The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-26
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE
CITY COUNCIL.
Council Chamber, Cairo, Illinois, July
10, 1909.
Especial Meetlng) -

i Present: Hon. George Parsons,
mayer and Aldermen Davis, Fergn.
son, Greaney. Kelly Koehler, Meehan.
Sculin and Williams
| Absent: Aldermen Burke Cannon.
lGorman. Mcdaniel, Magner and Mel.
lis.
Object.
The mayor stated the object of the
Injecting was for the consideration Of
general business and called for re
ports from the ordinance and street
committees.
Reports of Committees.
The ordinance and street commit
tees. to whom 1t had been referred
July 10, 1909, report the adoption Of
the ordinance entitled AN ordi-
nance for the Improvement of Wal
nut street and Holbrook avenue,
from the north line Of jefferson ave
nue. TO the south line of West Tween
ty-eighth street. in tne City of Cairo,
| County of Alexander and State OF
Illinois, by the construction upon the
said Walnut street. from the north
inc OF Jefferson avenue to the east
line of Holbrook avenue, in the S id
City Of Cairo, OF a vitrified brick pave
ment, with a combination concrete
curb and gutter on both sides Of said
brick pavement. at the outside
edges of said brick pave
ment and with natural lime
stone marginal cur0s set on both |
sides Of the said Walnut street, at all |
unpaved street intersections. at the |
outside edges OF said brick pave
ment and between the inside |
edges of the gutter flags OF
said curb and gutter as EXTENDED
around and out 70 the lot line on bon |
sides OF said Walnu, street, at sail
unpayed street intersections, ami by
the cons tuction upon the said Walnut
street Of brick catch basins. |
and by building up and re
pairing the seventeen t17 brick
manhoes now in said Walnut |
street and supplying cast iron rings
and cast iron covers therefor. and by
the construction in the said Walnut |
street, from the brick manhole loca-
ted at the intersection of Seventeenth |
street and Walnut street In the Sew
entecnth street sewer, 10 brick man
hole 10 be constructed in the said Wal
nut street at point twenty-four (2i) |
feet north of the south line of TWEEN.
tieth street of a vitrified tile pipe sew.
err with house connections leading from |
each side thereof and by the con
struCtiOn in the said Walnut street OF
three CD brick manhoes and supply I
ing cast iron rings and cast iron covers |
therefor, and by the construction up.
on the said HolbroOk avenue from
the north line of Charles street r.
the south line of West Twenty-eighth /
street, in the said CITY or Cairo, of q
vitrified brick pavement, with com
bination concrete curb and gutter o.
both sides of said BRICK pavement, 81
the outside edges OF said brick pave
ment. and with natural limestone mar /,
ginaI curbs set on both sides of said
Holbrook avenue, at all unpavel L
street intersections at the outside K
edges of said brick pavement and be-
tween the inside edges of the gutte- !
flags of said curb and gutter as ex Is
tended around and out to the lot line II
on both sides of said Holbrook ave Il
nue., at said unpayed street intersec-
tions and for the levy and collection D
Of special tax assessment upon con II
tiguous property to pay for the said f
local improvement. Ii
Alderman Greaney moved the re p
port be received and ordinance place a
on second reading. The motion was h
adopted K
The ordinance was then PLACED on
second reading and read at length. h
Alderman Burke appeared and took S
his seat t
Alderman Nellis appeared and took s
his seat e
Alderman Greaney was excused for h
the evening. lt
Alderman Nelis moved the alop II
ton of the ordinance as read
The motion was adopted by the fol U
lowing vote. Aye-Burke, Davis, Is
Ferguson. Kelly. Koehler. Meehan. Z
Nellis, scullin ard Williams Nay p
None. a
The ordinance and street commit &
.ecs reported further, recommending f.
he adoption of the ordinance re a
-erred to the committees after first 4
reading July 10. 1909. entitled AN or
finance for the Improvement of
rwenty-frst and West Twenty first c.
streets. from the west liue of Com II
nercial avenue 10 the east line fItC
he Mississippi irvee. in the al
-ity of Cairo. County of Alexan IA
Ter and state of Illinois, by the con Of
,truction upon tie sail Twenty-fii st b
md West Twentynrst streets from n
he west line of Commercial avenue al
o the east line of the Mississippi Z