Omaha daily bee., 1893-06-23
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Two Meetings Yesterday, One of Which Was
Secret.
CONFERENCE ON THE PAVING PROBLEM
knights OF Labor Relieve that nm Injury to
One I, tho Concern of Au-ordi-
nances Passed-Faith In
tho Mayor.

AT the meeting of the city council last
night the Barber asphalt repair claim was
given another airing, Agent Squircs occupy
ing seat inside the railing
MIR. Steel gave notice that the appropria.
tion ordinance would not be permitted to
pass unless the repair claim supporters
would permit the Barber item Of sI6,Sl57i
to be stricken out. MIR. Howell and MIR
Munro supported Mr.. Steel, and demanded
that tho amount be stricken from thu
ordnance, and that the effort TO force tho
bill through be brought to standstill
MIR. Wheeler, Mr. Prince, MIR. Edwards
amt MIR. Back wanted the claim allowed and
supported thoir views with lengthy
speeches. Mr.. Edwards suggested that IL
tue claim was not just one that Mayor
Bemis would promptly veto the same, and 1t
was unnecessary to defeat the ordinance
ana keep largo number of people from
securing their warrants
The motion to strike out the item was
lost. The vote then recurred on the pas
sage OF the appropria tion sheet. IL lacked
suffcicnt votes, and the anti-claim council
men scored victory.
The vote ON the passage of the ordinance
was as follows: Yeas Back, Edwards,
Hascall, Parker, Prince, Specht, Thomas,
Wheeler, Bechcl9. Bruner, jacobsen,
Munro, Howell, Stecl-5.
Had Faith in the Mayor.
Later Mr.. Howell arose and eudeavored to
secure promise from some member to sup-
port motion To strike out the item. He
failed and stated he was willing to vote for
the ordinance and leave tho question of the
business of the repair claim to Mayor Bemis,
as he did not desire to deprive other people
OF their money. He moved n rcconsidera-
tion and it carried. The ordinance was then
passed, Munro and Jacobsen voting In the
negative and Steel having left the room.
The award of damages amounting to 81, 900
for the grading of Popploton avenue from
Second TO Fourth streets, and Fourth street
from Poppleton avenue to Pierce street, was
sent back to the committee on grades and
grading
The Chicago Lumber company sent in
claim for damages caused by the recent flood
to the company's yards and contents in the
sum of s, ,2B1 l5 Referred.
The Thomson-Houston company filed
claim for S63, alleging damage done to u
street light by the city electrician Tuesday
evening
Protest from Organized Labor.
resolution adopted by local assembly
1912, knights of Labor, was presented and
referred to the committee on claims The
knights protest against the discharge of
laboring men in the street department, and
the issuing to them of warrants which they
cannot cash until the regular monthly pay
day.
alton of the vote whereby the Twenty
fourth street viaduct ordinance was defeated
on iJs passage two weeks ago. The VOTE on
reconsideration stood to
Permanent and wooden sidewalk specifica-
tions, adopted by the Board of Public Works,
were approved with an amendment that an
addition be made to the former specifca-
tions for not less than two-inch stone to be
used on streets where brick is permitted to
be used.
Ordinances Introduced.
Ordinances were introduced as follows:
Ordering paving with vitrihcd brick of
Hamilton, from Twenty-fourth to Twenty
fifth street; creating paving district Of
Twentyfourth, from Dodge to Cass street;
providing for the issuing of grading bonds
in thirty-four districts; declaring the neces-
sity of appropriatiug certain private prop
erty and lands for the use of opening
boulevard 200 feet wide between Hanscom
and Elmwood park, and providing for tho
appointment of appraisers to assess and
determine damages
Ordinances were passed as follows: Order
ing the paving of Seventeenth street, from
Farnam north to the alley, with sheet as
phaltum ordering the grading of Twenty
fifth street, from Indiana to Lake street;
ordering the paving of Twenty street,
from Farnam to Half Howard street with
vitrifed brick opening Eleventh street,
from Bancroft to Spring street; opening
Ihirty-third street. from Leavenworth to
Poppeton avenue; grading Twenty-eighth
street, from Franklin to Parker street;
grading Tenth street, from Bancroft to
Frederick street