The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-19
ORDINANCE NO. 1874.

IN orduagce authorizing the Cairo
Electric aud Traction Company, a cor
operation organized under the laws Of
ithc State Of Illinois, its successors.
lcesecs and assigns reconstruct.
llreae, maintain and operate a street
railway H. Second street from the in
to.sacDion of Railroad street to the
!n.crsectirn Ct Washington Avenue
and across all intcrsectng streets and
ipublic ways in the City of Cairo hi,
na.s
Whereas. the Cairo Electric and
ITrc,icn Company, Il corporatioa or
gaaized under the laws of the State
lof Illinois, now owns, maintains and
ePt eatcs q system Of street railways
in streets aud public ways in the City
tor Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois.
and
Whereas. petitions Of the owners Of
the majority OF the real estate front.
age upon the public highway herein
latter named aud Of each mile and
Traction thereof measured from The
initial points named i'm such petitions
lalong said public highway, as re-.
Iquircd by law, have been duly filed
with the City Clerk OF the said City
of Cairo, requesting the city council
luf said city to grant, by ordinance, TO
tine Cairo Electric and Traction Com.
lpany, its successors and assigns, the
right and authority to construct
lease, maintain and operate a street
railway upon and along said herer.
after named public highway, and
Whereas, said Cairo Electric ami
Traction Company, for itself, its sue
Icessors, lesscs and assigns, has peti-
toned said city couacil for the right
land authority to construct lease
maintain and operate street rail
way upon said hereinafter named pub
| lie highway, and has given moro than
item days public notice of the time an !
Iplace of presenting its said applicu
ltiDn to said city council for said right
and authority by publication in Tho
Cairo Bulletin, a newspaper pub.
lishcd daily in said City of Cairo, as
appears from a copy Of said publicu
Ition and the certificate of the pub
fisher of said paper attached thereto,
filed with said CITY Clerk; and in an
.other RESPECTS has duly complied with
the laws and statutes of this state
and the ordinances of said city in re.
.lHti2n to the presentation of its ap
plication and with respect to obtain
ing said right and authority.
Therefore be it ordained by the
CiW Council of the City of Cairo. Al |
eXandcr County, Illinois:
Section T. That in consideration of |
the acceptance by Grantee of this |
ordinance, right, permission and au
thority are hereby granted said Cairo |
Electric and Traction Company, its |
successors lcsseqs and assigns, to |
construct, reconstruct. lease, main |
ia, and operate a single track street |
railway, including all necessary or
convenient spurs. curves and coungc.
tons with existing or future lines OF |
grantee and also all necessary or con
vcaient equipment, appliances and ap.
purtcnances for said railway in, upon.
over and along the surface of Second |
Street from the ntersection of Rail.
road Street to the intersection of
Avenue and across all
streets and public ways,
in The City of Cairo, Alexander CouG-
~ Illinois
Section ? Said street railway
shall be maintained and operated as
4 part of the system of street rat
ways authorized TO be maintained an
operated by grantee under and by viz
.ue of Ordinance No. 49, passed by
he City Council Of said City of Cairo
5H the 18th day of November 1903.
md approved by the Mayor of said Ii
lily on the 18th day OF Novembcr |;
9CS. and the conditions, terms and
provisions of said Ordinance No. f79
hail apply TO ami control the right. ID
'crmission and authority by this or h
finance granted 10 the same extent
nd effect as if said Second Street
rom the Intersection of Railroad II
street 10 the intersection of Wash
ngtou Avenue had been mentioned
nd described in said Ordinance No. Ia
- as one OF the highways over which
all system Of street railways was 70
@ maintained and operated. q
Section ,. This ordinance shall be
] full force and effect from and after 4