The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-17

Sycamore and Poplar streets, making
4 total of 1S7.45S lineal feet, or more
than 35h miles of sewers completed
to date, at a cost in the aggregate OF
1921 ,269.10
Street Pavement.
The system of street improvement
adopted by the City Council along
with the Sewer System, included the
paving with vitrified brick, first, OF
the main avenues and then, of the
most public and most used cross
streets. This work has been al
vanced as rapidly as was consistent
with careful and prudent manage
tnent and thorough construction, and
he brick pavements thus planned
have been completed on the following
streets and avenues: Ohio, Twenty
aighth and West Twentw-eighth, Pop
ar, Washington, Sycamore and Thir-
y-fourth, the total number of square
ards being 1896, the length
,G,205 feet and the total cost s2S7,-
382.54. Additional street pavements,
I'll of ytrified brick and uniform in
character with those already com
,leted, are now Under contract and in
course of construction, on the follow
ng named streets and avenues. to-
wit: Elm, Walnut, Twentv-first. Up
lor Commercial and Second, the total
number of square yards being 81 SAT.
the length 1905 feet and the total
cost $177175.29.
The estimates have been made and
preliminary steps taken for brick
lavement to be constructed during
he present year as follows: Com
nercial avenue from Second to Thir-
v.fourth street. Eighth street, Upper
Sycamore street to the city limits and
It. Marvs Place West. the number of
}Qrare yards OF this proposes
work being 1920, the length 1000
Get and the estimated cost $214,S5G.
Il. In addition to the above, it is al
80 desired and proposed to fill with
,arth and nave with brick, Holbrook
venue from Charles street to Twenty
'rst street and ThirtyIourth street
rom Washington avenue west to the
Zig Four Railway Company's right Of
way. It will doubtless continue to be
re policy of the Council to push for
gard these and other needed street
,aving improvements as fast as the
work can be carefully and success
ully done.
A brief summary of the above men
toned street paving improvements
ives the following figures: Work
completed, contracted and contem
dated for 1910 Except Holbrook ave-
nue. and West Thirty-fourth street, is
\ total of 260763 square yards, 1881
niles in length, at an aggregate cost
If $G09913.97.
Cement Sidewalks.
The building of substantial and per
anent cement sidewalks has kept con.
ant pace with the other street i'm,
uarizing, there have been 55S, 400
square #. completed at an average cost
,f121S cents per square foot, in length
3 miles, and at total cost OF
oS1T50. 1t Is expected to continue
his work until practically all of the
lewalks in tho city are of cemen
nd first class in quality and con
lnCtinon.
Street Filling
In the department of street filling
luch has been accomplished and a
cry considerable amount is now UNI
'cr contract The streets which have
cen filled are Fifteenth, Sixteenth
ayenteeDth. Twentieth, Twenty~sec,
a. Tweutythird Twentv-f9UTh
twenty fifth ana Twenty sixth. the
tmEcr of cubic yards thus naood
,cirg STS75 and ;he total cost t,feroof
S,tG&5G, The streets now under
ontract for filling are Douglas, -Four.
canth, Cedar. Locust inc, jefferson
ven1c. Eighteenth. Nineteenth, Cross,
~cvertccuth Twenty seventh and
''ar'cs. The completion Of these con
rac;s viii he ir@istcd upon at the car
Jest possible moment 20 as to enable
he property holders to got the benefit
Vt tho improvements as soon as they
can.
All of these improvements, aggregat'
ing in value nearly a million of dollars,
have been made by the practically
action Of the Mayor and
City Council, tho harmonious cooper
ltion Of the property holders. and the
General endorsement aud encourage
ment of the press and the people.
-1doment in the County Court for all
Of these improvements has been OBJ
taaed with practically NO opposition
o any Of them.
Tho matter OF letting the contracts
or thcge large pieces Of work became
: ono time Il very serious proposition.
Fhe BANKS OF the city had agreed To
sandlc the Main Outlet Sewer bonds
'meNrtins to over $101,N00.00 and
cforc any contracts could he let for
additional work, the financial panic
Of 1907 had developed. This unex-
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