The Cairo bulletin., 1910-05-20
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE
CITY couNciL
Council Chamber, Cairo, Illinois, May
8, 1910.
First Regular Meeting.)


First Regular Meeting.)
Present: Hon. George Parsons
mayor. and Aldermen Burke. Cannon
Faudree, Ferguson, Greaney, Kelly
Koehler, Mcdaniel Magner. Neff, Ne
lis, Scullin, Walsh and Williams.
Absent-None
Minutes.
Alderman Greaney moved the min
utes of the last regular and interven
ing special meeting be approved with
out reading. The motion was adopte,
70 unanimously.
d The mayor called Alderman Cannon
to the chair and took the floor to pre-
sent his annual message to the coun
Gil as follows;
TO the members OF the City Council
Gentlemen:
At the opening of the present year
It was my pleasure to present tt
your Honorable BODY, a Special Mes
sage. In which took occasion to re
view, In detail and at length. that
which had already been accomplished
during the last three or four years
in the administration of municipa
affairs and the material Improvement
in the city that had been completed
or are under way. will not at this
time go so fully into details as In mv
January message in reviewing the
very many and great improvements
that have been made, but will give
only brief retrospect OF work fully
completed, a short review Of what
has been done since my message at
the beginning of the year. what inn
provements are now under way. and
what are contemplated and recon
mended for the immediate future.
Retrospect Of Completed improve
ments.
Full reference was made in my
prior messag'e to the Inauguration
and construction of our sanitary
sewer system, measuring in length
more than IS miles. which is now ap
preaching completion and which will
always stand as the first great sue
cess In the promotion Of the Greater
Cairo; the construction and compile
ton OF brick pavements on Ohio,
Twenty-eighth, Poplar washington
Sycamore, and Thirtyfourth streets
the building Of Is miles of cement
sidewalks; the filing OF 18th, 10th
18th, Goth, END, 23rd. oath, 25th and
26th streets; that all Of these i'm
proyements, aggregating in value
nearly a million dollars. had been
made by the practically unanimous
action OF the Mayor and City Counc.,
with the harmonious cooperation of
the property holders and the support
OF the people, the newspapers, the
County Court, and other officials. A
continuation OF the same progressive
and permanent policy OF street i'm
proyement was urged and certain spe
citic streets were recommended for |
immediate action.
Street Improvements Now in Pro,
gress
1t affords me great satisfaction &c
be able to say to you that all worf
heretofore outlined and promised has
either been successfully completed, o.
is now rapidly going forward to com
pietion. The work on Elm, VAIN 1t
Twenty-first and Second streets, and
Upper Commercial avenue, is far ad
vanced, and with the return of fair
weather will be finished in short
time.
Experience gained In the building
OF streets is now being utilized with
the result that these streets, wnen
finished will present the best in ma
terial and workmanship that can be
obtained in modern street construc-
ton and as good as can be found in
any city Of Illinois
- hi"hbDo navy JUST uSeH pdSSSu
for the building of brick pavement
on Commercial avenue from End to
saith streets. upon Eighth street end
Upper Sycamore street, the estimat-
ed cost Of which aggregates over
$220,000.00; the assessment rolls for
these improvements are now being
prepared by the Commissioners and
VIII doubtless be confirmed during
the June term of the County Court
l-trust that all OF the preliminarles
incident to the Improvement of thesc
important highways Of traffic will bel
pushed as rapidly as the same may
pc done consistently with accuracy
and good judgment, so that the work
OF construction may all be hnishedl
by the end Of the present year
Prospective Street Improvement.
The estimates have already been
made and preliminary steps taken
to fill with earth and pave with brick
Holhrook avenue from Charles street
10 Twenty-frst street, Thirty.fourth
street from Washington avenue toll
the Big -Four Railway compauyrs
right Of way, and Park Place Wes,J
In line with the scheme OF fimt pay.t
ing all main north and south streets
and avenues, 1t is my Judgment and