The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-11-09
OFFICIAL PROGEElINGs
OF IHE CINY G0UNes-


mayor. and Aldermen Cox, Ferguson
Fiack, Kelly. Maguer, Nicholson
Nerf, Saup. Serbian,
ABSENT Aldermen Faudree
Fry, Greaney. Hurd, Walsh.
rt Object.
The mayor stated the object OF th'
meeting TO the 10 order al ls men
for bids for repairs On :" in sewer -
Commercial e''HaIssf avenue and fss genera
The mayor presented and haf rea6
an ordinance entitled AN ordinance
for the sale Of certain ground TO tbs
Cairo. Vincennes and Chicago Rail,
way Company its successors and as
signs, which ordinance, after be.
ing read at length. was on motion OF
AldeIman Neff. referred TO the ordi'
nance and street committees.
Alderman Greaney appeared and
took his seat
The mayor submitted communi-
cation from Mr. C F Persch sh1~-
ing improvements still necessary in
the fire department and water W 1rf'
system TO advance the city's insur-
ance classification,
Alderman Neff moved the com
munication be referred 10 the police
Ijail and fire and the finance COM
mittees. The motion was adopted
Alderman Hurd appeared and took
his seat. 80
Alderman Magner introduced the
following resolution:
Whereas, the Rich Construction
Company, on the 2sth day of March,
IA, d. 1897 entered into a written
contract with the City of Cairo
Illinois. y. for the construction and
completion of & local Improvement
in and upon Commercial avenue and
Tenth street, in the City of Cairo
Illinois, provided for by the Board
Fof Local improvements of the City OF
sCaifo, Illinois, consisting of the con-
strueticn of Main Concrete Sewers
on Con- nercial avenue and Tenth
street, in the City of Cairo, Illinois;
first, a sewer on Commercial avenue
from a point eleven { I'D feet north
|df the south line of Thirty eighth
street to,a point ten tl0i feet south
|of the center line Of Tenth street
second, a sewer on Commercial ave-
niue, rom the aorth line of Second
street'to a point ten j l0) feet south
of the Center line of Tenth street
the two sewers eonverging into a
third concrete sewer extending from
the intersection of a line ten .tl0)
feet south Of 4the center line OF
tenth street with tic east line of
Commercial avenue along a line
parallel to but ten (10) feet south
of the center line of Tenth street to
a point in the Ohio river one hun
dred aud thirty-eight (l38) feet
east OF the east line of Ohio street
with necessary concrete manholes
built thereon and with necessary in
lets connected therewlth, and with
necessary street connections for lat
Ieral sewers TO be connected there
with, and with necessary house slant
connections for house drainage pur.
poses, and with necessary auxiliary
sewers for house connection pur-
poses and of the cons truetion of one
main gate in said Tenth street sewer
and also of one emergency gate In
in The said Commercial avenue
sewer and of the ,readiust
ment Of the pump well, pump box
etc, in the pumping station then 10
Gated on the corner Of Tenth street
and Ohio street SO as TO adapt the
same to the said new Tenth street
sewer and Of the purchasing of d
new pump shaft of the required
length, with one additional impeller
wheel therefor and placing the
same, together with the three i'm
peller wheels then upon the ola
pump shaft. upon said new pump
shaft and connecting said new pump
shaft with said pumping station, un-
der Ordinance No 81 of said City
of Cairo adopted July 10th. A. D.
1906, and approved July 18th. A.. p.
1906; and whereas. the said writ
ten contract, among other provis-
ions, contains certain provisions In
the words and fgnres following. to-
wit:
IT is further agreed by and be-
tween the parties to this contract
that the said local improvement
shall be constructed with such ma
tertals and in such manner that the
same shah endure without the need
of any repairs for a period of two
t2l years from and after the COM
pletion and acceptance of the said
local Improvement ano that the said
party Of the first part (the Rich
Construction Company hereby