The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-05-19
According TO Annual Report on Num-
ber Fires and Damage Estimat-
ed by Chief Lind.
NEW RAILROAD CROSSING
ORDINANCE FIRST READING
Representatives OF a-i he Roads in
Cairc Attend Council Meet
ing to Object

Perhaps the a,C-t N:c loss for
ono year in Cairo for many years, is
shown By t:' re. g.. CT ire Chief
Peter Lind Who tates that the to-
tai estima 4 '--r l-' Ere IN the cit3
Of Cairo 81 The lis e. year ending
May !, 1914 was $f7,907,50. Tho
thrC, far stqtions reaHondod to III
alarms all e ther' S"r 7ountcd twice
and few h"ea ten a3 caul station
kcers a separate ac, ount of its uips
and always A0o stations respond to
the same affirm and sometimes all
three st>tions respond to the same
ala" according to the size cf ;he
couhG grati0n
When the City Council convened
yesterday morning there were many
rcHre- entativ,s of the local railroads
present, gathered for the purpose Of
learning more about the special orii-
nance introduced at previous meet.
ing hy Commissioner Herd, regard.
ing the regulations Of railrceds in
respect to furnishing adequate pro-
lection at streets where conditions
are bad. The ordinance calls for ali
necessary safeguards 1T these cross
inps and If need be, watchmen or
fiagmen are to be placed The rail
road men present seemed willins
enoush to 90 to any reasonable cX
pensc in providing safeguards blt
there were strong objections made
to the employing Gf watchNor on
account Of the expense. Mention
was made by several Of the comnis-
sio1erG particularly to the crossing
Of the Illinois Central on Ohio street,
the Twenty-frst street crossings of
all the roads on Twenty-frst street
and the Big Four crossing on Syga-
more street Mention wa made OF
the frequent accidents at the Bic
Fclr Sycamore street crossing and
one or two at the Twenty-frst
street crossings, bat none could re-
member when an accident had hap
,0ened Oh the Ilinris Central at the
Ohio street crossings of which there
are three, at Eighth, Sixth and
Fourth streets
All the representatives were given
an opportunity to sta.e their c1jec-
tions 10 the ordinance. 1t was stated
by the Big Four representative that
a fagman is kept on the job during
the day at the Sycamore sire /
crossing, but ono ot the commission
o~s stated that what was wanted
was a fagman every hour OF the day
ana night
The representatives of the roads
crossing Twenty-frst street insisted
that al trains have instructions
from headquarters to stop at this
crossing and send a tlagman ah aad
10 see that all is clear. One cf the
commissioners told of an accident he
witnessed himself, where a switch
train backd into a buggy occupied b,
| two people who had a morrow eS
cape. At this point, the buggy was
damaged.
The ordinance was read the sec.
ond time.
After the railroad men had been
assured tha. rhey would De 'cn
suited regarding the kind of protec
tion required and they would theT
have opportunity to make their OBJ
jections if any they left the counci
chamber,
The ordinance for the improve
ment of the streets west OF Washing
ton avenue between Twenty-iirst au(
Twentv-eiehth streets, Paving DIS
trict No L. was read the first time
| If the Cairo City Gas Co, bear
the expense of paying for the ser
vices of an inspector furnished b,
the city said company will be givel
the privilege Of locating leaks in it
mains under brick streets which j
has been stated represents a loss of 2!
per cent. The city's inspector is t
see that all the brick streets tha
are opened in this process of tastini
the ,nairs are placed back in a
good condition rs when opened.
The petit on of J. G Lewis to bull