Omaha daily bee., 1893-08-09

mented MIR Beindorir and wanted the claim
paid.
MIR Prince said the veto was PROMPTED bv
the efforts OF MIR Beindord to place his
name In n prominent position in the interior
OF the building.
MIR Bruner thought the building defective
in many respects.
The vote on sustaining the MAYOR resulted
In Bruner Elsasser, Munro aud Specht vot.
ing IN the Affirmative and the remainder of
the solous in the negative, and the veto was
not sustained.
Few Moro from the Mayor.
The mayor also vetoed an ordinance order.
ing the paving of Twenty first Nstrect from
Burt to lzard street, for the reason that
protest mad been filed by somo Of the siSners
of the petition, setting forth the claim that
they had signed under a misapprehcnson of
their rights. The veto, however, WAS not
sustained
The fourth veto was an ordinance ordering
the pavingof jackson street from Thirteenth
TO Sixteenth street, for the reason that there
was no majority petition presented dcsiguat-
ing the material 20 be used within thirty
days. This veto was not sustained.
Veto No. D was an item in .he appropria-
tion ordinance III favor of the American
Water Works company amounting to S8l9.
designated as "balauCr duo ON iS!2 ACCOUNT
The mayor held that there is no balance due
the company, the amount being the sum
utuNNNtu lIpWl ltt INIS blll OF LUt COUl-
pany for thirty-two hydrants ordered re-
| located and which the company refused to
relocate. He believed, in viow Of the fact
| that the company had refused to carry out
| the agreement Of Vice President Nenner,
| that the company is legally and morally
! bound to carry out the agreement in Qucs
| ton and that the matter should be left to
| the courts to decide. This veto met the fate
| OF the preceding ones i'll not being sustained.
The sixth and final veto was an ordinance
| rpnphliuU ordinances Nos 2 ,Nb 3D3 and
| 1880 providing for the relocation of fire
| hNdrants. The mayor vetoed the ordinance
| for the same reasons as he did a similar
| ordinance on June 90 namely:
| l believe in view OF the controversy be E
tween the city and the American Water Works
company as to the right OF the city to relocate
needed to intermediate points where needed,
no action heretofore taken by the passage OF
ordinances requiring this to be done should be
| affect the American Water Works company to
| allow the ordinances referred to to remain un-
repealed 50 that the rights of the parties,
| whatever they may be, shall not be rcJudiccd
| nor in any manner affected.
Mayor Bemis submitted the name of
George Clark to succeed William Wallace as
| member of the board of directors OF the
| public library. Referred to the committee
on public property and buildings.
The mayor also submitted a protest from
the Belt Line company against the placing
| of electric lights at the street crossings over
| trio light committee.
The communication of Chairman Winspear
of the Board of Public Works, recommending
| a policy to be pursued in the condemnation
| of lots of real estate as nuisances, was re-
ferred to the committee on judiciary.
Examination OF yiaducts.
City Engineer Rosewater reported that he
had communicated with General Manager
Holdrege, and that owing to the absence
from the state of the chief engineer
he had been requested to postpone the
examination of the viaducts unit
the return of the engineer. MIR. Rosewate
recommended that the delay be granted
The council concurred and the city engineer
was directed to call in person upon the Uniol
Pacific and ascertain the intention of the
company
City Engineer Rosewater submitted plans
for the market house. The plans contem
plate building 264 feet long by 40 feet il
width. 1t is to be located on Capitol avenue
between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets
The plans if carried out will require
the narrowing of the sidewalks TO ten feet
leaving roadway on each side of the build
ing of twenty-five feet and a walk five fee
in-width adjoining the building. The est1
mated cost is about $1,000. The plans wcr
referred to the special committee on marke
) house.
The meeting adjourned until this evening
, at o'clock