Omaha daily bee., 1890-12-23
Will Repair th g Old Levee.

When the city council met last night,
chiefly for the purpose of discussing the
levee problem, the mayor and all the mem
bers but Lacy were present with an audi
ence of citizens that filled the room, The
committee of the whole had spent several
hours during the afternoon discussing the
problem, and reported when they convened
as council. The report was that the matter
be postponed indefinitely, and the members
unanimously concurred in it.
The hack and express wagon ordinance
was taken up and passed. 1t provides that
express men may stand their vehicles on any
pu bile highway provided they do not stop
within 100 feet of each other, and not more
than two to stand together.
A motion was made to strike from the tex
books the Union avenue and Thirteenth
street sewers special taxes on the ground that
they were general sewers ana should be paid
for by general taxation. The motion was
carried. An effort was made TO reconsider
the matter but failed
Among the auditors deeply interested in
the levee question were George f.. Wright
and II. }. Evans, and the proposals to repair
the old levee were discussed upon their sug
gestion. Colonel Daily spoke earnestly in
favor OF BUILDING the new levee, or at least
strengthen the old one. City Attorney
Stewart was called upon to elucidate the
legal points that befudded the aldermanic
brain. He announced that the city could
y
the cost Of the work. Colonel Daily endeav-
ored to get him to declare that the city could
be held responsible for any damage that
might occur from an overflow if the levee
was not repaired.
Alderman Casper opposed the motion of
Alderman Knepher to award the contract for
the work to the lowest bidder on the grounds
that the members of the council would be. or
could be- held liable for the costs, and that
the majority of the taxpayers were not in
favor of it. AT this intimation of the alder
mans feelings Il. j. Evans arose and offered
to give bonds indemnifying the city and the
alderman and agreeing to pay the tax of
every person in sewer district No. who was
small enough to refuse to pay for his own
protection Before he ceased speaking
George f. Wright was on his feet warmly
making the same pledge and Offering to exc
cute $4,000 bond, If necessary, to fulfill the
agreement. The proposition elected warm
applause Judge McGee and others
spoke in favor Of the work and the
council was about to accept the pledges
of the gentlemen, when Alderman Everett
declared that the acceptance of the PROPOSE
tion was simply child's play, and if the work
was necessary to preserve the property of
citizens in district No. 2 he did not desire to
see two enterprisng citizens compelled to
shoulder all the responsibility. After a good
deal of discussion the matter reached a vote
and all the aldermen but Casper voted in
favor of it, and the motion to award the con-
tract to the lowest bidder was carried. The
englutcT was ulrcClcu W IdDululc luC DllS
The contract will be awarded at the next
meeting.
Colonel Daily presented the following rcso-
ution:
- Resolved, BY the city council of the city OF
Council Bluffs that the mayor and aldermen
of said city constitute a committee to at once
confer with the directors Of the Omaha and
for the purpose OF obtaining from said com
pany IA cent communication ticket over its
line between the cities OF Council Bluffs and
Omaha.
The resolution was adopted and Colonel
Daley was added to the committee, which
will meet the railway officials in Omaha al
the annual meeting, December 30
Contractor Hubes was allowed 5000 on en-.
gineer's estimate of work done on the Indian
creek sewer ditch.
Estimates for grading and side walks in
favor Oft OHeam and others were pre-
sented and allowed,
On motion of Alderman Wood all contrac
tors will hereafter be required to place theil
signatures on the contract books in the city
clerks Office.
A petition signed by a number of citizens
~-was presented asking TO endorse the Haigh
fire escape and recommend their use in al
large buildings. This is the devise that en-
abled j, c. Terry, the Tyndal, Oak, man, u
make the sudden descent from the top of No
engine house tower and light on his heaC
after falling fifty feet The petition was re
ferred TO the fire commission.
Six foot brick sidewalks We're ordered oI
both sides of Fifth, Sixth and Seventh ave
nues from Eighth to Fourteenth streets ant
six foot plank walk on the north side o
Broadway from Twenty-third to Thirty
eighth streets,
The city attorney and engineer were or
dered to look up the contracts of T. O'Hearl
for the Benton street grading and TO com
mence suit against his bondsmen If the.
found 1t necessary.
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