Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-24
HEALTH AND WEALTH.
The Aldermen Meet to Consider
Both.
A City Physician Chosen and
the Streets Ordered
Cleaned.
The Equalization Of Taxes.

Mayor Bowman and Aldermen
Etcher, James, Mcmahon, Sieden-
tapf and Wood met yesterday after
noon, first as q board Of health and
afterwards as a board Of equalization.
The council chamber being occupied
a. q superior court room, the fathers
met ct Judge James Office, and, as q
board of health, the main business OF
the meeting was to elect q city physi-
clan. The names OF DR.. Mscrae and
DR.. Lacey were presented, and two
informal ballots were had, resulting
In each Of these gentlemen receiving
three votes. As final result, DR..
Macrae was elected, receiving four
votes to DR.. Lacey's two. This matter
being settled, the question of the
city's cleanliness, or rather lack OF
cleanliness, was taken up.
Mr.. ~Sledentopf called attention to
the fact that the chief of police had
been publishing a notice, ordering the
streets and alleys to be cleaned.
He thought that this was the
city marshal's business, and should be
directed by the board Of health rather
than the city council. The board of
health was given all needed power to
have streets or alleys cleaned, and the
expense charged to.adjacent property,
OK to prosecute the owners thereof.
Some practical action, he thought,
should be taken, for mere notices
were soon forgotten, and the thing
would blow over soon, as 1t had done
before.
Judge Jones thought something
ought to be done for some of the
places In the city we're In q terrible
condition.
Aid. Wood remarked that there
were many who were depositing
manure and filth on vacant lots In the
city. This ought to be stopped. The
city marshal had suggested getting
some signs to plan at such places
warning the public to forbear, and
then prosecute the offenders after
that. He thought this q pretty good
suggestion.
Alderman Eicher called attention to
the fact that many were using Indian
creek as o place to dump manure and
offal, and in some places two.thirds OF
tie creek had been filed up 90 that
the opposite bank was being cut
away, and there was also danger of
high water taking away bridges. This,
too ought to be stopped.
Alderman Siedentopf offered q rnso.
luton i~nstructing the city marshal to
give public notice Of the determine.
tion of the board of health to o. IN
up the city, and that after FIVE d. 70,
II property owners did not comply
with the request thus made, ne
board would see that the nuisanee rs
were removed at the expense of TIE
property, tand that those neglectir Z
would be liable to Q penalty besides q.
The board selected as o commit,oe
to supervise and direct the marshal n
this work Mesars. Eicher, Wood 81
Heating.
Adjournment was then taken until
the first Monday In May, the time bot
for the regular annual meeting.
Tho aldermen then transform d
themselves Into q city council for ,as
purposes of on equalizing board, snd
commenced with the petition OF the
Savings bank, which was finally Pat
over until Menday afternoon o. 4
o'clock, when the city attorney will be
present to give his opinion on Ola
points involved.
The council also Instructed the city
engineer to stake out the road r. a
the end of Graham avenue out %
Rapp's, and to survey the full vic a.
Also to define the street running
north Of town from Mills street to
Avenue G..
The bids for the building Of the Dow
city jail yer opened, and the conn t..
teo instructed to make o cont ut
with the lowest responsible bidt .,
which In this case seems to be Oh -.
Straub.
Adjournment was then had u Ill
next Monday afternoon at 2 colo X.