Omaha daily bee., 1889-09-25
The Council Committee Decides
That Both Are All Right.
SMOOTHING RuFFLeD FEATHERS.
Stone for the City Hail-supervisor $
OF Registration Appointed
The viaduct Moved Up
Notch.
Tho Comncil.

ana pre-empted Tue councllmanlc seats ana
desks.
President Lee arrived at o'clock and was
buttonholed, at tho door. He fought man.
fully, and at 80 o'clock reached his seat OF
honor red in the face and badly wiuded but
still smiling.
All of the councilmen were present except
Bedford and Shriven.
The expected action in deciding upon what
kind OF stone to be used in the construction
of the city hail was not taken, as the commit
tee on public property and buildings had not
prepared report on the matter. The COM
mittee has had several meetings for the con =
federation of the subject, but has been unable
reach conclusion. Another me citing will
be held this morning, at which it is expected
qhat an agreement will be reached by which
Contractor Coots may continue his work at
once.
The special committee appointed to inves.
tigate the complaint of j. A. Naugle & Co.,
charging Chairman Balcombe, of the board
of public works. with being too badly preju-
u,ced against cedar block pavement to fairly
inspect the same, presented report. The
document is as predicted by TIE
BEE at the close of the iuvesti-
cation last week, and finds that
so far as the personal charges against the
sustained as his actions were approved by
the board The committee considers, how
ever. that the instructions of the board to
the inspectors are TOO severe in justice to
both contractor and taxpayer, and recon-
mends that the board of pubic works allow
the contractors to use all good blocks that
are now on the track in cars already sawed
as the committee finds that not more than 10
per cent. of them at most should be rejected.
The report was adopted after some dis.
cussion, Mr.. Lowry alone opposing it. He
wasn't. on the committee and wanted tn
whole matter rehaShed and rehearsed befor
the council as IA committee of the whole.
The mayor presented veto of the resolu-
tion ordering the sweeping OF Eighteenth
street from Cunning to Ohio on the ground
that the work is not necessary. The veto
was sustained.
ages for personal injuries sustained by
cavng embankment on Thirty third street
near Hamilton, was referred to the city at
torney.
Building company for three rooms in The
Bee building for the use of the city treas
urer and city comptroller, was approved,
Mr. Hascals customary kick to the con-
trary Notwithstanding.
The city attorney was authorized to settle
for 500 the sult of Peter Horner against the
city in which $1,000 is claimed for damages
to property by reason OF the clty's stopping
stream of running water on the petitioners
property. ne SZ,UUU Clulul Ol JUSGpu Slcd-
burn for damages to property by a change of
grade was also ordered settled by the city
attorney for 5000.
The request of the city attorney for funds
to enable him to take dispositions in Phlla-
delphia IN the case of the Omaha Gas Manu-
featuring company vs. the city of Omaha was
referred to the finance committee with
power to act.
as there any limit to the amount of ex-
penuiture authorized" asked President
Lee.
"Oh, no." replied Mr.. Hascall, $50 long as
they don't make it any bigger than the city's
gas bill against the CITY,"
Plumbing Inspector Duncan was granted
leave of absence until Saturday, SepUe M
ber 80.
The city englneer's plans for an eighty
foot viaduct on Tenth street were referred
to the committee on viaducts and railroads.
The plans are the same as prepared by the U.
p. engineer. Its estimated cost with road
| way is 100000, with asphalt and iron road
way, S3S0,000.
MIR Bedford chairman of the committee
on vioducts and railways, was absent and
the plans for the proposed viaducts on
Tenth and Park streets were taken out of
the committees hands, approved and re-
| ferred to the mayor and board of public
works for approval.
BY concurrent resolution of The council
| the following gentlemen were selected as
supervisors of registration IN the polling
| p ecincts of the various wards:
FIRST WAkD.
First District-Robert Glenn, Thomas
Casey and Charles Brandes.
Second District-B. F. Madsen, Il. j.
Jenkinson and Charles Conoyer.
Third Distrlct-Henry Erenpfort, @. E.
Goodman and Is. w. Smith.
SECOND WARD.
First District-K. w. Bartos, William
| Astadt and William Holmes
| Second District-D. O'Connell, Al. Sig
! wort and L. ID. PIckard
THIRD WARD.
First District-D. Cosgrove, ID. Mcleod
| and L. Crossley
Second Distrct--James A. Fogarty, W. S.
| Jones and j. Reuben.
| FOURTH WARD.
| First District-George II. Leslie p. L.
| Robinson and G. H. Downs.
| Second Observation-Disclosures Mcintosh, j..
| G.. Carpenter and Charles Little,
| FIFTH WARD.
| First District-John Wallace, Alex Gray
| and Frank Eriedey.
| Second Distrct-Charles wilkins, John
| Megarry and X. o. Backus.
| SIXTH WARD.
First Distrct-W, A. Grant, E. G. Glenn
| ana Frank Wigs
| Second District-W. Fl. Henshaw, A. f.
| Mayne and j. S. Boyd.
| 80 SEVENTH WARD.
First District-Charles l.. Thomas, N. w.
| Nelson and George l.. Dennis.
Second Distrct-P. j. Quealey, Frank
| Crawford and Harry Green.
| EIGHTH WARD.
First Distrct-Silas B. Lake, Jacob Moore
| and James II. Winspear.
Second District-A. w. Parker, Thomas
| Doyle and Joseph II. Schmidt
| NINTH WARD.
First District-William f. Helms j. b.
| Patterson and S. S. Van Buren.
Second Dlstrict-A. q. Edwards, III. l.
| Seward and O.. III. Webster.
Mr.. Boyd feeling the necessity OF dong
something to cement his imagined cnch of
the labor vote introduced the following
which was adopted:
Resolved, That no one but skilled and
| competent mechanics be employed in The
construction of the city hall building TO do
mechanical work thereon; the question o.
skill and competency 10 be determined By
the unions of the mechanics in Omaha In the
line of mechanical work proposed TO be per
formed by any such mechanicsi and that The
number of hours constituting days work
be regulated by the rules of said unions
respectively. .
The board of public works was instruct et
| to advertise for bids, for two weeks, for hl
| paving of rhrtieth street from Bristol nortt
| TO the city limits and Twenty-fourth ant
| Twentieth streets from Vinton south TO the
| city limits. These streets were left out o
the original advertisement for paving in th