The Cairo bulletin., 1912-11-16
ELECTION WILL
Be NECESSARY
TO VOTE BONDS
City Council to Order s1oh
Course to Raise
S5C,0Oc.
CITY HALL IS DOOMED
City Clerk Authorizes to Ask
That Assessment be Str.ck-
en- From Tax Books.
CITY HALL IS DOOMED

Mayor Parsons stated al the spec
ial city council meeting last night
that special election should be
held as soon as posi- Die to give the
citizens Of Cairo the opportunity 10
vote OH issuing bonds for 100000.
Half Of this amount is the city por-
tion of the $647,000 to be expended
in the raising and strengthening Of
the lcyecg ana the osher half II to
pay for the cost OF protection Of the
leyees during the high water period
last spring
The Mayor explained in detail 10
the council thn result OF the con-
ference held with the railroad Of
ficials yesterday afternoon on the
leyee matter and the next step was
for the city authorities to get busy
and order the election. lie stated
that the Drainage District commits
siolers would GET to work at once To
proceed under the law to secure
court orders to make an assessment
on all the property owners Of the
district for their portion Of tn
amount to be expended.
A resolution introduced by Alder
man Greaney was unanimously
adopted.
The Resolution,
Resolved: That the committee
on ordinances or the city council of
the city Of Cairo, Illinois, shall have
prepared an ordinance for submitting
to the voters OF said ,ity Of Cairo at
a special election, to be called for
that purpose, the proposition of is
suing one hundred thousand dollars
in bonds of said city for the purpose
Of raising AMI str5r gthening the
leYoes around tho said city of Cairo. -
The ordinance committee will get
busy and prepare the ordinance and
special meeting of tlle city will be
held % soon as possible to pass same.
Mayor Parsons says he will allow no
grass to grow under his feet until
the city is thoroughly protected.
No Bids fer Sewer.
On the call for bids to repair the
main sewer on Commercial avenue
there was no response; and the city
engineer, with the assistance of
Engineer Miller, will proceed to the
work of making the repairs and
hurrying the work along before cold
weather interferes Attorney LeeE
was authorized to prepare a resolu-
tioa which must be adopted by a two
thirds vote of the council, 50 that
the.citv can proceed to have the
work done properly under The law.
Almost in pathetic voice, the
Mayor called attention to the fact
that tie city hall proposition was
now out Of the question and that a
resolution was IN order to authorize
City Clerk Hatcher to notify County
Clerk Miller no. TO extend the tax
on the books for the city hall Tha
resolution was adopted.
A rerort Of the pump and water
nop,p,irtna 1voc ovpac+od +o Ia ,oro
sent2d to the council last night, re.
gardine the improving OF the pump.
ing system and the change from
steam to electric power, but owing
to the absence from the city, Of Alder
man M8gner, who is chairman of the
committee, the report was not ready
II. f. Halliday, president of the
Board Of Education, addressed tht
members Of the council, asking co
operation of the Board of Health ant
police department in preventing tn.
spread of scarlet fever and diph
iberia. which he stated has been or
the increase. He wanted campaign
Of education instituted and carried
ont in a house-to-house canvass ant
the distribution of literature thai
will enlighten the parents of child
rsn on The Importance of quarantine
and the isolation Of tire sick Of thesl
diseases from other members Of tht
family.
DR., Walsh, chairman y the BoarS
OF Health, was. asked by the Mayol
to look into the matter. which h,
very readily agreed to do.
Jamie Silver, Of 2z7 Twenty-fiftl