The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-04

The first regular moeting Of thc
city council fer the month Of Docem-
Der was held last evening
The meeting was called to order al
s o'clock.
Mayor Parsons being in Washing
ton as a de!egate to the ninth annual
convention Of the National Rivers
and liarbors Convention, Alderman
Groaney was placed in nomination
and unanimously elected mayor pro
TEN.
Roll cali develorcd the following
solons IN attendance;
Cox, Ferguson, Fry, Flaek,
Greancy, Iurd, Kelly. Magner, saup,
Serbian and Walsh Faulrec making
his appearance at SIS.
Tho first order Of business was the
placing in nomination OF J. s. LeMay
MS special policeman LaMay was
confirmed and later his bond ap-
proved
Minutes of the previous meeting,
upon motion, were approved without
reading,
The oomntroller's report relative to
The financial condition at the end Of
the month and expenditures for
November was read and ordered fled.
Reports OF the street supervisor
and two justices OF the peace were
read ana referred TO the city comp
troller for verincaton
Chief Eean reported 239 arrests
during November, while Jailer Lntz
reported the issuance of IT'S meals to
prisoners before trial and 4S5 meals
following trial.
Chief Lind reported the number of
calls made by the fire department
during November, also the number Of
trips made by the patrol wagon, His
rcquisition for feed and supplies was
referred to the Committee on Police,
Jail and Fire.
A resolution introduced November
G, providing for the weekly payment
OF all employees OF the street depart
nent was acted upon and the recon-
mendation of the committee on
streets, 10 whom II had been referred,
was concurred in.
An ordinance providing for the
construction of a siX-foot cement
sidewalk thirty-seven and one-half
feet in length to complete an unfn-
ished section on the south side of
Twenty-sixth street between Syca-
more and Washington avenue, was
read the second time ana adopted.
Another ordinance providing for a
similar sidewalk on the south side of
Twonty-sixth street, from Holbrook
to Park, was read the second time
and adopted.
petition requesting the vacation
of q certain portion Of Railroad
street in order that the Big Four
road might lay down a switch track
fro ma point 275 feet north Of
Twentieth street to Eighteenth
street, was read and upon request of
Aldermen Kelly and Walsh further
action was deferred until next meet
ing under the rules
The introduction OF this petition
was the cause for considerable discus
sion and the developing of con-
siderable heat
A resolution introduced providing
for the necessary repairs and altera-
lions on the pumps at the Tenth
street pumping station was acted up
on favorahly.
A similar resolution introduced al.
50 by the committee on Pumps and
Water Supply instructing the city
clerk to advertise for bids for one
twenty-inch double suction eentri-
fusal pump and electric motor to
drive same, and bid for a twenty-
inch single suction pump centrifugal
style was favorably acted upon Ono
Of the pumps for which bids are
asked will be purchased and placed at
Twenty-eighth street
The report OF the Committee on
Police, Jail and Fire, which conduct
ed the investigation into the irregu-
lnrities'of three police Officers at the
instisation Of this paper found that
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