The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-18
URGES Cooperation
TO GET new LEVEES


which is made up of three members
of the Commerce Committee from the
Senate and three members of the
Rivers and Harbors Committee from
the House, and | have the assurances
which are encouraging to me that
when this bill is finally adopted by
Congress the amount appropriated
for use in and about Cairo will be
retained as a part of it, | therefore
recommend to your honorable body
that the City of Cairo, through its
proper committee or committees, in
Guiding the Citizens Executive Com
mitse cooperate promptly with all
other parties interested, with view
of placing all levees in condition.
to protect the city and Drainage Dis
trict against a food, measuring SO
feet on the United States Government
gauge at Fourth street. AS there is
a rise in the river of several inches
to the mile, this will mean that the
levees at the extreme north end OF
the territory protected by them will
be correspondingly higher, probably
about 60 feet, so that the people OF
this entire community will be thor
oughly protected by a ievee standing
four feet above the highest water
that has ever been recorded on the
government gauge. | eel confident
that all detailed arrangements for
this work can be done and will be
done early enough to complete the
greater portion of the work con-
templated before another high water
period.
Commends Health Officials.
After referring in a general way
to the efficient manner in which
the Health authorities handled the
food situation, Mayor Parsons urged
upon the city officials the import
ance in following up the recOmmen-
dations of the health authorities in
regard 10 keeping the city as clean
as possible He said:
"This work is too great for the
city officials alone to handle sue
cessfully and the people generally
ought to cooperate with the city
authorities, and | am sure they will
do so, in their efforts to clean up the
city and prevent the spread of dis
ease.
'1n my message of last year | call
ed attention of the city authorities
to the necessity of guarding against
the impure food and this matter was
taken up by the merchants and the
members of the Woman's Club, with
the result that an ordinance was
adopted which prcgided for the
proper punishment of people selling
impure or unwholesome food sup
plies The ordinance as it was adopt
ed, did not fully meet the require
mentR of our situation and it has not
seemed advisable to enforce vigor'
ously the provisions of it until neces'
Gsary changes could be made in it.
am quite sure this matter would
have been properly adjusted before
warm weather came on had it not
been for the extraordinary floods ir
! the rivers which took the entire at
tention of the people for man!
weeks. | now refer this matter t(
the Board of Health and request tha
they take such steps as will be neces
sary to prevent the sale and use o
impure foods, and also such othe
steps as will be required for the bet
terment of the health conditions o
the city.
Referring to the practice of pay
ing policemen fees for making ar
rests he said:
/ Police and Fire Departments.
There has been considerabl
criticism of the character of the law
: governing the conduct of the polio
Officers, especially regarding the fee
connected with this office and a pla
: for charging the methods of this dc
partment by adopting an ordinanc
for a slight raise in the salary Z
the police officers and directing fec
to be turned into the city treasur,
. was under consideration when TIL
r flood began to pour in upon lis an
this subject as we'll as all others thf
had come up to the attention of tn
n authorities, was temporarily turne
e aside, md no action providing fc
= the change in the management {
lthis department has yet been takel
now refer this and all other ma
+ ters relating to the police and fiji
: department, to the police, Jail an
\ fire committee with the request tn;
Ithey report to your honorable bod
d such changes as in every way, so II
g as these two departments rela