Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-19
4 LONG AND BUSY SESSION.
A Vast Amount of Business Tran
sacted by the Council.
THE DOG ORDINANCE ADOPTED
A Communication From Comptroller
Goodrich Relative TO the Short
age In the Police Court
Clerks Accounts.
The City Council.

Inc shortage reported IN tne accounts OF
Police Court Clerk J. S. Woods was placed
before the council at its meeting, last night,
by the following communication from City
Comptroller Goodrich:
"In the matter of the report of tho police
Judge, ! find several discrepancies between
the docket and report which have been
charged up on his June docket. ] am also in
possession of number OF receipts for the
month of March, April and May for fines
paid by prostitutes, which have not been ac-
counted for in any of mis- reports. amounting
IN all to s33o, which has also been charged
lp for June.h
Fowler & Beindorff. architects for the new
city hall, presented communication, recon.
mending that all the brick walls now on the
city hall grounds be taken down, the work
% be done by contract, and the amount to be
deducted from the $3.50, 900 fund. The mat
ser was referred to the committee on public
property aud buildings.
communication was presented by r. O.
Festner and others, complaining OF the cum
bersome and unsightly system of overhead
wires proposed by the Consolidated street
railway company and asking the council to
prohibit further extension of such wires by
the company. The matter was referred TO
the committee on streets and alleys.
The contract and bond OF Hugh Murphy
for all brick paving IN tho city during the
year 1889 was again presented for approval.
The contract was for the paving of the
company, and going to Murphy, by that com.
pauy's forfeit, as the next highest bidder.
Mr.. Wheeler said he thought il was fact
that could be proven that there was q col
fusion between the Kansas City Paving com
pauy and Hugh Murphy in the matter. He
would oppose the contract and would oppose
ali kinds of sculduggery in which
the city's interests were at stake.
MIR. Bedford sand he could not understand
why Mr.. Wheeler had accused MIR. Murphy
of tvit puviup
company, as other contractors had been
given a part of the contracts forfeited by the
Kansas City Paving company.
MIR. Snyder accused Mr.. Wheeler OF in
dulging in spite work in his charges against
Mr.. Murphy.
After considerable desultory discussion
the contract was approved.
The council went INTO committee of the
whole for the consideration of the proposition
to rent the board of trade room for use oil
the council. The lease was approved by the
council with the modification that the council
have the use of the exchange rooms for
twenty five day meetings in each year.
The council then took up the new dog or.
dinance, which provides, IN addition to the
taxing provision now in force, for the muz-
cling of all dogs running ut large when the
mayor shall require it by proclama.
ton; also the appointment of q
poundkeeper, who shall take charge OF
all 1ntagged dogs running at large
and keep them for number of days
to give owners a chance to redeem them,
upon payment of a fee of 50, unclaimed dogs
to be killed Dy drowning or some sure and
safe method; the poundmaster to receive d
fee of 81 for the killing of each unclaimed
dog, the amount TO be paid out of the general
fund. The ordinance as amended was
adopted.
The report of the city attorney recon-
mending tine payment of $3.50 to ii. McGuckin
and $3.50 to NJ o'Neil, in settlement of their
claims against the city, now pending in the
s courts, was adopted.
4 he action of the board of public works in
excluding Utica cement from public works
for the present year was sustained by the
council
The resolution of the board of fire aud
police commissioners, designating stands fol-
cabs, hacks, aud other vehicles, was re
ported to the council and tabled in shor,
order.
Contracts and bonds were approved as fol
lows:
Ed Phelan & Co., for the grading of Jones
street from Fourteenth 10 Sixteenth; John
A. O'Keefe & Co., for paving of alleys with
Colorado sandstone; j. E. Riley q Co., for
paving Clark street from Sixteenth tt
Twenty-fourth, and Vinton from Twentieth
to Twenty-fourth, with cedar block on
sand and plank; the Barber Asphalt Pavinf
company, for the paving with asphalt o.
lizard street from Sixteenth to Eighteenth
j. w. F'urnas 81 Son, for paving Pine ant
Worthington streets from Eighth to Tenth
with Colorado sandstone.
"A communication from Judge Berka, ask
ing the council to authorize some one il
charge at the station to accept bail for pris-
oners arrested during the night, was placed
on file, as the amended charter provides tha
the clerk of the police COURTS authorized Il
pertoun the service asked by the petitioner
The report of the police judge, showing thu
adjudication in his court OF l,O95 cases IL
May, and the collection of Sl,659 in fines
was referred to the committee on finance.
The city comptroller reported that there il
now due to the city from the Gable Tramwa.
company for damages TO sewers and reset
ting curbing on Twentieth street, 81, 1872 i3
which the company has refused to pay. Th
matter was referred to the city attorne,
with instructions to collect the amount due
A request from the motor company TO
permission to commence the work OF laying
tracks across the Eleventh street viaduct
was referred to the committee on viaduct
and railways.
A lively discussion was evoked by the re
port Of the committee or paving, curbinl
and guttering recommending the approva
of the action OF the board of public work
In excluding Mankato and Utica cemen
from the public works for the present year
Councilmen Lowry and Huscall wer
strongly opposed to the proposed approval
City Engineer Tillson explained that tn
board of public works mad excluded the CT
p ment because they had not stood the test.
An adjournment was taken at midnigh
without any action upon the report.