The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-11
CRfANEy'S ROCK
PILE GETS HARD
jOLTIN COURTS
City Attorney Quotes an Ad-
verse Supreme Court
Decision.
WILL FOUND WoRKH0UsE
Alderman Gives Notice Will
Introduce Resolution at:
l.. Next Meeting.

The second regular meeting of the
city council cor December was called
to order at S:02 Tuesday evening by
Mayor Parsons, the following alder
men answering present when their
names We're called
Cox. Flack, Greaney. HIurd, Kelly,
Magnor, NeH, Saup, Serbian and
Walsh
Absentees from the meeting were
Aldermen Faudreo, Ferguson, Fry
and Nicholson.
Minutes of the previous meeting
were approved without reading
Mayor Parsons, in few remarks,
made report relative to his attend
ance at the Ninth Annual Session OF
the Waterways Convention in Wash
ington, In this report he gave the
glad tidings that the government en-
aneera and reported favorably for an
appropriation of $7,00O,0o0 by the
Federal government toward the con
struction OF a system of locks and
dams on the Chic river from Pitts
burg to Cairo, which would insure
nine-foot stage OF water in the river
all the year around Already S.
100000 has been appropriated for
the same purpose. making grand
total of S12 100000 available. He
further stated that work on dam and
lock No "a located here would be
inaugurated within the next year.
This dam win be the first of the en-
tire projected system.
Mayor Parsons voluntarily con-
tributed $500 toward the National
Waterways Association for the City
of Cairo. This amount had hereto
fore been paid by the city, but under
the circumstances, the mayor
thought The city was unable to pay it
and hc therefore, made the contri-
button in behalf of Cairo. The
council rendered him vote of
thanks
Under the head Of unfinished bus
mess, the matter of Big Four
switch track down Railroad street
from point 275 feet north of Twen
tieth street to Eighteenth and upon
which action had been deferred from
last meeting upon motion Of Alder
man Kelly and Walsh, was again
brought up for consideration. Mag
ner's motion to refer back to the
ordinance committee for further con-
sideration was the signal for a
lengthy wrangle in which one alder
man, in engaging in colloquy with
another one, used the short and ugly
word as a preface to rejoiner.
Mayor Parsons advocated the pol
icy of going slow, pointing out thai
the city had made errors in granting
rights in the past and this delay
would insure proper consideration
as the city had but very few rights
left TO yield and give to railroads.
He suggested thought Of the future
Notwithstanding the suggestion Of
deferring action by recommittal.
aggressive tactics in an endeavor to
put It through that bore the brand
of railroad legislation were resort
ed to, resulting in arguments in
which the participants were Magner,
Kelly, Walsh, Neff, Hurd and
Greaney.
Agent ]. ID. Ladd, of the Illinois
Central, being accorded the privilege
of the floor stated that his
road had no objection to privilege
being granted the Big Four to build
the switch track so long as the
Illinois Central would be accorded
the right to use 1t upon payment of
switching charges such as his road
charged in connection with the use
of their tracks on Railroad street.
south OF Fourteenth street.
The debate was lengthy and re-
suited in the matter being recommit-
ted to the Ordinance committee by
vote of seven to three.
Miscellaneous claims and accounts
were allowed. except the November
bill OF the Electric Co., which came
up for separate action on motion
The result of this action resulted In
the bill being recommitted with in
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