~ its promise to
| grant the people this service in the
| proposed new franchise ordinance. it
! would hot object TO such a resolution
The property owners had been mott
! fed to put in the service pipes and
it would rot be fair to tie them up,
While the water company could take
| its time about the franchise ordi
| nance. II would do property owners
no good, after they had paid for put
| ting in the service pipes, to pass a
/ franchise ordinance in which the
! water company agrees TO put them in.
| That would be too late. If the water
company was disposed to do the fair
thing by the people not an alderman
would refuse it new franchise; and
the acceptance OF a resolution now.
requiring IT TO give the people free
service pipes would test the water
compa-y's good faith The interests
Of the people ought to be first con
Sidered
Alderman MCehau said in order 10
bring the matter properly before the
council he would move that the orIi.
nance committee with Attorney LEX
prepare and present an Ordnance to
the city council providing for an cx-
tension Of tha water companys char
ter with proper provisions for the
protection of the people.
Attorney Leek protested aga. st
being charged with the duty of pre-
| pariag a franchise ordinance for the
Cairo Victor Co
Alderman Meehan suggested that
Hon. Reed Green be added to the
committee.
Alderman Greaney moved to
ame-d that the ordinance committee
aud the attorneys named prepare an
ordinance and consult committees Of
the Lumbermans Association the
Board of Trade and Commercial Club.
Alderman Meehaa accepted the
amendment and the motion was car
ried
For Free Service Pipes.
Later IN the proceedings after near,
ly an the routine business had been
disposed of. Alderman Mechan moved
to adjourn, but the motion was lost
on roll call by a decisive majority.
This was recognized as an effort TO
prevent the Introduction OF a resolu-
ton, the duplicate OF the Nellis reso.
luton which had been defeated at last
weeks meeting. directing the enforce
.ment of the free service pipe ordi
nance. When the routine business hal
been disposed Of. the clerk read the
resolution offered by Alderman Can.
non, as follows:
BE it resolved o. the city council
OF the city Of Cairo, Illinois. That the
attorney for the Board of Local I'M
proyements of said city OF Cairo, Mr..
August Leek be and he hereby is IN
stucted to prepare a properly written
notice to be served on the Cairo Water
Company and the Cairo City Gas Com
pany. respectively. notifying each Of
said companies TO comply with ord.
nance No 1872 of said city OF Cairo,
adopted March D 4. y. 1909, and ap-
structing lateral service pipes from
their respective mains to the lot lines
on both sides of those portions of Elm
street, Walnut street, Holbrook ave-
nue., Twenty-first and Wost Twenty
first streets. in said city of Cairo
which have been orccred to he paved
by said city of Cairo that said notice
be signed by the city clerk of said city
of Cairo, and that the same be served |
on each Of said companies by the city
marshal or By some police constable |
of said city of Cairo
Alderman Cannon moved TO adopt |
the resolution as read.
Alderman Meehan said as The mat
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meeting and practically settled by the
adoption OF the resolution directing
the preparation of new franchise
ordinance embodyiug this and othcr
provisions. he could see no good rea-
son for adopting this resolution. He
moved that it be faid on the table.
On roll call the motion was lost BY
the following vote.
Yeas - Burke. Ferguson. Magne.
Mechan. Scullin. Williams.
Nays Davis, German, Cannon. Grca
ney. Kochler. Mcdaniel NelIis. Kelly
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On the original motion to adopt the
resolution two Of the aldermea |
changed their votes from may" 20
yea. and the resolution was ad0pte |
by the following vote.
Yea-Burke. Davis. German, Can |
non, Greaney, Koehler, Williams, Nc