Omaha daily bee., 1888-02-04
PUBLIC WORKS. =.
Duplicate City Hall Plnns-Bad Paw
ing and a Curb.

Contractor EdS Brennay yesterday in
creased the force of omen which he has had
at work upon thef dlty hall basement since
last Friday. Superintendent Baker was on
hand and watched ,tfe work as it progressed.
The latter was asked IL he still considered
himself in the empty of the city and said
that he did, and if THE mayor refused to sign
his warrant there were some persons "over
there indicating the court hovse and mean
ing the judges who wil write them for me-"
Mayor Broatch's notification to Mr. Baker,
however, appraisal him of ,he
fact that he Was not to be paid
for January, inasmuch as he had done no
work; but now, that he has gone to work,
the presumption is that no objection will be
made to paying him.
Mr.. Baker told the reporter that Mr. Brcn-
nan, the contractor, had no plans to work
from MIR. Brennan corroborated the state
ment and claimed that he could not work
without them, and that the delay in getting
them was interfering with his progress. Mr.
Baker said he had been to see the city engi-
neer, who, hHwever, was sick and was repre-
Baker said, had refused to give up the plans,
without, however, assigning u reason there
for. Mr. Glover was then seen
by tffe reporter and stated that the
plans he had were a copy of those made by
the architect and were intended solely for
the use of the city engineers office. The
original plans were in Mr.. Baclombe's pos
session. Messrs Baker and Brennan saw
the latter and were informed that the plans
in the city engineers Office were for the use
of the contractor and superintendent and i'm
mediately gave an orderfor MIR. Glover to
surrender them, which he did, and imme-
diately they were delivered to Contractor
Brennan.
MIR. Balcombe has placed the original plans
in safe with the idea Of preserving them
for use in the event of a discussion arising
which may be based upon some feature in
the original sketch.
BAD pAyEMENTs.
The pavement relaid between the cable
tramway track is in a wretched condition in
many parts of the city. The openings be.
tween the stones were large and water Is now
running through them without difficulty. All
the paving near the corner of Tenth and
Harney streets is loose and without packing.
At the corner of Farnam and the same thor
oughfare the water is rushing into hole
made by the dropping of the granite blocks,
and so striking the bed beneath as to wash
away much of the same. Besides at intervals
the street are scattered blocks, some par
TALLY and others entirely pulled out of place
by the toe and heel calks of horses. The
matter demanded immediate attention.
CURLING DOWN.
A large section of curb in the south yard Of
the court house dropped this morning. The
road up the terrace had been excavated last
fall for pavement which was not laid. This
sou weather removed Unc earLnen support
and the stone dropped.
MEETING OF THE BOARD.
Yesterday the first meeting of the board OF
public works was held for month. All the
members were present. The following esti-
mates were allowed:
Andrew Rosewater, royalty on flush
j. ID. knowles, building sidewalks
Herald e iu Pub Co.. adv.,city hall pro- F''' "
pOSalS. =. 1. ......... w
Dewy & Stone, Office furniture for
q board. .......... .,I.I .............. oS 20
g. E. Tanning, street sweeping in
ne fniIotyins nroosai was received r from
Tanning & Slavensl for reconstructing the
Harney street sewer between Nineteenth
and Twentieth streets3
Manholes as per plan per vertical
nrsH rick masonry per 1000 brick in W
wall. l................ J. ............... > w
Bubble stone masonry .per cubic yd
Pine lumber per 1000 feet, b. NJ. 20 90
Constructing arch l............ 10 50
The following proposals were received for
constructing an eight-inch sewer between
Eighteenth and Nineteenth and Nicholas and
Charles: - r.
John Daley, per foot. .........."...........s1 90
Hugh Murphy, per foot ............... CD
j. o. Corby, per foot .......... ~
James Fox per foot. .,...... ] IA
The contract was awarded Hugh Murphy.
The board then adjourned until 80 O'Clock
p. m.
At the evening session Mr.. Heimrod moved
| that the chairman of the board of public
works order flaming Il Slavin, the street
sweepers, to remove the snow and ice from
| the following streets and cutters: Dodge to
| Howard from Ninth to Sixteenth, Thirteenth
from Howard to Union Pacific tracks, Six
teenth street from viaduct north to Nicholas,
| Cunning street from Sixteenth to Twenty
| fifth, Farnam from Sixteenth to Eighteenth,
and ST. Mary's avenue to Twentieth. This
was carried-Heimrod and Mayne voting aye,
| Bacombe nay.
| Mr.. Mayne moved that Daniel Kennistou
be appointed inspector to see that the work
on the streets is properly done, salary To
| cease as soon as the work is completed, and
| to be paid only for time actually employed
Carried, Heimrod and Mayne voting aye
| Balcombe no.
Mr.. SlavIn was present and promised tC
commence work on the street this morning
Mr. Mayne presented resolution that the
chairman of the board of public works in
vite the council to meet with the board this
| evening to discuss the city hall matter.
Mr., Balcombe opposed this on the ground
that the board was subject to the order OF
the council, and that whatever the council
wished the board to do it was their duty u
do it. MIR. Mayne finally withdrew his reso
| luton.