The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-06-25

rock; soil Of all kinds, including
gravel, clay, aoam, Ind the like:
sometimes, soil favorable to the
growth Of plants; the visible surface
|of the earth; the ground, as, loose
|earth; rich earth. WEBSTER.
Such land as ye break up for
barley to sow,
Two earths at the least, ere We
sow it, bestow. -TUSSER.
A solution to the protest of pro-
perty owners on Iolbrook avenue
between Twenty-first and st. Charles
streets was not arrived at during the
meeting of the Board of Local Inn
|provements yesterday afternoon.
The. property owners demand
fulfillment Of the contract for the
Improvement of the street according
to the specifications In the ordinance
and Contractor Roy Il. Williams de-
Iclares that he will not entirely re-
move the Elco gravel and concrete
blocks which he used for filling the
street.
He did, however, make conces-
sions at the meeting and the Board
OF Local Improvements, as a result
of the offer. will make further
examination Of the work already
done by Mr. Williams and endeavor
to have the property owners accept
Contractor Williams offer.
None OF the protesting property
owners We're present at the meeting,
several Of them stating that they
had filed typewriter copy OF their
objections and II was up to the city
to take steps to protect their in
terests.
Contractor Roy H. Williams vas
'pna@alas and made a. proposIsAon
whereby he was to remove all the
concrete blocks and level OFT the
gravel so that 1t would be one foot
below the street grade this to be top
surfaced with a foot Of earth.
There was difference of opinion
existing between the contractor and
the commissioners relative to what
constituted EARTH" the former
claiming that Elco gravel filled the
BILL
II developed during the meeting
that Contractor Williams had been
notified several weeks ago by COM
missioner Kelly to stop filling the
street with gravel. Contractor Wil-
liams claimed the work was done
when he was notified.
It also developed that Mr.. Will
liams had told one OF the property
owners, who told him not to put any
more gravel on the street, that he
would do as he d please"
1t was suggested by one of the
commissioners that a further inspec-
tion be made, although all stated
that they had been there and made
examinations satisfactory to them
selves that the contract was vio-
lated.
There was slightly heated col
loquy between Mayor Wood and
Contractor Williams at one period Of
the meeting. the mayor eontending
for the faithful Observance of the
terms of the contract, and again he
tween Commissioner Kelly and Mr..
Williams in regard to the notice the
former had given him relative to
the filling of the street
with the Objectionable material.
AT $3.50 the dove OF peace iiutter-
ed gently into the heated council
chamber and the matter was tempo
rarily disposed OF until 10 o'clock
This morning when an endeavor will
be made TO get the property owners
10 permit MIR. Williams to make
,hange by covering the gravel with
! foot of earth, first removing the
blocks, although it is said
hat one or more of the property
,wners declare that they viii not
'ermit any deviation from the speci-
lcations in the ordinance and Con-
ractor Williams at the same time
at the meeting that he
would not remove all the gravel
which will place the matter up to
iayor Wood, the latter stating that
the property owners demanded an
bsolute fulfillment OF the terms OF
he contract that he would be COM
ielIed to make Mr.. Williams live