The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-07-22
CITY BONDS ARE
SIGNED AND ALL
READY FOR BUYER

mercial and Washington avenues
a. m. without taking chances of be-
ing haied into court, provided there
is no relaxation in the orders given
to the police to prohibit the prac-
tice.
All automobile owners or drivers
of other vehicles having business on
Eighth street between these hours
and wishing to stand their convey
ances must park them facing the
right way against the eurbing on
some other thoroughfare but not
two abreast
Mayor Wood who fathered the
resolution at the council meeting
yesterday morning stated that the
accident of Sunday night was one of
the causes for the introduction OF
the resolution.
The resolution was passed by an
unanimous vote.
Mayor Wood also said that an Of
ficer would be placed on the street to
enforce the order. first by moral
suasion and is this failed, drastic
measure would be applied to compel
the owners and drivers to comply
with the order.
During the discussion 1t developed
that many owners of machines were
delinquent and negligent In the
proper display of license numbers
in the front and rear and a'so in re-
gard to tail and front lights, dis
regard of the speed limit and rules
Of the road. An officer with mo-
torcycle is to be employed to compel
compliance with the speed regula-
tions and road rules, etc.
The merchants of the city owning
delivery wagons will be notified that
their drivers must comply with the
rules of the road, as we'll as all other
vehicles.
h. A. Smith, f. d. Nellls and w.
c Charles complained to the council
that the owners of stock permitted
their cows to trcspass on lands which
they had planted with corn outside
the Mississippi levee, all Of which is
inside the city limits. this permit
ting of stock to run at large being
in direct violation of the law and
they therefore asked that they be
given protection.
Mayor Wood and the council
pledged that they would grant the
relief asked of them
During the proceedings Mayor
Wood made verbal report relative
to the progress made upon the new
projected levee system for Cairo and
reading several communications.
Lieut.. Col Je~yey of the L. S.
engineer corps, who has charge of
the Cairo levec reconstruction, in a
letter stated that the bids for the
work would be opened July 20 and
Cairo could make in reference to
complying with the bin appropriat-
lug $3.50 900 for the purpose "p~o-
viding cairo would raise or cause to
be raised similar amount.
1t developed that the 100000
bead issue Of Cairo had been signed
and was ready for purchaser offer
ing the highest bid.
President Aisthorpe of the First
Bank and Trust company, who was
present, suggested that advertise
ments be inserted in the papers for
10 days requesting bids which must
not be less than par. During the
interim he stated that the First Bank
and Trust company would deposit
with the city treasurer to the credit
Of the City OF Cairo. $4,000 so that
the city could notify the Federal
Government that it had complied
with the individual part of the bill
app~opriating the money He further
stated that tho bank, pursuant to
its offer made long ago. would bid
par for The entire 100000 city
bond issue.
1t further developed during the
meeting that the S1SS.o00 bond Is.
sue of the Drainage District would
be taken care of by the three banks
Of Cairo. forty per cent being taken
by the Alexander County National
Bank, forty per cent by the First
bank and Trust company and twenty
per cent by the Cairo National Bank
Commissioner Howley and Corpo-
ration Counsel Leek. In accordance
with resolution passed in June.
were instructed to make immediate
arrangement regarding the disposal
of the 100000 bond issue of the
city by inserting the advertisement
asking for bids for the issue, these
bids not to be less than par, and ac-
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