The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-04-29
CAIRO WILL NOT
WAIT LONGER BUT
Will RUSH WORK
sFai
Levee System Of 81 Feet on Gov
ernmant Guage to Be
Commenced. e
ASSESSMENT ROLL is FILED
Bids Will Be Advertised and Con.
tract Let With Active Work
to Begin June |.
ASSESSMENT ROLL IS FILED

to Begin June l.
| Cairo and the Drainage District
are making active preparations to
repair, strengthen and raise their
levee systems to 81 feet on the Cairo
Government guage while waiting
the result Of the effort to obtain
state appropriation Of $250,000 and
a National Government contribution
of, $500,000 which with the add
tional $250.000 to be raised by
Cairo through taxation under the
Enabling Act would have made
another million dollars which would
have raised the levees from 81 to go
feet.
It's dangerous to wait on the
caprices Of two Legislative bodies for
the additional appropriations Of
$3.50, coo so Cairo and the Drainage
District will 90 ahead and build the
fifty-seven foot Ievee system with
the $64S,000 now available.
The $648.0O0 pyramid" was
raised through the National Govern
ment contributing $250,000 last
summer provided Cairo raised or
caused to be raised a similar
amount.
Cairo not only raised or caused
to be raised a similar amount, but
went Che Federal Government some
better than requested.
Cairo voted Sf00, GEO in four AMI
|one-hali per cent twenty-year ia-
stallment bonds.
The railroads by bonds and cash
payments contributed 100000.
The Drainage District will add
St2S,00 to the pool. making s64s,-
900 available with which to raise
the levees TO 57 feet on the u. s.
Government guage.
The work OF raising and strength
|ening the leyees will begin by June
| and no doubt will be completed
before next winter.
Yesterday afternoon about 5:nn
o'clock the commissioners of the
Drainage District through their at
torneys, Messrs Gilbert and Gilbert,
filed in the county court the assess
ment roll which specifically sets
forth how much each acre Of land IN
theDrainaga District will pay ato-
ward the sf2S,00o.
At the time OF fling the petition
for the assessment roll a complete
plat Of every acre in the sections Iii
the District and the amounts as.
sessed against them was also filed
with Judges VIM. s. Dewey. This
occupies % large draughting pages
in bound form.
Judge Dewey viii within the next
ten days name a day when the az
easements will have a hearing before
q Jury in the county court and hear
any AFFECTIONS that may be filed.
This jury will alter CT amend any
sf The assessments if il thinks them
uninst ana unreasonable
Upon verdict being, rendered the
flgs 81 at1gai
VIII Immediately take the necessary
stems 70 ra.se the st2s,000 through
the issuance cf bonds,
Advertisements asking FOR bids on
pafts or whole Of the work OF rails
ing The. loyec system viii be inserted
in The press which will be opened
and lea nv the middle of next month
The work will be done under the
direct supervision of U. s Govern
ment engineers although the differ
ent sections will be under the dlree-
tion OF engineers empleved by ths
railroads, Dfainare District and City
3oF cairo. but the Federal Govern-
ment engineers will have the flnal
voice in regard TO the construction
of the work according to the plans
and specifications. already complet-
ed. submitted and approved by all
parties concerned
ln case the State OF Illinois and
the Federal Government generously
make the appropriations requested
Of them the work OF raising the
levee. systems from 81 to go feet
will in no wise effect the former ex-
Ieept that probably on the stone re-
tanning wall on Ohio levee from
Eighteenth street south.
Mayor Parsons yesterday received
the following copy OF the bill intro
duced in the National House of Rep
resentatiyes by Hon. R. p. Hill last