Omaha daily bee., 1890-11-22
PUBLIC WORK J.
Squires & Co. Ordered 60 Secure More
Street Cleaning Machinery.

street Cleaning MaChtnery.
The board Of public works held a session
yesterday afternoon with all Of the members
present The question Of relaying sidewalks
that hauo been torn up while improvements
are being made was broughtup and discussed.
In Il letter to the board DIR. Spalding said:
"When the motor line was built on Charles
and Twenty.ffth streets the cross walks
were torn up and nave never been rcaid."
The board took action and decided to SEQ
that the walks are at once put back in place.
In order to have the streets made passabe
during the coming winter the following rcso.
luton was adopted:
Resolved, That G, f.. Squres, who has the
street sweeping contract, be and is hereby or
dcred to at once procure "A snow pow and one
large sweeping machine for cleaning the
streets, subject to the approval of the board
ofpublic works.
Ed Walsh, who is behind with some of the
men who are working for him, was
instructed to appear at special
meeting that will be held next Wednesday at
2 o'clock p m. He will be required To tell
why he has not paid his men.
North Thirtieth street is being graded and
the chairman was instructed to confer
with the officials Of the Elkhorn and ascertain
when they will make the grade of their road
bed at the intersection of the street conform
to the grade that has been established by the
city.
The following estimates were presented
and allowed; Ed Collahan, grading hamil-
ton, Pleasant and Thirty-sixth streets,
S1l3. OR grading South Twelfth street from
Center to Bancroft streets, S294.53; grading
Martha street in Clark Place, Megeath street
in Dupont Place ADD Twenty-ninth street
from Hickory to Megeath street, Sl,6lS.50;
Templeton q Morris, grading Harney street
from Smith street to Dexter avenue, 500
Tanning 81 Savin, grading Seventh avenue
from Williams to Pine street, 1864 50;
ole JaI limo Eierlth hgt, f.pf,
Douglas to Dodge street, Sl54.6S; Ed Phelan,
grading Fifteenth street in Paddock Place,
S63; Templeton Morrow, grading Thirty
fourth street from Fowler avenue to Ames
avenue, S625.G4; knight Brothers Il Barnes,
grading Chicago street from Lowe avenue to
Pleasant street, Spring street from Chicago
to Cass street and Grove street from Chicago
to Davenport street, 81 ,S4244; Hugh Muir
ply, curbng Sherman avenue from CONNER
cial street to Writ, I.53l.9S; Tanning Il
Savin, extension of the North Omaha sewer,
S5,234.63; Hamon & Mcdonald, sewer in dis
trict No 224, S952. 10; Graham Park. sewer in
district No. 10, S2l6. 6.l5: +. L. Reeves, sewer
in district No. 100, S4O2.S0; Hugh Murphy,
paving Fourteenth street from Webster to
Nicholas street, 50, 294; paving Sherman ave-
nue. from 5l3 feet south of the south line Of
Sec. 3 to Writ street, S9,04S; the Barber as
phalt company, paving Eighteenth street
from Dodge to California street, $4,000. 81 ;
Q. r.. Squres. street sweeping to date,
$40. .35.
The question of street sweeping was again
brought up. The chairman protested against
the work that is now being done, saying that
the streets are left in wretched condition.
Finally resolution was adopted instructing
Mr.. Squires to purchase one fourth
sweeper before beginning the work of 1891
under his contract.
Edward Burns. the sidewalk inspector,
presented his bill for the two months ending
November 10. 1t amounted to s6,6516O and
was allowed.