Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-10
0uR TWELVE Fathers.
Animated Meeting Of the City
Consolidated Discussions
and Aspersions on our
Fore-Fathers.
Review of tho City's Finances,
and the Proper Methods Of
Making Improvements.
Pattee's Opera House Engaged for
the Season by the Celebrated
Comedy Troupe.

N14S Wy
present with the exception of Brown
and SwObe.
An ordinance IA passed appro-
priating S454lO.5l to liquidate liza
bilities up to July LIST.
Mr.. Stephenson argued the fast
driving ordinance with considerable
logic, but its consideration was i'm
definitely postponed, as was also
the ordinance relating to hacks and
hack stands.
It was ordained that 18th street
should be extended to the south
side of Lakes addition.
An ordinance was passed permit
ting hotel owners to EN- Joy runners,
provided a $500 bond be given to
the city for the faithful discharge OF
duty, and the careful handling OF
bags and baggage. Licenses to cost
SOS per year. Runners for any
mercantile house or firm $50 per
year. No license to be issued for
less than six months.
The Grace street extension matter
was referred to the committee on
streets and grades.
BIDS FOR GRADING.
Proposals for grading were opened
as follows:
P Reilly, at 20 cents per cubic
yard, for 300 feet; over that, one
cent per yard additional for each
100 feet.
Patrick Welsh, so cents per cubic
yard.
Al Hanscom, grading Howard
street, $4,000 yards, and 81. Mary's
avenue, S6,24O.
C. l.. Billiard, Fifteenth street, q
cents per yard.
John Kelley, Fifteenth street
from Howard, % cents per yard.
d. Hannehan, Fifteenth street,
24k cents per yard.
Thos. Swift, Fifteenth street, 3S2
cents per yard.
Patrick Welsh, Fifteenth street,
25 cents per yard.
Jerry Leary, Fifteenth street and
| st. Mary avenue, So cents per yard
Peter Iassen, Howard street,
from Fifteenth west, and on st.
Mary avenue, 274 cents per yard
Jerry Mahoney, Fifteenth street,
! % cents per yard.
Luke McDermott, Fifteenth and
Eighteenth streets, 27s and 26l
cents per yard respectively.
F. NJ. Moore, Tenth and Fifteenth
streets, at Is and e cents per yard
respectively.
O. henderson, Eighteenth street,
at 20 cents per yard.
James Hodges, Eighteenth street,
273 cents per yard.
John Peterson, Sanders street,
23a cents per yard.
F, NJ. Moore, Tenth street, at i
cents per yard.
S Billiard, Tenth street, ea cents
per yard, including the grubbing,
On Eighteenth street, az cents per
yard.
Hans Johnston, Tenth street, IA
cents per yard.
AP Ivanstrom, Tenth street, l6i
cents per yard.
Dave Hanahan, Tenth street, Is
cents per yard.
Isaac s Hascall, Tenth street, is
cents per yard.
Jerry Mahony, Tenth street, II
cents per yard.
Only two Of the bids complied
with the demands of the ordinance
in regard to securities. President
Gibson thought the issues ~f too
great importance to let so trifling an
irregularity in the bids stand i'm the
way of their consideration.
Alderman Stephenson moved that
the contract be Jet to Hans John
son, for removing dirt on 10th and
Bancroft streets, at IA cents per
yard, provided he enter into secu-
rity by Friday noon.
At this iuncture Alderman Camp
bell delivered an able disquisition
on the state Of the city finances,
showing that the tax of ten mills
was inadequate to the establishing
| of permanent Improvements, and
should only be used for its intended
purpose, viz: keeping permanent
improvements in repairs; that lift
was necessary these Improvements
| should be made, let bonds be issued.
Mr.. Campbell quoted from the city
charter, and demonstrated his state
ments by means of figures. He
also reflected upon the management
of last years council, which was ia
ken up by President Gibson and
other injured members of last years
administration,
The utility of the street railway
was attacked and defended by the
truism that whatever permanent
improvement was made, it would
enhance the value of property and
eventually reimburse any outlay.
The motion was finally put and
carried without division.
The q ading Of Fifteenth street
and st. Mary's Avenue was award
ed to A ] Hanscom, by q vote of 9
to 1.
The grading on Fifteenth street,
from Howard to Izard, was awarded
to LIS Billiard, and the contract for
Eighteenth street was awarded to D
henderson.
The clerk was instructed to re-