The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-21
the ordinances. until May.
The motion OF Alderman Greaney to
refer the report was carried.
Other Proceedings.

There were present at the meeting
His Honor Mayor Parsons and Alder
men Greaney, Magner, Cannon, Kelly
German, Nellis, Ferguson. Mcdaniel
Williams Burke, Davis, Scullin and
Meehan.
The mayor announced the resiga
ton of Officer Fred Hofheinze and the
resignation was accepted
The mayor appointed VIM Griffen
(colored) as police constable, to take
the place of Luther Lewis, resigned
and Geo. Mackinturff to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of Officer
Powers. Confirmed. The former has
been fireman at the gas house for
some years and the latter has made
good as a special officer
Water-Rate Commissioner,
The mayor announced that II
seemed to be necessary to name some
one to aid in putting the new water
rates into effect, consulting with the
water company and with consumers OF
water. and 1t would be money well
spent and the public's interests would
be served, to appoint an experienced
man for a time. Mr. c. Fred Gallagher
had been recommended to him as one
best qualified for the service, because
he had been identified with the work
of the committee which had drafted
and presented the new ordinance. He
would therefore nominate Mr.. Cali
CHER as waterrate commissioner, to
be employed from month to month
until the new water rates had been
put into effect.
Alderman Greaney said he had re-
ceived complaints from twenty or
more citizens that the new water
rates given them were excessive, and
he knew that in several cases which
he had personally investigated, the
rates were in excess Of those fixed in
The ordinance He believed it would
AXE six months work to introduce
he new rates properly to all con-
in the city; but consented to
4 motion that the commissioner fc
for not to exceed three
months.
The nomination was confirmed
GARBAGE Contract.
The Board of Health recommended
he acceptance of the bid Of Ed
Koehler for removing garbage and
lead animals for the present year at
1880,
Some controversy was had over the
act that Mr. Koehler would not he
'eady to begin work till Feb. /. ard
hat his bid covered the month Of
but 1t was agreed that he
should be paid Only from the time he
began work, Mr. Meehan to have pay
or the work until his successor has
qualified,
Petitions for dram shop license by
leo. Fl. Goodman Co on Ohio street.
~ ]. I. Wilkes for Albia's Block at
and Commercial, and for
ransfer of wholesale license of Geo.
T. Baxter from Albia's Block to SIT
ohio street, was granted.
It was stated by the mayor that
here Is room now for only three more
Tram shops in Cairo under the limita-
ion clause of the ordinance.
Petitions for plank walk on both
sides of Thirty-eighth street from
avenue to Highland ave
Tue, was referred to street commit
zee,
Alderman Magner moved that Tenth
street pump be put in operation at
1nee and Twenty.eighth street pump
be held in readiness to start at any
time, wages to be paid weekly. Car
ried
Mayor announced that council had
been invited to attend lecture at Cairo
opera house. Monday night The in
was accepted, after some
good-natured skirmishing, in which
wished to know whether or
not it was to be lecture on graft :
An ordinance prohibiting the exhi.
bition of indecent pictures at shows
was read and referred to ordinance
1t requires that all pic,
lures proposed to be shown shall b.
exhibited first tO the chief of police
whose approval shall be required AM
who shall give h s written consent Il
their production within three days
which written DC ruit shall be poste.
at the entrance NJ the theatre. TIE
mayor shall favC final authority i,
each case. A fine of from $50 to Size
may be imposed for violations of the
ordinance.
Alderman Meehan requested author
ity of the city council TO have street,
cleaned in time for the meeting q
the state engineers next week. Al,
thority was given to use stree
washer, paying water company {:
rate of II cents per thousand gallon,