The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-06-14

(S), in Block Sixteen (16), in tn,
First Addition to the City of Cairo
that extensiYe/ repairs have alread,
1 been made upon the buildings OF
said premises and that your petit
TONER has in contemplation the ex
penditure of a considerable addition
al sum for the improvement of tn,
property.
Your petitioner will not, however
be able to use the properly to ad
vantage unless a railroad track Il
maintained and operated in Railroad
Street near the rear of the lots. The
lots in Second Addition abut
, ting those in said Blocl,
Sixteen (16) are each ap
proximately twenty-five (25D feet
wide and fifty (50) feet long. AL
of these lots have been laid off or
the west side, of Railroad street. The
Fl. L. Halliday Milling Company has
owned for many years and is now IN
possession of a strip twenty (20)
feet in width along the easterly side
of Railroad Street at this point A
switch track of the Cleveland, Gin.
cinnati, Chicago and st. Louis Com
pany is in the street Immediately
west of this strip twenty (20) feet
WIDE and the street at this point il
only thirty 600 feet being taken w
by the railroad track.
Your petitioner respectfully rep
resents that in view of all the cir
cumstances the City of Cairo should
vacate the plat of Block Sixteen (16i
in Second Railroad Addition to tn;
City of Cairo, in order that Railroad
Street between Eighteenth and
Twentieth streets shall be wide
enough to permit railroad track to
be laid thereon to reach the property
of petitioner and OF other persons
and corporations in said Block Six
teen (16). First Addition.
Your petitioner herewith presents
an ordinance for the vacation OF
that part of the plat of Second Rail-
road Addition and respectfully prays
that the same be adopted. Your petit
toner also presents statement
signed by the owners of majority
of the lots in Blocks numbered One
Cd and Sixteen (16), in the First
Addition to the City of Cairo, show
ing their approval of this petition
and the proposed vacation.
If said ordinance is adopted and
said plat vacated, your petitioner
will then cause to be given the no
tees and present the petitions re-
quired by law asking permission to
have a railroad track laid upon q
part of the vacated property.
All of which is respectfully sub
mitted.
The Geo. Weidman Brewing Co,
BY Augustus Osterloh,
'Its Agent"
The above petition was accom-
panied by the following petition OF
other property owners:
Cairo, Illinois, June 4, 1912
To the Honorable the Mayor and City
Council of the City of Cairo, Hi
nois.
Gentlemen: The undersigned
owners of lots in Blocks numbered
One "a and Sixteen (16D, in tht
First Addition to the City of Cairo
Illinois, do hereby consent to the va.
cation Of the plat of Block Sixteen
t1e), in Se:dld Railroad Addition
to the City of Cairo, and We respect
fully petition your Honorable Body tC
provide for the vacation thereof, as
set forth in the foregoing petition o.
The Geo. Weidman Brewing Com
pany.
H. L. Halliday Milling Co., by j
B. Magee it's Vice Pres. lots 6, 7, 8. 8
10, II, ~, 13, IA, Is, block 1Lot
6, 16 and II, block IS.
New York Store Mere. Co., by c
0. Patier, Pres. Lots 8, 10, II, i
and 13, block 16.
Kelly Bros. Lumber Co. by D. M
Kelly, V. P. Lots IA, Is, block IS,
Wood & Bennett Co. by w H
Wood, Pres. Lots 1, 2, 8, and il
block /.
The petitions were also accom-
panied by an ordinance entitled "Al
ordinance providing for the vacation
of the plat of Block 16 16), In Sec
ond Railroad Addition to the City o
| Cairo, in the County of Alexande
and State of Illinois," which ordi
nance was read at length.
Alderman Hurd moved the peti
lions and ordinance be referred +
the ordinance committee and stree
committee. The motion wa
adopted.
Cairo Outdoor Advertising Seryic
,petitioned the council for permissio
to erect bill board 48 feet on PoT
lar street and az feet on Enurtoant