The Cairo bulletin., 1913-02-05
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FILLING UP DITCH
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Wordy coloquy Between Aldermen
Kelly and Magner Over
Two Pumps.
BIG COST TO FIX THE SEWER
Fourteen Thousand Already Expend-
ed on Commercial Avenne-
Transfer Saloon License.
BIG COST TO FIX THE SEWER

The first council meeting for the
month OF February ASS evening was
attended by Mayor Parsons, Alder
men Cox, Faudree. Ferguson. rlack,
Fry, Kelly, Magner. Nicholson.
Neff. Saup and walsh--ll.
Absent--Greaney. liurd and Ser
bian-3.
Aside from the regular routine
business, appointments OF regular
and substitute firemen, the al
lowing OF the regular month
y salary bill and the reading
of miscellaneous claims and accounts
the one great matter OF Importance
was the reading OF the bills 50 far
incurred in the repair OF the broken
portions OF the sewer on Commercial
aven,ie which approximately amount
ed to $4,000.
The report OF the city comptroller
for the year OF 1912 showed that
there had been y130.755.55 received
by the city from all sources. OF which
s66,soo had been paid in by the
liquor interests.
His report showed expenditures OF
s11s.es9.25.
The petitions OF William IsinEc
and the Louis Herbert Estate. in re-
gard 10 the transfer OF d retail
Iiquor iicepse. just recently granted
to the forme- for a saloon at 1915
sycamore and its transfer to the
Louis Herbert Estate who vii open
q saloon at 220 Eighth street In thc
store room occupied at present By
r, G. Marable, was referred TO the
finance and police, jail and fire COM
mittees.
After q recess taken for the pur-
pose OF giving the committees time
to act on the petitions and bond.
the council reconvened and by unani-
nous vote granted the prayer of the
petitioners.
Accompanying the petition was
another one signed BY majority OF
the property owners in the block re-
questing the council to, grant the
prayer of the Herbert Estate.
Assistant Chief Lindf1of the fire
department made his regular month
" report ana acquisitions for feed
for horses, oil and s2.75 worth OF
soap for the three stations.
An ordinance was introduced by
Alderman Saup providing that all
monies paid into the city treasury
shall be depasltea IN the First Bank
and TrusfstSsr ~ "A Issana,en. !, ,oup-
ty National Bark and ffss tf5s5 NM NJ
tional Bank, forty per cent OF tho
amount in each Of the first two
named banks, and twenty pee cent
IN the latter bank, these deposits To
draw tive per cent interest oil averI
age daily deposits The banks ara
to furnish approved securities guar
anteeing the deposits in the sum or
sl50.0o0 each by the first two
banks ane s75.ooo by the Cairo Ma
ton.
This ordinance was referred to
the ordinance and finance commit
tees.
II acted upon lavorably. the meas.
ure VIII become effective April 80.
1919. k
The Climax OF the council meeting
came when Alderman Kelly intro
duced q resolution, innocent in its
form but creating. a storm when the
alderman obtained the nocr and
made an explanation.
From the argument that ensued
the inference was drawn that "somo
one had filled the ditch" that fed
water to the centrifugal pump at
twenty-eighth street so that this
pump could be moved to Thirty
eighth street leaving an old worn
out Menge pump (which has since
frequently broken down. TO take
care OF the rain aud sipe water iced
ing OF 1t through a sewer
Alderman Magner siisciaimed any
and all knowledge relative 70 the
Il ling of the ditch ana thc matter