The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-03-13

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Cairo & st. Louis Ry. Co.
by W. r. Grossly,
Gen. Supt ... 500 TT
1860
Alderman Greaney thereupon Of
fered the following resolution:
| Resolution.
re ii resolved by the City Coun-
III. O. The city Of Cairo, Illinois
'tsat the cairo & ST, Louis Railway
orrnsry. irs Successors. lessees an
,sslgns. be and they are herebs
ran,cd the right and permiss on to
, maintain and use water pipe
1eath the surface of the ground in
'hivty- Eighth street. in the City Of
lfo. Illinois from the easterly line
ios Svcar,ore street to and across the
ars6etion Of Thirty-Eighth street
vita Ohio street or Ohio levee ami
rrsa the Ohio levee embankment
re all intarsest ting streets and pub
pisee Cor the purpose of sup.
Ing with water the electric gen
atiug plant Of said Cairo &
I. Louis Railway Company, located
Hlth OF said Thirty-Eighth street
Nd between Poplar and Sycamore
~sets in said City Of Cairo, pro-
viled said water pipe from the point
where Thirty-Eighth street inter-
sts the Ohio levee embankment
hall tie laid under the tracks OF the
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Nm 4 as near as possible to the top Or
~4id emhankment, and provided,
further, that said water pipe shall
iln laid Under the general direction
tho committee on streets Of the
ti.y council, W. P. Greaney.
Alderman Greaney moved the
Goption Of the resolution. The mo-
! tiru was adopted BY the following
cte Aye-Cox, Faudree, Fer
son, Flack, Fry, Greaney, Kelly,
aaner, Neff, saup, Serbian and
alsh--l2. Nay-None.
! The following communication
ON Cairo Water Company was
read:
Tc the Mayor and City Council,
Cairo, Ill.
entlemen:
| The Cairo Water Company de-
i2re5 the unavoidable accident
l~aicn deprived 1t of its standpipe
ongratulates itself and the public
that the disaster was not worse.
hanks the citizens generally for the
ndly spirit with which they have
ret the occasion. felicitates Itself.
Iu on the fidelity and reliability Of
| p officers and employees shown by
lthe extraordinary short time in
(which water was supplied after the
ecident, and petitions Council as
j, fellows:
| First For the speedy passage of
Lac ordinance consenting TO the
erection by the company of a mod
lem steel water tower or tank such
,fs Is now erected by modern water
works in all parts of the country
Where the country is flat. in accord
nee with the best modern engineer.
Ing designs, instead OF rebuilding A
tand pipe such as is required by the
city ordinance approved October list,
1855, of the dimensions and size
therein specified, which is an an
Gent and out-of-date method of con
struction and cannot produce as
rood service
Second. For the speedy passage
{ an ordinance vacating so much of
the bed of Commercial avenue as
'es north of 41st street and convey
ing the same to the Cairo Water
company for the purpose Of erecting
thereon its new water tower and
tank.
In explanation of the foregoing
request the company states
!. The company desires to give
the best water service possible.
2, To that end it desires its
HA4PAAcAN W oe tue OHsL ODtaiNaOlp
IN accordance with best engineering
practice.
8. The loss to the company
due TO the falling of the stand pipe
lsggregates s15.O0O.O0 and for this
This large expenditure it desires the
es: value
An old fashioned stand pipe will
fost less than water tower tank
by several thousand dollars.
4. The new water tower will b.
) erarted by responsible contractor
orpetent 10 build such towers un.
stpr : guarantee complete in every
particular, and it is believed ii vii,
tand forever. Still sober minded
/. peonle realize the possibility of ac.
idents and every reasonable pre-.
esntion should be taken to avoi(
unfortunate results.
TIL eslra the company desires /,
ref Is rev water tower farthe
T'sy fror' It's pumping station 8,
; that IN event OF an earth quake o
tornado. or other unavoidable m