The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-09
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE
CITY coNCCiL.


January lA,19lt.
Especial Meeting)
PRESENT; Hon. George Parsons
Mayor and Alderman Ferguson
Greaney, Kelly, Mcdaniel, Magner
Neff, Nellis, ScUllin and Williams.
ABSENT; Alderman Burke, Can
non, Faudree, Koehler and Walsh.
The mayor stated the meeting had
been called to consider ana act upon
bids for city printing, for supplying
the city with lumber and for re
novel OF garbage.
The mayor stated the successful
bidder for removal of garbage wouli
be required to give a bond for the
faithful performance OF the contract
The clerk opened and laid before
the council bids as follows.
CITY PRINTING--The Bulletin
Company forty-five onehundredths OF
cent per line: The Citizen Corn
pany 46 cents per hundred lines.
FOR SUPPLYING THE CITY
WITH LUAIBER-Kelley Bros. Lum
Der Company, yellow pine at 1850
per foot, Cypress, $3.50 per foo
Oak, $2100 per M feet.
FOR REMOVAL OF GARBAGE
]. p. Morgan, February S160.0O;Marcn
$4,000; April, $4,000; May, $4,000;
June, $4,000; July $250.00; August
$4,000; September, $4,000; October
$4,000 November, $1,000; Deem.
Der, $4,000; January. 1912, s150.00--
s299O.O0
Robt. Serbian, February, 1900;
March, $4,000; April, $4,000; May
$2Sono0; June $2S0o0; July $4,000;
August, $4,000; SEPTEMBER, $4,000;
October, $4,000; November, $4,000;
December sl40.00-$23S000.
Alderman Nellis moved the bids
for printing be referred to the finan.
ce committe, for supplying the city
with lumber to the street committee
and for the removal or garbage to
he board Of health and that re-
cess of five minutes be taken tt
give the committees time 10 con
sier ind report.
The motion was adopted unant
mously,
After recess Alderman Cannon ap
peared and took his seat,
After recess the finance committee
reported finding the bids for print
ing identical as 10. price and recon
mendcd that both bids be rejected
and tae city comptroller instructed
TO adTe Sc for new bids to be re
ceive al the first regular meeting
in t binary,
Alderman Nellis moved the repor
be received and recommendation con
Cured in, The motion was adopted
The street committe reported re
commending that the Did Of KeH
Bros, Lumber Company for supplylu
the city with lumber for the yea
1911, be accepted and contract a
| Esrde0 IT,
Alderman Magner moved the re
port be received and recommends
ton JGncurred in The motion wa
Adopted by the following vote: Aye
Cannon, Ferguson, Greaney, Kelly
Mcdaniel, MagnW Neff, Nellis, ScuI
lin and Williams-10 Nay--none.
The board Of health falling to re
port on the bide for removal of gar
hage Alderman Wagner moved tn
bids be taken from the hands o
the committee and paced befor
the council.
Alderman Scullin moved to amen
BY rejecting both bids and read
| vertisiBg.
| A representative of Mr. J. P. Nor
gan instructed the city clerk &
amend his bid by striking out III
portion referring to the month o
January, 1912, which, by the cor
sent CT the council was done.
Thereupon Alderman Scullin will
| drew his amendment.
TIE motion Of Alderman Magne
was the adopted and the bids wer
placed before the councI.
Alderman Maguer moved the hi
OF j. p, Morgan as amended, be az
copied and contract awarded hin
The motion was adopted by the TO
| lowing vote Aye, Cannon, Fergl
| son Greaney Ketly. McDaniaI Mao